State Board of Education cancels vote to weaken School Achievement Index

By Liv Finne
June 17, 2013

 

This Wednesday, June 19^th, the State Board of Education meets in Olympia to discuss revisions to the School Achievement Index to reduce the rigor of the performance criteria used to evaluate schools, as I’ve explained here.  Originally, they planned to vote on the revisions after taking public testimony.

 

The State Board, led by Chairman Jeff Vincent, has decided to cancel the vote. The agenda for the meeting now includes this note:

 

Note to attendees: Given the status of proposed legislation impacting the development and use of the State Board’s Achievement Index, the Board leadership has elected to take final Index approval off the proposed action items for the June 19th special meeting.

 

The School Achievement Index will, at least for now, retain its current level of rigor over the performance criteria used to report school performance in Washington.

 

http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/blog/post/state-board-education-cancels-vote-weaken-school-achievement-index