Bill Text: IA HF428 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to establishment of an attendance center performance scoring system by the department of education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-02 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 432. [HF428 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF428-Introduced.html
House File 428 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  WINCKLER, RUFF,
                                     ABDUL=SAMAD, GAINES,
                                     HANSON, STAED, and
                                     STECKMAN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to establishment of an attendance center
  2    performance scoring system by the department of education.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  256.34  Attendance center
  1  2 performance scoring system.
  1  3    1.  For the purpose of this section, "achievement growth"
  1  4 means a valid and reliable measurement of academic progress
  1  5 over an academic year that exceeds the normative peer reference
  1  6 group's rate of academic progress during the same academic
  1  7 year.
  1  8    2.  The department shall develop an attendance center
  1  9 performance scoring system that calculates aggregate growth as
  1 10 well as aggregate proficiency of students which when combined
  1 11 with other academic indicators results in an overall school
  1 12 performance score for each attendance center and for the entire
  1 13 school district.  This information must be posted on the
  1 14 department's internet site with information for each attendance
  1 15 center listed separately.
  1 16    3.  The department shall develop criteria and a process
  1 17 for school districts to use to establish specific performance
  1 18 goals and to evaluate the performance of each attendance
  1 19 center operated by the school district in order to arrive at
  1 20 an overall school performance score for each attendance center
  1 21 as well as for the entire school district.  The criteria shall
  1 22 include but not be limited to student achievement growth,
  1 23 parent involvement, student attendance, employee turnover, and
  1 24 community activities and involvement.
  1 25    4.  The department shall develop a student achievement
  1 26 growth indicator that acknowledges attendance centers whose
  1 27 annual rates of student achievement growth are higher than the
  1 28 statewide average annual rate of student achievement growth.
  1 29 The criteria for student achievement growth shall recognize
  1 30 an attendance center or school district whose students,
  1 31 in one academic year, achieve two or more academic years
  1 32 of academic progress in comparison with the normative peer
  1 33 reference group.  Additionally, a closing gap score shall be
  1 34 calculated as another measure to determine subgroup performance
  1 35 and to rank and classify attendance centers.  Other academic
  2  1 indicators shall be defined as criterion=referenced variables
  2  2 and shall include but not be limited to graduation rates and
  2  3 college=readiness rates.  Additional indicators of achievement
  2  4 and progress may include post=graduation data, suspension
  2  5 and expulsion rates, levels of student engagement, parent
  2  6 satisfaction, parent engagement, and staff working conditions.
  2  7    5.  The overall school performance score may be used to do
  2  8 the following:
  2  9    a.  Determine the level of support and specialized assistance
  2 10 which must be provided to schools scoring at the lowest
  2 11 performance levels statewide.
  2 12    b.  Recognize and share the best practices of schools scoring
  2 13 at the highest performance levels statewide.
  2 14    6.  By June 30, 2015, the department shall provide technical
  2 15 support and services to school districts for purposes of
  2 16 aligning the attendance center performance scoring system
  2 17 outcomes with the accreditation standards and process
  2 18 established under section 256.11.  The department shall release
  2 19 the attendance center performance scoring system's scores and
  2 20 ranking data to the school districts beginning September 1,
  2 21 2016, and annually by September 1 thereafter.  The department
  2 22 shall release the attendance center performance scoring
  2 23 system's scores and ranking data to the public no sooner than
  2 24 October 1, 2016, and annually by October 1 thereafter.
  2 25    Sec. 2.  2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 121, section 73, is amended
  2 26 by striking the section.
  2 27    Sec. 3.  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS
  2 28 BY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.  From July 1, 2015, through
  2 29 August 31, 2016, the department shall provide professional
  2 30 development to school district instructional staff relating
  2 31 to Iowa's differentiated accountability model. At a minimum,
  2 32 the professional development opportunities shall include
  2 33 definitions of the metrics included in the attendance center
  2 34 performance scoring system's rankings, resources and suggested
  2 35 best instructional practices for school districts in the
  3  1 lower half of the rankings, and assistance with communication
  3  2 templates and strategies school districts may use to explain to
  3  3 the community in clear and concise terms for a diverse audience
  3  4 the rankings and their significance in identifying areas for
  3  5 improvement at attendance centers and in school districts.
  3  6                           EXPLANATION
  3  7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  3  8 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  3  9    This bill directs the department of education to develop an
  3 10 attendance center performance scoring system that calculates
  3 11 aggregate growth as well as aggregate proficiency of students
  3 12 which when combined with other academic indicators results in
  3 13 an overall school performance score for each attendance center
  3 14 and for the entire school district, to publish the results
  3 15 on the department's internet site, and by June 30, 2015, to
  3 16 provide technical support and services to school districts for
  3 17 purposes of aligning the attendance center performance scoring
  3 18 system outcomes with the accreditation standards and process
  3 19 established under Code section 256.11.
  3 20    The department shall develop criteria and a process for
  3 21 school districts to use to establish specific performance
  3 22 goals and to evaluate the performance of each attendance
  3 23 center operated by the school district in order to arrive at
  3 24 an overall school performance score for each attendance center
  3 25 as well as for the entire school district.  The criteria shall
  3 26 include but not be limited to student achievement growth,
  3 27 parent involvement, student attendance, employee turnover, and
  3 28 community activities and involvement.
  3 29    The department shall develop a student achievement growth
  3 30 indicator and criteria that acknowledge attendance centers
  3 31 whose annual rates of student achievement growth are higher
  3 32 than the statewide average annual rate of student achievement
  3 33 growth, and a closing gap score shall be calculated as another
  3 34 measure to determine subgroup performance and to rank and
  3 35 classify attendance centers.  Other academic indicators shall
  4  1 be defined as criterion=referenced variables and shall include
  4  2 but not be limited to graduation rates and college=readiness
  4  3 rates.  Additional indicators of achievement and progress may
  4  4 include post=graduation data, suspension and expulsion rates,
  4  5 levels of student engagement, parent satisfaction, parent
  4  6 engagement, and staff working conditions.
  4  7    The overall school performance score may be used to
  4  8 determine the level of support and specialized assistance which
  4  9 must be provided to schools scoring at the lowest performance
  4 10 levels statewide, and to recognize and share the best practices
  4 11 of schools scoring at the highest performance levels statewide.
  4 12    The department shall release the attendance center scores
  4 13 and ranking data to districts beginning September 1, 2016,
  4 14 and annually by September 1 thereafter.  The department shall
  4 15 release the attendance center scores and ranking data to the
  4 16 public annually no sooner than October 1, 2016, and annually
  4 17 by October 1 thereafter.
  4 18    The department is directed to provide, from July 1, 2015,
  4 19 through August 31, 2016, professional development to school
  4 20 district instructional staff relating to Iowa's differentiated
  4 21 accountability model. At a minimum, the professional
  4 22 development opportunities shall include definitions of the
  4 23 metrics included in the attendance center rankings resources
  4 24 and suggested best instructional practices for districts in the
  4 25 lower half of the rankings, and assistance with communication
  4 26 templates and strategies school districts may use to explain to
  4 27 the community in clear and concise terms for a diverse audience
  4 28 the rankings and their significance in identifying areas for
  4 29 improvement at attendance centers and in school districts.
  4 30    The bill strikes a provision established in session law
  4 31 in 2013 directing the department to develop and establish
  4 32 attendance center performance rankings and to submit its
  4 33 findings and recommendations in a report to the state board of
  4 34 education, the governor, and the general assembly by July 1,
  4 35 2014.
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