Kentucky education commissioner says new accountability system should not involve ranking schools

A revised responsibleness system for Kentucky public colleges beneath the new federal each Student Succeeds Act most likely wouldn't lend itself to rankings and would be additional “fair, reliable, easier to know and additional meaty for teenagers,” Kentucky Commissioner of Education writer Pruitt aforementioned.

Pruitt desires a brand new system that doesn't accept rankings of colleges and districts as is currently the case.

“If we have a tendency to don’t start off with AN responsibleness system centered on students, then we’ve unsuccessful. It can’t be regarding adults chasing points. The system has to promote what’s best for college students,” he said.

The new federal act needs the system to be in situ by the 2017-18 year.

Currently, “we have one variety that indicates however colleges ar playing,” Pruitt aforementioned. He aforementioned he favors a system that gives a broader read or a “dashboard” approach.

But the federal law still needs that colleges that ar troubled be known.

The Kentucky Department of Education is holding government building conferences across the state, together with one in early Apr in Lexington, to assemble public input on what educators, folks et al. would love to visualize within the system.

At the Lexington meeting, as at different city halls, Pruitt aforementioned individuals told him “they need a easier system” and one that's honest. AN calculable 250 individuals attended the meeting in Lexington.

One retired teacher aforementioned Kentucky wants AN responsibleness system that eliminates the requirement to chase points on the wide  tests.

People who don’t attend one in all the conferences might specific their views through AN email sent to KyEdListens@education.ky.gov.

“This isn’t an effort to throw the baby out with the tub water, however to develop a system that's actually reflective of Kentucky values,” Pruitt aforementioned.

At a Kentucky Board of Education meeting Wednesday in Frankfort, board members mentioned that Kentucky doesn't permit students to cop out of testing. Some board members aforementioned they didn't suppose that annual testing ought to take up quite 5 days of tutorial time.

The commissioner aforementioned he before long would name a committee, that represents all teams of stakeholders, together with state legislators, to include the general public feedback and needs of the each Student Succeeds Act in developing Kentucky’s new responsibleness system. Pruitt aforementioned he conjointly would name a committee that may anticipate and check out to move off any unintended  consequences from the planned system.