ECS
From the ECS State Policy Database
1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest.

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

State Status/Date Level Summary
+ 21st Century Skills
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
- Accountability--Measures/Indicators
LAAdopted 12/2012P-12Testing, Graduation Rates and Accountability
LAC 28:LXXXIII, Chapter 3, §§301, 302, 303, 307, Chapters 4, 5, 6
Reflects new policy as a result of the ESEA flexibility request approved for implementation by the U.S. Department of Education. For K-8 sch...

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AKAdopted Text or Summary of Text 11/2012P-12Modified Growth and Special Programs
4 AAC 33.500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 580, 590
Amending the chapters to repeal the Public School Performance Incentive Program, redefine the purpose of the public school growth and profic...

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CASigned into law 09/2012P-12Accountability, Dropout Recovery High Schools
A.B. 1668
From bill summary: Changes the definition of a dropout recovery high school to mean a school offering instruction in any of grades 9-12 in w...

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CASigned into law 09/2012P-12Revising Academic Performance Index (API)
S.B. 1458
From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to develop and implement a specified program of school quality review...

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LAAdopted 09/2012P-12Accountability Measures
LAC 28:LXXXIII.409, 705, 707, and 3301
From Louisiana Register: Amends provisions in "Calculating a 9-12 Assessment Index." Provides detail on how incentive points will be earned ...

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ALSigned into law 05/2012P-12School and District Grading, School Awards, Funding Flexibility
H.B. 588
Establishes legislative findings. Directs the state superintendent of education to develop a school grading system for schools and districts...

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CTSigned into law 05/2012P-12School Performance Measures
S.B. 458
(Sec. 18) Revamps the education accountability law post-NCLB (renamed as the performance management and support plan), regarding identifying...

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LAAdopted 05/2012P-12Assessment System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.409, 515, 707, 3501, 3503, and 3507
From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Removes references in LAC 28:LXXXIII. §409 ("Calculating a 9-12 Assessment Index"), §515 ("State Assessmen...

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NMAdopted 05/2012pre-K-12Grading of Public Schools
6.19.8 NMAC
Amends rule 6.19.8 NMAC 'Grading of Public Schools,' which was adopted on December 15, 2011 and implemented the 'A-B-C-D-F Schools Rating Ac...

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OKSigned into law 05/2012P-12Advanced Placement Participation and Scores Included as Metrics
H.B. 2494
Specifies that participation and scores in Advanced Placement courses whether taught at a high school, technology center or regional site of...

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TNSigned into law 05/2012P-12Statewide Accountability
S.B. 2208
Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement ...

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FLSigned into law 04/2012P-12School Improvement and Education Accountability
H.B. 7127 - School Improvement and Education Accountability
Requires a school improvement plan to include strategies for improving student achievement if a school has a significant student achievement...

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GASigned into law 04/2012P-12School and School System Indicators of Quality, Report Cards
S.B. 410
Directs the office of student achievement to work in coordination to review, and revise as necessary, indicators of quality. Requires such r...

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MNSigned into law 04/2012P-12Repealed - Office of Educational Accountability
H.F. 2949
Repealed statute which created and funded the Independent Office of Educational Accountability, which advised the legislative education comm...

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NESigned into law 04/2012P-12Quality Education Accountability Act
L.B. 870 - Multiple Measures Section
Provide for an accountability system to measure school performance under the Quality Education Accountability Act. Requires by August 1, 201...

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AZSigned into law 03/2012P-12Underperforming Schools
H.B. 2663
Enables a school that is assigned a letter grade of "D" for less than three consecutive years to also be assigned a letter grade of "F" if S...

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SDSigned into law 03/2012P-12State Accountability System
S.B. 25
Creates a new state accountability system for public elementary and secondary schools to hold public schools accountable for student achieve...

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VASigned into law 03/2012P-12High School Accreditation; Industry Certifications
H.B. 642/S.B. 514
Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations adjusting the formula for calculating the final high school accreditation status to add...

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WYSigned into law 03/2012P-12Statewide Accountability System
S.F. 57
Establishes indicators to measure student achievement and school-level performance. Stipulates that indicators will be used to create an ove...

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CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Size of Pupil Subgroups for Purposes of API Reporting
S.B. 512
From bill summary: Requires that reporting for purposes of the Academic Performance Index (API) include performance data for pupil subgroups...

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CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Education Quality Index
S.B. 547
From bill summary: Makes provisions relating to the Academic Performance Index (API) inoperative on July 1, 2014, and repeals them as of Jan...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Dropout Recovery High Schools and Individual Pupil Growth Model
A.B. 180
From bill summary: Existing law requires the superintendent of public instruction, with approval of the state board, to develop an alternati...

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TXAdopted 07/2011P-12Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System
19 TAC 97.1005
Adopts excerpted sections of the Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS) 2011 Manual. From Texas Register: The 2011 PBMAS inclu...

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TXAdopted 07/2011P-12Accountability Rating System
19 TAC 97.1001
Adopts the 2011 Accountability Manual. Provides earlier versions of the manual will remain in effect with respect to the school years for wh...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12School Grades
H.B. 1456
Adds a new section of that that requires the assignment and reporting of school grades. Requires that grades of schools be based 33 percent ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Graduation Rates
S.B. 2
Instructs the state board to adopt a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate to establis...

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NMSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Accountability Ratings
S.B. 427
Creates the A-B-C-D-E-F rating system to grade public schools in a way that is easily understandable to parents, school personnel and the co...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Grading System
S.B. 59
Requires the state board of education to establish a school grading system in which a school receives a grade of A, B, C, D, or F based on t...

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WYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Accountability Indicators
S.F. 70--Indicators
Wyoming Accountability in Education Act--Established through legislation and implemented by Department of Education.

PHASE 1
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AKAdopted 01/2011P-12Assessment/Academic Indicators, Report Card to the Public and Definitions
4 AAC 06.825, 895, 899
Revises various provisions regarding the other academic indicator, including graduation rate, for school, district and state accountability....

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Including Primary Language Assessment in State Assessment/Accountability System
S.B. 930
From bill summary: Requires that any primary language assessment developed by the department and administered to limited English proficient ...

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CAVetoed 08/2010P-12Determining Graduation Rates in Lowest-Achieving Schools
A.B. 2083
Existing law provides that persistently lowest-achieving schools include a high school with a graduation rate below 60% in each of the last ...

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TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1051, 1053, 1055, 1057, 1059, 1061, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1069, 1071, 1073
Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register.
97.1051: Amends defini...

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TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System
19 TAC 97.1005
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes an amendment to s.97.1005, concerning accountability and performance monitoring. The section descr...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Exclusion of Student Data in School Accountability
S.B. 112
Prohibits inclusion of performance data related to students educated in office of juvenile residential centers, justice detention centers, o...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12School/District Performance Letter Grades
H.B. 925
In addition to any other performance-related labels or designations assigned to schools and districts, the State Board of Elementary and Sec...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12School Achievement Profiles
S.B. 1286
Relates to school and school district accountability. Changes the classifications used for school achievement profiles and specifies the dat...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12Academic Performance Index and Student Growth Measurements
S.B. 1E - Section 7
By January 2011, directs the superintendent and state board, in consultation with the advisory committee established through 52052.5(a), to ...

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NEAdopted 01/2010P-12Quality Indicators Related to State System of Accreditation
Title 92, NAC Chapter 10 - Multiple Provisions
Adds quality indicators to major provisions. For example, 004.01 K-12 Curriculum. Quality Indicator: The curriculum is comprehensive, coordi...

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OHSigned into law 12/2009P-12Charter School Accountability During First Two Years of Operation
H.B. 19 - Community Schools
Amends accountability provisions applicable to charter schools. When determining whether a community school meets triggers for certain accou...

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OHSigned into law 12/2009P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 218 - Charter Schools
Authorizes specified community schools (charter schools) to operate as conversion schools. Authorizes the governing authority of specified c...

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CAVetoed 10/2009P-12Including Improving English Proficiency in State Accountability System
A.B. 1435
Relates to the advisory committee on the creation of the Academic Performance Index and the implementation of the Immediate Intervention/Und...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12Annual Report on Dropouts
S.B. 651
Requires the superintendent of public instruction by August 2011 to submit a report called the Annual Report on Dropouts in the state. Requi...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Performance Indicators
H.B. 1 - Section 3302.01 and 3302.02
Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1:
3302.01: Amends performance index score to reflect combination of reading and writing tests into ...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Report Card Data on College and Work Readiness
H.B. 1 - Section 105.01/3302.032
Repeals 3302.032, which directed the state board, by June 30, 2012, to select one or more methods of measuring high school graduates' prepar...

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COSigned into law 05/2009P-12School Accountability and Accreditation
S.B. 163
Repeals and reenacts the Educational Accreditation Act of 1998 to align accountability and accreditation measures and procedures; assigns sp...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Student Academic Achievement and Growth
H.F. 2
Requires the statewide educational accountability and reporting system to measure and separately report the adequate yearly progress of scho...

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NMSigned into law 04/2009P-12Acct. System Pilot Project and Data Collection
S.B. 156
Creates an alternative school accountability system pilot project; provides for data collection and analysis; provides for periodic reports ...

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KYSigned into law 03/2009P-12Accountability System
S.B. 1 Section 4, 5 and 7
Repeals provisions relating to rewards for successful schools. Establishes provisions to recognize schools that would have been rewarded und...

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FLAdopted 11/2008P-12School Improvement and Accountability
FAC 6A-1.09981
Ensures consistency among all schools designated School Performance Grade of D by requiring that they utilize the Bureau of School Improveme...

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LAAdopted 10/2008P-12Alternative Assessment Results
LAC 28:LXXXIII.3905
Amends rules relating to the school, district and state accountability system. Relates to the inclusion of alternate assessment results for ...

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AKRule Adoption 07/2008P-12GOVERNMENT OF SCHOOLS
4 AAC 06.825(b)(2), (c), .830(c), .885, 33.520(3)(4), .540(a)(2),(5), (6)
Deals with government of schools and special programs. Allows more flexibility in determining the graduation rate for purposes of Adequate Y...

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SCSigned into law 06/2008P-12Amends Multiple Accountability Provisions
H.B. 4662
Revises the Education Accountability Act. Adds poverty, limited English proficiency status, disability status, or other groups required by f...

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GASigned into law 04/2008P-12Flexibility in Exchange for Increased Accountability
H.B. 1209
Relates to elementary and secondary education; provides that a local school system may enter into a contract with the state board of educati...

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LAAdopted 12/2007P-12School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301, 517, 613, 707, 709, 903, 1301, 1601-1609, 1901,2101, 2301, 2401, 2501-2505, 2701- 2721, 3301-3303, 3503, 3507, 3701, and 3905.
Amends rules concerning Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System. Sets the target graduation rate for ...

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LAAdopted 10/2007P-12Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.603, 613, and 4313
Revises Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System (LAC Part Number LXXXIII).

Revises section 603 to i...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Accountability
A.B. 400
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to incorporate various indicators into the Academic Performance Index, including high scho...

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LAAdopted 08/2007P-12School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.4302 and 4313
Revises the use of Alternative Assessment results in accountability as suggested by the Department of Education's Technical Advisory Committ...

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LAAdopted 04/2007P-12District Accountability
LAC 28:LXXXIII.4301, 4302, 4310, 4311, 4313, 4315, 4503, and 4517
Replaces District Responsibility Index with District Responsibility Indicators to provide a more specific picture of how districts are to be...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12High Quality Educational Programs
S.B. 657
From Fiscal Note: The purpose of this bill is to revise the standards, assessment and accountability system to accommodate the higher order ...

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COSigned into law 02/2007P-12Growth Model for Student Performance
H.B. 1048
Requires the convening of a technical advisory panel to assist in the development of a longitudinal growth model to measure the academic gro...

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LAAdopted 11/2006P-12School Performance Score Component
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301 and 303
Transition made to new accountability system that includes iLEAP and Graduation Index. Page 1: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0611/061...

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LAAdopted 11/2006P-12School Performance Score Goal and Disaster Considerations for the School and District Subgroup Component
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301 and 4527
Adjusts accountability policy to more effectively address conditions imposed by the hurricanes of 2005 and implementation of a new testing p...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12School Report Card Indicators
S.B. 1510
Deletes certain items from the list of school conditions for which assessments are required to be included in the school accountability repo...

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CAAdopted 08/2006P-12High Priority Schools Grant Program
Title 5 CCR Sections 1030.7, 1030.8
Amends rules relating to high priority schools grant program. Provides clarification regarding the use of valid APIs in the determination of...

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LAAdopted 08/2006P-12School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapter 45
Designed to address the impact of natural disasters on schools/districts ability to meet the objectives of the accountability system. Create...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12District Financial Reports
S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15
Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Performance Grades
H.B. 7087 (Section 45)
Makes revisions to school grade provisions, such as the inclusion of information for students receiving a special diploma and grades for K-3...

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COSigned into law 04/2006P-12Measuring Student and School Performance
H.B. 1109
Concerns measuring public school effectiveness; identifies the schools that receive the governor's distinguished improvement awards; instruc...

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FLAdopted 04/2006P-12School Accountability Ratings
FAC 6A-1.09981
Reviews the current school grading calculation to explore the inclusion of other criteria and/or make current criteria more rigorous. Measur...

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FLAdopted 03/2006P-12Science Assessments and Proficiency Levels
FAC 6A-1.09422
Includes the science grade-level scale scores for each achievement level for use in reporting student proficiency levels in science as part ...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Pupil Counts
S.B. 173
Requires each school corporation (district) to conduct an informational count on May 1, 2007, May 1, 2008, and May 1, 2009 -- in the same ma...

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ILAdopted 11/2005P-12
23 IAC 1.10, thru .70, .75, .80,
.85, .90, .95,
Makes changes in the accountability system for public schools. Changes the requirement for adequate yearly progress and the indicators that ...

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KYAdopted 11/2005P-12Accountability Rewards and Consequences
703 KAR 5:020
Amends rules which establish a system for identifying and rewarding successful schools and appropriate consequences for schools failing to m...

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TXAdopted 09/2005P-12Institutional Reports
19 TAC 1.17.K.17.101
From background information: Proposed amendment to 19 TAC §97.1001 would describe the state accountability rating system and adopt excerpts ...

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TXAdopted 09/2005P-12Accountability Ratings and Measures
19 TAC §97.1001
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: Legal counsel with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has recommended that the procedures for i...

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TXAdopted 09/2005P-12Annual Accountability Standards
19 TAC 2.97.AA.97.1001
Amends rules regarding the annual accountability standards. Describes the state accountability rating system for districts, campuses, and ch...

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COVetoed 06/2005P-12Evaluation of State Accountability System and Revised Designations
S.B. 214 (Section 1-2)
Requires the department to contract every 3 years for an independent evaluation of the state accountability system and the No Child Left Beh...

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COVetoed 06/2005P-12Diagnostic Academic Growth Calculation
S.B. 214 (Section 7-8)
Section 7: Encourages the state board to establish accreditation indicators based in part on the diagnostic academic growth calculation adde...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Public School Performance Accountability Program:Opportunity for Teaching and Learning Index
S.B. 1419
Existing law establishes the Public School Performance Accountability Program which consists of the Academic Performance
Index (API), the Im...

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TNSigned into law 06/2004P-12Education Performance Goals and Measures
H.B. 3511
Deletes several sections of 49-1-601 and and substitutes new language. Relates to educational performance goals and measures;changes from d...

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DERule Adoption 05/2004P-12Accountability for Schools, Districts and the State
14 DAC 103
Amends regulation to reflect the changes made to Delaware's plan under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Changes include: defini...

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AZSigned into law 04/2004P-12School Academic Progress Measurement
H.B. 2353
Concerns schools and measures of academic progress; concerns calculation of the measure of academic progress as the extent of academic progr...

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LAAdopted 04/2004P-12School, District and State Accountability
LAC 28:LXXXIII.303, 311, 1701, 2701, 2702, 2703, 2713, 2715, 2717, 2719, 2721, 3905, 4001, 4003, 4005
Adopts rules relating to the implementation of fundamental changes in the classroom by helping schools and communities focus on student achi...

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WVto governor 03/2004P-12Exemplary Performance and Progress
H.B. 4001- Multiple Sections
Part of H.B. 4001 requires standards for determining exemplary student, school and school system performance and progress. These indicators ...

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WVto governor 03/2004P-12Indicators of Efficiency
H.B. 4001 - Multiple Sections
Part of H.B. 4001 requires the state board to adopt and periodically review and update indicators of efficiency for use by the appropriate d...

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WVSigned into law 03/2004P-12School Improvement
H.B. 4001- Mult. Sections - School Improvement
Requires the department to make available through its web site or the West Virginia education information system an electronic unified schoo...

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CAVetoed 10/2003P-12School Accountability: Opportunity to Learn Index
S.B. 495
States the intent of the Legislature to establish an Opportunity for Teaching and Learning Index as part of the Public School Performance Ac...

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OHSigned into law 08/2003P-12State Public School Accountability System
H.B. 3--Section 3302.01
Creates the Ohio Accountability Task Force to study the state's accountability system (to make recommendations, periodically review fees for...

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OHSigned into law 08/2003P-12AYP
H.B. 3--3302.01
This section defines "performance index score;" defines subgroups as major racial and ethic groups, students with disabilities, economically...

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NVSigned into law 06/2003P-12Alignment with No Child Left Behind Act - Accountability Provisions
S.B. 1 (Omnibus Bill)
The measure revises the public school accountability provisions of the Nevada Education Reform Act and related sections of the law to confor...

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TXSigned into law 06/2003P-12District Accreditation Standards
S.B. 1820
Currently, Texas law requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to adopt rules to evaluate the performance of schools using the academic e...

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AZSigned into law 05/2003P-12School Accountability
H.B. 2277
Modifies school achievement profile designations and extends for an additional year the time before a school is classified as a school faili...

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NMAdopted 12/2002P-12Indicators and Measurements/School Ratings
NMAC 6.19.1.8, 6.19.1.9; 6.19.2.16
Establishes rules annually measuring public schools on the five statewide indicators. All scores, rates, and other measures used in the Acco...

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NMAdopted 12/2002P-12Public School Accountability, General Provisions
6.19.1, 6.19.2 NMAC
Amends rules regarding the annual measurement of schools. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0001.pdf 6.19.1.9 Address...

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AKAdopted 08/2002P-12School Designators
4 AAC 06 - Article 4
Establishes the indicators and formulas used to measure school performance. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/adopted/4AAC06_schooldesignator...

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AKAdopted 06/2002P-12School Designators
4 AAC 06
Each school will receive accountability points for each student included in school accountability, based on their performance category ("Adv...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Annual Reports on Schools and Districts
S.B. 1331
Changes distribution deadline for state board's annual reports for every school and district and the state as a whole from July 1 to Septemb...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Performance Indices, School Classification and Intervention for Failing Schools
H.B. 2658
Requires that the academic achievement profile report for schools serving students grades K-8 include as indicators the Arizona Measure of A...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Alternative Education Campuses
S.B. 94
Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates t...

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KSSigned into law 05/2002P-12Curriculum Standards Review, State School Report Card, Pupil Performance Study
S.B. 9
Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state boa...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Annual Fall Reports
H.B. 884, S.B. 350
Directs the Board of Education to include, in its annual fall report on public education needs and schools failing to meet the Standards of ...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Disaggregating data
S.B. 6456
Authorizes the Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission to set performance improvement goals for certain groups of students and dr...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002Postsec.Higher Education Accountability
S.B. 533
Authorizes the rules relating to a higher education report card and performance indicators....

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OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Performance Indicators Provision
S.B. 1
Repeals all former district performance indicators, and requires the state board to establish at least 17 new indicators annually through 20...

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CASigned into law 10/2001P-12High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools
A.B. 961
Establishes the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act. Requires a scho...

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ORSigned into law 08/2001P-12Grading Schools and Reporting
S.B. 811
Encourages school districts to implement programs to improve student performance and school personnel satisfaction such as the Initiative fo...

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NHVetoed 07/2001P-12School Performance
S.B. 164
Establishes criteria for measuring school performance standards and creates a watch list for schools which are not making satisfactory progr...

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COSigned into law 06/2001P-12New rankings for school report cards
S.B. 98
Directs new rankings for school report cards; adds new categories of information to be included in school report cards; requires low perform...

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DESigned into law 06/2001P-12School Accountability Program
H.B. 220
Relates to school and district accountability for student outcomes; provides for notification to the public of school rankings; provides tec...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12At Risk Guidelines
S.B. 702
Texas law defines a "student at risk of dropping out of school" by age
rather than grade level for students in grade levels higher than seve...

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FLFiled as Chapter No 05/2001P-12School Performance Grades
H.B. 1633
2001-90. Revises provisions relating to the designation of school performance grade categories; revises the basis for such designations; rev...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Staff Performance Evaluation Plan
S.B. 165
Section formerly required each school to develop staff performance evaluation plan that would examine each employee's performance. New langu...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Accountability System
S.B. 165
Eliminates language that defined "expected [school] performance level" by student attendance rates, remediation rates, assessment scores and...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Academic Performance
S.B. 810
Requires state to complete draft Academic Performance Index by July 13, 2001. On or before February 28, 2002, must file the final baseline ...

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SCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Performance Indicators
H.B. 3600
Relates to the education oversight committee's academic performance ratings and performance indicators under the education accountability ac...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Students Tested; Reporting
S.B. 660
Relates to annual school accountability reporting. There are five indices through which public school performance shall be measured and rep...

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Attendance Rates Reported
H.B. 1222
Concerns the replacement of information on student dropout rates with information on school attendance rates in reports for elementary schoo...

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CASigned into law 09/2000P-12School Accountability Report Card
S.B. 1632
Requires the State Department of Education to develop and recommend for adoption a standardized template for the school accountability repor...

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AZSigned into law 04/2000P-12Statewide Testing
S.B. 1139
States the State Board of Education shall administer the standardized norm-referenced achievement test two times during each academic year t...

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COSigned into law 06/1999Postsec.Revises Quality Indicator System
S.B. 229
Revises the statewide expectations and goals under the quality indicator system for the statewide system of higher education so that the ind...

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NESigned into law 05/1999P-12Amends Performance Indicators
L.B. 813
Sets parameters for one of the state performance indicators. Amends "(c) At least sixty percent of the graduating seniors in the local syste...

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CASigned into law 04/1999P-12Public School Accountability Act of 1999
S.B. 1X
Institutes a ranking of California's schools, with rewards for schools that improve and interventions in underperforming ones. Creates an A...

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VASigned into law 03/1999P-12Governor's Schools
H.B. 2077
Provides that the Board of Education shall include consideration of special school division accomplishments, such as numbers of dual enrollm...

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WISigned into law 06/1998P-12
A.B. 883
Relates to information included in the annual school and school districts performance reports....

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MISigned into law 12/1997P-12
H.B. 5233
Requires MEAP and high school proficiency test scores to be used as an indicator in school improvement process; relates to supporting academ...

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CAVetoed 08/1997P-12
S.B. 305 School Accountability Report Card
Requires that the statewide model school accountability report card also include, as a school condition to be assessed, the quality of schoo...

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+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--College Entrance Exams
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ Assessment--Legal Issues
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
+ Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio
+ Assessment--Value Added
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
+ Attendance
+ Attendance--Compulsory
+ Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
+ Attendance--Truancy
+ Background Checks
+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Brain Research
+ Business Involvement
+ Career/Technical Education
+ Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
+ Cheating
+ Choice of Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded
+ Civic Education
+ Civic Education--Character Education
+ Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy
+ Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards
+ Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
+ Class Size
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Alignment
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Censorship
+ Curriculum--Core Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Drivers Education
+ Curriculum--Environmental Education
+ Curriculum--Excusal
+ Curriculum--Family Living Education
+ Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
+ Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
+ Curriculum--Geography Education
+ Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
+ Curriculum--Home Economics
+ Curriculum--International Education
+ Curriculum--Language Arts
+ Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
+ Curriculum--Multicultural
+ Curriculum--Physical Education
+ Curriculum--Science
+ Curriculum--Sex Education
+ Curriculum--Social Studies/History
+ Curriculum--Speech Education
+ Data-Driven Improvement
+ Demographics
+ Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults
+ Demographics--Enrollments
+ Desegregation
+ Economic/Workforce Development
+ Education Research
+ Equity
+ Federal
+ Finance
+ Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
+ Finance--Aid to Private Schools
+ Finance--Bonds
+ Finance--District
+ Finance--Does Money Matter?
+ Finance--Equity
+ Finance--Facilities
+ Finance--Federal
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
+ Finance--Litigation
+ Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
+ Finance--Lotteries
+ Finance--Performance Funding
+ Finance--Private Giving
+ Finance--Resource Efficiency
+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
+ Finance--Student Fees
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
+ Governance
+ Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
+ Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
+ Governance--Mandates
+ Governance--Regional Entities
+ Governance--School Boards
+ Governance--School Boards--Training
+ Governance--Site-Based Management
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
+ Health
+ Health--Child Abuse
+ Health--Mental Health
+ Health--Nutrition
+ Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
+ Health--Suicide Prevention
+ Health--Teen Pregnancy
+ High School
+ High School--Advanced Placement
+ High School--College Readiness
+ High School--Credit Recovery
+ High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates
+ High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
+ High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges
+ High School--Exit Exams
+ High School--GED (General Education Development)
+ High School--Graduation Requirements
+ High School--International Baccalaureate
+ Instructional Approaches
+ Instructional Approaches--Constructivism
+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills
+ Instructional Approaches--Official English
+ Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning
+ Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education
+ Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task
+ Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ International Benchmarking
+ Leadership
+ Leadership--District Superintendent
+ Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure
+ Middle School
+ Minority/Diversity Issues
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--African American
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic
+ No Child Left Behind
+ No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress
+ No Child Left Behind--Assessment
+ No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer
+ No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools
+ No Child Left Behind--Finance
+ No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement
+ No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers
+ No Child Left Behind--Report Cards
+ No Child Left Behind--School Support
+ No Child Left Behind--Special Populations
+ No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
+ Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
+ P-16 or P-20
+ P-3
+ P-3 Brain Development
+ P-3 Child Care
+ P-3 Content Standards and Assessment
+ P-3 Data Systems
+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
+ P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits
+ P-3 Family Involvement
+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Governance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
+ P-3 Health and Mental Health
+ P-3 Kindergarten
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Preschool
+ P-3 Public/Private Partnerships
+ P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion
+ P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development
+ Parent/Family
+ Parent/Family--Parent Rights
+ Parent/Family--Research
+ Partnerships--University/School
+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary Accountability
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning
+ Postsecondary Affordability
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants
+ Postsecondary Faculty
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure
+ Postsecondary Finance
+ Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding
+ Postsecondary Finance--Facilities
+ Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies
+ Postsecondary Institutions
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
+ Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate
+ Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent
+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
+ Postsecondary Participation
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
+ Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements
+ Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action
+ Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics)
+ Postsecondary Participation--Outreach
+ Postsecondary Students
+ Postsecondary Students--Adults
+ Postsecondary Students--Disabled
+ Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth
+ Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional
+ Postsecondary Students--International
+ Postsecondary Students--Low-Income
+ Postsecondary Students--Military
+ Postsecondary Students--Minority
+ Postsecondary Success
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics)
+ Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation
+ Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence
+ Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation
+ Private Schools
+ Privatization
+ Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs)
+ Proficiency-Based Approaches
+ Promising Practices
+ Promotion/Retention
+ Public Involvement
+ Purposes of Public Education
+ Reading/Literacy
+ Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy
+ Religion
+ Religion--Prayer/Meditation
+ Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution)
+ Rural
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Week
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round
+ School Climate/Culture
+ School Safety
+ School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution
+ School Safety--Code of Conduct
+ School Safety--Corporal Punishment
+ School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness
+ School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension
+ School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools
+ School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault
+ School Safety--Special Education
+ School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes
+ School/District Structure/Operations
+ School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation
+ School/District Structure/Operations--District Size
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.)
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching)
+ School/District Structure/Operations--School Size
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
+ Service-Learning
+ Special Education
+ Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations
+ Special Education--Finance
+ Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming)
+ Special Education--Placement
+ Special Education--Transition
+ Special Populations--Corrections Education
+ Special Populations--Foster Care
+ Special Populations--Gifted and Talented
+ Special Populations--Homeless Education
+ Special Populations--Immigrant Education
+ Special Populations--Migrant Education
+ Special Populations--Military
+ Standards
+ Standards--Common Core State Standards
+ Standards--Implementation
+ State Comparisons/Statistics
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
+ State Policymaking
+ State Policymaking--Ballot Questions
+ State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses
+ State Policymaking--Politics
+ State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions
+ STEM
+ Student Achievement
+ Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap
+ Student Achievement--State Trends
+ Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
+ Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Student Supports--Remediation
+ Student Surveys
+ Students
+ Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
+ Students--Employment
+ Students--Incentives
+ Students--K-12 Exchange Students
+ Students--Mobility
+ Students--Records/Rights
+ Teaching Quality
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits
+ Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
+ Teaching Quality--Professional Development
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects
+ Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Contracts (Not Tenure)
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining--Strikes
+ Teaching Quality--Working Conditions
+ Technology
+ Technology--Computer Skills
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
+ Technology--Equitable Access
+ Technology--Funding Issues
+ Technology--Internet Safety
+ Technology--Research/Evaluation
+ Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training
+ Textbooks and Open Source
+ Urban
+ Urban--Change/Improvements
+ Urban--Governance
+ Whole-School Reform Models
+ Whole Child