6:15 Instruction - School Accountability
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  School Accountability
According to the Illinois General Assembly, the primary purpose of schooling is the transmission of knowledge and culture through which students learn in areas necessary to their continuing development and entry into the world of work. To fulfill that purpose, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) prepared State Goals for Learning and  Learning Standards. 

The School Board gives priority in the allocation of resources, including funds, time, personnel, and facilities, to fulfilling this purpose. 

Quality Assurance

The Board continuously monitors student achievement and the quality of the District’s work.  The Superintendent shall supervise the following quality assurance components, in accordance with State law and ISBE rules, and continuously keep the Board informed:

  1. Preparing each school’s annual recognition application and quality assurance appraisal, whether internal or external, to monitor each school’s process for continuous school improvement. 

  2. Continuously assess the District’s and each school’s overall performance in terms of both academic success and equity. This includes, without limitation, through analysis of ISBE’s balanced accountability measure and each school’s Multiple Measure Index and corresponding Annual Measurable Objective provided by ISBE.

  3. If applicable, develop District and School Improvement Plans, present them for Board approval, and supervise their implementation.

  4. Prepare a school report card, present it at a regular Board meeting, and disseminate it as provided in State law. 

  5. In accordance with ILCS 5/2-3.153 annually administer a climate survey on instructional environment within the school to, at minimum, students in grades 4 through 8 and teachers.


LEGAL REF.: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.25, 5/2-3.25a, 5/2-3.25b, 5/2-3.25c, 5/2-3.25d-5, 5/2-3.25e-5, 5/2-

3.25f, 5/2-3.25f-5, 5/2-3.63, 5/2-3.64a-5, 5/2-3.153, 5/10-17a, 5/10-21.3a, and

5/27-1.

23 Ill.Admin.Code Part 1, Subpart A: Recognition Requirements.

CROSS REF.: 6:170 (Title I Programs), 6:340 (Student Testing and Assessment Program), 7:10 (Equal Educational Opportunities)

Reviewed: February 27, 2006, March 9, 2015, September 14, 2015, January 23, 2017, 

April 23, 2020, January 2022, May 2023

Adopted: August 23, 2004

Revisions Adopted: May 15, 2006, March 23, 2015, September 28, 2015, February 6, 2017, 

May 11, 2020