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Notes
How Do States Reward
Successful Schools?
STATE
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Does the state reward or recognize successful schools?
Are rewards based on high performance, improvement, or both?
Are rewards based on school's accountability rating?
What criteria does the state use to identify successful schools?
Test scores
Attendance rates
Alabama
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Alaska
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Arizona
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Arkansas
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
California
yes
both
n/a
yes
yes
Colorado
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Connecticut
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Delaware
2002
both
n/a
2002
n/a
Florida
yes
both
no
yes
yes
Georgia
yes
both
n/a
possible
possible
Hawaii
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Idaho
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Illinois
yes
standard
no
yes
no
Indiana
yes
improvement
no
yes
yes
Iowa
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Kansas
yes
both
yes
yes
yes
Kentucky
yes
improvement
yes
yes
yes
Louisiana
2001
both
2001
2001
2001
Maine
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Maryland
yes
improvement
no
yes
yes
Massachusetts
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Michigan
yes
standard
yes
yes
no
Minnesota
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Mississippi
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Missouri
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Montana
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Nebraska
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Nevada
yes
standard
yes
yes
2000
New Hampshire
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
New Jersey
yes
both
n/a
yes
no
New Mexico
yes
both
no
yes
yes
New York
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
North Carolina
yes
both
yes
yes
no
North Dakota
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ohio
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Oklahoma
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Oregon
yes
both
n/a
yes
no
Pennsylvania
yes
improvement
n/a
yes
yes
Rhode Island
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
South Carolina
yes
standard
n/a
yes
yes
South Dakota
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Tennessee
yes
improvement
n/a
yes
yes
Texas
yes
both
yes
yes
yes
Utah
yes
standard
n/a
yes
no
Vermont
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Virginia
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Washington
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
West Virginia
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Wisconsin
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Wyoming
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
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n/a indicates not applicable
SOURCE:
Education Week
(c) 1999 Editorial Projects in Education
Vol. 18, number 17, page 93
