Submitted by: Dr. Cleopatra Figgures, Chief Accountability Officer 2008-09

04/10/23 2St. Louis Public Schools

◦ The Process of accrediting (classifying) districts was mandated by Missouri law through MSIP in 1950.

◦ MSIP reviews and accredits the 524 school districts within five year review cycles.

◦ About 20% of the districts are reviewed each year of a cycle and a report covering the areas of resource, process and performance standards, is developed.

◦ The report, called the APR (Annual Performance Report), recommends and presents an accreditation status to the State Board of Education (SBOE).

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Public School Districts in Missouri can be classified as: Accredited, Provisionally Accredited or Unaccredited.

Unaccredited means that the district did not meet quantitative and qualitative standards in educational resources, instructional process and education performance outcomes set by DESE.

Unaccredited districts must undergo a Full MSIP Review within each 5 year cycle period.

The State is currently in the 4th Cycle of reviews which began in July, 2006.

04/10/23 4St. Louis Public Schools

Phase I of the 4th Cycle of the Full MSIP Review will occur April 27-30 The review is focused on teaching and learning, i.e., performance

standards, and will include:• Visits to observe instruction in every school and every classroom by a

team of educators from across the state• Focus groups and interviews with school and central office staff, that

are related to teaching and learning in our schools• Visits to schools and review of program/budget records reviewed to

determine condition and status Phase 2 of the 4th Cycle of the MSIP Review will occur May 5-7 when

reviewers compile “findings” from the observations and interviews into a report

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The standards looked at during a review outline the state’s vision and expectations for a quality school district. There are 3 types:◦ Resource Standards - address requirements all districts

must met with minimums determined by the State and desired determined by research; they are most operational and quantitative in nature

◦ Process Standards - address instructional and administrative processes used in schools and include instruction, school services and supplemental programs

◦ Performance Standards - include multiple measures of student performance as determined by DESE

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During the 4th MSIP Cycle, the accreditation level of a school district will be determined only by “performance” standards

For K-12 districts, 14 performance standards will be evaluated and receive points using status and progress measures to determine if the standard was met. Eight to ten “mets” are required to gain accreditation.

The 14 performance standards are: ◦ MAP achievement in reading and math (6 points)◦ Graduation rate (1 point)◦ Subgroup AYP achievement (1 point)◦ ACT, Advance Courses, Career Education Courses, College Placement and Career Education Placement (5 points)◦ Attendance Rate (1 point)◦ Reading level achievement (0 points)

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Solution: The performance standards will be evaluated using status and progress measures:

◦ “Status” measures the district’s level of achievement based upon a five year average of performance data

◦ H1; H2; Average; Below Average and Floor◦ “Progress” measures the district’s improvement over a five year period

in two ways:◦ Annual – improvement from year to year◦ Rolling Average – improvement shown by comparing two year

averages.The expectation is for the district to meet/exceed state

means and show consistent improvement

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The goal of the MSIP is to promote school improvement within each district and on a statewide basis

After the review, the APR will be completed and returned to SLPS

SLPS will address issues found from the MSIP Review/APR by completing an Accountability Plan to be followed over the next two years

MSIP/APR will use district level data to determine accreditation