Focus Group D: Assessment and Accountability
Category D: Assessment and Accountability
Criterion D1: Reporting and Accountability Process
Directions
- Evaluate the school’s effectiveness in addressing the Assessment and Accountability criteria and the supporting indicators.
- Explain or reference evidence that supports your succinct, narrative response.
- Explain how the schoolwide reporting and accountability practices impact student learning and well-being.
Criterion D1: Reporting and Accountability Process
The school leadership and instructional staff use effective and equitable assessment processes to collect, disaggregate, analyze, and report schoolwide student performance data to the school staff, students, parents, and other stakeholders/educational partners. The analysis of data guides the school’s programs and processes, the allocation and usage of resources, and forms the basis for the development of the schoolwide action plan/SPSA aligned with the LCAP.
D1.1 Professionally Acceptable Assessment Process: The school leadership and instructional staff use effective and equitable assessment processes to collect, disaggregate, analyze, and report student performance data to all stakeholders/educational partners.
D1.2 Basis for Determination of Performance Level: The school leadership and instructional staff have agreed upon the basis for students’ grades, growth, and performance levels to ensure consistency across and within grade levels and content areas.
D1.3 Assessment of Program Areas: School teams use assessment results to make changes in the school program, implement professional development activities, and allocate resources demonstrating a results-driven, continuous school improvement process.
D1.4 Schoolwide Modifications Based on Assessment Results: School leadership partners with district leadership to periodically assess programs and expectations for students’ academic growth and progress.
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Criterion D2: Using Student Assessment Strategies to Monitor and Modify Learning Progress
Directions
- Evaluate the school’s effectiveness in addressing the Assessment and Accountability criteria and the supporting indicators.
- Explain or reference evidence that supports your succinct, narrative response.
- Explain how the teachers’ use of assessment strategies to monitor and modify instruction impacts student learning and well-being.
Criterion D2: Using Student Assessment Strategies to Monitor and Modify Learning Progress
Teachers employ a variety of appropriate assessment strategies to evaluate student learning. Students and teachers use these findings to modify the learning/teaching practices to improve student learning within and across grade levels and departments.
D2.1 Monitoring Student Growth: Teachers determine and monitor all students’ growth and progress toward meeting the schoolwide student goals/graduate profile, academic standards, and college and career readiness expectations.
D2.2 Teacher and Student Feedback: Teachers provide timely, specific, and descriptive feedback to support students in achieving learning goals. Teachers use student feedback and dialogue to monitor progress learn about the degree to which learning experiences are understood, and relevant, and prepare students for college and careers.
D2.3 Demonstration of Student Achievement: Teachers use the analysis of formative and summative assessments to guide, modify, and adjust curricular and instructional approaches.
ACS WASC Category D. Assessment and Accountability Summary
Prioritize and list the strengths and growth areas for the criteria and indicators in this category based on the school’s identified major student learner needs.
Areas of Strength
Areas of Growth
