In many NCLB waiver states, performance against improvement and gap-closing goals does not factor into school accountability ratings¶
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q2 i? Many waiver states set up systems in which performance against overall and group achievement goals does not factor at all into a school's accountability rating. → Daria Hall 2013
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Daria Hall 2013¶
Daria Hall. (2013). A Step Forward or a Step Back? State Accountability in the Waiver Era. The Education Trust. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED543222
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The report's analysis of approved state waiver plans finds that although states must set goals, the waiver guidelines do not require goals to count in ratings; the authors state "performance against overall and group achievement goals doesn't factor at all into a school's accountability rating" in many states.
"But many states took advantage of the Department of Education's signals in the waiver guidelines and have set up systems in which performance against overall and group achievement goals doesn't factor at all into a school's accountability rating."
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Related Claims¶
- States used ESEA flexibility to move away from the 100 percent proficiency goal and target a narrower set of low-performing schools for support — related
- Nearly half of waiver states adopted a 'cut the gap in half' achievement goal, while only Arizona chose 100 percent proficiency by 2020 — related
- Most states set meaningful exit criteria for Priority and Focus schools, but some use signals schools cannot target, and the Department of Education required no course of action for schools that keep missing exit criteria — related
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In many NCLB waiver states, performance against improvement and gap-closing goals does not factor into school accountability ratings |
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In many NCLB waiver states, performance against improvement and gap-closing goals does not factor into school accountability ratings |
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