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1241: Accountability, Accreditation, Student Performance, and Resource Inequity Task Force
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Task Force Creation
Passed during the 2023 legislative session, H.B. 23-1241 creates a representative task force of 26-members that studies academic opportunities, inequities, promising practices in schools, and improvements to the accountability and accreditation system. Task force members are appointed by the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, the president and minority leader of the senate, the governor and the department of education.
H.B. 23-1241 Specifies that the Accountability, Student Performance, and Resources Inequity Task Force at a minimum shall consider:
- Academic opportunities or inequities that may impact academic achievement gaps
- Improvement to the accountability and accreditation system to expand and incentivize academic opportunities and address inequities
- Promising practices in schools and school districts
- Recommendations for legislation or rules as necessary
Task Force Communications:
Sign up via this Google Form to receive relevant communications regarding the Task Force. This includes notifications of upcoming meetings, meeting notes and other updates.
Translation/Interpretation:
To request translated documents and video recording please complete this Google Form. Live translation may be available for future meetings upon request, please specify this request on the form. Note that requests must be made at least five days prior to the meeting to ensure services.
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Timeline:
- July 1, 2023: Task force members appointed
- August 15, 2023: Department contracts with a facilitator
- No later than September 1, 2023: Convene first meeting
- March 1, 2024: Interim report
- November 15, 2024: Final report reflecting findings and recommendations to the education committees of the house of representatives and senate, the governor, the state board, the commissioner of education and the department.
More information about the Evaluation of Colorado’s K-12 Education Accountability System
The evaluation report (also referred to as the accountability audit) was released by the legislative audit committee on December 12, 2022. You can access the report here.
The report is a result of HB 21-1294. Overseen by the Office of the State Auditor, the selected evaluator was HumRRO. The evaluator provided a presentation on the report to the State Board of Education at their December 14, 2022 meeting. You can access information about the presentation, including materials, on the state board website.
The intent was to determine whether the current system:
- Meets the goals and intentions of the General Assembly, as stated in the legislative declarations set forth in Section 22-7-1002, C.R.S., and Section 22-11-102, C.R.S.
- Contains institutional or cultural biases based on race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, or economic status.
- Provides an accurate, credible, and comparable assessment of public education throughout the state.
More information about the Local Accountability System Grant
In 2019, the State Legislature passed SB 19-204, to provide grant money to local education providers that adopt local accountability systems to supplement the state accountability system. Local education providers may establish and seek funding through the grant program to support a local accountability system that supplements the state accountability system. This program is also intended to enable the state to learn from innovation in the field. The department is expected to evaluate the awards, as well as convene applicants annually to facilitate and support learning. View more detail on the grantees and on the learnings from the grantees.
The task force may build upon the Accountability Audit (see summary above) and the Local Accountability System Grant (see summary above).
A Letter from 1215 Task Force Members
Task Force Members/Appointees (PDF)
Interim Report (PDF) (March 1, 2024)
DRAFT: Recommendations Overview (July 29, 2024)
DRAFT: Full Report (July 29, 2024)
DRAFT: Full Report (September 16, 2024)
DRAFT: Full Report (September 27, 2024)
Date/Time:
- Virtual only October 18, 2024 Starting at 9am - Zoom Registration Link
Meeting Materials:
Additional Upcoming Task Force Meetings:
- Virtual Only: October 22, 9am - 11am Zoom Registration Link Coming Soon
Study Group Meetings
Beginning in March 2024, task force members have opportunities to meet in small study groups between the regularly scheduled meetings. These are not whole group task force meetings but are small groups with focused work in specific areas. These meetings will have notes posted and be open to the public.
Meeting dates/times, agendas and note may be accessed via this Google Doc.
This information will be continually updated as study groups continue schedule meetings.
As part of some of the study groups' work, CDE was asked to create tools or analyses for teams to explore how their recommendations may impact districts and schools directly. These tolls and analyses were ONLY created to support the requests of the task force and are not intended for any official CDE accountability expectations and will not influence framework calculations at this time.
- Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Indicator [1241 TF PWR Performance Framework Results Comparisons May 2024 Updated]. This tool examines the impact on the PWR indicator rating and overall plan type assignments when including adjustments as requested by the work group (e.g., move SAT from PWR to the Achievement indicator).
- Combined Groups of Students [Super-subgroup Performance Results Comparisons with Growth for 1241 TF 4.2024 2]. This tool examines the impact on the Achievement and Growth indicator ratings and overall plan type assignments when including adjustments as request by the work group (e.g., a student crossing multiple disaggregated groups like minority and special education would only be counted once in the performance frameworks).
- Districts Earning Distinction Rating [1241 TF Disag. Study Group Distinguished District Filters May 2024]. This analysis examined the impact of new criteria (e.g., need to have a “meets” for all sub-indicators and disaggregated groups) added to earn a District of Distinction rating.
Previous Task Force Meetings
Monday, September 16, 2024
- September 16, 2024 Meeting Recording
- September 16, 2024 Meeting Agenda PDF
- September 16, 2024 Meeting Presentation PDF
- September 16, 2024 Meeting Notes PDF
- September 16, 2024 Post Meeting Survey
Thursday, August 15, 2024
- August 15, 2024 Meeting Recording Part 1
- August 15, 2024 Meeting Recording Part 2
- August 15, 2024 Meeting Notes PDF
- August 15, 2024 Meeting Agenda PDF
- August 15, 2024 Meeting Presentation PDF
- August 15, 2024 Post Meeting Survey
- August 15, 2024 Meeting Survey Results XLSX
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- June 4, 2024 Meeting Recording
- June 4, 2024 Meeting Notes PDF
- June 4, 2024 Meeting Agenda PDF
- June 4, 2024 Meeting Presentation PDF
- June 4, 2024 Meeting Survey Results XLSX
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- May 7, 2024 Meeting Recording PDF
- May 7, 2024 Meeting Notes PDF
- May 7, 2024 Meeting Agenda PDF
- May 7, 2024 Meeting Presentation PDF
- May 7, 2024 Meeting Demographics Pre-Read PDF
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- April 2, 2024 Meeting Recording
- April 2, 2024 Meeting Notes PDF
- April 2, 2024 Meeting Agenda PDF
- April 2, 2024 Meeting Presentation PDF
- April 2, 2024 Post Meeting Survey Responses (XLSX)
- Teach Plus Task Force Presentation PDF
- Teach Plus Accountability One Pager PDF
- Teach Plus Chronic Absenteeism One Pager PDF
- Teach Plus Principles of High Quality Schools PDF
- 1241 Task Force: Meeting #10 (4/2) Post-Meeting Survey - Public welcome to respond
- Links to Local Accountability System Grant Information
Tuesday March 12, 2024
- March 12, 2024 Meeting Recording
- March 12, 2024 Meeting Notes PDF
- March 12, 2024 Meeting Agenda PDF
- March 12, 2024 Meeting Presentation PPT
- District Two Harrison Schools "Demographics Matter" PPT
- Student-Centered Accountability Program "Impact on Learning and Systems" PPT
- Statewide Teachers Organization - All Member Survey PDF
- Boulder Valley School District - Accountability Large District Experience PDF
- St. Vrain Valley Schools Data Comparison PDF
- 1241 Task Force: Meeting #9 (3/12) Post-Meeting Survey
- 1241 Task Force: Meeting #9 (3/12) Post-Meeting Survey Responses XLSX
February 21, 2024
- February 21, 2024 Meeting Recording
- February 21, 2024 Meeting Notes (PDF)
- February 21, 2024 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- February 21, 2024 Meeting Presentation (PDF)
- 1241 Task Force: Meeting #8 (2/21) Post Meeting Survey Results XLSX
January 17, 2024
- January 17, 2024 Meeting Recording
- January 17, 2024 Meeting Notes (PDF)
- January 17, 2024 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- January 17, 2024 Meeting Presentation (PDF)
January 9, 2024
- January 9, 2024 Meeting Recording
- January 9, 2024 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- January 9, 2024 Presentation (PDF)
- January 9, 2024 Meeting #6 Follow-Up Survey (Responses) (PDF)
- SPF Demographics Analysis (PDF) - Updated 1/5/2024
- Accountability Reference Handbook (PDF) - Updated 1/8/2024
- Jan 9, 2024 Meeting Notes (PDF)
December 1, 2023
- December 1, 2023 Meeting Recording
- December 1, 2023 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- Accountability Reference Handbook (PDF) - See updated version under January 9th, 2024 meeting materials
- December 1, 2023 Presentation Slide Deck (PPT)
- December 1, 2023 Meeting Notes (PDF)
November 3, 2023
- November 3, 2023 Meeting Recording
- November 3, 2023 Meeting Notes (PDF)
- November 3, 2023 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- November 3, 2023 Presentation Slide Deck (PDF)
- November 3, 2023 TF Members Survey Results - Academic Opportunities and Inequities (PDF)
October 17, 2023
- October Meeting Recording
- October 17, 2023 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- Question and Answer from Accountability Presentation on September 26, 2023 (PDF) - See updated version under January 9th, 2024 meeting materials
- October 17, 2023 Presentation Slide Deck (PPT)
- October 17, 2023 Meeting Notes (PDF)
September 26, 2023 Meeting
- September Meeting Recording
- September Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- September Meeting Notes (PDF)
- Meeting Materials
- Accountability Presentation Discussion Slides (PPT)
- Education Accountability Act Legislative Declaration (PDF)
- Stair Step Graphic 2010-2022 Performance Trajectory of District Identified as Priority Improvement or Turnaround (Excel)
- Accountability Clock Stair Step Graphic- Schools (PDF)
- Timeline of CO Accountability 2009 to 2024 (Excel)
- Annotated SPF Report (PDF)
August 24, 2023 Meeting
- Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- Meeting Slides (PDF)
- Meeting Notes (PDF)
- Meeting Recording (Video)
Contact Information
For more information, contact accountability@cde.state.co.us.
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