Local Accountability System Grant

Local Accountability System Grant Details

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.

In determining student success, a local accountability system may supplement the statewide performance indicators by using additional measures of the statewide performance indicators and by using additional indicators of student success. Additional indicators may include non-academic student outcomes, which may reflect changes in student engagement, attitudes, and mindsets. A local accountability system is supplemental to the state accountability system and may be designed to:

Fairly and accurately evaluate student success using multiple measures to develop a more comprehensive understanding of each student's success, including additional performance indicators or measures, which may include non-academic student outcomes such as student engagement, attitudes, and dispositions toward learning;
Evaluate the capacity of the public school systems operated by the local education provider to support student success; and
Use the results obtained from measuring student success and system support for student success as part of a cycle of continuous improvement.

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.

Local Accountability System Info Sheet (PDF)

Local Accountability System Grantee Summaries (PDF)

Year 1 Legislative Report (PDF) Submitted to the Legislature January 15, 2021

Summary of Local Accountability Systems Grantees (2020)

Project Focus	Lead Applicant	Participating Schools and Districts	Region	Accountability System Partner
Opportunity to Learn Measures and Metrics	Boulder Valley School District RE-2	Cañon City School District Greeley-Evans School District 6 Gunnison Watershed School District	Metro Pikes Peak North Central West Central	CU Boulder -- CADRE
Competency Based Learning	Delta County 50J - Vision Charter Academy	--	Southwest	Momentum Strategy and Research
Student Centered Accountability Program (S-CAP) https://www.s-capcolorado.com/	Buena Vista School District	Akron School District Buffalo School District East Otero School District Frenchman School District (Fleming) Hanover School District Haxtun School District Holyoke School District Kit Carson School District La Veta School District Las Animas School District Monte Vista School District West Grand School District Wiggins School District	Pikes Peak North Central Northwest Southwest Southeast Northeast	Generation Schools, Battelle for Kids, and CU Denver -- The Center for Practice Engaged Education Research ( C-PEER)
Supplemental Dashboard	Denver Public Schools	--	Metro	--
Supplemental Dashboard	District 49 (Falcon)	--	Pikes Peak	--
Supplemental Dashboard and Rubric	Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8	--	Pikes Peak	WestEd
Competency Based Learning	Garfield County School District 16	--	Northwest	Marzano Academies
Measuring Opportunity Pilot Project (MOPP) with Alternative Education Campuses https://opportunitypilot.org/	Jefferson County - New America School Lakewood	Brady Exploration School (Jefferson Co) Denver Justice High School (Denver) Durango Big Picture School (Durango) HOPE Online High School (Douglas Co) Jefferson High School (Greeley) New America School - Aurora (CSI) New America Schools - Thornton (Adams 12) Southwest Open School (Cortez) Rise Up Community School (Denver) Yampah Mountain High School (Glenwood Springs)	Metro North Central West Central Southwest	Momentum Strategy and Research
Supplemental Dashboard	Jefferson County Public School District	--	Metro	--
Supplemental Dashboard	Northeast Colorado BOCES	Plateau School District RE-5 Revere School District Yuma School District 1	Northeast	NWEA
Competency Based Learning	Westminster Public Schools	Brush School District RE-2J	Metro Northeast	Cognia, Marzano Academies, and CU Denver -- C-PEER

Program Contact

Lisa Steffen
Phone: 303-866-6676
E-mail: steffen_l@cde.state.co.us

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Local Accountability System Grant

Local Accountability System Grant Details

Summary of Local Accountability Systems Grantees (2020)