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Doss, C. J., Akinniranye, G., & Tosh, K. (2020). School improvement plans: Is there room for improvement? Rand Corportation American Educator. Panels. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2575z4-1.html
The findings of this study of principals’ and teachers’ perceptions of school improvement plans (SIPs) reported varying knowledge of and beliefs about SIPs to effect change among these two groups of educators.

Erwin, B., Francies, C., Pechota, D., & McCann, M. (2021). 50-state comparison: States’s school accountability systems. Education Commission of the States. https://www.ecs.org/50-state-comparison-states-school-accountability-systems/
The Education Commission of the States provides a comparison of the accountability systems in each of the 50 states and an interactive website.

Education Trust. (n.d.). School improvement under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). https://edtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ESSA_FactSheet__Overview_Hyperlink.pdf
The Education Trust advances policies and practices to remove racial and economic barriers in the American education system. This resource explains the school improvement categorization system used in ESSA.