A 15-Point Win for School Report Cards
A bill on its way to the governor for signature will prevent a major upheaval in the way school performance is measured. It’s an issue that WakeEd and others have actively pursued for three years.
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Three Ways to Improve North Carolina School Report Cards
[et_pb_section admin_label=\”section\”] [et_pb_row admin_label=\”row\”] [et_pb_column type=\”4_4\”] [et_pb_text admin_label=\”Text\”] The recent release of the North Carolina public school performance report cards is a timely reminder that school grading is here to stay, so our state has a responsibility to make sure the formula is adequate and the grading system is equitable. North Carolina’s current school grading …
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Deadline Looms for Public’s ESSA Accountability Plan Comments
The public’s last chance to weigh in on the methods North Carolina will use to measure school performance success ends Friday, July 27. The way the state Department of Public Instruction plans to evaluate schools is changing because of requirements in the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act, a federal law which replaced No Child Left …
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Finding the Right Formula for A Useful School Performance Report
What, really, is the point of a school performance report? This is the question that hasn’t been answered in the discussion about school accountability. Is it to measure the teaching quality so parents know if their child’s school is really a good school? Or is it a self-assessment measure for schools to look at their …
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NC Needs to Adopt a Unified, Comprehensive School Accountability Standard
The North Carolina School Report Cards program was broken from the start, and now the state has a chance to change it for the better. The question is: Who’s going to do it? The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is drafting a plan to measure student outcomes under new federal regulations which do not match …
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WakeEd’s Public Policy Agenda Focus: Teachers, Standards, Students
As the North Carolina General Assembly opens its long session on January 25, WakeEd Partnership has released its Public Policy Agenda (PDF) with an emphasis on teacher talent management, improving school accountability measures, and ensuring student equity for all. The document is organized under three main topics: Properly Value the Teaching Profession, Align Academic Standards …
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ESSA Driving Changes to State School Report Card Law
The North Carolina school grading formula will be changing again because the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires more detailed information. ESSA was enacted by Congress at the end of 2015, and many of its regulations are being developed now. NC School Report Card grades are reported using an A-F system, and each …
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Every Student Succeeds Act
On December 10, President Obama signed into law the Every Student Achieves Act (ESSA), a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The Every Student Achieves Act replaces No Child Left Behind (NCLB). It passed into law with overwhelming bipartisan support. So much so that President Obama was quoted as calling it, “a …