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State Education Reforms (SER)

Accountability

Accountability systems are designed to encourage school improvement by holding schools accountable for their students' performance. The tables in this section present data on various statewide accountability systems, such as school report cards, monitoring of adequate yearly progress, school rewards and sanctions, student data systems, and the accountability of funding systems.

Data Tables

Table 1.1Report cards provided by the state, student-performance data included in report cards, graduation or dropout rates included in high school report cards, and the presence of student identification systems, by state: 2005–06
Table 1.2Percent of all schools not making Adequate Yearly Progress, and percent of all schools identified as in need of improvement, by state: 2008–09
Table 1.3Rewards and sanctions for schools, by state: 2009–10
Table 1.4Types of school sanctions, by state: 2005–06
Table 1.5Statewide student data systems' use of teacher and student identifiers, communication with higher education data systems, and assessment records, by state: 2009-10
Table 1.6State-reported elements of statewide student data systems, by state: 2009-10
Table 1.7Financing sources for state funding systems, state provided formula funds, state reclaim of funds, and funding systems ruled unconstitutional, by state: 2004–05
Table 1.8Types of state high school policies for college and work readiness, by state: 2011
Table 1.9State requires parental notification of out-of-field teachers and state with a ban or cap on the number of out-of-field teachers, by state: 2009–10
Table 1.10States with charter school caps; automatic exemptions, required teacher certification, and identification of special education responsibilities for charter schools, by state: 2009-10

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