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Download full textFishman, Rachel; Nguyen, Sophie; Acosta, Alejandra; Clark, Ashley – New America, 2019
Americans' opinions about higher education are complex. Understanding this complexity is important for learning how to talk about the value of educational pathways after high school and crafting thoughtful policy solutions to meet the needs of today's students. This is the reason we engage Americans every year, asking questions other surveys do…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attitudes, Public Opinion, Educational Policy
National Association of Charter School Authorizers, 2016
Since 2008, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) has annually surveyed our nation's authorizers. Survey findings provide an annual measuring stick for those in the field of authorizing, and they help education decision makers, foundations, legislators, and researchers inform their understanding of the field of charter…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Accountability, National Surveys, School Surveys
Mellor, Lynn; Stoker, Ginger; Reese, Kelly – American Institutes for Research, 2015
In June 2013, former Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law House Bill (HB) 5, 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, which established a new high school graduation program--the Foundation High School Program--for students entering Grade 9 in 2014-15 and reduced the number of state assessments required for graduation. The legislation gave the…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Graduation, High School Students, Graduation Requirements
Cook, Gary; Linquanti, Robert; Chinen, Marjorie; Jung, Hyekyung – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2012
The "Elementary and Secondary Education Act" ("ESEA"), as amended by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" inaugurated important changes in assessment and accountability for English Learner (EL) students. Specifically, Title III of the law required states to develop or adopt English-language proficiency (ELP)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, English Language Learners, Federal Legislation
Cook, Gary; Linquanti, Robert; Chinen, Marjorie; Jung, Hyekyung – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2012
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 inaugurated important changes in assessment and accountability for English Learner (EL) students. Specifically, Title III of the law required states to develop or adopt English-language proficiency (ELP) standards aligned with language demands of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Civil Rights Legislation
National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 2012
The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) surveys state public health and Medicaid offices every three years to assess state-level public policies and activities that promote the growth and sustainability of school-based health services. The FY2011 survey found 18 states (see map below) reporting investments explicitly dedicated…
Descriptors: State Aid, State Regulation, State Policy, Educational Finance
Wolfe, Christine O. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to promote clearer understanding of the graduation-rate debate by distilling the policy developments and controversy surrounding the measurement of these rates over the last decade. The paper concludes with a discussion of the move toward a federally mandated common metric for graduation rates. The No Child Left Behind…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Usher, Alexandra – Center on Education Policy, 2010
The Center on Education Policy (CEP) analyzed trends over four years in the number of schools and school districts that did not make adequate yearly progress (AYP) in raising student achievement under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Using data from the Consolidated State Performance Reports submitted to the U.S. Department of Education by all…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
Almost 40 percent of all public school students in the District of Columbia (D.C. or District) were enrolled in charter schools in the 2010-11 school year. The D.C. School Reform Act established the Public Charter School Board (PCSB) for the purpose of authorizing and overseeing charter schools. Congress required GAO (US Government Accountability…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Restructuring, Real Estate, Boards of Education
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 2007
The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE) serves as the coordinating board for South Carolina's 33 public institutions of higher learning and is responsible for serving a dual role within state government, acting both as an advocate for higher education as well as an oversight entity on behalf of the General Assembly. The agency's…
Descriptors: Statewide Planning, Higher Education, State Government, Accountability
Akey, Terri; Plucker, Jonathan A.; Hansen, John A.; Michael, Robert; Branon, Suzanne; Fagen, Rebecca; Zhou, Gary – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2008
In July of 2007, the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) at Indiana University was contracted to conduct an evaluation of the Indiana charter schools. The evaluation has been designed to ensure that all objectives of the provisions of HEA 1001-2007 are fulfilled. In addition, the framework of the study is based in IC 20-24-2-1,…
Descriptors: School Choice, Accountability, Educational Objectives, Educational History
Steffensen, James P.; And Others – 1978
The papers selected to provide this resource deal specifically with evaluations of the Teacher Corps as opposed to evaluation of issues and problems generally. The first paper does address concisely the current dialogue in the educational evaluation community, but its role in this publcation is secondary to discussion of evaluation activities in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Finance, Evaluation Criteria, Formative Evaluation
Melton, Dustin – Arizona State Department of Education, 2004
Presently, state and federal school accountability efforts require greater attention to performance measures, such as the graduation rate, which serve as key indicators of a school's success in educating its student population. AZLEARNS, Arizona's school accountability system, includes a school classification system based on a set of performance…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Federal Legislation, Accountability
Erickson, Ron N. – 2000
This report analyzes education in Minnesota. After a brief introduction in chapter 1, chapter 2 reviews educational accountability at the national and state levels and the development of Minnesota's own assessment and accountability system. This review not only leads to recommended next steps in that assessment and accountability system, it also…
Descriptors: Accountability, Annual Reports, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1997
This report presents the manner in which a systemic approach of combining standards, assessment, and accountability into a unified set of laws and regulations has been coming onto the state scene for the past 2 decades. A complete performance-based education accountability system includes four components: standards and assessment, multiple…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
