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- A report from the Southern Regional Education Board recommends steps for policymakers to take in the interest of ensuring that charter schools in their states are being held accountable for improving student achievement. more...
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- Accountability Still a Grad-Rate Issue
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- The Department of Education soon will publish new regulations that require states to improve the way they calculate and report high school graduation rates. more...
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- Ending Accountability Loopholes
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- When the Bush administration tries to cast the current reauthorization debate in terms of more vs. less accountability, don?t buy the spin, Rep. George Miller writes. more...
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- Accountability Forum Backs Local Tests
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- Schools should be permitted to use multiple, locally created assessments instead of ?one shot? tests to measure student progress, according to a report. more...
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- Standards-Based Accountability
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- Most teachers support the idea of standards-based accountability as outlined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, but they feel challenged by the insufficient alignment of local curricula with state standards, concludes a study by the Santa Monica, Calif.-based RAND Corp. more...
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- No Child Left Behind puts accountability in gray area
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- Since the No Child Left Behind law was passed five years ago, states throughout the country have put their schools under an academic microscope so that districts can meet high demands - to make every public-school student proficient in reading and math by 2014. more...
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- Elmer Smith | One little $6M line item speaks to accountability - 02:17 AM EDT
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- The $6 million, which was restored in the budget that passed yesterday, is for administrative costs at partnership schools, including those run by for-profit and not-for-profit companies and schools managed in partnership with local universities. more...
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- Growth Models for NCLB Accountability Are Weighed
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- Revising NCLB accountability provisions to measure a student's academic growth might not be quick or easy, a panel of experts warned. more...
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- Conservative Plan Would Shift Accountability to the States
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- Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., says the bill reflects the Republican party's belief in limiting federal government's role in setting education policy. more...
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- Accountability Director to Retire
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- Jacquelyn C. Jackson, the director of the Student Achievement and School Accountability Program in the Department of Education?s office of elementary and secondary education, plans to retire from her job, effective June 1. more...
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