Policymakers, parents and educators across the country and across political interests recognize current school accountability systems have had mixed success. While many schools and students are better off from the attention and extra resources accountability policies have brought, disparities and inequitable results persist elsewhere.
Student learning and achievement
Resources, opportunities, and support
Family, community, and societal
In use for more than 20 years, the 5Es Survey asks students, parents and teachers to rate schoolwide learning conditions. It provides a different set of insights for how to improve learning for more students.
Elevate the importance of strong school cultures, climates, community resources and engagement in addressing disparities and improving student success.
In late 2022, Indiana unveiled a more comprehensive school performance dashboard that uses a variety of student success indicators to measure progress at key milestones.
Consult a wider range of measures to better understand whether students are on track and gaining needed skills for success after high school.
In 2018 in the city of Tulsa, the school district, community and city leaders created the Child Equity Index to better understand how conditions outside schools were influencing student success inside schools.
Spotlight community conditions that are affecting children’s opportunities to thrive, and then use the data to design and implement new interventions both in school and out of school.
