Education Reform

Shared Accountability

State Board of Education (SBE) must continue its development and implementation of a voluntary system of increasing levels of support and recognition for schools.  The system is to be based on an accountability index that uses fair, consistent and transparent criteria and provides a way to identify schools that deserve recognition because of exemplary student performance and challenged schools that may need additional state support. While meaningful education reform and increased investment of state resources must be accompanied accountability, any accountability system must be based on a recognition of shared responsibilities.

• Performance must be measured in the accountability index by multiple outcomes and indicators.
• The index must take into account the state resources that a school or district receives.
• The index must be easily understood by parents and school staff and provide feedback to school and districts to allow for self-assessment.

SBE must also develop a proposal and timeline for implementation of a separate, more targeted system of support for districts that face more intense challenges and for which the voluntary system has not worked. 

• Implementation of this targeted system of intensive support must take into account and accommodate the capacity limitations of the educational system.

This proposal cannot be implemented without formal authorization by the Legislature.

 

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