Oregon’s chronic absenteeism data is, ironically, released too late to be of much use in the current school year. So the Beaverton school district built its own attendance dashboard.
A panel of experts recommended “big shifts” in practice, but many Oregon education preparation programs say they are already meeting the state’s standards.
School board members have the final say on the plan, which would split middle school feeders and boost enrollment at Jefferson, while lowering it at Grant, Roosevelt and McDaniel High Schools.
A former state employee lost his job after he tried to alert lawmakers to problems with how the state calculates the extra funding it gives school districts for the costs of educating students from lower-income families.
The debate centers on whether the state has provided enough money to school districts to provide a "quality education," where 90% of students will graduate on time.