A Trust-Based Accountability System is a holistic approach to evaluating the success of a school district. Instead of focusing solely on standardized test scores, it emphasizes transparency, collaboration, and systemic progress. This model incorporates multiple dimensions of a district's work, including instructional, operational, and financial decisions, while engaging school leaders, teachers, and stakeholders to build schools that meet the community's aspirations for all students. The approach prioritizes educating the whole child and measures success through continuous improvement rather than solely on summative annual evaluations.
Our accountability system is built on 7-Pillars and 28-Guiding Questions that are the foundation of all the work we do as a learning organization. Our district is very fortunate to have incredible community support. We value and embrace the belief that our district is accountable to our community, ensuring we provide a world-class education. With this important concept in mind, we are implementing the Trust-Based Accountability Model to ensure that our community is educated on all aspects of our work and the goals, successes, and areas of need that truly define our school system. This model enables us to shed the old and ineffective "Protectionist Accountability" system that schools have struggled with for decades. Our Trust-Based Accountability system allows us to work with all our stakeholders to declare the future we envision for our students and build the schools that deliver that future. We know that the success of any school can not be determined by one test given on one day every year. Rather, true accountability is a systemic, holistic review of the district's work that is grounded in forward-facing progress versus annual summative reviews with regard to educating the whole child.
