{"id":3618,"date":"2025-11-06T05:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:12:43","slug":"confused-about-isbes-accountability-system-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/our-stories\/confused-about-isbes-accountability-system-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"Confused about\u2026 ISBE\u2019s Accountability System Overhaul?\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-table-of-content ultp-block-c7e4d0\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-block-toc\"><div class=\"ultp-toc-header\"><div class=\"ultp-toc-heading\">Table of Contents<\/div><div class=\"ultp-collapsible-toggle ultp-toggle-collapsed ultp-collapsible-right\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ultp-collapsible-text ultp-collapsible-open\">[Open]<\/a><a href=\"#\" class=\"ultp-collapsible-text ultp-collapsible-hide\">[Close]<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-toc-style1 ultp-block-toc-body\" style=\"display:none;\"><ul class=\"ultp-toc-lists\"><li><a href=\"#What\u2019s_Good?\">What\u2019s Good?<\/a><ul class=\"ultp-toc-lists\"><li><a href=\"#Criteria-Based_Scoring\">Criteria-Based Scoring<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Clear_Summative_Labels\">Clear Summative Labels<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Some_Valuable_Indicators_Included\">Some Valuable Indicators Included<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#What\u2019s_Concerning?\">What\u2019s Concerning?<\/a><ul class=\"ultp-toc-lists\"><li><a href=\"#Goodbye_Freshman-on-Track_and_College_and_Career_Readiness_Indicators\">Goodbye Freshman-on-Track and College and Career Readiness Indicators<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Indicators_Don\u2019t_Factor_in_Growth\">Indicators Don\u2019t Factor in Growth<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Climate_Survey_Score_Based_Only_on_Participation\">Climate Survey Score Based Only on Participation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#resources\">Related Resources<\/a><ul class=\"ultp-toc-lists\"><li><a href=\"#cake\">Stand&#8217;s 2017 ESSA Cake Video<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#proposal\">ISBE&#8217;s Accountability Redesign Proposal<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Almost a decade ago, No Child Left Behind was replaced by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and with that change, Illinois overhauled its school accountability system. Instead of judging schools on how many kids passed a standardized test, we moved to look at many other ingredients of school quality. (Here\u2019s a throwback to our <a href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/our-stories\/a-better-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cake video<\/a> from that era!)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-standart-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-058b7ff302fdf22b7b25a2db826901f8\"><strong>11\/10\/25 UPDATE: And here\u2019s a stir fry video about our current situation. It\u2019s less polished than the cake, but still fairly satisfying. So if you prefer to learn about school accountability systems via 2-minute recipe videos instead of blogs or PowerPoints, jump right to the video.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-c2cfd08e wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><video height=\"1280\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 1280;\" width=\"720\" controls src=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Stir-Fry-Video.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Now, Illinois is doing another overhaul \u2013 and based on the proposal we saw for the first time last week, there\u2019s plenty of opportunity for improvement. NOW is our chance to weigh in! <strong>This is moving fast \u2013 your next chance to attend a <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isbe.net\/feedback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>listening session<\/strong><\/a><strong> is TOMORROW. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-standart-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-508566dbbac955c0b3b2348ed2ad1a6b\"><strong>11\/10\/25 UPDATE: The last in-person session is 11\/14 in O\u2019Fallon. We\u2019ll be there!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-standart-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b48081712ded6435073096edbeec4c4b\"><strong>11\/13\/25 UPDATE: Three virtual listening sessions were just announced! <a href=\"https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/rt\/7033654398733842014\">Sign up for one here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isbe.net\/Documents\/Accountability-Redesign-Proposal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read ISBE\u2019s plan here<\/a>, but here\u2019s my summary:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"Whats_Good\"  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-c33f6f\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style7 ultp-heading-left\"><h1 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span><strong>What\u2019s Good?<\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"Criteria-Based_Scoring\"  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-c9af83\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style6 ultp-heading-left\"><h3 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span><strong><strong>Criteria-Based Scoring<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The current system ranks 10% of schools in the top rating category, which leaves schools complaining about changing goalposts and unsure what they need to achieve to get there (since it depends entirely on how they perform relative to everyone else). Now, ISBE proposes clearer criteria for schools to strive for, rather than competing against each other for the top ranking.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"Clear_Summative_Labels\"  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-844351\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style6 ultp-heading-left\"><h3 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span><strong><strong><strong>Clear Summative Labels<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Schools are currently categorized as Exemplary, Commendable, Comprehensive, and Intensive \u2013 with the vast majority fitting into the extremely broad \u201cCommendable\u201d category. The new labels would break up the overabundance of Commendables to give more clarity in the summative label, now Exemplary, Commendable, Approaching, Developing, and Comprehensive.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"Some_Valuable_Indicators_Included\"  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-a9a4fa\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style6 ultp-heading-left\"><h3 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span><strong><strong><strong><strong>Some Valuable Indicators Included<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Though we have concerns with some omitted indicators, we appreciate the continued focus on academic growth and reducing chronic absenteeism. The system would be based on three \u201ccore indicators\u201d for high schools (proficiency, growth, and graduation rate) and two for elementary (proficiency and growth), with three \u201celevating indicators\u201d (English Learner growth, consistent attendance rate, and climate survey participation). The proposal aims to celebrate successes more than penalize shortfalls, so instead of using the usual \u201cchronic absenteeism\u201d (missing more than 10% of school days) metric, the new system would use the inverse: \u201cconsistent attendance\u201d (attending more than 90% of school days).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"Whats_Concerning\"  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-3f887f\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style7 ultp-heading-left\"><h1 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span><strong>What\u2019s Concerning?<\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"Goodbye_Freshman-on-Track_and_College_and_Career_Readiness_Indicators\"  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-af7d97\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style6 ultp-heading-left\"><h3 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span><strong>Goodbye Freshman-on-Track and College and Career Readiness Indicators<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The proposal scraps other measures related to high school success in favor of just looking at graduation rates. The current system includes more robust indicators assessing students\u2019 readiness for graduation, post-secondary education, and career. Freshman-on-track is an incredibly powerful metric, with strong research originating from the Consortium for Chicago School Research showing that students who were \u2018on-track\u2019 in 9<sup>th<\/sup> grade were four times more likely to graduate. Chicago was the home of this measure, with a strong focus on freshman-on-track rates driving a large part of CPS\u2019s huge rise in graduation rates over the last 25 years. The College and Career Readiness Indicator, which was never fully implemented despite the eight years it has been part of the plan, outlines four paths for students to demonstrate their readiness for college and career, including combinations of things like grades, attendance, employment, earning a credential, and taking early college courses. Even without the College and Career Readiness Indicators in place, Illinois collects plenty of valuable data that could round out this measure, like career pathway completion, seal of biliteracy, and dual credit completion. Taking the focus away from these evidence-based strategies would be a step backwards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>RECOMMENDATION #1:<\/strong> Change the Graduation Rate measure to a more comprehensive composite score that includes growth in graduation rate, freshman-on-track rate, career pathway completers, students earning early college credit, and seal of biliteracy rates.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"Indicators_Dont_Factor_in_Growth\"  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-47eece\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style6 ultp-heading-left\"><h3 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span><strong><strong>Indicators Don\u2019t Factor in Growth<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The \u201cconsistent attendance\u201d (i.e., inverse of chronic absenteeism) metric sorts schools into categories based on whether they hit certain attendance benchmarks. For example, if over 85% of high school students are consistent attendees, the school is \u2018Exemplary.\u2019 If 70% &#8211; 85% are consistent attendees, the school is \u2018Commendable.\u2019 (Keep in mind here that 70% is five points <em>lower<\/em> than state average.) If fewer than 40% of students are consistent attendees, the school is \u2018Comprehensive.\u2019 But if a school grows its consistent attendance rate from 70% to 80%, the system does not recognize that.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>RECOMMENDATION #2: <\/strong>Modify the \u2018Consistent Attendance\u2019 metric to allow high growth schools to qualify as exemplary and commendable, while also requiring schools to at least reach the state average attendance rate to qualify as \u2018Commendable\u2019 through the rate alone.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"Climate_Survey_Score_Based_Only_on_Participation\"  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-6d0976\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style6 ultp-heading-left\"><h3 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span><strong><strong><strong>Climate Survey Score Based Only on Participation<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-standart-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4eb4fa37075b2793d2cafce154cad2fa\"><strong>11\/10\/25 UPDATE: While we wish Illinois were in a position to measure more than participation rates on the climate surveys, we\u2019ve heard feedback that this is not realistic because some schools use a different survey, so the metric wouldn&#8217;t be comparable across all schools. There are also well-respected friends who continue to make the case that participation is the way to go so that there is no gaming of the survey results. Therefore, we are not focusing on this third recommendation.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">Every school is required to administer a survey of learning conditions each year. During the last round, there was a lot of discussion about how to use this valuable data in the accountability system. They landed on measuring <em>only<\/em> the participation rate. This proposal has not evolved to consider growth in some of the metrics themselves; the new proposal would still measure participation rates only.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-decoration:line-through\"><strong>RECOMMENDATION #3:<\/strong> As the new proposal is structured, the climate survey can only elevate a school\u2019s total designation \u2013 not penalize it. So this seems like a great opportunity to consider growth in several of the survey result areas (like the student-teacher trust, ambitious instruction, and student safety responses), rather than just participation rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The accountability system is one of the most powerful levers in the state to incentivize growth, identify schools that need more support, and direct resources strategically toward improvement. It is important that Illinois get this right. If you can make it to a listening session, please sign up for one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isbe.net\/Documents\/Accountability-Redesign-Phase-II-Listening-Tour.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. If you can\u2019t, but you have feedback, we\u2019d love to hear it!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"resources\"  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-53a720\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style7 ultp-heading-left\"><h1 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span>Related Resources<\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div id=\"cake\"  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-f0dbed\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style6 ultp-heading-left\"><h3 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span>Stand&#8217;s 2017 ESSA Cake Video<\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-stand-for-children-illinois wp-block-embed-stand-for-children-illinois\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1gxYF19mxt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/our-stories\/a-better-recipe\/\">A Better Recipe<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;A Better Recipe&#8221; &#8212; Stand for Children Illinois\" src=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/our-stories\/a-better-recipe\/embed\/#?secret=3NxeAg7c9h#?secret=1gxYF19mxt\" data-secret=\"1gxYF19mxt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div id=\"proposal\"  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-8cfa90\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style6 ultp-heading-left\"><h3 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span>ISBE&#8217;s Accountability Redesign Proposal<\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Accountability-Redesign-Proposal.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Accountability-Redesign-Proposal.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1067d828-6012-4fe8-8cdd-8dae785b8f49\" href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Accountability-Redesign-Proposal.pdf\">Accountability-Redesign-Proposal<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Accountability-Redesign-Proposal.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1067d828-6012-4fe8-8cdd-8dae785b8f49\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost a decade ago, No Child Left Behind was replaced by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and with that change, Illinois overhauled its school accountability system. Instead of judging schools on how many kids passed a standardized test, we moved to look at many other ingredients of school quality. 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