Melissa Buttles

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Melissa Buttles
Vice Principal, Adult Secondary Education, Fresno Adult School,
Fresno Unified School District

Melissa Buttles is a vice principal of adult secondary education at Fresno Adult School, part of the Fresno Unified School District. She was formerly a research intern at WestEd and worked at Lawyers for Children. She is also a member of the Adult Education Committee for the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Region 9. Buttles is a graduate of Princeton University.

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Contributing topics
Continuous school improvement & support
Educator workforce & effectiveness
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Publications by Melissa Buttles
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Assessing California’s Accountability System
Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities for Improvement
California's accountability system, PSAA, has been examined by three independent studies, revealing five key issues. The system established specific performance targets, rewards, and sanctions for schools, but budget constraints and differences with…
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Voices From the Field
Educators Respond to Accountability
The Educator Responses to Accountability Project (ERAP) explores the impact of public school accountability on California teachers' and administrators' classroom practices and professionalism. State and federal policymakers support accountability,…