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Commission to review ‘at‑risk’ definition after state board moves to test alternate metrics
Summary
The State Board of Education and the Department of Education are testing alternatives to free‑and‑reduced‑price‑lunch and the previously used ‘grad score’ to identify students eligible for at‑risk weighting in the pupil‑centered funding plan; the department will share WestEd analysis and related data at future meetings.
The Commission on School Funding heard an update on an ongoing review of how Nevada identifies students ‘‘most in need of additional services’’ (the at‑risk category under the pupil‑centered funding plan).
NDE staff explained that the state moved away from using free‑and‑reduced‑price‑lunch (FRL) as a proxy for at‑risk status because FRL was too broad and produced a count that exceeded the targeted population for the state’s limited at‑risk funding. Peterson said the department initially used the ‘‘grad score’’ (a composite derived from the state student information system) to create a narrower count but that the State Board of Education has formed a work group to consider alternative or additional metrics.
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