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CA: Officials to Adopt ‘Student Growth Model’ in Assessment, Accountability Systems

CA: Officials to Adopt ‘Student Growth Model’ in Assessment, Accountability Systems

May 5, 2021

Members of the California State Board seemed finally ready to push the state’s data and accountability system to track student progress over time, an action that has been urged in the state by experts, advocates, and even federal education officials since 2015. Due to the cancellation of tests at the onset of the pandemic – and limited testing this school year – the new student growth model is not expected to provide new data points until December of 2024, at the earliest.