System data to hold accountability systems accountable for high-churn schools

Education reformers at all levels of government—federal, state, local—have focused policy in the last two decades on developing and supporting accountability systems to improve school performance. They have done so in the name of equity. Chicago Public Schools has been at the forefront of these efforts. I report data that compares the accountability status and ratings of stable and high-churn schools. Achieving equity requires us to learn from this example.