by Russ Jones | Oct 20, 2016 | Administration
The standards era in education which was ushered in with the full force of a tropical hurricane under No Child left Behind (NCLB) has leveraged “accountability” into compliance with the common core, state testing, school “improvement”...
by Russ Jones | Oct 18, 2016 | ESSA
The standards era in education has produced a plethora of “accountability measures” enacted by the federal government and state legislatures that have relied heavily, if not exclusively, on standardized test scores. Educators across the country have long...
by Russ Jones | Aug 30, 2016 | Administration
State departments of education across the country are engaging their constituencies in the concept of “N” size. N size refers to the minimum number of students required in a group before the group is used for accountability and reporting purposes. The...
by Russ Jones | Aug 8, 2016 | State Assessments
Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) signed into law by President Obama in December of 2106, states have a much greater degree of flexibility in order to meet federal requirements for accountability. State departments of education across the country are...
by Russ Jones | Jul 27, 2016 | Administration, Superintendent, Teachers
When the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) releases the 2016 Local Report Card (LRC) in mid-September we will see a few changes that have been planned for several years. The biggest change will be that the 2016 LRC will assign A-F letter grades to the six (6) major...
