1. The department shall annually report the statewide progress on the following:
a. Student achievement scores in mathematics and reading at the fourth and eighth grade levels on a district-by-district basis as reported to the local communities pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "c".
b. Evaluator training program.
c. Team-based variable pay for student achievement.
d. Changes and improvements in the evaluation of teachers under the Iowa teaching standards.
2. The report shall be made available to the chairpersons and ranking members of the senate and house committees on education, the legislative education accountability and oversight committee, the deans of the colleges of education at approved practitioner preparation institutions in this state, the state board, the governor, and school districts by January 1. School districts shall provide information as required by the department for the compilation of the report and for accounting and auditing purposes.
3. Subject to an appropriation of sufficient funds by the general assembly, the department shall provide for a comprehensive independent evaluation of all components of the student achievement and teacher quality program and shall submit the results of the evaluation in the report submitted pursuant to subsection 2 by January 1, 2007.
4. The board of educational examiners shall compile statistical information from the results of the examinations administered pursuant to section 272.2, subsection 16. The information compiled shall identify the practitioner preparation programs from which the applicants graduated, but shall not identify applicants individually. The statistical information compiled by the board pursuant to this subsection is a public record. The board shall submit a review of the statistical information to the chairpersons and ranking members of the senate and house committees on education and the state board by December 1, 2003.
5. In developing administrative rules for consideration by the state board, the department shall consult with persons representing teachers, administrators, school boards, approved practitioner preparation institutions, other appropriate education stakeholders, and the legislative education accountability and oversight committee.
2001 Acts, ch 161, §13; 2001 Acts, ch 177, §11, 15
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