Advancing Accountability

“Accountability matters so intensely because young people deserve schools that prepare them for their next steps. It is up to us to ensure that every child, regardless of personal circumstance, has options and choices for their own lives.”
— Anne Wicks, The Don Evans Family Managing Director, Opportunity and Democracy

Low-income and minority students too often lag behind their peers in the United States. Globally, American students rank below children in other countries in the core subjects of reading, math, and science.

To increase achievement for children of all races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic statuses, we must have:

• High standards and high-quality instruction
• Quality assessments tied to those standards
• Meaningful consequences for low performance