The phrase
"school classification" refers to the categorization or sorting of schools based on certain criteria. It helps to organize schools into groups or types based on similarities or characteristics such as grade levels, curriculum, funding, or academic performance.
Full definition
The 17 individual state fact sheets break down each state's
school classification system in addition to school improvement timeline, grant structure, types of schools identified, and key improvement strategies.
CAP explores three
school classification models intended to «help states measure and rate school performance,» and recommends that any of the models:
First,
school classifications help state policymakers prioritize which schools need support to ensure the progress of all students toward the state's learning goals.
«CSAC shall consist of a chairperson, one representative for each of the three
high school classifications, one representative from the middle and elementary levels and five members at large, at least three of whom must come from high schools.
While differentiating between school performance is important, indicators that do not differentiate well might still be useful for
school classification if they send critical signals about what is important and what schools should focus on.
Under ESSA, states have an opportunity to develop
dynamic school classification systems that measure a wider range of student outcomes assessing readiness for college and careers.
This is due in large part to
federal school classification requirements, which were specific by design to label and differentiate treatment of schools based on whether they met annual reading and math proficiency targets.2 This often led to narrow or simple pass / fail categorization systems based on schools meeting incrementally increasing state targets for test scores and graduation rates.
The Every Student Succeeds Act describes a continuous cycle of reporting student data,
issuing school classifications, and using collected data to inform local interventions and supports.
The flexibility to include nonacademic indicators, such as chronic absenteeism
in school classification systems, provides an opportunity for states to identify indicators that provide unique and useful information about a school's performance and key student outcomes.
In addition to this broader view, ESSA drives states to diversify their accountability systems by requiring overall, or summative,
school classifications based on objective student outcome data.
Many teachers do not know how many or which students have any Native background and may not be sure about the best ways to obtain this information, either
from school classifications or from the students.
States may translate the results from a performance index into
school classification categories, such as a letter grade; symbol, such as stars or flags; a color; or a term, such as «highest performing school.»
Second,
school classifications help educators target resources to the needs of the whole school and within individual classrooms to meet student learning targets.
Toward this end, the Center for American Progress has designed three
school classification system models that capture a broader range of student performance than systems of the past.
The government published
the school classifications on its web site, and schools were required to explain to parents the consequences of the ranking.
Earlier this week the Rhode Island Department of Education released their 2016
school classifications and we proudly announced Middle School 1 (MS1) is a Commended school — the highest -LSB-...]
Like students anticipating their end - of - year report cards, in many states schools also receive an annual rating, such as an A-F grade or
a school classification of «excellent» or «in need of improvement.»