CCSSO Releases Roadmap for Accountability
Right on the heels of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's announcement that it might be time to consider, maybe, possibly offering a package of waivers to states on aspects of the No Child Left Behind Act, 40 states and the District of Columbia have announced a new "accountability road map."
The roadmap has been in the works for a year-and-a-half, long before the department's announcement. It is basically a list of principles and parameters that states think should be included in accountabilty systems, ideally through the reauthorization fo the No Child Left Behind Act.
These "next-generation" accountability systems would include the establishment of college-and-career-ready standards, the measurement of graduation rates, and a requirement that states help build district and school capacity to turnaround the lowest- performing schools. Schools would be given more detailed feedback than just making or not making progress under the law.
And if Congress doesn't act, CCSSO says that states will begin proposing their own, new accountability models
