Accountability Quote by Kate Brown

Under HB 2655, the state is responsible to ensure parents are aware of the purpose and value of assessments and receive notice from their…

— Kate Brown

Creating a high-functioning education system requires all the strategies involved in building high-functioning organisations anywhere. It requires a deliberate and aggressive strategy to ensure…

— Wendy Kopp

“Assessment must be a conversation, a narrative that enhances students’ understanding of what they know, what they can do, and what needs further work.…

— Starr Sackstein

By letting parents and students decide what is best for them, our education system is working the way it should be - equipping students…

— Tommy Tuberville

“Student-engaged assessment involves students in underst anding and in vesting in their own growth. It changes the primary role of assessment from evaluating and…

— Ron Berger

“One problem with test-based accountability, as currently defined and used, is that it removes all responsibility from students and their families for the students'…

— Diane Ravitch

Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.

— Arne Duncan

“Formative assessments nurture hope and say to students, 'You might not get this yet, but you will. Here is something else you can try…

— Cris Tovani

I remind everyone: Whether you school them at home or send them to school, you as a parent have the responsibility to make sure…

— Ernest Istook

You can't just abandon accountability measures in schools... Educators want that because otherwise they can't identify achievement-gap issues for students.

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

My obligation is to focus on the priorities of classroom instruction, parental involvement and student safety, targeting student performance and eliminating unnecessary administrative costs.

— John R. Leopold

The key is that unless there is accountability, we will never get the right system. As long as there are no consequences if kids…

— Albert Shanker