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Senate education committee gets study update; APA team reports 200+ district responses and stakeholder plan
Summary
APA consultants told the Senate Education Committee they received more than 200 district responses to a July survey, will hold educator panels after Labor Day and will share a gold-sheet timeline of August–December study deliverables. Members pressed for race, gender and regional breakdowns and asked how parent samples will be made representative.
The Senate Education Committee heard an update on a statewide adequacy study, including survey results and a stakeholder engagement plan presented by Justin Silverstein of APA Consulting. Silverstein told the committee the project will pair short video presentations with live Zoom Q&A and had ‘‘received over 200 district responses, which we think is really good’’ for the mid‑July district survey.
The study team said the district survey was vetted with a handful of administrators before distribution, closed at the end of July as presented, and that a broader stakeholder survey aimed at educators, parents, business leaders and community members will be fielded after schools reopen. Amanda Brown, also on the study team, said the team will run educator panels remotely across the state’s regions after Labor Day to dig into gaps and local context.
Committee members repeatedly asked for disaggregated results. ‘‘We are going to be looking at gaps by different student demographics and those will include race,’’ Silverstein said, adding the team will confirm whether gender splits have been run. Amanda Brown pointed members to appendix slides with race and ethnicity breakdowns and agreed to provide more detailed regional and race/gender tables electronically.
Members also asked how parent samples will avoid self‑selection bias. Silverstein said the team will push the survey through membership organizations, local media and BLR staff and will report response distributions and any weighting so policymakers can understand possible response skew.
The chair asked for approval of the July minutes; the committee indicated a motion and second and the chair confirmed approval by voice. Presenters said the next committee meeting in September will present five study components, including concentration of poverty, identification of performance gaps and funding correlations.
