Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly a quarter-century ago, educators and policymakers developed an accountability system for public education built around ...

Student outcomes are declining for schools nationwide, and despite Maryland’s recent investments in education, the ...

When something is not working, change it. The Virginia Board of Education is proposing that kind of transformative change for its new accountability framework, by splitting up the state’s ...

Jason Bedrick is a research fellow with The Heritage Foundation's Center for Education Policy. For decades, American education reformers have promised that technocratic accountability systems would ...

A cup of pencils sit on top of a classroom desk in Virginia (Nathaniel Cline/Virginia Mercury) The Virginia Board of Education took another step on Friday to clarify how schools will be rated and ...

The multiyear effort was ordered by lawmakers after Indiana dismantled its previous accountability framework and rewrote high school graduation requirements. Schools have been wit ...

Indiana education leaders approved a new A-to-F school accountability grading system Wednesday, restarting a process that has ...

Accreditation and accountability are two distinct processes with different goals, yet the distinction between them is sometimes lost among educators. Accountability systems in most states capture a ...

The state Board of Education’s conversation this week about a new accountability system raised multiple questions, including how to define academic growth at the high school level, how much chronic ...

The Virginia Board of Education on Wednesday approved the final touches on the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act plan, designed to address concerns with how schools were rated and student performance ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - On Tuesday, June 11, a committee for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) unanimously endorsed a new accountability system that would apply to all ...

VERMILION PARISH, La (KLFY)– New standards are being set for educators in Louisiana. The Louisiana Board of Education and Secondary Education has approved a new accountability system for schools and ...