Reconcile long-term policy goals with short-term accountability metrics by reviewing seasonal effects¶

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Description¶

Policy makers and accountability designers can audit their school effectiveness metrics for seasonal bias before using them for identification decisions. The brief is framed around "Reconciling long-term education policy goals with short-term school accountability models", and its description directs readers to examine "the effect of seasonality on estimates of school effectiveness". The strategy is to test whether current metrics shift school identifications once summer loss is modeled, and to adjust identification rules accordingly.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Access to seasonally spaced assessment data and a growth-modeling capability to compare seasonality-aware and seasonality-blind effectiveness estimates

Constraints¶

• The supplied text does not print step-by-step implementation guidance

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students in schools subject to accountability identification

Target Learning Goals¶

• Alignment of school accountability identifications with long-term education policy goals

Related Strategies¶

• Provide guidance to policy makers and evaluators on accounting for disengagement in their own work

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Reconciling long-term education policy goals with short-term school accountability models. (2019). NWEA Research. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/reconciling-long-term-education-policy-goals-with-short-term-school-accountability-models/