What do State reported "school rankings"/comparisons/student achievement & growth data say about the quality of a particular school and their administrators, teachers, programming (if anything)?
reading materials
Apple, M. W. (2007). Ideological success, educational failure? On the politics of No Child Left Behind. Journal of Teacher Education, 58(2), 108-116.
Young, M. D., Winn, K. M., & Reedy, M. A. (2017). The EveryStudent Succeeds Act: Strengthening the focus on educational leadership. Educational Administration Quarterly, 53(5), 705-726.
Knight, D. S. (2019). Are school districts allocating resources equitably? The Every Student Succeeds Act, teacher experience gaps, and equitable resource allocation. Educational Policy, 33(4), 615-649.
Phillips, V., & Wong, C. (2010). Tying together the common core of standards, instruction, and assessments. Phi Delta Kappan, 91(5), 37-42.
Anderson, K., Harrison, T., & Lewis, K. (2012). Plans to Adopt and Implement Common Core State Standards in the Southeast Region States. Issues & Answers. REL 2012-No. 136. Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast.
Xu, Z., & Cepa, K. (2018). Getting College-Ready during State Transition toward the Common Core State Standards. Teachers College Record, 120(6), n6.