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District staff outline major ESSA accountability changes and warn pandemic impacts persist
Summary
Executive director Happy Miller presented methodological changes to New Mexico's school accountability model, the district highlighted changes to proficiency and growth calculations and Superintendent Dr. Vissu Cleveland and board members discussed a study finding roughly 40% of students were adversely affected by the pandemic.
Dr. Happy Miller, the district’s executive director for accountability and assessment, presented the Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education with the state’s revised Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability model and cautioned that methodological changes mean year-to-year point comparisons are not valid.
Miller said the state’s new technical rules (including PED guidance and an amendment approved by the U.S. Department of Education) change how proficiency and growth are calculated. Key points Miller presented: 80% of elementary/middle school accountability points come from proficiency and growth (50% proficiency across ELA, math and science; 30% growth),…
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