A Recipe for Effective School Accountability | PolicyEd

Many US states and districts are reconsidering how to meet federal accountability requirements as the COVID pandemic ends. While academic standards, student assessments, and consequences for failing schools have traditionally been the focus of accountability, attention needs to be paid to the capacity of schools, districts, and states to fix their shortcomings. Policy leaders must take into account whether their schools possess the ability and will to make improvements and must recommit to results-based accountability adapted to the post-pandemic era. For more information, visit the PolicyEd page here: https://hvr.co/41ecG9u Additional resources: Read “School Accountability: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” by Chester E. Finn, Jr., via Kappan. Available here: https://kappanonline.org/accountability-yesterday-today-tomorrow-finn. Read “Rewrite Attendance Laws to Promote Learning, Not Seat Time,” by Chester E. Finn, Jr., via the Thomas Fordham Institute. Available here: https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/rewrite-attendance-laws-promote-learning-not-seat-time. Watch “Why Testing and Accountability Matter in K–12 Education” on PolicyEd. Available here: https://www.policyed.org/intellections/why-testing-and-accountability-matter-k-12-education/video. Watch “Flexibility for Accountability: Why Charter Schools Succeed” on PolicyEd. Available here: https://www.policyed.org/intellections/flexibility-accountability-why-charter-schools-succeed/video. Listen to “The Education Exchange: The Future of Results-Based Accountability in Education,” with Paul E. Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr., via Education Next. Available here: https://www.educationnext.org/the-education-exchange-the-future-of-results-based-accountability-in-education. Visit https://www.policyed.org to learn more. - Subscribe to PolicyEd’s YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/PolicyEdSub. - Follow PolicyEd on Twitter: http://bit.ly/PolicyEdTwit. - Follow PolicyEd on Instagram: http://bit.ly/PolicyEdInsta.