For three years, school districts have been writing an annual budget and accountability plan using a state-dictated form that has irritated just about everyone writing and reading it. Next week, the ...

Board members praised the revision of the Local Control and Accountability Plan (see draft template starting page 7) as a significant advance in making an opaque and dense document more usable and ...

The LCAP plan itself responds to a complex design template. The district pledges to increase most achievement metrics by 5% year, a reasonable upward pace.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) will not sign a schools-accountability plan that state officials will soon send to the U.S. Department of Education to prove compliance with new requirements for ...

No excuses. A first-rate plan, due to be submitted to DeVos in September for what is likely to be rapid approval, should have three key components, two of which are in the state's current draft.

Under MDE's plan, 63 percent of a school's final grade would be based upon state test results.

ALBANY – The state Education Department has released a revised schools accountability proposal that's slated to be considered for adoption in September. The latest version of the plan, released ...

News Michigan school accountability plan submitted to feds after Gov. Snyder signs off Updated: Apr. 18, 2017, 7:57 p.m. | Published: Apr. 18, 2017, 6:57 p.m. By Brian McVicar | [email protected] ...

The Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District revealed a preview of their Local Control Accountability Plan at their last board meeting. The LCAP preview/annual update displayed the district’s ...