School and District Improvement: Accountability

The Grow Network enables accountability and growth information to be understood and acted upon by a diverse range of stakeholders.

Grow helps align and interconnect the needs of multiple stakeholders—state, district and school leaders, as well as teachers, parents, and policymakers—working towards accelerated student achievement, dropout prevention, and higher rates of graduation. 

With easy-to-understand graphical displays online and in print, states can provide clear information on how schools and districts are meeting federal and state accountability requirements, including innovative displays of longitudinal growth and subgroup comparisons.

Educators, administrators, parents, and policymakers can use this information to support improvement based on detailed knowledge of schools' and districts' strengths and needs.

Pennsylvania—A Success Story

The Grow Network partnered with the Pennsylvania Department of Education to make educational performance publicly available on the web, allowing schools to be compared across federal and state accountability metrics and highlighting opportunities for improvement.

This meaningful data encourages a shared understanding among educators, families, and the public about how educational improvement is working in the state, promoting broader participation and better decision making.  Grow's solutions include robust accountability metrics, encompassing multiple assessment measures for capturing and reporting growth for large districts and states.