The 15th Annual Comparative Analysis of the Racine Unified School District introduces a wealth of new information reflecting the profound changes in state policy that have occurred over the past year in regard to education accountability and finance. It begins with an overview of the key policy changes that are already shaping the way the Racine Unified School District (RUSD) instructs students and measures performance. Among those changes are the adoption of the new Common Core State Standards, implementation of a new student assessment to replace the Wisconsin Knowledge Concepts Examination (WKCE), introduction of school report cards that include measures of student growth for the first time, and a new way of evaluating teachers that incorporates student performance.