2605 - PROGRAM ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION

School District of Winter

Bylaws & Policies

2605 - PROGRAM ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION

The Board of Education believes that effective education includes proper evaluation of the results produced from the educational resources provided by the community and the government. As the governing body of the District, the Board has the responsibility for assessing how well goals are being accomplished.

The Board shall fulfill this responsibility by establishing a means for the continued evaluation of results which shall be systematic and specific.

The following elements will be included in its accountability program:

	A.	clear statements of expectations and purposes for each program coupled with specifications of how their successful achievement will be determined

	B.	provisions for staff, resources, and support necessary to achieve each program's purposes

	C.	evaluation of each program to assess the extent to which each program's purposes and objectives are being achieved

	D.	recommendations for revisions and modifications needed to better fulfill expectations and purposes

The District Administrator shall maintain a calendar of assessment activities and shall make periodic evaluation reports to the Board.

The District Administrator shall recommend improvements in the educational program annually, based on the evaluation of the District's program. Such improvements shall reflect the plans for improvement of the educational program submitted by each school principal. Each school's improvement plan shall be based on staff's findings from program evaluations at each level as well as on the evaluations provided by the school improvement team (see Policy 2120).

The Board reserves the right to employ experts from outside the District to serve in the evaluation process.

The Board will annually make available to the public the progress of the student body toward the goals of the District.

Assessment results obtained under this policy shall not be used for comparison purposes except as required by statute, regulations of the Department of Public Instruction, or internally, as authorized by the District Administrator or Board.

A copy of accountability reports and ranking levels for each school within the District boundaries, including independent "2r" charter schools and private schools participating in a private school choice program, shall be provided to all parents within the District on an annual basis.

Wis. Stats. 115.385(2), 115.385(4)