School Accountability

Anne HyslopNew America Foundation

No Child Left Behind Waivers

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The Waiver Bargain

Fewer schools identified, based

on states’ chosen

performance measures

More rigorous, intentional, and transformative interventions in

identified schools

Fewer Schools Identified

It’s All Relative

Percent of Title I Schools Identified as Low-Performing

Waivers

NCLB

Source: Anne Hyslop, “It’s All Relative: How NCLB Waivers Did – And Did Not – Transform School Accountability,” New America, 2013 http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/its_all_relative

15%

The not-so-easy

part

Rigorous Interventions?

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What is the future of

school accountabilit

y policy?

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