4. School Accountability
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
1965
No Child Left Behind
2001
Funding so that all students have fair and
equal opportunities to a quality education.
Title I
Established a state wide school
accountability system in order to
continue funding.
5. Purpose of School
Accountability System
Assess the effectiveness of a
school’s ability to successfully
educate all of their students.
(1008.31)
6. How does the state
ensure that schools are
successfully educating
all of their students?
7. 1008.34 School Grading System
O A formula that assigns letter grades to schools
based on student performance and learning gains
on the state assessments.
FCAT, FSA, EOC, FAA
8. 1008.34- Schools Grading System
OGrading system is supposed to
determine the progress that schools are
making in educating all of their students.
(NCLB)
O Excellent progress. “A”
O Above average progress. “B”
O Satisfactory progress. “C”
O Below satisfactory progress. “D”
O Inadequate progress. “F”
10. School Grades
1. School grades communicate to the public how well
a
school is performing relative to state standards.
2. Access to State and Federal Funds.
3. State takeover or conversion.
12. 1. Student achievement
in
state assessments.
2. Annual learning
gains
for each student.
3. Progress of the
lowest
quartile of students.
Reading
Writing
Math
Science
Reading
and
Math
Reading
and
Math
13. % of students
passing = the
number of points
a school receives.
Basic Model for Grading Schools
(800Points)
14. Elementary Schools
(800 pts.)
O “A” = At least 525
O “B” = 495 - 524 points,
O “C” = 435 - 494 points,
O “D” = 395 - 434 points,
O “F” = 394 or below
Schools must test at 95% of students in order to receive an “A”
15. (Plus)
• 100 pts.
Participation and
Performance on
EOC and Industry
Certification
Basic Model for Grading Middle Schools (900
Points)
16. Middle Schools
(900 pts.)
O “A” = At least 590
O “B” = 560 to 589
O “C” = 490 to 559 points,
O “D” = 445 - 489 points,
O “F” = 445 or below
• Schools must test at 90% to receive a grade.
• 95% to receive an “A”
• 100 pts. Participation and Performance on EOC and Industry Cert.
18. High Schools
O“A” = At least 1,050 points
O“B” = 990 - 1,049 points
O“C” = 870 - 989 points
O“D” = 790 - 869 points
O“F” = 789 or below
19. Scenario
O The State Board of Education has recently approved
a new school accountability plan, that will show
greater progress for subgroups that have a history
of being behind their peers.
O You are the principal at local high school and have
just been informed by the State, that in order to help
close the achievement gap, your school’s
graduation rates need to improve over the course of
the next six years.
20. OBased on your school’s FCAT FSA
scores, your school is expected to
graduate at least 82 percent of
Asian students, 68 percent of white
students, 52 percent of Hispanics
and 45 percent of African-American
students.
21. 1. Can the State Board of
Education set such objectives?
O1008.33 The State Board of
Education has the authority to
enforce Public School
Improvement.
22. “The law requires states to determine whether all students, as well
as individual subgroups of students, are making progress toward
meeting state academic content standards.”
23. 2. Are there any potential areas of concern
regarding the new accountability plan?
Complaint Filed by Legal Aid
Society
25. Review
1. What are the names of the two Federal
Acts that set the foundation for school
accountability?
26. Review
2. How does the state ensure that schools
are successfully educating all of their
students?
By assigning school grades
according to the State School
Accountability System
27. Review
3. What are the three basic
components used by the
state in order to grade
schools?
28. References
CNN, (2011, September, 23)
2001: Bush touts 'No Child Left Behind‘ (Video File), Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EOrlOKkZq4
Edmonds, Ron (2002,)
Signing of No Child Left Behind [Image File]. Retrieved from
http://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/nclb-10/
Ross, Kaitlin
State stands by race based expectations for students (Video File), Retrieved From
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U20t5CkOti8
Florida Department of Education (2012)
School Grading Guide Sheet [Image File]. Retrieved from
http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/pdf/1112/Guidesheet2012SchoolGrades.pdf
K-20 Education Code, Florida Statutes. 1008.31 (2013). Retrieved from
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=1000-
1099/1008/Sections/1008.31.html
K-20 Education Code, Florida Statutes. 1008.33 (2013). Retrieved from
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=1000-
1099/1008/Sections/1008.33.html
K-20 Education Code, Florida Statutes. 1008.34 (2013). Retrieved from
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=1000-
1099/1008/Sections/1008.34.html
29. References
Ross, Kaitlin
State stands by race based expectations for students (Video File), Retrieved From
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U20t5CkOti8
SARC [Image File] Retrieved from
http://www.sbusd.org/domain/441
The Daily Caller, (2012)
Florida sets education standards based on race, ethnicity [Image File] Retrieved from
http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/11/florida-sets-education-standards-based-on-race-ethnicity/
The LBJ Library, (2012, August, 30)
Signing of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Video File), Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQzCV1UdPLc
The Sun Sentinel, (2013)
Florida's race-based education goals discriminate, complaint alleges [Image File]
Retrieved from
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-08-02/news/fl-lawsuit-student-race-goals-
20130802_1_black-students-minority-students-achievement-gap
Wolfe, Frank (1965)
Signing of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act [Image File], Retrieved from
http://www.lbjlibrary.org/collections/photo-archive.html
