The consortium proposes a move away from one high - stakes standardized test toward a more robust system of
multiple school quality measures, with performance assessment as the predominant means to assess student learning.
The varied perspectives and in - depth stories we heard about what made schools work affirmed an essential truth shaping MCIEA's
school quality measures work: school quality is more complex and human than any test score or algorithm can capture.
Klein also reports that a «top staffer overseeing implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act at the U.S. Department of Education has a message for states and districts as they embrace the law's
new school quality measures: Don't forget about reading and math.»
NYT: Its interactive data story published by The Upshot used unnecessarily
simplistic school quality measures, misleading commute times, and confusing graphics to compare school quality in suburbs where people might want to consider moving.
While this approach has clear limitations, evidence suggests that such value - added estimates of charter schools are actually quite similar to
the school quality measures obtained via lottery - based experimental studies.
The level variable is highly correlated with
the school quality measure (percent proficient) used in the national analysis, but the correlation between the growth variable and percent proficient is considerably weaker.
As part of
its school quality measure, Illinois seeks to include a «fine arts indicator based...
At the school and district levels,
the School Quality Measures (SQM) project aims to better model the diverse perspectives and experiences of a range of school stakeholders when assessing school quality.
Focus groups in each community of students, parents, educators, and community members, along with polling data and research evidence, led to the creation of
a School Quality Measures Framework and subsequent online dashboard of the data that the community most wants to know about their schools.
The School Quality Measures project aims to describe the full measure of what makes a good school.
The system uses multiple academic and
school quality measures, not a single test or indicator.
States will begin developing criteria for
the school quality measures, and ESSA requires state officials to consult with principals and local educators to design the most effective strategies.