Understanding Alternate Accountability in Educational Evaluation Process
Alternate Accountability is a district-supervised self-evaluation process where schools reflect on their SMART goals, evaluate performance in key areas like student achievement in reading and mathematics, and ensure alignment with federal accountability requirements. Participating schools use local data to track student progress and measure goals in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and overall student success.
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Alternate Accountability Office of Educational Accountability Updated May 2025
What is Alternate Accountability? Alternate Accountability is a district supervised self-evaluation process. Schools reflect on their school SMART goals and self-assess their performance in three priority areas aligned to the School Report Cards.
What is Alternate Accountability? Schools evaluate their performance in three priority areas: raising student achievement in reading raising student achievement in mathematics preparing students to be on-track for success
What is Alternate Accountability? These priority areas align to those found in the School Report Cards but also fulfill federal accountability requirements from the US Department of Education.
Who Participates? Schools that were new in the 2024-25 school year Schools without tested grades, such as K-2 schools Schools with fewer than 20 full academic year (FAY) students tested in grades 3-8 and 11 or grades 3-11 in 2024-25 Schools with fewer than 20 FAY students tested in grades 3-11 in 2023-24 Schools with CSI Low Graduation Rate identifications and less than 20 students in their 2023-24 four-year graduation cohort
What Data are Used? Schools may use local data and indicators of their choice to gauge student progress in the priority areas.
What Data are Used? New schools that do not have data from a prior year should select an indicator that can measure student progress from Fall 2024 to Spring 2025. Schools that have multiple years of data may choose to measure progress from fall to spring or from the prior to current school year.
How are Goals Measured? English Language Arts - schools may use measures of attainment, growth, and/or closure of achievement gaps. Mathematics - schools may use measures of attainment, growth, and/or closure of achievement gaps. On-Track for Success - schools may use measures of graduation or attendance.
What Does the Process Look Like? Describe school SMART goal Describe measure used to evaluate SMART goal Summarize progress toward SMART goal Example: Our goal was to reduce the number of students scoring Developing (move students to Approaching and above) in mathematics. Example: We used the MAP test to determine the percent scoring Developing, Approaching, and Meeting in math in fall and spring Example: The percentage of students scoring Developing in math decreased from 31% to 18% from fall to spring.
Completing the Form 1. Open link to form (sent to school principal). 2. Describe goals, measures used, and progress toward goal in each of the priority areas. 3. Assign a performance rating in each priority area. 4. Certify the form.
Performance Ratings English Language Arts Met or Made Progress Toward SMART Goal Mathematics Met or Made Progress Toward SMART Goal On-Track for Success Met or Made Progress Toward SMART Goal or or or Did Not Meet and Did Not Make Progress Toward SMART Goal Did Not Meet and Did Not Make Progress Toward SMART Goal Did Not Meet and Did Not Make Progress Toward SMART Goal
Accountability Rating On Track for Success Met or Made Progress Toward SMART Goal English Language Arts Met or Made Progress Toward SMART Goal Mathematics Met or Made Progress Toward SMART Goal or or or Did Not Meet and Did Not Make Progress Toward SMART Goal Did Not Meet and Did Not Make Progress Toward SMART Goal Did Not Meet and Did Not Make Progress Toward SMART Goal Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress or Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement
Form Submission The Alternate Accountability Determination Form is an online form from Qualtrics. (Optional) Draft responses using the reference copy found on OEA s Alternate Accountability site and gather approvals. Type responses into the online form. Certify the online form. Forms for the 2024-25 school year may be submitted anytime between May and September. The due date is September 10, 2025.
Further Information Alternate Accountability Resources: http://dpi.wi.gov/accountability/alternate-accountability Alternate Accountability Questions: reportcardhelp@dpi.wi.gov
