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Accountability

Systems to hold schools accountable for student performance are in place in every state, and policymakers are now making adjustments to comply with No Child Left Behind. Implementation of new accountability systems often raises difficult technical and political issues, such as designing appropriate and adequate measures, determining whether to use absolute criteria and/or criteria based on progress, and adjusting for student background to ensure fairness and equity for both students and schools. Below is a listing of CPRE research that examines the issues states and districts confront as they implement systems to hold schools accountable for student performance.

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A Formative Study of the Implementation of the Inquiry Team Process in New York City Public Schools: 2007‐08 Findings
A Longitudinal Study of Principals' Activities and Student Performance
A Review of the Research on Charter Schools
An Analysis of the Effects of Children Achieving on Student Achievement in Philadelphia Elementary Schools
Assessment and Accountability Across the 50 States
Assessment and Accountability Profiles
Assessment and Accountability Systems in the 50 States: 1999-2000
Building District Capacity for Scaling up Instructional Improvement in High Poverty Schools
Civic Engagement and Urban School Improvement: Hard-to-Learn Lessons from Philadelphia
Days of Their Lives: A Mixed-Methods, Descriptive Analysis of the Men and Women at Work in the Principal's Office
Do Higher State Test Scores in Texas Make for Better High School Outcomes?
External Support to Schools on Probation: Getting a Leg Up?
High Hopes: How High Schools Respond to State Accountability Policies
Holding High Hopes: How High Schools Respond to State Accountability Policies
Powerful Ideas, Modest Gains: Five Years of Systemic Reform in Philadelphia Middle Schools
Redesigning Accountability Systems for Education (2004)
School Perspectives on Collaborative Inquiry: Lessons Learned From New York City, 2009-2010
Standards-Based Teacher Evaluation as a Foundation for Knowledge- and Skill-Based Pay
State Strategies for Building Capacity: Addressing the Needs of Standards-based Reform
The Big Squeeze: Stories of Education Accountability (CPRE VIDEO)
The Big Squeeze: Stories of Education Accountability (CPRE VIDEO)
The Federal Role in Defining Adequate Yearly Progress: The Flexibility/Accountability Trade-off
The New Accountability
The New Accountability: High Schools and High-stakes Testing