Virginia Board of Education Resolution 2005-16
Modifying School-Level Academic Review Process Guidelines
Resolution Number 2005-16
September 21, 2005
The Board of Education approves modifications to the school level academic review process guidelines as required in 8 VAC 20-131.346.A, as follows:
In the proposed modifications to the academic review process guidelines, the school-level review continues to focus on the development, monitoring, and implementation of the school improvement plan. In the first year, the academic review team will conduct an on-site review and assist the school in identifying areas of need and writing an effective three-year school improvement plan. In the second year, a school support team will provide technical assistance to the school to modify, monitor, and implement the school improvement plan. This assistance will continue until the school is no longer warned. The first year that a school is rated “accredited with warning,” the Department assigns the school to one of three academic review “tiers” based on the circumstances of the school. An academic review team, either state or locally directed, will conduct an on-site review and assist the school in identifying areas of need and writing an effective three-year school improvement plan. Concurrent with developing a school improvement plan, priority assistance is prescribed by the academic review team and approved by the Department of Education for immediate delivery. If the school is not fully accredited in the year following the academic review team visit, the Department will assign the school to a level of intervention (technical assistance and support) and identify a school support team to provide technical assistance. The school support team will continue to provide technical assistance until the school is no longer warned.
Thomas M. Jackson, Jr., President
Board of Education
Adopted in the Minutes of the Virginia Board of Education
September 21, 2005