Later in the year the board will develop a «rubric» for
a range of accountability measures — such as attendance rates and how well students are prepared for college — that local districts will be expected to meet.
While a simple approach may be easy to administer, there are advantages in getting the right
range of accountability measures.
Not exact matches
In the political realm, this encompasses the commitments
of the liberal peace to human rights and even
accountability for war criminals, but it also includes the redress
of the wide
range of wounds that tyrannical violence inflicts through a correspondingly wide
range of practices that bring a
measure of restoration to victims as well as perpetrators.
While eliminating applications raises questions for important aspects
of the largest federal K - 12 education aid program, the ESEA Title I program, the policy guidance published by USED in March 2015 provides a wide
range of options for states and LEAs to implement CEP with minimal interference with Title I funding allocations or
accountability measures.
Furthermore,
measuring performance using the full
range of achievement provides additional and useful information for parents, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers for the purposes
of decisionmaking and
accountability, including more accurate information about the differences among schools.
«Multimetric
accountability promotes comprehensive student achievement and well - being by using multiple
measures of performance, incorporating a
range of subjects, including nonacademic factors, and promoting continuous improvement and support.
Accountability Measure Examples (PDF) are possible metrics spanning a range of domains such as academic learning, social - emotional learning, school culture and climate, and access and opportunity that could be used in accountab
Accountability Measure Examples (PDF) are possible metrics spanning a
range of domains such as academic learning, social - emotional learning, school culture and climate, and access and opportunity that could be used in
accountabilityaccountability systems.
The
accountability metrics that the Legislature created with the formula and CORE's
range of academic and non-academic
measures are similar enough that CORE districts will use the local
accountability plan required by LCFF also to satisfy the federal reporting requirements.
The first argument against its use relates to how it might be applied for
accountability — that teachers should not be held fully accountable for any one test or data point, given the
range of factors and
measures involved in student learning.
The bill also gives states the flexibility to build their own
accountability systems, which can include
measures of student growth and incorporate achievement in a
range of subject areas.
Suggestions
range from offering students an array
of extracurricular activities and extended - day learning opportunities to establishing more meaningful
accountability systems that encompass a variety
of subjects and use multiple
measures of student performance.
While it could be argued it is based around a curriculum (including its
range of «academic» GCSEs) that is not necessarily suited to all students at secondary moderns, the fact it takes into account the starting point for students in a school means it marks an extremely welcome step towards a much more meaningful
accountability measure.