The California State Board of Education is the governing and policy-making body of the California Department of Education . The State Board of Education sets K-12 education policy in the areas of standards, instructional materials, assessment, and accountability. The State Board of Education adopts textbooks for grades K-8, adopts regulations to implement legislation, and has authority to grant waivers of the Education Code. Content standards are designed to encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level. The State Board of Education has eleven members, including one student member, all appointed by the governor of California . The student member is selected from a group of three students nominated by the board. Those are picked from the delegation of the Student Advisory Board on Education, a conference run by the California Association of Student Councils .
18-571: California Distinguished School is an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational programs. Approximately 5-10% of California schools are awarded this honor each year following a selection process. It is one of many programs in the California School Recognition Program (CSRP) and is funded by CSRP sponsors. The program
36-677: A critical role in the governance of California's public education system . Unlike many States, California's K-12 education system is highly segmented, with oversight and policy authority split between the State Board, the Department of Education, the Legislature, the Governor, and 1000+ school districts across California. The State Board of Education strives for policy uniformity across California's vast public education system. This article about
54-617: A score on a color graph. The scoring pattern is red ("lowest performance"), to orange, yellow, green, up to Blue ("highest performance"). Details about the California Distinguished Schools application are issued from the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction ( Tony Thurmond ) and disclosed to School Principals , County and District Superintendents , and Charter School Administrators. Schools communicate with their County Coordinator for
72-464: A variety of academic measures. The formal state constitutional duties of the State Board of Education include the appointment of one deputy and three associate superintendents to the California Department of Education, upon nomination by the state superintendent of public instruction ; and the adoption of textbooks for use in grades one through eight. By statute, the State Board of Education
90-580: Is Tony Thurmond . Under Section 2 of Article 9 of the California Constitution , the Superintendent must be directly "elected by the qualified electors of the State at each gubernatorial election." But the State Board of Education is not directly elected, and its members are not appointed by the superintendent. They are appointed by the governor subject to the approval of the state Senate. Therefore, if
108-527: Is not just an interface, but relevant to award criteria because it "replaces the state’s former accountability system—the Academic Performance Index (API), which relied exclusively on standardized tests and gave schools a single score. That system was suspended (in 2014)." The Dashboard compiles local and state information about schools and helps users compare schools against state performance. Details for each metric are included and then summarized by
126-480: Is the governing and policy-making body of California's K-12 education system. Additionally, the State Board of Education is authorized by state law to study and plan for the improvement of California's educational conditions. The State Board of Education can plan for and study the improvement on the administration and efficiency of California public schools. Various commissions, committees, and advisory boards are also established, chartered under, and administered by
144-603: The California Teachers Association . In 2001, the Los Angeles Times wrote an article identifying complaints with the program's selection process. Times author Jessica Garrison wrote that, at the time, the application process required that "schools must score in the top half of the state’s Academic Performance Index and write an exhaustive, 10-section application describing everything from campus culture to library services." The critique primarily focused on
162-530: The politics of California is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This California school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . California State Superintendent of Public Instruction The state superintendent of public instruction ( SPI ) of California is the nonpartisan (originally partisan) elected executive officer of the California Department of Education . The SPI directs all functions of
180-645: The California Distinguished School system beginning in 2018. California State Board of Education The State Board of Education is responsible for the maintenance of such programs as No Child Left Behind Act , the administration of the Standardized Testing and Reporting program (used for student and school accountability), and the Academic Performance Index , which measures the academic performance and growth of schools on
198-486: The California Distinguished Schools Program will use the accountability metrics compiled on the public California School Dashboard. The Dashboard is a website available to the public and geared toward parents and non-educators. The California Department of Education states "The Dashboard is a key component of California’s five-year overhaul of the state’s school accountability system." The Dashboard
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#1732868736836216-552: The California School Recognition Program to submit the application. Awardees will fall into two categories: "Closing the Achievement Gap," and "Exceptional Student Performance." The California Distinguished Schools Program receives funding from California School Recognition Program Sponsors. Sponsors include companies such as Comcast , programs such as the California State Lottery , and special interest groups such as
234-510: The Department of Education, executes policies set by the California State Board of Education , and also heads and chairs the Board. The superintendent is elected to a four-year term, serves as the state's chief spokesperson for public schools, provides education policy and direction to local school districts, and also serves as an ex officio member of governing boards of the state's higher education system. The current superintendent of public instruction
252-740: The State Board of Education. These include the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools, the Advisory Commission on Special Education, the California Practitioners Advisory Group, the California Workforce Pathways Committee, and the Instructional Quality Commission. The Instructional Quality Commission advises the State Board on the adoption or rejection of new curriculum standards. The Commission on Charter Schools helps administer
270-927: The State Board's oversight of California charter schools . The Commission on Special Education provides advice to the Governor, the State Superintendent, the State Legislature , and the State Board of Education on continuing or new areas of research, program development, and evaluation in California special education. The California Practitioners Advisory Group strives to create a single, coherent accountability system for California public education that complies with federal, state, and local standards. The California Workforce Pathways Committee aims to build and further California's policy objectives on workforce development, particularly as it relates to career technical education . The California State Board of Education plays
288-451: The governor's party has a majority in the Senate and the governor has different views on state education policy than the superintendent, the governor could put the superintendent in the position of chairing a board of members with opposing views. The California Constitutional Revision Commission proposed that the superintendent should be converted from an elected official into an appointed one, but
306-513: The lack of incentive, resources, and recognition for lower-performing schools that make significant improvements. The article also lamented the lack of rigorous data to back applicant's claims of student success. Between 2015 and 2017, the California Department of Education awarded the California Gold Ribbon School designation for three years while California transitioned to its new assessment and accountability system. It returned to
324-419: Was established in 1985 and alternates each year between elementary (even years) and secondary (odd years) schools. In the past, schools that were recognized as distinguished held the title for four years. Currently, schools that are recognized as distinguished hold the title for two years, and after that the recognition may be renewed. Eligibility criteria are subject to change between award cycles. For 2020,
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