: The fundamental purpose of accountability is to improve the performance of educational leaders, teachers, and students. (creativeleadership.net)
Purpose — The primary purpose of the accountability system the state must develop in response to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is to appropriately identify schools with performance issues for comprehensive and targeted support and improvement efforts as required under ESSA. (wasblegupdate.wasb.org)
Since a primary purpose of accountability is to make schools better, professional development — particularly time for teachers to collaborate — must be a regular part of teachers» paid work and must be aimed toward improving practice. (fairtest.org)