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ERIC #:	ED521079
Title:	Expanded Measures of School Performance. Technical Report
Authors:	Schwartz, Heather L.; Hamilton, Laura S.; Stecher, Brian M.; Steele, Jennifer L.
Descriptors:	Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Legislation; Reading Achievement; Educational Practices; Accountability; Research Reports; Interviews; Educational Indicators; Guidance Programs; Measurement Objectives; Measurement Techniques; Educational Improvement; Improvement Programs; Benchmarking; Government Role; Change Strategies; Educational Change
Source:	RAND Corporation
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Publisher:	RAND Corporation. P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138. Tel: 877-584-8642; Tel: 310-451-7002; Fax: 412-802-4981; e-mail: order@rand.org; Web site: http://www.rand.org
Publication Date:	2011-00-00
Pages:	64
Pub Types:	Reports - Descriptive
Abstract:	The upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides an opportunity to reconsider what factors school performance-reporting systems should include. Critics of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) have pointed to the narrowing effects of the law's focus on mathematics and reading achievement, and they have called for efforts to broaden the measures used to rate schools. This report poses and addresses questions regarding expanded measures of school quality to reflect the multiple goals of schooling. The authors convened a panel of five experts on school accountability policies, scanned published research about expanded measures of school performance, conducted ten semistructured phone interviews with staff from local or state education agencies and research institutions, and reviewed the measures employed in each state that publishes its own school ratings in addition to those required under NCLB. After classifying the measures state education agencies use to develop their own school ratings, they then describe categories of measures that research indicates are the most rapidly growing in usage by state and local education agencies. They supplement categories of measures with more detailed examples of localities that have adopted them, examining why they adopted the measures and how the measures are employed. This report describes promising directions for expanding the set of measures that schools have at their disposal while acknowledging the need for more research on how the availability of such measures affects educational practice and student achievement. Each chapter contains footnotes. A bibliography is included. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) [Financial support for this report was provided by the Sandler Foundation.]
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Identifiers:	No Child Left Behind Act 2001
Record Type:	Non-Journal
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Institutions:	RAND Education
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Elementary Secondary Education
Direct Link:	http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR968.html

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