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		<title>Education Week: Accountability</title>
		<description>Education Week: News and Information About Issues in Education for Educators</description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[School Leader Accountability Is Missing in Action]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2019/11/school_leader_accountability_is_missing_in_action.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2019/11/school_leader_accountability_is_missing_in_action.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Teachers need coaching from proactive and intentional leaders who see everything in their buildings as their responsibility, writes guest blogger Michael Sonbert. Until then, teachers will bear the brunt of our national criticism.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Accountability]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/10/03/accountability.html</guid>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Accountability]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/09/12/accountability.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/09/12/accountability.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[States are taking advantage of the added flexibility given them under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act to adopt a wider range of indicators for measuring schools' educational progress, according to a report from the Learning Policy Institute.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Support and Accountability for Public and Private Principals]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/08/28/support-and-accountability-for-public-and-private.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/08/28/support-and-accountability-for-public-and-private.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[New data from the National Center for Education Statistics find that principals at private schools tend to have more experience, 9.7 years on average leading schools versus 6.8 years for public school principals.]]></description>
				<category>Accountability</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Accountability]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/12/13/accountability.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/12/13/accountability.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[States have made significant progress in providing the public-accountability report cards that the federal Every Student Succeeds Act requires, but many still have a long way to go to make them easily findable and understandable by parents, according to the latest analysis by the Data Quality Campai]]></description>
				<category>Accountability</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Hitting ESSA's Elusive Targets on School Accountability]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/04/03/hitting-essas-elusive-targets-on-school-accountability.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/04/03/hitting-essas-elusive-targets-on-school-accountability.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[States have all had their blueprints approved under the Every Student Succeeds Act, but advocates are withholding judgment on whether those efforts are on the right track.]]></description>
				<category>Accountability</category>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Make Teacher Accountability Like CEO Accountability]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/walt_gardners_reality_check/2017/09/why_paying_teachers_on_outcomes_is_a_farce.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/walt_gardners_reality_check/2017/09/why_paying_teachers_on_outcomes_is_a_farce.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Paying teachers based strictly on their students' performance is as indefensible as paying CEOs astronomical salaries and bonuses.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[SAT Stumbles in Getting Federal Approval as High School Achievement Test]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2018/09/sat_stumbles_in_getting_federal_approval_as_high_school_achievement_test.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2018/09/sat_stumbles_in_getting_federal_approval_as_high_school_achievement_test.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Federal education officials have notified Connecticut that they can't fully approve its use of the SAT as a high school achievement test. It's a glimpse of where the college-entrance exam could falter in its bid to gain new ground in the K-12 world.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Accountability]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/09/16/accountability-2.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/09/16/accountability-2.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[School failure rates in the early days of federal accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act were only weakly connected to actual student proficiency rates, according to a study]]></description>
				<category>Accountability</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Accountability Data]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/12/14/accountability-data.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/12/14/accountability-data.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Filled with jargon, "meaningless" tables and missing data, state report cards can be difficult for parents to use, an analysis by the Data Quality Campaign says.]]></description>
				<category>Accountability</category>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Two Unintended Legacies of School Accountability Policy]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2018/11/two_unintended_legacies_of_school_accountability_policy.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2018/11/two_unintended_legacies_of_school_accountability_policy.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[During the Bush-Obama era, politicians promised us that combining standards, testing, and accountability would transform our nation's education system. Here's why those promises were ill-advised, according to guest blogger Deven Carlson.]]></description>
				<category>Accountability</category>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Why Does Accountability Have a Politics Problem?]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2018/11/why_does_accountability_have_a_politics_problem.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2018/11/why_does_accountability_have_a_politics_problem.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[For policies to have meaningful staying power, they need to develop a vocal grassroots constituency who will go to bat for the policy in times of turmoil. Why does school accountability policy mostly lack that constituency? Guest blogger Deven Carlson explains.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Alternative High Schools: A Call for Better Accountability]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2018/06/alternative_schools_a_call_for_better_accountability.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2018/06/alternative_schools_a_call_for_better_accountability.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[States must figure out new, fairer ways of holding alternative high schools accountable for graduation, a new study argues.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Accountability]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/02/04/accountability-1.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/02/04/accountability-1.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[A forthcoming study by University of Missouri researchers finds that accounting for factors like poverty when comparing schools could lead to a more "effective and equitable" teacher-evaluation system.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Accountability]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/08/27/02report-1.h34.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/08/27/02report-1.h34.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The U.S. education accountability system is more suited to workers of an industrial economy than one driven by information and professional skills, according to a report.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Beyond 'Accountability' in Education: Multiple Accountability Theory]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2016/02/beyond_accountability_in_education_multiple_accountability_theory.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2016/02/beyond_accountability_in_education_multiple_accountability_theory.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The word "accountability" has taken on a very narrow meaning in education policy, and, unfortunately, this meaning misses most of what happens in schools.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Michigan Lt. Gov. Says State ESSA Plan Needs a Do-Over for Special Education]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2017/04/michigan_lt_gov_criticizes_state_essa_plan.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2017/04/michigan_lt_gov_criticizes_state_essa_plan.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Republican Brian Calley said that the plan already submitted to the U.S. Department of Education should be modified to reflect more accountability for the performance of students with disabilities.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Accountability]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/10/23/09report-5.h33.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/10/23/09report-5.h33.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[As few as three correct responses on Oklahoma state tests can separate those schools receiving an A grade from those receiving an F under the state's accountability system.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Educational Accountability]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/10/07/educational-accountability.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/10/07/educational-accountability.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[A forthcoming study from Duke University suggests that on average, voters whose local schools failed to make AYP had higher turnout in the next school board election by 5 to 8 percentage points more than the average effect of direct mail or phone campaigns.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Are the ACT or SAT Good Substitutes for State Tests? New Study Raises Questions]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2018/01/are_act_sat_good_substitutes_for_state_tests.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2018/01/are_act_sat_good_substitutes_for_state_tests.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Accountability]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[A new study raises questions about how easily states can use the SAT or ACT instead of their required high school achievement tests.]]></description>
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