U.S. DOE approves Hawaii’s new school accountability and improvement system

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REPORT FROM HAWAII DOE– The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) is pleased to announce it has received federal approval today for a new Strive HI Performance System designed to ensure all students graduate college- and career-ready.
The redesigned school accountability and improvement system approved by the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) replaces many of the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) with multiple measures of success to meet the needs of Hawaii’s students, educators and schools. 

“Approval to move forward with the Strive HI Performance System validates our strategic direction and allows us to build on Hawaii’s successes,” stated Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi.

“With the new system, we are more focused on college- and career-readiness, rewarding high-performing schools and customizing support to students, educators and schools with strategies proven in the Zones of School Innovation.”

After winning a Race to the Top grant in 2010, HIDOE established two Zones of School Innovation (ZSI) that targeted support for struggling schools in rural or remote, hard-to-staff areas serving the largest population of native Hawaiian and economically-disadvantaged students in the state.

The Strive HI Performance System is a culmination of work by Hawaii educators, parents, community groups, and higher education.

It replaces NCLB’s most ineffective and outdated components with meaningful benchmarks aligned with goals of the HIDOE/Board of Education State Strategic Plan:

The Strive HI Performance System not only reflects the State Strategic Plan, it aligns and connects with state education policies and initiatives including Common Core State Standards, updated assessments, more rigorous diploma and graduation requirements, successful school improvement strategies in the ZSI and robust teacher and principal evaluation and support systems.

“We are proud of the work happening at every level of Hawaii’s public education system to prepare students for real-world demands and provide better data, tools and support to students, educators and schools,” Deputy Superintendent Ronn Nozoe noted. “Now, with the approval of the Strive HI Performance System, we’ve unlocked the potential of all these efforts to work together in a coherent way to support success.” 

HIDOE will host a webinar on May 28, 2013 to provide more information about the new system.

HIDOE will work closely with Complex Area Superintendents and principals this summer to ensure school leaders and educators are positioned for successful implementation of the Strive HI Performance System in the coming school year.  

For more information, visit HIDOE’s new Strive HI Performance System webpage at www.hawaiidoe.org/strivehisystem.

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  1. Even more nonsense paperwork from the Federal Government. It's all BS and will do absolutely nothing to improve the state of Hawaii's schools. Hawaii, unfortunately, will jump through whatever hoop the Federal DOE holds up because Hawaii wants their money. It's all about the Benjamins. I'm a teacher, and I can't wait to see how the school will perform a thorough evaluation of every teacher twice a year. Each teacher is supposed to be evaluated twice during the year, with each evaluation involving a pre-brief, an evaluation, and a debrief. Good luck with that. It will boil down to HSA scores, and more grievances than anybody will have time to read. From the same people who brought you Obamacare, we now have Obamaschool. Both products equally worthwhile — as in, not at all.

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