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Accountability systems are designed to encourage school improvement by holding schools accountable for their students' performance. The tables in this section present data on various statewide accountability systems, such as school report cards, monitoring of adequate yearly progress, school rewards and sanctions, student data systems, and the accountability of funding systems.
Data Tables
| Table 1.1 | Report cards provided by the state, student-performance data included in report cards, graduation or dropout rates included in high school report cards, and the presence of student identification systems, by state: 2005–06 |
| Table 1.2 | Percent of all schools not making Adequate Yearly Progress, and percent of all schools identified as in need of improvement, by state: 2006–07 |
| Table 1.3 | Rewards and sanctions for schools, by state: 2007–08 |
| Table 1.4 | Types of school sanctions, by state: 2005–06 |
| Table 1.5 | Characteristics of statewide student data systems, by state: 2008 |
| Table 1.6 | State-reported elements of longitudinal data systems, by state: 2008–09 Updated! |
| Table 1.7 | Financing sources for state funding systems, state provided formula funds, state reclaim of funds, and funding systems ruled unconstitutional, by state: 2004–05 |
| Table 1.8 | State high school policies for college and work readiness, by state: 2008 |
| Table 1.9 | State requires parental notification of out-of-field teachers or has a ban or cap on the number of out-of-field teachers, by state: 2007-08 |
| Table 1.10 | Charter school reporting requirement and start-up fund characteristics, by state: 2008 |
| Table 1.11 | Charter school teacher certification and student accountability characteristics, by state: 2008 |
