SB 1

School and school district accountability report

Under current law, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) must annually

publish a school and school district accountability report (annual accountability

report) that includes (a) an index system to identify a school's level of performance

and to annually place each school into one of five performance categories and (b) the

following measures, which are used to determine a school's performance or a school

district's improvement:

1. Pupil achievement and growth in reading and mathematics

2. Measures of college and career readiness for high school pupils and measures

indicative of being on track for college and career readiness in the elementary grades.

3. Gaps in pupil achievement and rates of graduation, categorized by race,

English language proficiency, disability, and income level.

Current law requires DPI to include independent charter schools and private

schools participating in a parental choice program (PCP) in the annual

accountability report one year after the independent charter school or PCP school

begins using a student information system for the standardized collection of student

data. Current law requires independent charter schools and PCP schools to begin

using a student information system in the 2015-16 school year.

Under the bill, DPI must include in the school and school district accountability

report (a) an index system to identify a school's level of performance and a school

district's improvement and to annually place each school and school district into one

of five performance categories, (b) a definition for each of the five performance

categories, and (c) the following measures, categorized by race, English language

proficiency, disability, and income level, which are used to determine a school's

performance or a school district's improvement:

1. Pupil achievement in reading and mathematics.

2. Growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics, calculated using

a value-added methodology.

3. Gap closure in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics and, when

available, in graduation rates.

4. Rates of attendance or of high school graduation.

The bill also clarifies that DPI must include independent charter schools and

private schools participating in a PCP in the annual accountability report that is due

by September 2016, and that DPI must use the same criteria to evaluate all schools

included in the annual accountability report.

Current law: low-performing school districts and schools; state

superintendent interventions

Under current law, if the state superintendent of public instruction (state

superintendent) determines that a school district has been in need of improvement

for four consecutive school years the following apply: