High
g School Accreditation
Framework
North Carolina State Board of Education
June 2012 GCS 2
Angela Quick
Deputy Chief Academic Officer
Elissa Brown, PhD
Director, Secondary Projects & Educator Preparation Programs
Context
2011 306 House Bill 342
2011-306,
• Accredit
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upo request
equest
The law stipulated that upon request of a local board, the State Board of
Education shall evaluate schools to determine whether the education provided
meets acceptable levels of quality.
• Rigorous accreditation standards
The accreditation standards are to be rigorous and in keeping with other
accrediting
diti agencies’
i ’ standards,
t d d as wellll as priorities
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b the
th State
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Education.
• LEAs must pay for the service
The law further stipulated that the local district must compensate the State
Board for costs incurred with the process.
Basics of Accreditation Approach
• First, we will look at READY accountability
indicators to determine if the school met
established standards (standards TBD) and
review a school self-study
self study
If READY accountability indicators do not meet
established standards, then
•
Additional system indicators are reviewed
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Comprehensive document review
e.g. school improvement plan, NCGP, etc.
Site Visits
e.g. observations, focus groups and interviews
DRAFT
Implications
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• Cost for LEAs
• Staff capacity & travel
• State accreditation vs. national accrediting
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• Alignment
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ith other
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