Collection of Data and Production of School Performance Reports by Superintendent;

Criteria for Grading Schools.

(a)The Superintendent shall collect data and produce annual school performance reports containing information on student performance, student behavior and school characteristics.

(b)[No text]

(1)In consultation with representatives of parents, teachers and school administrators, the Board shall adopt, by rule, criteria for grading schools. Such criteria shall take into account both overall performance and improvement in performance. A five

(5)member evaluation team shall be appointed by the Board to assess every school. The Board shall appoint one

(1)member from each of the four

(4)school board election districts, and the fifth member shall be appointed from the Island-wide Parent Teacher Organization. The grades shall include classifications for exceptional performance, strong performance, satisfactory performance, low performance and unacceptable performance.

(2)The grades received by a school shall be included in the Annual State of Public Education Report.

(3)If a school is within the low performance or unacceptable performance classification in any category, the school shall file a school improvement plan with the Superintendent and with the Board.

(c)The Superintendent shall notify the public and the media, and post on the Department of Education’s website, no later than thirty

(30)days following the end of the fiscal year. The school performance reports shall be available at schools and the DOE’s offices. The Superintendent shall also include notice that copies of school improvement plans can be obtained from the schools and the DOE.