Representatives with the Idaho Department of Education told House and Senate education committee members on Tuesday that they are revising the state's
draft school accountability plan to make it more feasible for public schools to meet the newest benchmarks.
Not exact matches
By shifting money to pay for more academic counselors and librarians next year at the lowest - performing
schools, administrators of East Side Union High
School District in San Jose have revised the district's
draft three - year Local Control and
Accountability Plan, incorporating key recommendations of parents and teachers.
The federal ESSA regulations give the state Board of Education the authority to
draft and approve a
school accountability plan based on test scores and other factors that is approved only by the federal Department of Education.
North Carolina is developing a new
school performance
accountability plan to line up with the regulations created under the ESSA law, and DPI
plans to submit its
draft to the federal Department of Education in September for approval.
The
draft accountability rules, to be released this summer, will encourage states to identify high - and low - performing teacher preparation programs across all kinds of educational models, not just those based in colleges and universities; urge a transition from current input - based reporting requirements to a focus on more meaningful outcomes; and likely limit program eligibility for TEACH grants — which are available to students who are
planning to become teachers in a high - need field in a low - income
school — to only effective teacher preparation programs.
«The grinding, two - year process of
drafting accountability plans under ESSA has upended states» K - 12 political landscape and laid bare long - simmering factions among power brokers charged with putting the new federal education law into effect this
school year,» writes Daarel Burnette II in Education Week.
Parent committee questions West Contra Costa
school officials about
draft accountability plan EdSource, April 23, 2014
West Contra Costa
school officials attempt to clarify
draft accountability plans for parents EdSource, May 1, 2014
EdSource reporters have compiled a list of LCFF resources including basic information around LCFF to LCAP guides and checklists, resources for meaningful parent engagement, and materials to help
school districts
draft their Local Control
Accountability Plans.
The law was passed in 2015 and in 2017 states
drafted their
plans, which included new
accountability systems based on multiple measures that include factors other than test scores; conducting needs assessments for struggling
schools and learning communities facing the greatest challenges in order to tailor support and intervention when needed; developing clear and concise
plans for targeting federal funding in ways that meet the needs of students in the
school; and implementing programs and monitoring their progress in collaboration with educators.