State SealARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

SB 1411: schools; annual achievement profiles

PRIME SPONSOR: Senator Allen S, LD 6

BILL STATUS: Chaptered

               

Legend: ADE – Arizona Department of Education ELA – English language arts ELL – English language learner LEA – Local Education Agency SBE – State Board of Education SY – School Year Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRelating to annual achievement profiles.

Provisions

1.       Modifies the annual achievement profiles to include a dashboard that reflects achievement on the prescribed performance indicators. (Sec. 1)

2.       Instructs ADE to compile an annual achievement profile by November 1 of each year. (Sec. 1)

3.       Expands the prescribed performance indicators to include:

a.       Academic progress on an assessment from the Menu of Assessments; and

b.       Multiple measures of educational performance or other indicators of school quality. (Sec. 1)

4.       Permits assessments adopted pursuant to the Menu of Assessments to be used for the performance indicators that measure academic progress in ELA and mathematics. (Sec. 1)

5.       Prohibits performance indicators from being factored into a school or district's letter grade if neither the school nor district meets the minimum student count for the indicator.

a.       States that ADE recommends and SBE approves the minimum student count. (Sec. 1)

6.       Instructs ADE to determine criteria for each school and LEA classification on each performance indicator and recommend the criteria to SBE for final adoption. (Sec. 1)

7.       Instructs ADE to provide technical assistance and performance indicator data to SBE as necessary for final adoption of the annual achievement profile, and for determining methodology and final letter grades. (Sec. 1)

8.       Stipulates that the annual achievement profile will use classifications rather than be used to determine the school or LEA's classification. (Sec. 1)

9.       Requires the letter-grade system be:

a.       Applied to each performance indicator for the annual achievement profile; and

b.       Assign an overall letter grade for the school or LEA. (Sec. 1)

10.   Permits SBE to assign a letter grade of F on each indicator upon determining a school is among the persistently lowest-achieving schools in the state on a majority of the indicators. (Sec. 1)

11.   Instructs SBE to appoint the technical and policy stakeholders with whom ADE will develop the methodology. (Sec. 1)

12.   Directs ADE include a deadline in the existing process for submitting requests to correct student data used for determining an achievement profile. (Sec. 1)

13.   Requires ADE, when a correction of student data is required, to notify a school or LEA of the student data correction process and to annually process all correction requests. (Sec. 1)

14.   Instructs SBE to allow a school or LEA to appeal a letter grade applied to a performance indicator, based on mitigating factors.

a.       Includes achievement profile designations based on incorrect data as eligible mitigating factors. (Sec. 1)

15.   Removes SBE's authorization to delegate administration of the appeals process to ADE. (Sec. 1)

16.   Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1, 2)

Current Law

ADE is required to compile an annual achievement profile for each LEA and public school. LEAs and schools are required to submit data to ADE for the profiles to receive money from the Classroom Site Fund. The profiles are used to determine a standard measurement of acceptable academic progress and classifications based on A through F letter-grade system.

ADE determines the criteria for each LEA and school classification label using research-based methodology. The methodology is developed in collaboration with a coalition of technical and policy stakeholders and is subject to SBE final adoption. Each school's classification, and criteria for the classification, are included on the school report cards.

The profiles are required to include the following academic performance indicators: 1) academic performance measures or other relevant indicators to assess the educational impact of a school during a SY; 2) academic progress on statewide assessments in ELA and math; 3) academic progress on ELL assessments; and 4) progress toward college and career readiness for schools and LEAs that offer instruction in grades 9-12 (A.R.S. § 15-241).

 

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                  SB 1411

Second Regular Session                               Version 4: Chaptered

 

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