These news stories repeatedly and overwhelmingly raise concerns about funding and
academic accountability across all state contexts, matching the concerns that have emerged in the academic literature.
The four performance indices used to
evaluate academic accountability include focus on student achievement, student progress, closing performance gaps, and postsecondary readiness.
With the potential to reform school finance, a new
academic accountability system, and the expiration of Classroom Site Fund monies on the horizon, advocacy is more important now than ever.
Since 2009, CCSA's Member Council has led CCSA's accountability advocacy efforts for renewing and replicating charter schools, including the development of CCSA's Accountability Framework that sets
Minimum Academic Accountability Criteria to measure academic performance of charter schools.
In 2009, CCSA's Member Council led the development and introduction of a fair and transparent Accountability Framework that sets Minimum
Academic Accountability Criteria to measure academic performance of charter schools.
Only when a charter school meets one of the four
academic accountability targets, or successfully receives a positive determination of academic eligibility from the State Board of Education, may an authorizer consider renewing the charter school.
To inform schools, authorizers and the public on school performance, CCSA
publishes Academic Accountability Report Cards every fall that show the results of each charter school on the Accountability Framework and CCSA's Minimum Criteria for Renewal.
Annually, CCSA publishes individual
school Academic Accountability Reports that show the results of every charter and traditional school based on CCSA's accountability framework.
The bill revises numerous provisions related to charter schools and adds
new academic accountability requirements for charter schools graded D or F, including the development and implementation of school improvement plans.
SB 645, authored by Senator Joe Simitian (D - Palo Alto), would create new and more
stringent academic accountability requirements for charter schools to meet at the time they seek renewal from their authorizing entities.
SB 645, authored by Senator Joe Simitian (D - Palo Alto), would create new and more stringent
academic accountability requirements for charter schools, while raising standards for student performance and outcomes.
This fact sheet describes CCSA's Accountability Framework and Minimum Criteria for Renewal, as well
as Academic Accountability Report Cards and accountability - related legislation sponsored by the Association.
In a statement that year, the organization reiterated its commitment to accountability: «Strong accountability measures have been at the forefront of the Federation's efforts in recent years, and the organization today reinforced its continued belief in the necessity to include reasonable administrative, financial, and
academic accountability provisions in every school choice program.»
In an era dominated by a focus
on academic accountability, it is critical to understand that academic engagement and school discipline can not be disentangled.
The UK's Education Act 2011 points to an interesting approach: it
raises academic accountability by means of reforming qualifications, a concept almost unheard of in American education politics, which practices giving out money to students primarily in proportion to their poverty instead of to their having earned that public support.
Will the waiver
permit academic accountability that sets different goals for students in math and reading based on their race, economic status, ability to speak English and disabilities such as Florida and Alabama have?
Portrait of the Movement introduced a performance framework, which streamlines and improves upon the existing assessment system in order to
strengthen academic accountability for underperforming charters.
I became interested in
academic accountability within the university because I had no choice: the lack of accountability I experienced at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington obligated me to act.
Once the state releases the 2016 Smarter Balanced scores, «(CCSA) will
produce academic accountability report cards for all schools in the state using this information and will post them on our snapshots website.
CCSA advocates for
rigorous academic accountability so that chronically underperforming charter schools are closed and higher performing charter schools can help even greater numbers of students achieve academic success.
«And we propose a path to take deliberate steps toward a higher degree
of academic accountability for public charter schools in California,» he said.
The group's waiver application has sparked controversy among other state superintendents, who see a district waiver as giving too much power to locally - run districts, as well as teachers unions that argue they were not consulted in constructing CORE's
academic accountability system, known as the School Quality Improvement Index.
Note that CCSA's
Minimum Academic Accountability Criteria do not apply if a school is: Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM), Alternative, less than four years old, or has less than 30 valid test takers.
This comprehensive spreadsheet shows the results of every school based on CCSA's accountability framework that sets minimum
academic accountability criteria to measure academic performance of charter schools.
To inform schools, authorizers and the public on school performance, CCSA
publishes Academic Accountability Reports annually that show the results of each charter school on the Accountability Framework and CCSA's Minimum Criteria for Renewal.
This is to remind member schools of the deadlines regarding an appeal of a school's
academic accountability rating for the 2015 - 2016 school year, and the critical importance of these ratings in light of the mandatory charter revocation requirements under Tex..
SACRAMENTO, California — The State Senate today approved SB 645, a bill sponsored by the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) that would
increase academic accountability in the state's charter schools, linking their obligatory renewals to performance and enabling authorizing entities to more accurately identify persistently low - performing schools.
We find that the districts and schools that either exceeded or failed to meet expectations according to estimates based on their student demographics often differed from those identified as outliers by the state's
new academic accountability measure.
To inform schools, authorizers and the public on school performance, every fall, CCSA publishes
Academic Accountability Report Cards that show the results of every charter school on the Accountability Framework and CCSA's Minimum Criteria for Renewal.
Less noted outside of Chicago, but just as important, was a massive capital improvement campaign that accompanied the push for
academic accountability.
Additionally, a charter school operating prior to January 1, 2015 is eligible to expand its model, if the charter school received
an academic accountability performance rating of a C or higher and the campus or site expansion is approved by the commissioner.
The California Charter Schools Assn. calls on L.A. Unified board members to show the resolve needed to ensure that healthy levels of
academic accountability are in place in Los Angeles.
Jenny Singh, administrator of
the Academic Accountability Unit of the California Department of Education, said the department had discussed the proposal with federal officials but got no indication of when or if it would be approved.
During this era of emphasis on high - stakes testing and
academic accountability, many schools have adopted policies that reduce or eliminate opportunities for PE in favor of increased time for academic subjects.