House File 370 H-1080 Amend House File 370 as follows: 1 1. Page 18, after line 16 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION ___ 3 IOWA SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PROFILES 4 Sec. ___. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 121, section 73, 5 subsection 2, is amended to read as follows: 6 2. The department shall develop an achievement score that 7 calculates aggregate growth as well as aggregate proficiency 8 of students which when combined with other academic indicators 9 results in an overall school performance grade for each 10 attendance center in the school district. For purposes of 11 calculating the performance grade, if a student returns to 12 the school after dropping out and subsequently drops out 13 again, the student’s second or subsequent dropping out of 14 school shall not adversely affect the school’s performance 15 grade. The performance grade may also be used as one measure 16 to rank and classify schools into six different performance 17 categories: exceptional, high performing, commendable, 18 acceptable, needs improvement, and priority. The categories 19 may be used to define support and specialized assistance to 20 schools classified as needs improvement or priority as well as 21 to recognize schools designated exceptional or high performing. 22 Additionally, a closing gap score shall be calculated as 23 another measure to determine subgroup performance and to rank 24 and classify attendance centers. Other academic indicators 25 shall be defined as criterion referenced variables that will 26 be utilized in the calculation of the performance grade. 27 Other academic indicators shall include but not be limited 28 to graduation rates, attendance rates, and college-readiness 29 rates. Additional indicators of academic success and progress 30 may include post-graduation data, suspension and expulsion 31 rates, levels of student engagement, parent satisfaction, 32 parent engagement, and staff working conditions. 33 2. By renumbering as necessary. 34 -1- HF 370.963 (1) 90 jda/jh 1/ 2 #1.