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External evaluator tells Carroll County Schools it earned an outstanding Cognia index score
Summary
A Cognia regional evaluator praised Carroll County Schools’ performance, reported an Index of Educational Quality score of 365 and said the system appears likely to receive a six-year accreditation cycle.
Carroll County Schools received high marks from a Cognia regional accreditation evaluator during the board’s March 17 work session.
Jay Wansley, a Cognia regional accreditation evaluator with four decades of experience, presented highlights from the system’s accreditation review and told the board the district earned an Index of Educational Quality (IEQ) score of 365 out of a maximum of 400. “You guys were at the 90 first percentile, which is outstanding,” Wansley said, and added that the result is “very rare.”
Wansley told the board he reviewed evidence supplied by district staff and observed their records and practices, commending the district’s culture, stakeholder engagement and classroom monitoring. He pointed to two areas for the district to continue addressing: subgroup performance gaps and professional learning around effective integration of digital resources in instruction.
Chief Academic Officer Doctor Jessica Ainsworth and others who coordinated the accreditation materials — April Price was singled out by Ainsworth — were thanked by board members during the session. Superintendent Cowart and board members echoed their thanks and framed the result as a reflection of district staff and school-level educators.
Wansley described the likely accreditation outcome as a six-year cycle and said Carroll County Schools may receive confirmation in the March accreditation cohort. He also said he will write a mid-cycle report in about three years to check progress on the identified improvement areas.
District staff told the board that the accreditation documentation is stored on a Google Drive and that hard copies are also retained; they discussed adding backups on an internal share drive to preserve records for the next accreditation cycle.
The evaluation presentation concluded with trustees thanking Wansley and district staff and with board members saying they intend to highlight the achievement to the community.
