What SB1 Taketh. School Administrators Giveth Backeth.

Arguably, the most bothersome part of Senate Bill 1 for most school administartors, was its removal of accountability during the intervening three year period while the new test is being constructed. A remedy offered by the Council for Better Education, the Kentucky Association of School Councils, and the Prichard Committee is a "transition index" calculated, roughly, along the same lines as the previous CATS assessment, minus writing portfolios.

Instead of KDE publishing the results,

From KASC's website, you'll be able to download lists showing all schools, with their 2007 through 2009 results and their 2014 projections, plus separate files showing the disaggregated information. We'll handle district data the same way, and add a summary report describing statewide trends. Once KDE lifts the embargo, we'll complete our work as quickly as possible, and we expect to share everything within two weeks.

Susan has the weights and calculations over at the Prichard Blog.