A Differentiated Accountability Update

Recently, Amy Williamson, Iowa Department of Education Bureau Chief of School Improvement shared the following power point to understand where we are as a state with moving forward with Differentiated Accountability.

Click here to access the Differentiated Accountability Update ppt

Just a few highlights: 

• Differentiated Accountability is:
• Like MTSS for districts, nonpublic schools, and AEAs
• A way to determine how to allocate resources to improve our state system
• Done as part of Collaborating for Iowa's Kids (C4K) with AEAs and LEAs
•  Includes all the Division of Learning and Results
• Paving the way for ESEA Reauthorization (ESSA)                                 
• Universal Desk Audits 
• will be open from September-December
•  Desk audit for Pre-K is the EC web application
• All K-12 sites and AEA have received a Google site to upload their documents
• For Title 1 and Special Education, we are using information we already collect.
•  Desk audit period closes December 15
• After review, determine if further audit or citations needed

• It was determined that for the 2015-2016 pilot year, volunteer districts and nonpublic schools would be provided with Universal, Targeted, or Intensive support based on the following criteria:
• If a district or nonpublic school was below the intensive cut score in multiple Healthy Indicators or below the cut score for Universal Screening, the district was placed in Intensive Support;
• If a district or nonpublic school was below the Intensive cut score in one Healthy Indicator (and that indicator was not Universal Screening) the district/school was placed in Targeted Support;
• If a district or nonpublic schools was not below the intensive cut score in any Healthy Indicator the district/school was placed in Universal Support.