West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 126 - Education
Title 126 - PROCEDURAL RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Series 126-013 - A Process for Improving Education: Performance Based Accreditation System (2320)
Section 126-13-3 - Premises and Purposes
Universal Citation: 126 WV Code of State Rules 126-13-3
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024
3.1. Premises. There are core premises that guide the requirements and processes established by this policy. These premises are:
3.1.a. All children can learn. Background
variables of socio-economic status, race, ethnicity, or gender are not
determinants of progress or reaching proficiency.
3.1.b. The primary measure of an effective
school is the quality and equity of student outcomes. The WVBE has the
responsibility to define the outcomes by which quality and equity should be
judged and hold schools and school systems accountable for those
outcomes.
3.1.c. The level of
quality and equity of each West Virginia school must be public knowledge.
Communicating the level of school quality can leverage improvement when
provided in language that is clear and easily understood.
3.1.d. The school is the unit of change.
Local, regional, and state resources, policies, and procedures must focus on
assisting the improvement of each West Virginia school and on differentiating
supports according to need and level of performance.
3.1.e. The capacity for excellence resides in
every school. Schools have the responsibility to create school-wide and
classroom conditions that produce student success. Every school needs quality
leadership and the flexibility and support to make the decisions that will lead
to the achievement of all students.
3.2. Purposes. This policy establishes a process for the Governor, Legislature, WVBE, and county boards of education to develop and ensure the tenets of a thorough and efficient system of public education and address the constitutional responsibility of the WVBE to generally supervise schools and school systems through:
3.2.a. Establishing standards and performance
measures that define the responsibilities of schools, school systems, and all
school personnel to improve the level of student performance and
well-being;
3.2.b. Holding schools
and school systems accountable for performance outcomes and established
processes of continuous improvement that have been determined to affect the
quality of school and classroom learning conditions;
3.2.c. Implementing a system of public
notification which communicates the level of quality of each West Virginia
public school and each school system;
3.2.d. Evaluating educational progress of
individual schools, school systems, and the entire state system based on
performance and high quality standards;
3.2.e. Ensuring equity of opportunity as
measured by school conditions, facilities, resources, capacity, and
efficiencies;
3.2.f. Providing a
mechanism for schools and school systems to take responsibility in assessing
and determining continuous improvement efforts;
3.2.g. Defining a system of supports and
consequences for schools and school systems falling below acceptable standards
of performance;
3.2.h. Creating a
recognition and reward process that incentivizes school improvement and rewards
growth and performance; and
3.2.i.
Aiding the Governor, Legislature, and WVBE in decision-making and resource
allocation to improve school effectiveness and efficiencies.
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