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Curry, Jill; Nielsen, Darin – Utah State Board of Education, 2020
This report identifies the statutory requirements, including programs, reports, evaluations, and accountability measures, impacted by the assessment waiver and describes how each statutory requirement is impacted by the assessment waiver. It discusses the data which the State Board has not collected or will not collect because of the assessment…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Accountability
Marion, Scott; Pace, Lillian; Brown, Julianna Charles; Keng, Leslie – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2022
The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) during the summer of 2021 for a firm to support the redesign of Utah's School Accountability System so that it's more aligned with Personalized, Competency-Based Learning and Utah's Portrait of a Graduate, but still simple and transparent. The current Utah School…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Criteria
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Sampson, Carrie; Horsford, Sonya Douglass – Journal of School Leadership, 2017
In this article, we argue that ESSA provides a unique policy window for district-level leaders to advance an equity agenda by working closely with local community advocates. Drawing from a larger qualitative, multiple case study on the role of school boards in three U.S. Mountain West school districts, we focus on community advocacy committed to…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, School Districts, Advocacy, Case Studies
Rhim, Lauren Morando – Academic Development Institute, 2013
Locally controlled public schools are one of the cornerstones of our nation's democracy, yet many schools are not preparing students for success. Far too many students are not graduating, and many of those who do graduate are woefully unprepared for college or a meaningful career. Successfully initiating and sustaining meaningful improvements in…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Boards of Education, Accountability, Educational Change