Stabilizing Subgroup Proficiency Results to Improve the Identification of Low-Performing Schools

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to identify schools with low-performing student subgroups for Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) or Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI). Random differences between students’ true...
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Interpreting and Using School Performance Data: Dos and Don’ts for 2022 and Beyond

The accountability provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act are back in effect after 2 years of pandemic-related disruptions. States need to know that they are using their data appropriately to identify schools for targeted or comprehensive support...
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Refining School Performance Measures for ESSA Accountability in the Wake of COVID-19

Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM Location: U.S. Department of Education’s 2022 National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) STATS-DC Data Conference (Virtual Event) After two years of waived accountability provisions, the full requirements of the Every Student...
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Perspectives on Incorporating Teacher Feedback into Principal Evaluations

The goal of the webinar was to expand the knowledge of school and district administrators on incorporating staff feedback in principal evaluation, formally or informally. The webinar included a brief presentation about teacher survey instruments already...
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Measuring school performance for improvement: A framework for diagnostic use of data

Educators and policymakers are often implored to be “data driven,” but in practice they are drowning in data that may be of limited value for the decisions they need to make. REL Mid-Atlantic has worked with state and local education agencies to develop...
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