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Analysis: With New ESSA Data, States Can Track How Well Schools Are Serving All Students. New Report Shows How They’re Doing — And Why

Analysis: With New ESSA Data, States Can Track How Well Schools Are Serving All Students. New Report Shows How They’re Doing — And Why

It’s exciting that a broad commitment to measuring individual student growth is happening across the country, yet states are using a variety of different methods to calculate it — and not all growth measures are created equal.

In this analysis featured in The 74, DQC’s President and CEO Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger explains student growth data — what it is, why it matters, and how it can be used to improve equity.