(The SBE jumped around a bit this morning due to presenters’ schedules, so the morning was blogged as a block to make it easier to read.)
9:15am-12pm
Accountability Update – Kris Mayer, Edie Harding, Pete Bylsma
Warren Smith: Change to SBE “believes that all students deserve a quality and equitable education”
Phyllis Bunker Frank: Be mindful that “quality” and “equitable” are not readily defined
Eric Liu: Need to be clear on what SBE means by “reciprocity”
2009 Work Plan
Mary Jean Ryan: Expressed doubt over needing to wait until the 2011 Legislative Session to put forward a budget proposal
Ms. Harding: Considering the fiscal climate makes sense to wait until next biennium
- Changes
- First indicator changed to “non-low income students” rather than “all students” (prevents double counting of low-income students
- Scale changed from 5 points (0-4) to 7 points (1-7)
- Changes from 4 tiers to 5 tiers (addition of Very Good tier)
- Propose exempting ELL results in the first 3 years of enrollment, or until acquiring intermediate English proficiency
- Propose using other means for holding alternative schools accountable
- Propose allowing schools/districts the option of excluding Improvement indicator if performing at high achievement levels
- Propose counting highest grade 10 results through August of grade 10
Status of Basic Education Finance Task Force Report – Rep. Ross Hunter
The standard presentation Rep. Hunter has done across the state. It appeared that about half of SBE members were unfamiliar with the contents of the BEFTF report. Most of the comments/questions focused on details.
Public Comment
-Karen Davis, WEA – Appreciate the changes and responsiveness of the Board, but have reservations over the implementation timeline of the index (especially in regard to funding); also concerned about having two accountability systems, it’s confusing
[...] February 18, 2009 in Reform talk, State Board of Education | Tags: accountability, education reform, SBE | by Heather Yesterday, the State Board of Education’s System Performance Accountability advisory groupmet at the Puget Sound ESD in Renton. The meeting was largely an opportunity to update members and receive feedback. Many of the updates were presented at the SBE meeting last month in Tumwater (you can read about that here). [...]