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Abbreviated Interrupted Time-Series - Institute for Policy Research

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Basic Insight of D & J<br />

• NCLB passed in 2002 and is a system of accountability by<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance standards with inevitable sanctions <strong>for</strong><br />

school failure<br />

• Some states had such a system earlier ‐ e.g, via<br />

Improving American Schools Act<br />

• States whose accountability system pre 2002 had no<br />

sanctions then become “treatment” group that gets<br />

consequential accountability (CA) via NCLB in 2002<br />

• States with systems that had sanctions pre‐2002 then<br />

become a comparison group post 2002

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