Our accountability system—the way we hold federal employees accountable for meeting reasonable standards of performance and behavior—is badly broken. It takes too long, is bureaucratically byzantine ...

When something is not working, change it. The Virginia Board of Education is proposing that kind of transformative change for its new accountability framework, by splitting up the state’s ...

Nearly a quarter-century ago, educators and policymakers developed an accountability system for public education built around end-of-year state assessments. These tests — which have been the core ...

The Virginia Board of Education on Wednesday approved the final touches on the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act plan, designed to address concerns with how schools were rated and student performance ...

The Kentucky Department of Education is collecting community input to make its state education accountability system more meaningful and useful for students – with a recent stop in Bowling Green. More ...

LOUISIANA — The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education passed the new accountability system for Louisiana public schools on June 12. Louisiana's K-12 accountability system is used to ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Nearly 3 in 4 Virginia schools would be considered “off-track” or in “need of intensive support,” according to a new accountability system approved by the Virginia Department of ...

The Virginia Department of Education on Tuesday launched its new school accountability system, and some Democrats are already eyeing potential changes. Lt. Gov-elect Ghazala Hashmi, the outgoing chair ...

Lawmakers are pushing to delay Virginia's revised school accountability system, claiming it was rushed and lacks clarity. On Monday, a Senate subcommittee advanced legislation to postpone the system, ...

Oregon’s public health system is changing how it prevents diseases and protects and promotes health. Since 2013, Oregon has been transforming its governmental public health system to ensure critical ...