NH Performance Based School Accountability System

In 2009 the NH Legislature passed Senate Bill 180 which is now written into RSA 193 E. This bill completed the third component of the task assigned by the Supreme Court to 1) define, 2) cost out, and 3) create an accountability system for guaranteeing that schools are offering the “opportunity for an adequate education.”

A task force of your peers and a Commissioner’s Task Force created by the legislation have been working to develop a system that will satisfy the law, be fair, and not be burdensome for either schools or the Department. RSA 193-E:3-b includes a two pronged approach for accountability: an input based system and a performance-based system.

During the 2011-2012 school year, each school will be evaluated using both systems. A school that satisfies the requirements of either system will have demonstrated that it is providing the opportunity for an adequate education.

• Individual School Summary Reports (if a trangle appears, click on it to access the reports)
• Explanatory Videos
• 2012 Adequacy Report

2011-2012 Adequacy Reports ( All the below files are in Acrobat Reader format. You can download a free reader from Adobe.)

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Adequacy Points for each school
• Adequacy Points for each subgroup for each school
• Description of subgroup inclusion in calculations
• Description of what fields are used to populate the Adequacy reports
• File layout for Excel spreadsheet used to populate overall adequacy points for each school
• File layout for Excel spreadsheet used to populate adequacy points for each subgroup for each school
• Description of subgroups used in Adequacy reporting
• Description of rubrics used in Adequacy reporting for Elementary and Middle Schools
• Description of rubrics used in Adequacy reporting for High Schools
• For Informational purposes only (data not publicly available)
  • File layout of student level data used in Adequacy reporting
  • File layout of student level excessive absence data used in Adequacy reporting
  • File layout of student level English Learner data used in Adequacy reporting
  • File layout of student level Graduation and Drop Out data used in Adequacy Reporting
• NH-ALPs Raw scores at each index level for reading, math, writing and science (2012 AYP and 2011 Adequacy)
• NH-ALPs Raw scores at each index level for reading, math, writing and science (2011 and earlier AYP)
• NECAP Scaled Scores at each index level for writing and science (2011 Adequacy)
• NECAP Scaled Scores at each index level for reading and math
• Calculation of average index score description
• Student Growth Percentile Description
  • One page Growth Analysis Application Overview
  • Description of Growth and Academic Peers

Acrobat Reader format. You can download a free reader from Adobe.

Microsoft Excel format. You can download a free reader from Microsoft.