Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability

Keyword: Accountability

Including English Learners in Your State Title I Accountability Plan

This brief accompanies the technical paper, Incorporating English Learner Progress into State Accountability Systems (Goldschmidt & Hakuta, 2017) and provides guidance to state teams about including ELs most effectively in their Title I accountability plan. The technical paper by Goldschmidt and Hakuta provided very detailed models for states to consider when developing its own accountability system and how it captures […]

Incorporating English Learner Progress into State Accountability Systems

This paper identifies key issues and questions for state decision makers to consider and explore with regard to how states should include English learners (ELs) in states’ accountability systems under ESSA. The primary audience is anyone in a state agency engaged in making decisions about the state’s accountability system and how ELs are included in that system. According to […]

Innovation in Action: State Pathways for Advancing Student-Centered Learning

From the Publisher: “CCSSO (Council of Chief State School Officers) and the state (education) chiefs developed the Innovation Lab Network (ILN) to share learning, drive collective action, and to create and scale student-centered learning environments. The ILN developed a framework, referenced as the ILN Policy & Implementation Logic Model (the Logic Model), to guide states […]

Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions: The Innovation Lab Network State Framework for College, Career, and Citizenship Readiness, and Implications for State Policy

From the publishers: “Stemming from the collective work of ILN (ten Innovation Lab Network) states, this white paper communicates the shared framework and definitional elements of CCCR (College, Career and Citizenship Readiness) accepted by ILN chief state school officers in June 2012. Going forward, each ILN state has committed to adopting a definition of college and career […]

Recommendations from the CCSSO Accountability Advisory Committee: A Vision for Improved Education Accountability Systems

This publication sets forth the Council of Chief State School Officers’ vision for improved state education accountability systems. CCSSO suggests that “next generation accountability systems should reflect the following principles: a broader set of outcomes to more authentically reflect the breadth and depth of readiness for college, career, and citizenship; autonomy by states and districts to define some […]