This paper, written in collaboration with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), provides a deep and nuanced examination of how states might respond to the student success or school
quality indicator accountability provision (i.e., the so - called «5th indicator») under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
This paper, written in collaboration with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), provides a deep and nuanced examination of how states might respond to the student success or school
quality indicator accountability provision (i.e., the so - called «5th indicator») under the Every Stude
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«In addition, we posted an online survey to which 2,400 parents, educators, community members and other stakeholders responded to share feedback on school
quality indicators, teacher preparation, school improvement, and
accountability system design.»
The school
quality review shall focus on the
accountability group (s) for each
accountability performance criterion and / or
accountability indicator for which the school has been identified.
The two new
quality indicators are based on how charters performed on state
accountability measures, including whether the state increased the percentage of charters receiving top ratings and decreased the percentage of charters receiving bottom ratings.
Many states utilized School
Quality and Student Success (SQSS)
indicator within ESSA to include CCR in
accountability structures — and to incorporate completion / outcomes in addition to simple access to CCR opportunities.6 For 35 states, the approach to supporting CCR at the high school level involves a menu of readiness options that are factored into final
accountability scores.
Establishes a system of meaningfully differentiating all public schools on an annual basis that is based on all
indicators in the State's
accountability system and that, with respect to achievement, growth or the other academic
indicator for elementary and middle schools, graduation rate, and progress in achieving English language proficiency, affords: Substantial weight to each such
indicator; and, in the aggregate, much greater weight than is afforded to the
indicator or
indicators of school
quality or student success.
This evidence, along with a new federal requirement that state
accountability systems include an
indicator of school
quality or student success not based on test scores, has sparked interest in incorporating such «non-cognitive» or «social - emotional» skills into school
accountability systems.
ACCOUNTABILITY: Starting in 2017 - 18, the new accountability system, in accordance with ESSA, will include academic and school quality / student succe
ACCOUNTABILITY: Starting in 2017 - 18, the new
accountability system, in accordance with ESSA, will include academic and school quality / student succe
accountability system, in accordance with ESSA, will include academic and school
quality / student success
indicators.
California, Idaho and other states are developing
accountability systems to assess a range of school
quality indicators instead of simply ranking districts by test scores.
Data collection by School Nurses may be used by their districts for
accountability measures, such as the chronic absenteeism rates required in the Every Student Succeeds Act and Ohio's school
quality indicator.
We then provide brief case studies of three states seeking innovative pathways to comply with ESSA's requirement of including at least one other
indicator of school
quality or student success in the state
accountability system.
The federal law that replaces the No Child Left Behind Act requires states»
accountability systems to include at least one «nonacademic»
indicator of «school
quality or student success» that «allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance» and «is valid, reliable, comparable, and statewide» alongside academic data (Ujifusa, 2016).
As this table shows, many state ESSA
accountability plans include chronic absenteeism, or other related
indicators, as measures of school
quality.
These are all meaningful
indicators of education
quality, but education policy makers have become increasingly aware that NCLB - type
accountability is too narrowly focused.
In a guest editorial in Educational Leadership 20 years ago (April 1989), Art Costa suggested five approaches to «reassessing assessment»: (1) reestablish the school as the locus of
accountability; (2) expand the range and variety of the assessment techniques used; (3) systematize this variety of assessment procedures by developing schoolwide plans for collection and use of information; (4) reeducate legislators, parents, board members, and the community to help them understand that standardized test scores are inadequate
indicators of the
quality of schools, teachers, and students; and (5) remind ourselves that the purpose of evaluation is to enable students to evaluate themselves.
States will now have the responsibility of designing an
accountability framework incorporating and giving the most weight to academic factors, including student performance on state assessments and high school graduation rates, in addition to state - chosen
indicators of school
quality or student success, which can include measures of educator engagement and school climate / safety.
In Lessons for Broadening School
Accountability under the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Brookings Institute's Hamilton Project summarizes lessons learned from the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and how they relate to accountability under ESSA, particularly states» choice for the required new fifth indicator of «student success or school q
Accountability under the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Brookings Institute's Hamilton Project summarizes lessons learned from the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and how they relate to
accountability under ESSA, particularly states» choice for the required new fifth indicator of «student success or school q
accountability under ESSA, particularly states» choice for the required new fifth
indicator of «student success or school
quality.»
We support a strong
accountability system for all public schools and applaud CPS for taking steps toward including multiple
indicators, such as student growth, in determining school
quality.
Statewide
accountability systems will only be statewide if the
indicators used to measure school
quality are the same (across a grade span) for all schools and districts.
The authors discuss the limitations of using a single composite
accountability index, advance principles and a conceptual framework to drive next generation
accountability, describe potential
indicators of what they call an «Educational
Quality and Improvement Profile,» and offer recommendations to guide the design and implementation of these new
accountability systems.
Although just one component of the greater
accountability system, school classification systems are a top priority for states.1 As states design these systems, much of their attention is focused on which
indicators of school
quality or student success they will use for a more holistic measure of school performance.2 According to ESSA, these new
indicators may measure one or more of the following: 3
As this report from FutureEd shows, thirty - six states and the District of Columbia have adopted measuring attendance as part of their school
quality indicator for their state
accountability rubric.
In this strategy paper, we summarize lessons learned from NCLB and how they relate to
accountability under ESSA, particularly states» choice for the required new fifth
indicator of «student success or school
quality.»
This system would provide substantial weight to each
accountability indicator and, in the aggregate, a much greater weight than is afforded to the
indicator or
indicators of school
quality or student success (e.g. achievement, growth, graduation rate, or progress in achieving English language proficiency).
As part of a state's newly designed
accountability system, at least one additional «nonacademic»
indicator of school
quality / student success is now allowed.
It refers to a continuous and ongoing effort to achieve measureable improvements in the efficiency, effectiveness, performance,
accountability, outcomes, and other
indicators of
quality in services or processes which achieve equity and improve the health of the community.»
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires state
accountability systems to include
indicators of «school
quality and student success» in addition to
indicators of academic outcomes.