Finally, the report recommends that education leaders should encourage smarter, fairer approaches to school funding, ones that direct money to students based on their needs, so that all schools and districts have an equal opportunity to succeed.
To help districts, states, federal experts, and the public learn more about how districts compare from state to state, CAP has created a website that color-codes districts within states, categorizing each district based on its educational productivity.
The full report also details some best practices of districts found to be most efficient, such as a willingness to make tough choices, strong community relations, and smart use of data.
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But even with these recommendations, attendees at the CAP conference voiced their concerns about a focus on educational productivity.
“What incentives are there for educators to move from the idea of compliance to innovation, especially when jobs are on the line right now?” asked one attendee.
“What will a focus purely on productivity mean for special programs and extra curriculars, like sports or after-school programs?” asked another.
“If we want to change our culture to one of efficiency,” asked an attendee, “do we do it with marginal changes, like moving away from seat-time requirements, or do we make huge systemic changes?”
“It’s the question of ‘What are we trying to accomplish in schools,’ and it’s a question that we’ve been trying to answer in different ways for decades,” said Adams.
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