The city of Denver has announced a growth-model accountability system to measure school performance. The inititative is backed by $4.75 million raised from the Dell and Broad Foundations.
According to the Rocky Mountain News, the most innovative piece “compares Denver Public School students with students statewide who have similar performance histories on state exams. With the Colorado Department of Education, the district will track how DPS pupils do compared to those peers and judge their schools based on jumps or drops in performance.”
Non-academic factors such as “whether families are returning to the same schools from one year to the next” will be weighed. “DPS schools will receive an overall rating, based on up to 42 indicators, but [DPS Superintendent Michael] Bennet said those rating names have yet to be determined. It’s also unclear exactly when parents will see the new report cards, though it likely will be before the end of this school year,” the paper reports.
The paper also reports the system could go statewide, potentially great news for Core Knowledge advocates, since the state has more CK schools than any other.
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