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The state Board
of Education adopted this Oregon Administrative Rule in December 1999 to
outline how the Superintendent of Public Instruction will carry out the charge to produce
report cards for every school and school district in Oregon. OAR
581-022-1060, School and District Performance Report Criteria
(1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction
will annually collect data from schools and school districts on student performance,
student behavior and school characteristics and will annually produce a performance report
for each school and school district.
(2) The Superintendent will notify the public
and the media by January 30 of each year that school and district performance reports are
available at each school and school district and at the Department of Education website
and office. The Superintendent will include in the notice that Consolidated District
Improvement Plans and School Improvement Plans as required in ORS 329.095 are available
from the school and school district offices.
(3) By March 31 of each year, school districts
shall send a copy of the state provided school and school district performance report to
the parent(s) or guardian(s) of each child enrolled in a public school in the school
district.
(4) School performance reports will include
grades assigned by the Superintendent, based on valid scoring scales, in each of the
following categories:
(a) Student Performance;
(b) Student Behavior; and
(c) School Characteristics.
(5) School grades shall be reported as:
(a) Exceptional;
(b) Strong;
(c) Satisfactory;
(d) Low; or
(e) Unacceptable.
(6) Criteria for a school grade in Student
Performance will include both overall performance and improvement in performance as
measured by:
(a) Statewide assessment.
(7) Criteria for a school grade in Student
Behavior will include performance as measured by:
(a) Student dropout rate; and
(b) Student attendance rate.
(8) Criteria for a school grade in School
Characteristics will include performance as measured by:
(a) Percentage of students participating in
statewide assessment.
(9) The school performance report will also
include an overall grade based on a composite of the criteria listed in section (4) of
this rule and will be explained on the performance reports.
(10) A school receiving any grade of
"low" or "unacceptable" shall file its revised school improvement plan
with the Superintendent, the school board and the 21st Century Schools Council for the
school by June 30 following that report.
(11) School performance reports may include
information other than that listed in section (4). Such information will not be part of
the calculation of the school grade in individual categories or of the overall grade.
Schools may include information in addition to that listed in section (4) in their locally
prepared and distributed school performance report.
(12) School district performance reports will be
developed and must include the overall rating of each school in the district. The district
performance report may include information other than that listed in section (4).
(13) Schools and school districts may include
information in addition to that listed in section (4) in their locally prepared and
distributed school district performance report.
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