Today, state education agencies (SEAs) are at various stages of conducting ESSA-required resource allocation reviews (RARs) to support local education agencies (LEAs) that serve a significant number of low-performing schools. In this Q&A, RAR project leads with the Region 15 Comprehensive Center (R15CC), Alicia Bowman and Tia Taylor, talk about what they have learned over four years of working with states to create processes that enable leaders to examine the connection between resource allocation and academic outcomes.
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