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Our resources address key issues in our field to help assessment and accountability leaders, policy makers, and practitioners design and implement systems that promote improved outcomes for students.

We proudly generate white papers, policy briefs, videos, toolkits, and other products to support you and your organization in navigating the most important issues facing our field. We focus on the design and validation of assessment and accountability systems to support next generation  learning initiatives. Our resources are freely available via Creative Commons 4.0 license, which allows users to use, adapt, and/or share the material as needed with proper attribution.

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The Operational Best Practices for Accountability

Juan D'Brot
Apr 27, 2022
Accountability

The Operational Best Practices for Accountability are intended to provide states with guidance and criteria for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and potential revision of accountab…

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The Operational Best Practices for Accountability

Juan D'Brot
Apr 06, 2022
Accountability

The Operational Best Practices for Accountability are intended to provide states with guidance and criteria for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and potential revision of accountab…

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Accountability Interrupted: Guidance for Collecting, Evaluating, and Reporting Data in 2020-2021

Chris Domaleski
Oct 01, 2020
Accountability

The authors provide guidance to help education leaders address the challenges of data collection and reporting in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Breakthrough or Breakdown? School Accountability in Flux

Chris Domaleski
Sep 30, 2020
Accountability

Chris Domaleski explores design principles and approaches to steer accountability systems toward better balance and coherence.

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Restart and Recovery: The Outlook for School Accountability

Juan D'BrotErika LandlChris DomaleskiChris Brandt
Sep 30, 2020
Accountability

This paper, supported by CCSSO, provides guidance to help education leaders tackle accountability design and implementation decisions in light of the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Dealing with Exceptionality in State Accountability Systems

Erika LandlCarla EvansChris Domaleski
Jun 30, 2020
Accountability

Often, factors related to school characteristics or context can impede a state’s ability to produce or implement a standard accountability system for all schools.

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Evidence of Improvement: Guidelines to Inform Exit Criteria for ESSA State Accountability Systems

Chris DomaleskiJuan D'Brot
Jul 01, 2019
Accountability

This paper supported by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) provides guidance to help states develop and validate exit criteria for schools classified as Comprehensive Supports and Impr…

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Managing Changes that Affect Accountability Outcomes

Leslie KengCharles DePascale
Jul 01, 2019
Accountability

This paper supported by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) describes a logical framework and presents practical recommendations to help states wrestle with the continuing demands of ac…

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Where the Rubber Meets the Road Operations and Quality Control in School Accountability Systems

Leslie KengJuan D'Brot
Nov 14, 2018
Accountability

In this paper, Senior Associates Leslie Keng and Juan D’Brot outline practical guidelines and considerations as states get their accountability systems up and running.

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Paper

Establishing Performance Standards for School Accountability Systems

Chris DomaleskiJuan D'BrotLeslie Keng
Nov 14, 2018
Accountability

In this paper, Chris Domaleski, Juan D’Brot, and Leslie Keng, outline recommended principles to guide the establishment of a standard-setting process for accountability systems and to describe a…

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Local Accountability: The Forgotten Element in Education Reform

Charles DePascaleChris Domaleski
Nov 01, 2018
Accountability

This paper, produced in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC), addresses purposes and principles of local accountability practices that complement state and f…

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Promoting more Coherent and Balanced Accountability Systems

Chris DomaleskiDamian BetebennerSusan Lyons
Sep 01, 2018
Accountability

This paper, written for the 2018 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series, presents a framework for improving the coherence, flexibility, and balance of contemporary accountability systems to promote improved…

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An Introduction to Accountability Implementation: A Preface to the Operations, Performance Standards, and Evaluation Resources

Juan D'Brot
Jul 01, 2018
Accountability

In this paper, Senior Associates Juan D’Brot and Leslie Keng highlight critical areas where states are poised to examine practice and collect evidence to support the development of an overall validi…

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Accountability Identification is only the Beginning: Monitoring and Evaluating Accountability Results and Implementation

Juan D'Brot
Jul 01, 2018
Accountability

Senior Associates Juan D’Brot and Leslie Keng describe a framework to help states systematically evaluate identification decisions.

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The use of achievement indices in state accountability systems as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Scott Marion
Dec 26, 2017
Accountability

Scott Marion provides a rationale for states interested in using an achievement index in their ESSA accountability system designs.

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State Systems of Identification and Support under ESSA: Evaluating Identification Methods and Results in an Accountability System

Juan D'Brot
Nov 28, 2017
Accountability

Juan D’Brot, Susan Lyons, and Erika Landl developed the following resource to help state accountability leaders consider criteria and potential methods to evaluate the success, utility, and impa…

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In Search of Unicorns: Conceptualizing and Validating the “Fifth Indicator” in ESSA Accountability Systems.

Scott Marion
Nov 14, 2016
Accountability

In this paper, Scott Marion and Susan Lyons describe the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act regarding the indicator for student success and school quality—often called the 5th indicator…

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A Framework to Support Accountability Evaluation

Erika Landl
Oct 01, 2016
Accountability

This paper identifies the key elements underlying a comprehensive accountability system evaluation and illustrates how the framework can be applied to design an evaluation plan for state and locally d…

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