# Accountability and Research Office

*/Departments/Accountability_and_Research_Office*

## Neighborhood

### Related (delivered by)

- [Analyze for gaps and strengths in student achievement](/Processes/Analyze_for_gaps_and_strengths_in_student_achievement) — delivered by · Processes
- [Analyze enrollment trends and patterns](/Processes/Analyze_enrollment_trends_and_patterns) — delivered by · Processes
- [Analyze educational and support services satisfaction data and identify improvement and innovation opportunities](/Processes/Analyze_educational_and_support_services_satisfaction_data_and_identify_improvement_and_innovation_opportunities) — delivered by · Processes
- [Analyze early warning data](/Processes/Analyze_early_warning_data) — delivered by · Processes
- [Analyze discipline data](/Processes/Analyze_discipline_data) — delivered by · Processes
- [Analyze department and campus strategies to district](/Processes/Analyze_department_and_campus_strategies_to_district) — delivered by · Processes

### Measured by

- [Report Issuance Timeliness](/Metrics/Report_Issuance_Timeliness) — measured by · Metrics
- [Research Turnaround Time](/Metrics/Research_Turnaround_Time) — measured by · Metrics
- [Assessment Cycle Time](/Metrics/Assessment_Cycle_Time) — measured by · Metrics
- [Assessment Completion Rate](/Metrics/Assessment_Completion_Rate) — measured by · Metrics
- [Data Request Fulfillment Rate](/Metrics/Data_Request_Fulfillment_Rate) — measured by · Metrics
- [Research Request Turnaround Time](/Metrics/Research_Request_Turnaround_Time) — measured by · Metrics
- [Reporting Accuracy Rate](/Metrics/Reporting_Accuracy_Rate) — measured by · Metrics
- [Data Quality Index](/Metrics/Data_Quality_Index) — measured by · Metrics

### Processes it runs

- [Manage Investigator Initiated Study Requests](/Processes/Manage_Investigator_Initiated_Study_Requests) — runs · Processes
- [Produce quarterly/annual filings and public reports](/Processes/Produce_quarterly%2Fannual_filings_and_public_reports) — runs · Processes
- [Program Evaluation](/Processes/Program_Evaluation) — runs · Processes
- [Administering the Data Governance Program](/Processes/Administering_the_Data_Governance_Program) — runs · Processes
- [Evaluate program and services effectiveness](/Processes/Evaluate_program_and_services_effectiveness) — runs · Processes
- [Maintain Research Data Governance Standards](/Processes/Maintain_Research_Data_Governance_Standards) — runs · Processes
- [Produce Longitudinal Performance Analyses](/Processes/Produce_Longitudinal_Performance_Analyses) — runs · Processes
- [Research Request Fulfillment](/Processes/Research_Request_Fulfillment) — runs · Processes
- [Accountability Data Analysis](/Processes/Accountability_Data_Analysis) — runs · Processes

### Staff

- [Director of Research and Accountability](/JobTypes/Director_of_Research_and_Accountability) — staff · JobTypes
- [Data Governance Coordinator](/JobTypes/Data_Governance_Coordinator) — staff · JobTypes
- [Education Research Analyst](/JobTypes/Education_Research_Analyst) — staff · JobTypes
- [Institutional Research Statistician](/JobTypes/Institutional_Research_Statistician) — staff · JobTypes
- [Data Governance Analyst](/JobTypes/Data_Governance_Analyst) — staff · JobTypes
- [Education Statistician](/JobTypes/Education_Statistician) — staff · JobTypes
- [Program Evaluation Specialist](/JobTypes/Program_Evaluation_Specialist) — staff · JobTypes
- [Director of Accountability and Research](/JobTypes/Director_of_Accountability_and_Research) — staff · JobTypes
- [Research and Evaluation Analyst](/JobTypes/Research_and_Evaluation_Analyst) — staff · JobTypes

### Part of

- [University](/CompanyTypes/University) — part of · CompanyTypes
- [Higher Education Institution](/CompanyTypes/Higher_Education_Institution) — part of · CompanyTypes
- [State Education Agency](/CompanyTypes/State_Education_Agency) — part of · CompanyTypes
- [Public School District](/CompanyTypes/Public_School_District) — part of · CompanyTypes

### Problems this exposes

- [Research Request Turnaround pressure drives fulfilling FERPA-governed requests before the data-governance de-identification gate clears](/Problems/Research_Request_Turnaround_pressure_drives_fulfilling_FERPA-governed_requests_before_the_data-governance_de-identification_gate_clears) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Reporting Accuracy Rate reads accurate even as the office's subgroup n-size suppression thresholds diverge from the SEA's report card](/Problems/Reporting_Accuracy_Rate_reads_accurate_even_as_the_office's_subgroup_n-size_suppression_thresholds_diverge_from_the_SEA's_report_card) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Evaluation Study Cycle Time pressure trades against pre-registering comparison groups, undermining a study's defensibility when challenged](/Problems/Evaluation_Study_Cycle_Time_pressure_trades_against_pre-registering_comparison_groups,_undermining_a_study's_defensibility_when_challenged) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Data Quality Index can't separate model-derived accountability variables from raw state-reported fields, masking which defects matter](/Problems/Data_Quality_Index_can't_separate_model-derived_accountability_variables_from_raw_state-reported_fields,_masking_which_defects_matter) — exposes problem · Problems
- [external research requests fulfilled by the office without an IRB/data-governance gate, so de-identification scope is decided ad hoc per analyst](/Problems/external_research_requests_fulfilled_by_the_office_without_an_IRB%2Fdata-governance_gate,_so_de-identification_scope_is_decided_ad_hoc_per_analyst) — exposes problem · Problems
- [the office cannot show a requesting researcher which accountability-derived variables are model outputs vs. raw state-reported fields, eroding study validity](/Problems/the_office_cannot_show_a_requesting_researcher_which_accountability-derived_variables_are_model_outputs_vs._raw_state-reported_fields,_eroding_study_validity) — exposes problem · Problems
- [evaluation findings the office owns never reconciled against the accountability ratings the same office publishes, producing contradictory verdicts on the same intervention](/Problems/evaluation_findings_the_office_owns_never_reconciled_against_the_accountability_ratings_the_same_office_publishes,_producing_contradictory_verdicts_on_the_same_intervention) — exposes problem · Problems
- [quasi-experimental comparison-group selection for program evaluations not pre-registered, so the office cannot defend matched-cohort choices when a funded program is found ineffective](/Problems/quasi-experimental_comparison-group_selection_for_program_evaluations_not_pre-registered,_so_the_office_cannot_defend_matched-cohort_choices_when_a_funded_program_is_found_ineffective) — exposes problem · Problems
- [role-based access to the longitudinal data warehouse granted by the office without recertification when an analyst rotates off an evaluation study](/Problems/role-based_access_to_the_longitudinal_data_warehouse_granted_by_the_office_without_recertification_when_an_analyst_rotates_off_an_evaluation_study) — exposes problem · Problems
- [office-issued data-sharing MOUs with external researchers lack a re-identification risk review tied to the small-cell rules its own accountability analyses must honor](/Problems/office-issued_data-sharing_MOUs_with_external_researchers_lack_a_re-identification_risk_review_tied_to_the_small-cell_rules_its_own_accountability_analyses_must_honor) — exposes problem · Problems
- [accountability rating cut-scores set by the office under board policy never re-derived when the state revises its A-F formula mid-cycle](/Problems/accountability_rating_cut-scores_set_by_the_office_under_board_policy_never_re-derived_when_the_state_revises_its_A-F_formula_mid-cycle) — exposes problem · Problems
- [subgroup n-size suppression thresholds applied differently than the SEA's, so the office's published ratings diverge from the state report card for the same school](/Problems/subgroup_n-size_suppression_thresholds_applied_differently_than_the_SEA's,_so_the_office's_published_ratings_diverge_from_the_state_report_card_for_the_same_school) — exposes problem · Problems
- [FERPA-governed student records released for Research Request Fulfillment without Data Governance Administration sign-off](/Problems/FERPA-governed_student_records_released_for_Research_Request_Fulfillment_without_Data_Governance_Administration_sign-off) — exposes problem · Problems
- [accountability-analysis ratings and program-evaluation cohorts defined inconsistently, so the same school scores differently across studies](/Problems/accountability-analysis_ratings_and_program-evaluation_cohorts_defined_inconsistently,_so_the_same_school_scores_differently_across_studies) — exposes problem · Problems
- [research/evaluation requests queue against limited analyst capacity](/Problems/research%2Fevaluation_requests_queue_against_limited_analyst_capacity) — exposes problem · Problems
- [state assessment data integrated late for school-accountability reporting](/Problems/state_assessment_data_integrated_late_for_school-accountability_reporting) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Program Evaluation Data Wrangling](/Problems/Program_Evaluation_Data_Wrangling) — exposes problem · Problems