Kerstin C. Le Floch

The purpose of this project is to examine accountability systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Although research has examined the effects of accountability policies, little is known about why accountability is or is not showing results. The project team will examine causal pathways to help explain such results. Researchers will take advantage of newly introduced accountability measures to examine a richer set of outcomes beyond student test scores. This study will be one of th...

This network study has two goals: (a) to generate evidence about the effects of the Learning Renewal-Social Emotional Learning Programs (LR-SEL), as part of Illinois's efforts to support recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (b) to generate useful feedback about effective strategies for implementing and scaling social and emotion-focused COVID-19 recovery programs for schools with high proportions of students experiencing economic disadvantage. Findings from the study are ex...

The Research and Development Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning (C-SAIL) will examine the implementation of college- and career-ready standards in 5 states, assess how they are related to student outcomes in 50 states, and test an intervention that supports standards-aligned instruction in 5 states. C-SAIL's launch occurs at a time when states and districts across the country are engaged in a variety of initiatives aimed at implementing college- and career-ready standa...