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Blank, Rolf K. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is working to respond to increased interest in the use of growth models for school accountability. Growth models are based on tracking change in individual student achievement scores over multiple years. While growth models have been used for decades in academic research and program evaluation, a…
Descriptors: State Government, State Departments of Education, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Blank, Rolf K. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2011
A critical state-level indicator of progress in public education is student achievement annual performance and change over time. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) has been very active in tracking and reporting on student achievement results and using state assessment scores and other data to analyze achievement trends. A central…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Federal Legislation, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement
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Blank, Rolf K.; Manise, Jennifer G. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2000
Presents an overview of the Council of Chief State School Officers' annual report on state indicators of the condition of elementary and secondary education and outlines the indicators now being reported and used by states, districts, national organizations, federal agencies, and educators, explaining the link to Title I accountability. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
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Blank, Rolf K.; Espenshade, Pamela H. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1988
A 50-state survey was conducted to determine state indicators of quality of science and mathematics instruction in elementary schools. Data are summarized for (1) policies affecting amount of instruction; (2) state requirements for science and mathematics teacher certification; and (3) state testing programs in science and mathematics. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
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Blank, Rolf K. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1993
Highlights lessons learned by a national organization, the Council of Chief State School Officers, in building an education indicator system in cooperation with federal and state education agencies. Issues emphasized are (1) the role of consensus; (2) production of indicators through a cooperative data system; and (3) reporting methods. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Indicators, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Blank, Rolf K.; Espenshade, Pamela – 1987
This report contains state-by-state information on educational policies related to science and mathematics education at the elementary and secondary levels. The information was collected through the cooperation of the State Network on Science/Mathematics Indicators, which includes professional staff in each state department of education. The…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Blank, Rolf K.; Dalkilic, Melanie – 1992
The Council of Chief State School Officers has established a system of state and national indicators for the condition of science and mathematics education. This policies report is based on a survey of all state departments of education conducted in the 1991-1992 school year. An introductory section provides the rationale and background for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary School Teachers