Accountability

ResourceCheck™ Tool:
Assess your District’s Resource Use

ERS, July 2010

This web-based tool is designed to help you dive into the transformational strategies that lead to better resource use, ResourceCheck asks you a series of questions, and then tallies and…

Tags: tough times, school systems, resource allocation, school design, teaching effectiveness, schools, strategic designs, human capital, teaching, accountability, instructional systems

Fair Student Funding Summit

On March 25-26, 2010, urban education leaders gathered in Baltimore, MD for the Fair Student Funding Summit, a conference that brought together districts that use weighted student funding (WSF) as…

Tags: school systems, resource allocation, strategic designs, per pupil spending, accountability

Weighted Student Funding District Summaries:
Nine District Examples

In March, 2010, ERS brought together a group of urban education leaders for a two-day summit to explore innovative approaches for allocating student funds based on student need. These summaries…

Tags: school systems, resource allocation, strategic designs, per pupil spending, accountability

School Budget Report for School District of Philadelphia:
School Year 2008-2009

The results of a Resource Use Analysis conducted by ERS for the School District of Philadelphia between 2007 and 2009.

Tags: school systems, resource allocation, per pupil spending, accountability

Weighted Student Funding:
Why Do Districts Decide to Implement WSF?

ERS, April 2010

This presentation defines and explores how school districts can fund schools through a more decentralized system that connects extra dollars to students that require additional resources.

Tags: school systems, resource allocation, strategic designs, per pupil spending, accountability

Breaking the Cycle of Failure in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

by Jonathan Travers and Barbara Christiansen
ERS, April 2010

In this case study of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Strategic Staffing Initiative, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) and the Aspen Institute tell the important story of how one district is harnessing the critical levers of school leadership and teaching excellence to turnaround schools in the context of a larger school system. The system’s…

Tags: tough times, school systems, resource allocation, strategic designs, accountability, instructional systems

The Strategic School:
Making the Most of People, Time, and Money

by Karen Hawley Miles and Stephen Frank
Corwin Press 2008

How can schools best use the resources they already have? That question is at the heart of this inspiring book for school and district administrators challenged with increasing student performance…

Tags: tough times, school systems, professional development, resource allocation, school design, teaching effectiveness, schools, strategic designs, human capital, per pupil spending, teaching, accountability, school size, academic time, instructional systems

Freeing School Resources for Learning:
The "Missing Piece" in Making Accountability Meaningful

by Karen Hawley Miles
New American Schools

This article provides insight into how school systems nationwide are seeking to place more accountability for student performance with educators at the school level.

Tags: school systems, resource allocation, school design, schools, per pupil spending, accountability

Urban School District Accountability Systems

by D. McAdams, M. Wisdom, S. Glover, A. McClellan
Center for Reform of School Systems, 2003

A report written for the Education Commission of the States by the Center for Reform of School Systems. December 2003. Using case studies from Boston, Cincinnati and Houston, authors provide strategies for creation of an effective district accountability system.

Tags: school systems, accountability