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Making Students Visible
Comparing Different Student Subgroup Sizes for Accountability
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Authors
Heather J. Hough
Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University
Joe Witte
Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University
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Summary
With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015, California state policymakers are tasked with determining the subgroup threshold for school-level reporting. To inform this decision, this policy brief explores the implications of utilizing various subgroup sizes using data from the CORE Districts. The authors find that the 20+ subgroup size presents clear advantages in terms of the number of students represented, particularly in making historically underserved student populations visible.
UPDATE: In response to new ESSA regulations, the authors produced a supplemental report comparing subgroup sizes of 20+ to 30+.
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Hough, H. J., & Witte, J. (2016, May). Making students visible: Comparing different student subgroup sizes for accountability [Policy brief]. Policy Analysis for California Education. https://edpolicyinca.org/publications/making-students-visible
Hough, H. J., & Witte, J. (2016, May). Making students visible: Comparing different student subgroup sizes for accountability [Policy brief]. Policy Analysis for California Education. https://edpolicyinca.org/publications/making-students-visible
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