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该县的学校在联邦评级中“达到了预期”
All Wells County public schools are part of the 48 percent of Indiana schools that are considered to “meet expectations,” according to the 2019 federal ratings released by the Indiana Department of Education Friday.
只有4.8 percent of state schools were rated as exceeding expectations. 在公立学校中，有34所.2%被评为“接近预期”.3%为“不符合预期”.6%的学生没有打分.
整个州有50人.2%的高中达到了预期，5%的高中达到了预期.超过9%.
Indiana schools are rated both federally and on a state level due to the difference in federal and state accountability requirements. 然而，美国.S. Department of Education has approved the state amendment to Indiana’s ESSA plan, which allows schools to receive federal accountability ratings instead of grades like in past years.
The IDOE press release stated this was done to provide more clarity and to move away from the issuance of two grades being given to each school — one from the state and one from the federal department.
“As the purpose of the federal accountability system is to provide actionable data that is accessible and aligned to long-term policy goals for student achievement, this change will also allow for a better understanding of the system as a tool to more accurately measure achievement and provide motivated progress towards success, 而不是仅仅成为一种惩罚性的标记,新闻稿称.
Indiana Superintendent Jennifer McCormick said in the press release that she is proud of the work that is being done to “academically prepare our children for life beyond high school.”
“为了未来的成功，更好地为学校服务, 然而, it is important we develop a single modernized state-legislated accountability system that is fair, 准确透明. Our kids, schools, teachers and parents deserve it,” McCormick said.
然而, people will have to wait to hear how schools were rated for accountability on a state level. The state board of education has adopted a resolution so it will withhold any votes to release those grades until the General Assembly has taken action on the requested hold harmless.
A hold harmless would prevent poorly performing schools from being punished due to bad ILEARN test results. The state average for passing the English and math portions of the ILEARN test was about 37 percent, which was much lower than state education officials were expecting.
While all of the schools in Wells County received the rating of “meets expectations,这些学校以不同的方式获得了这一称号.
Elementary and middle schools were rated based on English language academic achievement, 数学学业成绩, 英语语言学术进展, 数学学术进步, 英语弥合差距, 数学弥合差距, English learner progress (for which all Wells schools had no rating), 解决长期缺勤问题.
整体, Wells County elementary and middle schools were rated as “meets expectations” on the criteria. 然而，也有例外.
• Southern Wells Elementary School was rated “approaches expectations” for 数学弥合差距.
• Southern Wells 小君ior-Senior High School was rated “approaches expectations” for 数学学业成绩 解决长期缺勤问题. The school also was rated “does not meet expectations” for 数学弥合差距.
• Ossian Elementary School was rated “approaches expectations” for English language academic achievement.
• Bluffton-Harrison Elementary School was rated “approaches expectations” for both English language academic achievement and 英语语言学术进展, 还有数学和学术上的进步.
• Norwell Middle School was rated “exceeds expectations” for addressing chronic absenteeism. 然而, the school was also rated “does not meet expectations” for both English language and 数学弥合差距.
• Bluffton-Harrison Middle School was rated “approaches expectations” for both 数学学业成绩 and 数学学术进步. The school also received a “does not meet expectations” rating for 数学弥合差距.
• Southern Wells 小君ior-Senior High School was rated “approaches expectations” for 数学学业成绩 解决长期缺勤问题. The school also was rated “does not meet expectations” for 数学弥合差距.
High schools were rated on similar indicators as elementary and middle schools with the exception of the closing gaps indicators for English and math. 然而, the high schools had the added indicators of graduation rate and 文凭优势.
All three county high schools were rated as “exceeds expectations” for graduation rate. Many of the indicators for local high schools rated as “meets expectations,“但也有一些异常值.
• Bluffton High School was rated as “approaches expectations” for 数学学术进步 解决长期缺勤问题.
• Southern Wells 小君ior-Senior High School was rated as “approaches expectations” for 数学学术进步, 文凭优势, 解决长期缺勤问题.
• Norwell High School was rated as “approaches expectations” for 数学学术进步 and as “does not meet expectations” for 文凭优势.
To see a full list of federal school accountability ratings, go to 位.ly / 37 zzve8