State ed leaders unveil second draft of new school accountability model with few changes

Adrian Martinez-De La Cruz

The Indiana Department of Education unveiled Wednesday its second draft of a proposed school accountability model that, if approved, would once again measure schools' performance using an "A-F" grading scale.

The updated proposal presented to the State Board of Education was largely similar to the first draft introduced in June .

Broadly, the proposed point-based system would first score individual students based on their academic performance, measured by standardized test results, including ILEARN and SAT. It would then give them points for additional indicators, such as school attendance, performance on the social studies and science portions of ILEARN, completion of college-level courses and participation in work-based learning experiences.

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