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District staffer presents dissertation findings: Pennsylvania leaders value strong accountability but urge more context and broader measures
Summary
Dr. Michael Godoy presented research from his dissertation showing Pennsylvania district leaders support strong accountability but want metrics that better account for context and measure postsecondary readiness and dispositions.
Dr. Michael Godoy summarized findings from his doctoral dissertation, a quasi‑qualitative study of 30 Pennsylvania school districts, and told the Carlisle Area School District education committee that district leaders generally support strong federal and state accountability while also viewing current dashboards and indices as incomplete measures of a school’s full mission.
Godoy said the study sampled 30 districts chosen across tertiles of economic disadvantage and combined interviews with Likert‑style questions. “Strong accountability at the state and federal level, they felt, is critical for public school districts,” Godoy reported, while also noting…
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