(1)To support
communication and the ability of the state and of local education providers to learn
from the efforts of the local education providers that choose to implement local
accountability systems, before July 15, 2020, and on or before July 15 each year
thereafter, the department shall convene a meeting with local education providers
that implement local accountability systems, their accountability system partners,
if any, and other members of the community who are involved in designing and
implementing local accountability systems to review the implementation of local
accountability systems. Individuals may participate in the meeting in-person or
electronically.
(2)On or before January 15, 2021, and on or before January 15 each year
thereafter, the department shall pre
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(1) To support
communication and the ability of the state and of local education providers to learn
from the efforts of the local education providers that choose to implement local
accountability systems, before July 15, 2020, and on or before July 15 each year
thereafter, the department shall convene a meeting with local education providers
that implement local accountability systems, their accountability system partners,
if any, and other members of the community who are involved in designing and
implementing local accountability systems to review the implementation of local
accountability systems. Individuals may participate in the meeting in-person or
electronically.
(2) On or before January 15, 2021, and on or before January 15 each year
thereafter, the department shall prepare and submit to the state board and the
education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any
successor committees, a report concerning the implementation of local
accountability systems, including a report of the implementation of the grant
program. The report must include, but need not be limited to:
(a) Identification of the local education providers that are implementing local
accountability systems, including identification of those that receive grants through
the grant program and the amount of each grant awarded;
(b) Identification of the accountability system partners, if any, that the local
education providers work with;
(c) A description of the measures and local performance indicators included
in each local accountability system;
(d) Evidence provided by local education providers, including input solicited
from community members, concerning the effectiveness of each local
accountability system in measuring the quality of the education provided by the
local education provider that implements the local accountability system. To the
extent possible for each local accountability system, in reporting performance on
additional measures and local performance indicators, the department shall
disaggregate the performance results by grade level and by student group,
applying the same exclusions that apply to reporting performance results on the
state performance indicators.
(e) Identification of elements that are used in one or more local
accountability systems that may be recommended for adoption by other local
education providers; and
(f) Any recommendations for changes in department procedures, state board
rules, or statute based on the implementation of the local accountability systems.
(3) In preparing the report, the department shall solicit input from and
collaborate with the local education providers that implement local accountability
systems and the accountability system partners, if any, that they work with.
(4) The department shall post the report on its website for public review.
Upon request by a local education provider, the department shall provide
information concerning the measures and local performance indicators
implemented through local accountability systems, including a description of the
measures, evidence of their effectiveness, and the manner in which they are used.
(5) (a) (I) In the third year of the grant program, the department shall
contract with an external evaluator, which may be a state institution of higher
education, to prepare a summary evaluation report of the implementation of the
local accountability systems that receive grants. The evaluation must, at a
minimum, include an evaluation of the success of each local accountability system
in evaluating student success and the processes for ensuring a cycle of continuous
improvement within the public schools of the participating local education
providers. At the annual meeting held pursuant to subsection (1) of this section at
the end of the first year of the grant program, the department, participating local
education providers, and the accountability system partners shall identify the
goals, tools, and measures to be addressed by the summary evaluation report. The
data used for the summary evaluation report must include qualitative and
quantitative measures.
(II) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (5)(a)(I) of this section to
the contrary, as a result of the suspension of funding for the local accountability
system grant program during the 2020-21 budget year, the 2020-21 budget year is
not considered a grant program year for purposes of determining the third year of
the grant program.
(b) For purposes of the summary evaluation report, the department shall
provide to the external evaluator information concerning the scores attained by
students enrolled by the participating local education providers on the statewide
assessments administered pursuant to section 22-7-1006.3 and information
concerning student longitudinal academic growth, student academic achievement,
and student academic growth to standards for the students enrolled by the
participating local education providers. The department shall provide the
information in the aggregate by grade level and disaggregated by student group,
as defined in section 22-11-103, compared to scores attained in previous school
years and compared to the state average scores. The department shall provide the
information to the external evaluator only to the extent allowable under federal and
state law. Each local education provider that participates in the grant program shall
provide any necessary data for purposes of the summary evaluation report
described in subsection (5)(a) of this section that is not readily available to the
department.
(c) Beginning with the report that is submitted on or before January 15, 2023,
and for each report submitted thereafter, the department shall include in the report
described in subsection (2) of this section the summary evaluation report described
in this subsection (5).
(d) The department may accept and expend gifts, grants, or donations to pay
the costs incurred in preparing the summary evaluation report described in this
subsection (5).
(6) Notwithstanding the requirement in section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the
requirement to submit the report specified in this section continues indefinitely.