The Kentucky Department of Education is making changes in its school accountability system to track overall performance of districts, schools and student groups.
The evaluation will be based on academic and other measures, including school safety and climate, graduation rates and post-high-school preparedness.
The changes, mandated by legislation passed last year, were approved Wednesday by the Kentucky Board of Education. When they will go into effect remains unclear, because the COVID-19 pandemic has upended the normal schedule for state accountability testing.
Elementary, middle and high schools will base their performance ratings on the same measures but the measures will be weighted differently for each level, according to the KDE.