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[quote=Anonymous]Washington Post gift link: https://wapo.st/4d08Kzy

“ Currently, Virginia combines accountability and accreditation into one measurement and awards schools a simple rating: accredited or accredited with conditions.”

“ Under the new plan, the board of education decided to break up the two measurements.”

“ Schools will still earn accreditation based on whether they meet basic state requirements. But now, they will receive a separate accountability ranking based on other metrics like mastery of topics and how much student performance has improved over a time period. It also will measure student readiness based on factors — which are still being finalized — such as chronic absenteeism and advanced coursework. The four categories for accountability will be: Distinguished, On Track, Off Track and Needs Intensive Support.”

Interestingly, it is estimated that 50-60% of schools are going to fall into the lower two categories of “off track” or “needs intensive support” because mastery is going to be weighted more than “growth” on the new rating system. I know we have a lot of troubled schools in the state and most are outside of FCPS and NoVa in general. I foresee a big, annoying push for attendance even more than this past school year, since that is something the schools feel they can push back on the parents.

What are your thoughts and how will this affect FCPS? Wonder if GreatSchools will take this into account in their rating mechanisms. The finalized regs are linked in the WaPo article - I only skimmed but am wondering if safety/weapons issues factors into the ratings at all. [/quote]

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