How does the DOE anticipate using this information? Will it be used for accreditation or to categorize schools and districts?
The most important use is to focus on which students have shown “typical” growth, low growth and high growth. In the same way that average school scores can mask gaps, we will now be able to see which students are making appropriate progress and which are not. IDOE has discussed the possible use of student growth in place of “Improvement” for PL 221 calculations.
