Being accountable: the challenge to improve public schools in Puerto Rico. Executive summary

The goal for this study was to conduct an assessment of the level of compliance of the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) and its challenges in the implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Specifically, this report focuses on Title I, Part A Program, the federal financial assistance program that deals directly with improving schools and the quality of teaching and learning. Title I of ESEA amounts to approximately 44% of all federal education funds allocated to the PRDE, and holds the PRDE to high levels of scrutiny and accountability.