RO District receives Perfomance Profile from IA DOE

The Red Oak School District has received some positive newsfrom the Iowa Department of Education.

According to superintendent Tom Messinger, in December of last year, the Iowa School Performance Profiles were released by the Iowa DOE.

“This is the new accountability system which meets the Every Student Succeeds Act, the federal education law which replaced No Child Left Behind. The profile report does not replace the building report card but rather places a level of distinction on schools to help determine and prioritize supports for buildings based on their performance,” Messinger said.

The comprehensive support and improvement designation is for the lowest 5 percent of Iowa Schools receiving federal Title I funding or because they are a high school with a graduation rate of below 67.1 percent. In Iowa, 34 schools received this designation. The other level of designation is called Targeted which was placed on 307 schools. To receive this designation, a school must have one or more student subgroups score lower than the lowest 5 percent of schools in the state. To qualify as a subgroup there must be twenty or more students in that group in each measure.

The four buildings in Red Oak received a score in the profile as follows:

• Inman Primary: Comprehensive met, and targeted met.

• Washington Intermediate: Comprehensive met, targeted met.

• Red Oak middle school: Comprehensive met, targeted not met-students with disabilities.

• Red Oak High School: Comprehensive met, targeted met.

Messinger said the district has begun taking steps to address the deficiency areas and will continue to move forward.

“There is a large focus being placed on curriculum and instruction with a data review process implementation. This model is being supported by District staff, the Area Education Agency, and School Board priorities,” said Messinger.

Messinger outlined the next steps for the district moving forward:

• School Improvement Advisory Committee focused on the data from the profile and other measures.

• Continued evaluation and revision of intended and implemented curriculum.

• Development of a high quality Multi-Tiered System of Supports focused on targeted skill deficits.

• Regular reports to the Red Oak Community School District Board of Education on the progress.