POLICY BRIEFS

In this brief, our partners at Saint Louis Research Practice Collaborative analyze student mobility in Saint Louis schools.

In this brief, we analyze the rapidly changing high school landscape in Saint Louis between 2011-2023.

In this brief, we analyze the newly released state test scores alongside national test score trends over the last five years.

In this brief, we explore the relationship between four-day school week policies and teacher shortages in Missouri.

In this brief, our partners at Saint Louis Research Practice Collaborative analyze student mobility in Saint Louis schools.

In this policy brief, we describe Missouri’s current open enrollment policy and outline a current proposal, House Bill 253, being considered to further increase students’ ability to transfer to schools located in other districts. We also discuss key elements of interdistrict open enrollment policies that must be considered in policy design to ensure all students and schools benefit.

In this policy brief, we build on our previous brief, Missouri's School Accountability System, and take a deeper dive into two specific components of school accountability systems—school rating systems and accountability indicator weights. We discuss the weight of academic growth within performance indicators at the elementary and middle school level and consider the proposed changes to these areas under SB 341 and HB 558. We add evidence by examining school accountability systems in states with high growth and conclude by providing policy recommendations based on our findings.

In this policy brief, we describe Missouri’s current accountability system for traditional public and public charter schools—Missouri School Improvement Plan (MSIP) 6—and how it differs from the prior version known as MSIP 5. We add context by detailing federal school accountability system requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which also impacts the work of schools in Missouri.