S.F. No. 2261 Summary

• Modifies Minnesota's student growth measurement system to ensure value-added growth indicators cannot be used to disregard schools' low achievement or exclude them from improvement programs.

• Requires the commissioner to implement a value-added growth model in consultation with a stakeholder group including assessment directors, district staff, culturally responsive teaching experts, and researchers.

• Establishes nine minimum model requirements including reporting student growth, accommodating multiple assessment types, including students with missing data, incorporating multiyear averages, and accounting for student and teacher mobility.

• Mandates Web-based reporting by August 1, 2017 allowing teachers role-based access to student achievement, past growth, and projected growth data consistent with data privacy law.

• Creates a stakeholder group for student growth data with conflict-of-interest restrictions prohibiting members who own or have financial interests in assessment-related entities from serving on the group.