MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama House Education Policy Committee recently approved a bill that would create a new group to research and recommend changes to the state’s A-F school report card and would expand reporting on student outcomes tied to college and career readiness.
House Bill 604 was filed last week after an earlier bill that proposed major changes to the state report card drew pushback from superintendents and other education officials.
House Bill 396 prescribed changes in the weights of the report card metrics – which include achievement, academic growth and graduation rates, among others – and added a new metric tied to the lowest-performing students. It also created the Accountability Council, which is included in HB604…