Leading School Accreditor Sees Expansion Opportunity Under ESSA

Education Week: AdvancED—the nation's largest pre-K-12 accrediting organization—is working to vastly expand its school improvement contractor operation to help states meet their commitments under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Its suite of new online classroom-observation tools, consultant services, and teacher and leadership training is independent of the nonprofit's bread-and-butter work of awarding or withholding its seal of approval for 27,000 of the nation's elementary, middle, and high schools.

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