{ "district": { "name": "Model Policy Manual", "state": "US", "manual_source": "/manual", "manual_format": "Model Policy Manual numbering (M-01 ...)" }, "scored": "2026-11-03", "sections": 57, "overall": 100, "dimensions": { "evidence": { "label": "Evidence alignment", "weight": 0.4, "value": 1, "note": "Per domain: meets 1, partial 0.5, conflicts 0; silence scored by whether silence is harmful. Weighted by stakes (1-5) and evidence tier (A 1, B 0.8, C 0.6, D 0.4)." }, "goals": { "label": "Goal alignment", "weight": 0, "value": null, "note": "Per goal area: share of governing policies that support the goal (neutral counts half), averaged across areas." }, "specificity": { "label": "Specificity", "weight": 0.15, "value": 1, "note": "Share of governing sections that commit to a number, a report, a deadline or a trigger." }, "currency": { "label": "Currency", "weight": 0.1, "value": 1, "note": "Share of governing sections not judged stale against law and practice since 2020." }, "coverage": { "label": "Coverage", "weight": 0.15, "value": 1, "note": "Share of domains where silence is harmful that the manual addresses at all." } }, "domains": [ { "id": "ai-in-schools", "domain": "Generative AI use by students and staff", "category": "technology-and-data", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "ai-in-schools", "section": "M-01 Generative AI use by students and staff", "code": "M-01", "title": "Generative AI use by students and staff", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 11, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "No AI tool shall be placed on the list until the Chief Academic Officer and the Director of Technology certify in writing that (a) the tool serves a named instructional purpose, (b) for student practice and homework use the tool is configured to withhold direct answers and to prompt student reasoning, (c) the vendor contract meets the district's student data privacy policy, including no use of stu", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-01 Generative AI use by students and staff", "hits": 11, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "No AI tool shall be placed on the list until the Chief Academic Officer and the Director of Technology certify in writing that (a) the tool serves a named instr" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "attendance-family-messaging", "domain": "Attendance messaging to families", "category": "family-and-community", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "attendance-family-messaging", "section": "M-02 Attendance messaging to families", "code": "M-02", "title": "Attendance messaging to families", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 3, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Attendance messaging to families\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Large randomized trials show that plain, personalized letters and text messages telling families how many days their child has missed, and why it matters, reduce chronic absence by about 10 to 15 percent (2 to 7 percentage points) at a cost of roughly $6 to $9 per student or $5 to $10 per ", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.48, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.61, "partial": 0.36, "conflicts": 0.03, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.07 }, { "domain": "attendance-family-messaging", "section": "M-04 Chronic absence response", "code": "M-04", "title": "Chronic absence response", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.86, "receipt": "Controlled studies show that early, supportive, family-facing responses (mailed and texted attendance information, caseworkers who remove material barriers, structured adult mentoring) cut chronic absence by roughly 8 to 23 percent at modest cost, while no rigorous US study shows that fines, prosecution or court referral improve attendance.", "addresses": 0.97, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.77, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0, "partial": 0.83, "conflicts": 0.17, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.11 }, { "domain": "attendance-family-messaging", "section": "M-16 Family engagement and two-way communication", "code": "M-16", "title": "Family engagement and two-way communication", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.68, "receipt": "Family engagement and two-way communication\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Randomized trials show that specific, frequent, two-way teacher-to-family communication about a child's own effort, attendance and missed work raises engagement and achievement: daily teacher messages increased homework completion 40 percent, weekly one-sentence notes cut course", "addresses": 0.96, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.84, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.01, "partial": 0.88, "conflicts": 0.09, "not_applicable": 0.02 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.13 } ], "candidates": 4, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-02 Attendance messaging to families", "hits": 3, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.48, "receipt": "Attendance messaging to families\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Large randomized trials show that plain, personali" }, { "section": "M-04 Chronic absence response", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.86, "addresses": 0.97, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.77, "receipt": "Controlled studies show that early, supportive, family-facing responses (mailed and texted attendance information, caseworkers who remove material barriers, str" }, { "section": "M-16 Family engagement and two-way communication", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.68, "addresses": 0.96, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.84, "receipt": "Family engagement and two-way communication\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Randomized trials show that specific, f" }, { "section": "M-28 Language access for families", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.51, "addresses": 0.7, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.39, "receipt": "Nationally representative data show that immigrant parents report the most barriers to school involvement and that English ability predicts how involved they ar" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "bullying-prevention", "domain": "Bullying prevention", "category": "discipline-and-climate", "tier": "A", "stakes": 4, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 4, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "bullying-prevention", "section": "M-03 Bullying prevention", "code": "M-03", "title": "Bullying prevention", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 16, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Written policies matter too: students in states whose anti-bullying laws contain the core US Department of Education components had 24 percent lower odds of being bullied and 20 percent lower odds of cyberbullying, and enumerated policies that name sexual orientation and gender identity are associated with lower suicide-attempt risk among LGB youth.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.95, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.96, "partial": 0.03, "conflicts": 0.01, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-03 Bullying prevention", "hits": 16, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.95, "receipt": "Written policies matter too: students in states whose anti-bullying laws contain the core US Department of Education components had 24 percent lower odds of bei" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "chronic-absence", "domain": "Chronic absence response", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "A", "stakes": 5, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 5, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "chronic-absence", "section": "M-04 Chronic absence response", "code": "M-04", "title": "Chronic absence response", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 17, "triage": 0.99, "receipt": "Indicator\nPercent of enrolled students missing 10 percent or more of enrolled days (the state chronic absence measure in the EDFacts or state report card file), reported by school, grade and subgroup; the share of chronically absent students who received a documented Tier 2 contact within 10 school days of crossing the threshold; and the number of truancy referrals filed, each tracked monthly.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.98, "partial": 0.02, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.07 }, { "domain": "chronic-absence", "section": "M-02 Attendance messaging to families", "code": "M-02", "title": "Attendance messaging to families", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 9, "triage": 0.63, "receipt": "The Superintendent shall report to the Board by October 31 each year the share of families with verified contact information, the number of absence messages sent by language, the share of students reaching 5 percent absence whose family was messaged within 10 school days, and the chronic absence rate by school and subgroup for the prior year.", "addresses": 0.94, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0, "partial": 0.98, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0.02 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 }, { "domain": "chronic-absence", "section": "M-24 Teacher home visits", "code": "M-24", "title": "Teacher home visits", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 8, "triage": 0.5, "receipt": "Indicator\nPercent of enrolled families receiving at least one relationship-building home visit per year, by school and grade band (program log in the student information system); chronic absence rate of visited versus non-visited students in the same schools, adjusted for prior-year attendance; share of visits conducted in the family's home language with a bilingual visitor or interpreter; teacher", "addresses": 0.85, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.64, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0, "partial": 0.73, "conflicts": 0.01, "not_applicable": 0.26 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.11 } ], "candidates": 4, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-04 Chronic absence response", "hits": 17, "triage": 0.99, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "receipt": "Indicator\nPercent of enrolled students missing 10 percent or more of enrolled days (the state chronic absence measure in the EDFacts or state report card file)," }, { "section": "M-02 Attendance messaging to families", "hits": 9, "triage": 0.63, "addresses": 0.94, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "receipt": "The Superintendent shall report to the Board by October 31 each year the share of families with verified contact information, the number of absence messages sen" }, { "section": "M-24 Teacher home visits", "hits": 8, "triage": 0.5, "addresses": 0.85, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.64, "receipt": "Indicator\nPercent of enrolled families receiving at least one relationship-building home visit per year, by school and grade band (program log in the student in" }, { "section": "M-16 Family engagement and two-way communication", "hits": 5, "triage": 0.4, "addresses": 0.27, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.31, "receipt": "Family engagement and two-way communication\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Randomized trials show that specific, f" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "class-size", "domain": "Class size in the early grades", "category": "staffing-and-instruction", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "class-size", "section": "M-05 Class size in the early grades", "code": "M-05", "title": "Class size in the early grades", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 3, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Class size in the early grades\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: The Tennessee STAR experiment shows that classes of 13 to 17 students in K-3 raise test scores by about 4 percentile points in the first year and roughly 1 point a year after, with larger gains for Black students and students on free lunch, and the same students were 2.7 percentage points mo", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.09 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-05 Class size in the early grades", "hits": 3, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Class size in the early grades\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: The Tennessee STAR experiment shows that classes of " } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "community-schools", "domain": "Community schools and integrated student supports", "category": "family-and-community", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "community-schools", "section": "M-06 Community schools and integrated student supports", "code": "M-06", "title": "Community schools and integrated student supports", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 8, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Indicator\nFor each designated community school: presence of a full-time coordinator and a signed lead-partner agreement; share of students with an identified need who received a service within 30 days (needs assessment and service log); chronic absence, suspension and course-passing rates compared with matched district schools, reported annually; per-pupil cost of the strategy.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.99, "partial": 0.01, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.08 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-06 Community schools and integrated student supports", "hits": 8, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "receipt": "Indicator\nFor each designated community school: presence of a full-time coordinator and a signed lead-partner agreement; share of students with an identified ne" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "corporal-punishment", "domain": "Corporal punishment", "category": "discipline-and-climate", "tier": "A", "stakes": 4, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 4, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "corporal-punishment", "section": "M-07 Corporal punishment", "code": "M-07", "title": "Corporal punishment", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 9, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Indicator\nInstances of corporal punishment reported to the Civil Rights Data Collection (should be zero), with a district count reconciled to building discipline logs; presence of a written prohibition; where state law still permits it, the written opt-in consent rate, witness records and the race, sex and disability breakdown of students struck.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.97, "partial": 0.03, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.08 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-07 Corporal punishment", "hits": 9, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "receipt": "Indicator\nInstances of corporal punishment reported to the Civil Rights Data Collection (should be zero), with a district count reconciled to building disciplin" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "cte-pathways", "domain": "Career and technical education pathways", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "cte-pathways", "section": "M-08 Career and technical education pathways", "code": "M-08", "title": "Career and technical education pathways", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 15, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Policy\nEach high school shall offer no fewer than two career and technical education programs of study, each consisting of a sequence of at least three courses in one field identified as high-wage and in demand in the most recent regional labor market analysis, each with a named employer or industry partner, an aligned dual-credit agreement with a public college, a paid or credit-bearing work-base", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-08 Career and technical education pathways", "hits": 15, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Policy\nEach high school shall offer no fewer than two career and technical education programs of study, each consisting of a sequence of at least three courses " } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "curriculum-materials", "domain": "High-quality instructional materials and adoption", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "B", "stakes": 4, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3.2, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "curriculum-materials", "section": "M-09 High-quality instructional materials and adoption", "code": "M-09", "title": "High-quality instructional materials and adoption", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 14, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Core materials shall be adopted only through a process that includes an independent standards-alignment and quality review (such as EdReports or the state review), a written summary of available effectiveness evidence for each finalist, a pilot of at least one semester in at least two schools with teacher and student feedback, and a curriculum-specific professional development plan providing at le", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.98, "partial": 0.02, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.08 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-09 High-quality instructional materials and adoption", "hits": 14, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "receipt": "Core materials shall be adopted only through a process that includes an independent standards-alignment and quality review (such as EdReports or the state revie" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "dress-code", "domain": "Dress codes and uniforms", "category": "discipline-and-climate", "tier": "C", "stakes": 2, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 1.2, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "dress-code", "section": "M-10 Dress codes and uniforms", "code": "M-10", "title": "Dress codes and uniforms", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 20, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "The evidence on enforcement is clearer: GAO's national review found dress codes restrict items typically worn by girls more than boys, strict enforcement in more than four in five predominantly Black schools against about one third of predominantly white schools, informal class removals in 44 percent of codes, and body-measuring rules in 60 percent;", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.89, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.92, "partial": 0.06, "conflicts": 0.02, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.09 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-10 Dress codes and uniforms", "hits": 20, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.89, "receipt": "The evidence on enforcement is clearer: GAO's national review found dress codes restrict items typically worn by girls more than boys, strict enforcement in mor" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "dual-enrollment-and-early-college", "domain": "Dual enrollment and early college", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "A", "stakes": 4, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 4, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "dual-enrollment-and-early-college", "section": "M-11 Dual enrollment and early college", "code": "M-11", "title": "Dual enrollment and early college", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 13, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Policy\nThe district shall maintain a written agreement with at least one accredited public college under which every high school offers dual-credit courses, on the high school campus or online, in general education subjects that transfer to the state's public universities.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.77, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.83, "partial": 0.17, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 }, { "domain": "dual-enrollment-and-early-college", "section": "M-41 Access to rigorous coursework (automatic enrollment, AP, IB, dual credit)", "code": "M-41", "title": "Access to rigorous coursework (automatic enrollment, AP, IB, dual credit)", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 3, "triage": 0.53, "receipt": "Policy\nEach student who meets or exceeds the state standard on the most recent state assessment in English language arts, mathematics, or science, or who earns a grade of B or higher in the prerequisite course, shall be enrolled in the next most rigorous level of coursework offered in that subject, including honors, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and dual-credit courses, for the ", "addresses": 0.87, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.89, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0, "partial": 0.92, "conflicts": 0.05, "not_applicable": 0.03 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.14 } ], "candidates": 2, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-11 Dual enrollment and early college", "hits": 13, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.77, "receipt": "Policy\nThe district shall maintain a written agreement with at least one accredited public college under which every high school offers dual-credit courses, on " }, { "section": "M-41 Access to rigorous coursework (automatic enrollment, AP, IB, dual credit)", "hits": 3, "triage": 0.53, "addresses": 0.87, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.89, "receipt": "Policy\nEach student who meets or exceeds the state standard on the most recent state assessment in English language arts, mathematics, or science, or who earns " } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "early-literacy", "domain": "Early literacy instruction and K-3 reading screening", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "A", "stakes": 5, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 5, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "early-literacy", "section": "M-12 Early literacy instruction and K-3 reading screening", "code": "M-12", "title": "Early literacy instruction and K-3 reading screening", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 12, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Instructional materials that direct students to identify words primarily from pictures, context or syntax (three-cueing) shall not be adopted as core or intervention materials.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.08 }, { "domain": "early-literacy", "section": "M-32 Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)", "code": "M-32", "title": "Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.62, "receipt": "Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: The components of a tiered system work when they are done well: K-3 supplemental reading interventions average about 0.4 SD across dozens of rigorous studies, early K-2 screeners predict later reading, and a randomized trial shows that starting intervention immediately after sc", "addresses": 0.97, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.84, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.07, "partial": 0.88, "conflicts": 0.01, "not_applicable": 0.04 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.12 } ], "candidates": 2, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-12 Early literacy instruction and K-3 reading screening", "hits": 12, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Instructional materials that direct students to identify words primarily from pictures, context or syntax (three-cueing) shall not be adopted as core or interve" }, { "section": "M-32 Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.62, "addresses": 0.97, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.84, "receipt": "Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: The components of a tiered system work" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "english-learner-programs", "domain": "English learner programs and reclassification", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "english-learner-programs", "section": "M-13 English learner programs and reclassification", "code": "M-13", "title": "English learner programs and reclassification", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 44, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Indicator\nAnnual EL reclassification rate by years in program and by program model; share of long-term English learners (6 or more years); state English language proficiency assessment growth;", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.09 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-13 English learner programs and reclassification", "hits": 44, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Indicator\nAnnual EL reclassification rate by years in program and by program model; share of long-term English learners (6 or more years); state English languag" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "exclusionary-discipline", "domain": "Suspension and expulsion", "category": "discipline-and-climate", "tier": "A", "stakes": 5, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 5, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "exclusionary-discipline", "section": "M-14 Suspension and expulsion", "code": "M-14", "title": "Suspension and expulsion", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 20, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Indicator\nOut-of-school suspensions per 100 students and instructional days lost, by building and by race, disability, sex and English-learner status (district student information system, reconciled to the Civil Rights Data Collection); share of suspensions for subjective or nonviolent categories such as defiance, disrespect and dress code; risk ratios for Black students and students with disabili", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.99, "partial": 0.01, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 }, { "domain": "exclusionary-discipline", "section": "M-34 Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices", "code": "M-34", "title": "Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 5, "triage": 0.41, "receipt": "The Superintendent shall report to the Board, and shall publish on the district website, by September 30 each year, for the prior school year and by building and by race, disability status and sex, office discipline referrals, out-of-school suspensions and other exclusions per 100 students, fidelity scores, and the use and outcomes of restorative conferences and other restorative practices, and sh", "addresses": 0.59, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.41, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0, "partial": 0.56, "conflicts": 0.01, "not_applicable": 0.43 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.11 } ], "candidates": 3, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-14 Suspension and expulsion", "hits": 20, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "receipt": "Indicator\nOut-of-school suspensions per 100 students and instructional days lost, by building and by race, disability, sex and English-learner status (district " }, { "section": "M-51 Student searches and due process in discipline", "hits": 11, "triage": 0.73, "addresses": 0.95, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.45, "receipt": "The Superintendent shall report to the Board by September 30 each year, for the prior school year and by building, race and disability status, the number of sea" }, { "section": "M-34 Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices", "hits": 5, "triage": 0.41, "addresses": 0.59, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.41, "receipt": "The Superintendent shall report to the Board, and shall publish on the district website, by September 30 each year, for the prior school year and by building an" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "extracurricular-access", "domain": "Access to extracurricular activities, athletics and the arts", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "extracurricular-access", "section": "M-15 Access to extracurricular activities, athletics and the arts", "code": "M-15", "title": "Access to extracurricular activities, athletics and the arts", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 11, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Indicator\nParticipation rate in at least one school-sponsored activity by free-and-reduced-lunch status, race and grade (student information system activity rosters); number and dollar value of fee waivers granted versus eligible students; share of elementary students receiving weekly arts instruction; list of activities cut or added each year with enrollment.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.93, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.95, "partial": 0.04, "conflicts": 0.01, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.13 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-15 Access to extracurricular activities, athletics and the arts", "hits": 11, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.93, "receipt": "Indicator\nParticipation rate in at least one school-sponsored activity by free-and-reduced-lunch status, race and grade (student information system activity ros" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "family-engagement", "domain": "Family engagement and two-way communication", "category": "family-and-community", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "family-engagement", "section": "M-16 Family engagement and two-way communication", "code": "M-16", "title": "Family engagement and two-way communication", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 2, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Family engagement and two-way communication\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Randomized trials show that specific, frequent, two-way teacher-to-family communication about a child's own effort, attendance and missed work raises engagement and achievement: daily teacher messages increased homework completion 40 percent, weekly one-sentence notes cut course", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.08 }, { "domain": "family-engagement", "section": "M-02 Attendance messaging to families", "code": "M-02", "title": "Attendance messaging to families", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.71, "receipt": "Policy\nThe district shall maintain for every student at least one verified family mailing address and one verified mobile number, confirmed at enrollment and at the start of each school year, and shall record each family's preferred language for written and spoken communication.", "addresses": 0.95, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.01, "partial": 0.99, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.11 }, { "domain": "family-engagement", "section": "M-24 Teacher home visits", "code": "M-24", "title": "Teacher home visits", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.83, "receipt": "Indicator\nPercent of enrolled families receiving at least one relationship-building home visit per year, by school and grade band (program log in the student information system); chronic absence rate of visited versus non-visited students in the same schools, adjusted for prior-year attendance; share of visits conducted in the family's home language with a bilingual visitor or interpreter; teacher", "addresses": 0.91, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.31, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0, "partial": 0.48, "conflicts": 0.22, "not_applicable": 0.3 }, "measurable": 0.96, "stale": 0.14 } ], "candidates": 4, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-16 Family engagement and two-way communication", "hits": 2, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Family engagement and two-way communication\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Randomized trials show that specific, f" }, { "section": "M-24 Teacher home visits", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.83, "addresses": 0.91, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.31, "receipt": "Indicator\nPercent of enrolled families receiving at least one relationship-building home visit per year, by school and grade band (program log in the student in" }, { "section": "M-02 Attendance messaging to families", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.71, "addresses": 0.95, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "receipt": "Policy\nThe district shall maintain for every student at least one verified family mailing address and one verified mobile number, confirmed at enrollment and at" }, { "section": "M-28 Language access for families", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.47, "addresses": 0.7, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.41, "receipt": "Nationally representative data show that immigrant parents report the most barriers to school involvement and that English ability predicts how involved they ar" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "four-day-school-week", "domain": "Four-day school week", "category": "time-and-schedule", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "acceptable", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "four-day-school-week", "section": "M-17 Four-day school week", "code": "M-17", "title": "Four-day school week", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 7, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Indicator\nTotal annual instructional hours per grade span compared with the district's prior five-day calendar and the state minimum (board-adopted calendar); student achievement growth on state tests and interim assessments in the three years after adoption compared with matched five-day districts; chronic absence rate; documented savings as a share of operating expenditure; fifth-day childcare a", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.99, "partial": 0.01, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-17 Four-day school week", "hits": 7, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "receipt": "Indicator\nTotal annual instructional hours per grade span compared with the district's prior five-day calendar and the state minimum (board-adopted calendar); s" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "full-day-kindergarten", "domain": "Full-day kindergarten", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "full-day-kindergarten", "section": "M-18 Full-day kindergarten", "code": "M-18", "title": "Full-day kindergarten", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 19, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Policy\nThe district shall offer a tuition-free full-day kindergarten program in every elementary attendance area, with daily instructional minutes equal to those of grade 1, and shall enroll every age-eligible child whose family requests it.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.11 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-18 Full-day kindergarten", "hits": 19, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Policy\nThe district shall offer a tuition-free full-day kindergarten program in every elementary attendance area, with daily instructional minutes equal to thos" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "gifted-identification", "domain": "Gifted and advanced learner identification", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "gifted-identification", "section": "M-19 Gifted and advanced learner identification", "code": "M-19", "title": "Gifted and advanced learner identification", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 11, "triage": 0.99, "receipt": "Gifted and advanced learner identification\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Replacing teacher or parent referral with universal screening of every student, with no change in the eligibility cutoff, raised gifted identification in Broward County from 3.3 to 5.5 percent of second graders, with the largest gains for low-income, Black, Hispanic and English l", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.99, "partial": 0.01, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.07 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-19 Gifted and advanced learner identification", "hits": 11, "triage": 0.99, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "receipt": "Gifted and advanced learner identification\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Replacing teacher or parent referral wit" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "grade-retention", "domain": "Grade retention and promotion", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "grade-retention", "section": "M-20 Grade retention and promotion", "code": "M-20", "title": "Grade retention and promotion", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 20, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Before any student in grades K-3 is retained, the principal shall document that the student received at least one semester of evidence-based intervention beyond core instruction, that the parent or guardian was notified in writing of the risk of retention at least 90 school days before the end of the year, and that a good-cause exemption review was completed for students with disabilities, English", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.97, "partial": 0.03, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.11 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-20 Grade retention and promotion", "hits": 20, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "receipt": "Before any student in grades K-3 is retained, the principal shall document that the student received at least one semester of evidence-based intervention beyond" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "grading-practices", "domain": "Grading practices (zeros, late work, minimum grades, standards-based grading)", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "C", "stakes": 2, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 1.2, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "grading-practices", "section": "M-21 Grading practices (zeros, late work, minimum grades, standards-based grading)", "code": "M-21", "title": "Grading practices (zeros, late work, minimum grades, standards-based grading)", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 20, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "The Director of Assessment shall report to the Board each August, by school and course, the correlation between final grades and end-of-course or state test scores, the failure rate by teacher for courses with three or more sections, and the number of grading appeals, and shall recommend revisions to this policy where grades and test results diverge.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.59, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.69, "partial": 0.29, "conflicts": 0.02, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.97, "stale": 0.09 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-21 Grading practices (zeros, late work, minimum grades, standards-based grading)", "hits": 20, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.59, "receipt": "The Director of Assessment shall report to the Board each August, by school and course, the correlation between final grades and end-of-course or state test sco" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "hazing-and-athletics-safety", "domain": "Hazing and athletics safety", "category": "safety", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "hazing-and-athletics-safety", "section": "M-22 Hazing and athletics safety", "code": "M-22", "title": "Hazing and athletics safety", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 36, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Athletics safety: concussions recorded in the athletic trainer injury log per 1,000 athlete-exposures, share with documented written clearance before return, days to return; exertional heat illness and cardiac events per season; share of venues with a rehearsed emergency action plan and an AED within three minutes; athletic trainer coverage by sport.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 2, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-22 Hazing and athletics safety", "hits": 36, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Athletics safety: concussions recorded in the athletic trainer injury log per 1,000 athlete-exposures, share with documented written clearance before return, da" }, { "section": "M-15 Access to extracurricular activities, athletics and the arts", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.58, "addresses": 0.03, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.95, "receipt": "Access to extracurricular activities, athletics and the arts\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Causal studies find th" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "high-dosage-tutoring", "domain": "High-dosage tutoring", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "A", "stakes": 4, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 4, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "high-dosage-tutoring", "section": "M-23 High-dosage tutoring", "code": "M-23", "title": "High-dosage tutoring", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 18, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Indicator\nShare of students below benchmark on the district's interim assessment who received tutoring at least three sessions a week for at least ten weeks during the school day, by school and student group; sessions delivered versus scheduled; tutor consistency (share of sessions with the student's assigned tutor); growth of tutored versus matched non-tutored students on the interim assessment.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.98, "partial": 0.02, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.09 }, { "domain": "high-dosage-tutoring", "section": "M-32 Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)", "code": "M-32", "title": "Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.58, "receipt": "A student not responding after two cycles shall be referred for special education evaluation; no school shall require tiered intervention before a parent-requested evaluation proceeds.", "addresses": 0.72, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.81, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.03, "partial": 0.86, "conflicts": 0.02, "not_applicable": 0.09 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.17 } ], "candidates": 2, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-23 High-dosage tutoring", "hits": 18, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "receipt": "Indicator\nShare of students below benchmark on the district's interim assessment who received tutoring at least three sessions a week for at least ten weeks dur" }, { "section": "M-32 Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.58, "addresses": 0.72, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.81, "receipt": "A student not responding after two cycles shall be referred for special education evaluation; no school shall require tiered intervention before a parent-reques" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "home-visits", "domain": "Teacher home visits", "category": "family-and-community", "tier": "C", "stakes": 2, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 1.2, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "home-visits", "section": "M-24 Teacher home visits", "code": "M-24", "title": "Teacher home visits", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 5, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Indicator\nPercent of enrolled families receiving at least one relationship-building home visit per year, by school and grade band (program log in the student information system); chronic absence rate of visited versus non-visited students in the same schools, adjusted for prior-year attendance; share of visits conducted in the family's home language with a bilingual visitor or interpreter; teacher", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.88, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.91, "partial": 0.08, "conflicts": 0.01, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.09 }, { "domain": "home-visits", "section": "M-16 Family engagement and two-way communication", "code": "M-16", "title": "Family engagement and two-way communication", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 2, "triage": 0.48, "receipt": "Indicator\nPercent of students whose family received at least two documented, individualized two-way contacts (phone, text exchange, conference or home visit, logged in the student information system with date, mode, language and topic) in the year, by school and subgroup; share of families enrolled by default in the alert system and reachable by verified phone; parent-teacher conference participat", "addresses": 0.79, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.71, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0, "partial": 0.78, "conflicts": 0.08, "not_applicable": 0.14 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.14 } ], "candidates": 2, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-24 Teacher home visits", "hits": 5, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.88, "receipt": "Indicator\nPercent of enrolled families receiving at least one relationship-building home visit per year, by school and grade band (program log in the student in" }, { "section": "M-16 Family engagement and two-way communication", "hits": 2, "triage": 0.48, "addresses": 0.79, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.71, "receipt": "Indicator\nPercent of students whose family received at least two documented, individualized two-way contacts (phone, text exchange, conference or home visit, lo" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "homework", "domain": "Homework", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "C", "stakes": 2, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 1.2, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "homework", "section": "M-25 Homework", "code": "M-25", "title": "Homework", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 13, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "No homework shall be required in kindergarten through grade 2 other than nightly reading.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.97, "partial": 0.01, "conflicts": 0.02, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.09 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-25 Homework", "hits": 13, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "receipt": "No homework shall be required in kindergarten through grade 2 other than nightly reading." } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "indoor-air-and-heat", "domain": "Classroom temperature, ventilation and indoor air", "category": "health-and-wellbeing", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "indoor-air-and-heat", "section": "M-26 Classroom temperature, ventilation and indoor air", "code": "M-26", "title": "Classroom temperature, ventilation and indoor air", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 16, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "The Director of Facilities shall report to the Board by September 30 of each year the classrooms without mechanical cooling, the number of instructional hours above 78 degrees F by building during the prior year, the monthly CO2 exceedance rate by building, filter replacement records, and a prioritized capital plan to provide cooling and code-rate ventilation in every classroom, and the Superinten", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.48, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.61, "partial": 0.37, "conflicts": 0.02, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.12 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-26 Classroom temperature, ventilation and indoor air", "hits": 16, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.48, "receipt": "The Director of Facilities shall report to the Board by September 30 of each year the classrooms without mechanical cooling, the number of instructional hours a" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "instructional-coaching", "domain": "Instructional coaching and professional development", "category": "staffing-and-instruction", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "instructional-coaching", "section": "M-27 Instructional coaching and professional development", "code": "M-27", "title": "Instructional coaching and professional development", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 19, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Indicator\nShare of professional development hours delivered as job-embedded coaching cycles (observation, feedback, modeling) versus one-day workshops (PD calendar and coach logs); coach caseload (teachers per full-time coach); number of coaching cycles completed per teacher per year; observed instructional practice scores before and after coaching; student growth of coached teachers versus compar", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.88, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.91, "partial": 0.08, "conflicts": 0.01, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.07 }, { "domain": "instructional-coaching", "section": "M-54 New teacher induction and mentoring", "code": "M-54", "title": "New teacher induction and mentoring", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.86, "receipt": "Indicator\nOne-year, three-year and five-year retention of new hires in the district and in the school (HR records), compared by induction participation and by school poverty; share of first-year and second-year teachers with an assigned trained mentor in the same subject or grade; mentor contact hours logged per new teacher per month; new teacher survey on induction quality; student growth of teac", "addresses": 0.88, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.93, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.01, "partial": 0.95, "conflicts": 0.02, "not_applicable": 0.02 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.14 } ], "candidates": 2, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-27 Instructional coaching and professional development", "hits": 19, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.88, "receipt": "Indicator\nShare of professional development hours delivered as job-embedded coaching cycles (observation, feedback, modeling) versus one-day workshops (PD calen" }, { "section": "M-54 New teacher induction and mentoring", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.86, "addresses": 0.88, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.93, "receipt": "Indicator\nOne-year, three-year and five-year retention of new hires in the district and in the school (HR records), compared by induction participation and by s" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "language-access-for-families", "domain": "Language access for families", "category": "family-and-community", "tier": "D", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 1.2000000000000002, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "language-access-for-families", "section": "M-28 Language access for families", "code": "M-28", "title": "Language access for families", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 20, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Indicator\nShare of families with a recorded home language other than English who received each required notice category (enrollment, discipline, special education, attendance, health, emergency) in their language, from the student information system; interpreter requests fulfilled within the policy timeline; conference and IEP meeting participation rates for limited-English families compared with ", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.95, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.96, "partial": 0.04, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.08 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-28 Language access for families", "hits": 20, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.95, "receipt": "Indicator\nShare of families with a recorded home language other than English who received each required notice category (enrollment, discipline, special educati" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "lockdown-and-active-shooter-drills", "domain": "Lockdown and active shooter drills", "category": "safety", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "lockdown-and-active-shooter-drills", "section": "M-29 Lockdown and active shooter drills", "code": "M-29", "title": "Lockdown and active shooter drills", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 7, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Lockdown and active shooter drills\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Announced, procedure-only lockdown drills paired with training raise students' and staff's sense of preparedness and correct execution (classroom procedural accuracy up 27 percentage points after training) without raising measured anxiety, and students in one district reported less fear ", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.99, "partial": 0.01, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.09 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-29 Lockdown and active shooter drills", "hits": 7, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "receipt": "Lockdown and active shooter drills\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Announced, procedure-only lockdown drills paired" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "lunch-minutes", "domain": "Seated lunch time", "category": "health-and-wellbeing", "tier": "B", "stakes": 2, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 1.6, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "lunch-minutes", "section": "M-30 Seated lunch time", "code": "M-30", "title": "Seated lunch time", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 19, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "The Director of Food Services, with each building principal, shall observe serving-line times in every cafeteria at least once each semester and shall report seated lunch minutes by building and lunch period to the Superintendent.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.97, "partial": 0.02, "conflicts": 0.01, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.09 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-30 Seated lunch time", "hits": 19, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "receipt": "The Director of Food Services, with each building principal, shall observe serving-line times in every cafeteria at least once each semester and shall report se" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "math-acceleration-and-tracking", "domain": "Math acceleration, eighth grade algebra, and tracking", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "math-acceleration-and-tracking", "section": "M-31 Math acceleration, eighth grade algebra, and tracking", "code": "M-31", "title": "Math acceleration, eighth grade algebra, and tracking", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 16, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Placing moderately prepared students into Algebra I in eighth grade without extra support lowered their pass rates and later math course completion in North Carolina and reduced tenth grade math scores in California's push for algebra for all; placing students by an objective prior-achievement rule in Wake County removed race and income from placement decisions, and a randomized Dee and Huffaker s", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.99, "partial": 0.01, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.09 }, { "domain": "math-acceleration-and-tracking", "section": "M-41 Access to rigorous coursework (automatic enrollment, AP, IB, dual credit)", "code": "M-41", "title": "Access to rigorous coursework (automatic enrollment, AP, IB, dual credit)", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.82, "receipt": "Policy\nEach student who meets or exceeds the state standard on the most recent state assessment in English language arts, mathematics, or science, or who earns a grade of B or higher in the prerequisite course, shall be enrolled in the next most rigorous level of coursework offered in that subject, including honors, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and dual-credit courses, for the ", "addresses": 0.86, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.95, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0, "partial": 0.96, "conflicts": 0.04, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.13 } ], "candidates": 2, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-31 Math acceleration, eighth grade algebra, and tracking", "hits": 16, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "receipt": "Placing moderately prepared students into Algebra I in eighth grade without extra support lowered their pass rates and later math course completion in North Car" }, { "section": "M-41 Access to rigorous coursework (automatic enrollment, AP, IB, dual credit)", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.82, "addresses": 0.86, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.95, "receipt": "Policy\nEach student who meets or exceeds the state standard on the most recent state assessment in English language arts, mathematics, or science, or who earns " } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "mtss-rti", "domain": "Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "B", "stakes": 4, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3.2, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "mtss-rti", "section": "M-32 Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)", "code": "M-32", "title": "Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 26, "triage": 0.97, "receipt": "The Director of Student Services shall report to the Board each December and June screening participation each window, share identified at risk, share of at-risk students with intervention logged within 15 school days, progress-monitoring frequency per Tier 2 and 3 student, share of Tier 2 students exiting to Tier 1 within a semester, and special education referral and identification rates by scho", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.52, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.64, "partial": 0.34, "conflicts": 0.02, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.12 }, { "domain": "mtss-rti", "section": "M-12 Early literacy instruction and K-3 reading screening", "code": "M-12", "title": "Early literacy instruction and K-3 reading screening", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 5, "triage": 0.5, "receipt": "Early literacy instruction and K-3 reading screening\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Systematic, explicit phonics instruction in K-1 raises word reading, spelling and comprehension by a moderate amount (about 0.4 SD) and is the only reading-disability treatment whose efficacy is confirmed in randomized trials; curriculum-based screening in K-2 predicts ", "addresses": 0.78, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0, "partial": 0.98, "conflicts": 0.02, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.13 }, { "domain": "mtss-rti", "section": "M-23 High-dosage tutoring", "code": "M-23", "title": "High-dosage tutoring", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.58, "receipt": "Policy\nStudents who score below the district benchmark on the fall or winter interim assessment in reading or mathematics shall be enrolled in tutoring in groups of no more than four students, for no fewer than three sessions per week of at least thirty minutes each, delivered during the regular school day by a consistent tutor who has completed district training and uses district-approved materia", "addresses": 0.46, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.83, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0, "partial": 0.87, "conflicts": 0.01, "not_applicable": 0.12 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.11 } ], "candidates": 4, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-32 Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS / RtI)", "hits": 26, "triage": 0.97, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.52, "receipt": "The Director of Student Services shall report to the Board each December and June screening participation each window, share identified at risk, share of at-ris" }, { "section": "M-23 High-dosage tutoring", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.58, "addresses": 0.46, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.83, "receipt": "Policy\nStudents who score below the district benchmark on the fall or winter interim assessment in reading or mathematics shall be enrolled in tutoring in group" }, { "section": "M-12 Early literacy instruction and K-3 reading screening", "hits": 5, "triage": 0.5, "addresses": 0.78, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "receipt": "Early literacy instruction and K-3 reading screening\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Systematic, explicit phonics i" }, { "section": "M-34 Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices", "hits": 10, "triage": 0.46, "addresses": 0.76, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.75, "receipt": "Policy\nThe district shall operate Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), a school-wide multi-tiered system of behavior support, in every school " } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "one-to-one-devices-and-edtech", "domain": "One-to-one devices and educational software", "category": "technology-and-data", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "one-to-one-devices-and-edtech", "section": "M-33 One-to-one devices and educational software", "code": "M-33", "title": "One-to-one devices and educational software", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 7, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Policy\nBefore the district purchases or renews any student device program or any instructional software license with an annual cost above $25,000, the Chief Academic Officer shall present to the Board a written review stating (a) the instructional purpose and the grades and subjects served, (b) the best available evidence of effect on student outcomes, with citations, (c) the teacher training and ", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.81, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.86, "partial": 0.14, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.12 } ], "candidates": 2, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-33 One-to-one devices and educational software", "hits": 7, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.81, "receipt": "Policy\nBefore the district purchases or renews any student device program or any instructional software license with an annual cost above $25,000, the Chief Aca" }, { "section": "M-50 Student data privacy and vendor contracts", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.43, "addresses": 0.87, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.36, "receipt": "A product shall be approved only after the Director of Technology and the district's designated Privacy Officer confirm a signed data privacy agreement that (a)" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "pbis-restorative", "domain": "Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices", "category": "discipline-and-climate", "tier": "A", "stakes": 4, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 4, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "pbis-restorative", "section": "M-34 Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices", "code": "M-34", "title": "Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 26, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: School-wide PBIS has the strongest evidence of any discipline framework: a meta-analysis of 29 group studies including seven RCTs finds small-to-medium reductions in discipline referrals and gains in achievement, and the five-year Maryland RCT found children in P", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.08 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-34 Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices", "hits": 26, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: School-wide PBIS has th" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "phones", "domain": "Personal phones during the school day", "category": "technology-and-data", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "phones", "section": "M-35 Personal phones during the school day", "code": "M-35", "title": "Personal phones during the school day", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 3, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Policy\nPersonal electronic devices, including phones, smartwatches and earbuds, shall be powered off and stored in a location designated by the principal, away from the student, from the start of the first scheduled period through the end of the last scheduled period, including passing time and lunch.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.98, "partial": 0.02, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-35 Personal phones during the school day", "hits": 3, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.97, "receipt": "Policy\nPersonal electronic devices, including phones, smartwatches and earbuds, shall be powered off and stored in a location designated by the principal, away " } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "physical-education-minutes", "domain": "Physical education minutes and activity policy", "category": "health-and-wellbeing", "tier": "B", "stakes": 2, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 1.6, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "physical-education-minutes", "section": "M-36 Physical education minutes and activity policy", "code": "M-36", "title": "Physical education minutes and activity policy", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 30, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Physical education minutes and activity policy\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Meta-analyses of experimental studies find that physical activity delivered through physical education improves classroom behavior and academic outcomes, with the gains concentrated in programs that raise the quality and intensity of PE lessons (cognition g 0.38, academic per", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-36 Physical education minutes and activity policy", "hits": 30, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Physical education minutes and activity policy\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Meta-analyses of experimental studie" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "pre-k", "domain": "District pre-kindergarten", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "A", "stakes": 4, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 4, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "pre-k", "section": "M-37 District pre-kindergarten", "code": "M-37", "title": "District pre-kindergarten", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 12, "triage": 0.96, "receipt": "Policy\nAny pre-kindergarten program the district operates shall use a Board-adopted curriculum with published evidence of effectiveness, employ a lead teacher holding early childhood certification in every classroom, provide at least two adults for every classroom of no more than twenty (20) children, offer a full instructional day of the same length as kindergarten, and provide each teacher at le", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 10, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-37 District pre-kindergarten", "hits": 12, "triage": 0.96, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Policy\nAny pre-kindergarten program the district operates shall use a Board-adopted curriculum with published evidence of effectiveness, employ a lead teacher h" }, { "section": "M-24 Teacher home visits", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.62, "addresses": 0.05, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Teacher home visits\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Matched-comparison studies of relationship-building teacher hom" }, { "section": "M-16 Family engagement and two-way communication", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.61, "addresses": 0.15, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Family engagement and two-way communication\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Randomized trials show that specific, f" }, { "section": "M-27 Instructional coaching and professional development", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.56, "addresses": 0.25, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.39, "receipt": "Policy\nThe Superintendent shall employ instructional coaches at a ratio of no more than one coach to 20 teachers served, and every teacher in the first three ye" }, { "section": "M-47 Social-emotional learning", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.52, "addresses": 0.16, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.99, "receipt": "The Director of Curriculum shall publish the scope and sequence and the lesson materials for family review on the district website before the first day of schoo" }, { "section": "M-48 Special education placement and inclusion", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.46, "addresses": 0.04, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "The Director of Special Education shall review every placement in a setting of less than 40 percent general education at least annually against the student's pr" }, { "section": "M-34 Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.44, "addresses": 0.03, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Tiered positive behavior supports and restorative practices\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: School-wide PBIS has th" }, { "section": "M-14 Suspension and expulsion", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.43, "addresses": 0.04, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Each principal shall report monthly to the Superintendent the number of suspensions, days lost and the offense category for each, by race, disability status, se" }, { "section": "M-38 Recess", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.43, "addresses": 0.05, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Recess\n\nPurpose\nThe Board adopts this policy on the basis of the following finding: Daily recess is associated with better classroom behavior and attention: in " }, { "section": "M-04 Chronic absence response", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.41, "addresses": 0.06, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Controlled studies show that early, supportive, family-facing responses (mailed and texted attendance information, caseworkers who remove material barriers, str" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "recess", "domain": "Recess", "category": "health-and-wellbeing", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "recess", "section": "M-38 Recess", "code": "M-38", "title": "Recess", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 16, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Policy\nEvery student in kindergarten through grade 5 shall receive at least twenty (20) minutes of supervised, unstructured recess each school day, held outdoors when weather permits, and scheduled in addition to physical education and separate from the seated lunch period.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.07 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-38 Recess", "hits": 16, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Policy\nEvery student in kindergarten through grade 5 shall receive at least twenty (20) minutes of supervised, unstructured recess each school day, held outdoor" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "remote-instruction-days", "domain": "Remote instruction days (virtual snow days and planned remote learning)", "category": "time-and-schedule", "tier": "A", "stakes": 2, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "remote-instruction-days", "section": "M-39 Remote instruction days (virtual snow days and planned remote learning)", "code": "M-39", "title": "Remote instruction days (virtual snow days and planned remote learning)", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 13, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "The Superintendent shall report to the Board within 30 days of each remote instruction day the attendance rate for that day by school and by free-and-reduced-lunch status, compared with the prior month's in-person rate, and shall present an annual summary by June 30.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.12 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-39 Remote instruction days (virtual snow days and planned remote learning)", "hits": 13, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "The Superintendent shall report to the Board within 30 days of each remote instruction day the attendance rate for that day by school and by free-and-reduced-lu" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "restraint-and-seclusion", "domain": "Physical restraint and seclusion", "category": "discipline-and-climate", "tier": "D", "stakes": 4, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 1.6, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "restraint-and-seclusion", "section": "M-40 Physical restraint and seclusion", "code": "M-40", "title": "Physical restraint and seclusion", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 21, "triage": 0.99, "receipt": "Physical restraint shall be used only when a student's behavior poses an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others, only by staff who hold current certification in a Board-approved crisis intervention program, and only for as long as the danger persists; it shall never be used as punishment, as a consequence, for property damage alone, or for noncompliance.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.11 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-40 Physical restraint and seclusion", "hits": 21, "triage": 0.99, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Physical restraint shall be used only when a student's behavior poses an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others, only by staff who ho" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "rigor-access", "domain": "Access to rigorous coursework (automatic enrollment, AP, IB, dual credit)", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "rigor-access", "section": "M-41 Access to rigorous coursework (automatic enrollment, AP, IB, dual credit)", "code": "M-41", "title": "Access to rigorous coursework (automatic enrollment, AP, IB, dual credit)", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 16, "triage": 0.97, "receipt": "Policy\nEach student who meets or exceeds the state standard on the most recent state assessment in English language arts, mathematics, or science, or who earns a grade of B or higher in the prerequisite course, shall be enrolled in the next most rigorous level of coursework offered in that subject, including honors, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and dual-credit courses, for the ", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.92, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.94, "partial": 0.04, "conflicts": 0.02, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 }, { "domain": "rigor-access", "section": "M-31 Math acceleration, eighth grade algebra, and tracking", "code": "M-31", "title": "Math acceleration, eighth grade algebra, and tracking", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.9, "receipt": "Placing moderately prepared students into Algebra I in eighth grade without extra support lowered their pass rates and later math course completion in North Carolina and reduced tenth grade math scores in California's push for algebra for all; placing students by an objective prior-achievement rule in Wake County removed race and income from placement decisions, and a randomized Dee and Huffaker s", "addresses": 0.97, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.36, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.48, "partial": 0.52, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.12 } ], "candidates": 3, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-41 Access to rigorous coursework (automatic enrollment, AP, IB, dual credit)", "hits": 16, "triage": 0.97, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.92, "receipt": "Policy\nEach student who meets or exceeds the state standard on the most recent state assessment in English language arts, mathematics, or science, or who earns " }, { "section": "M-31 Math acceleration, eighth grade algebra, and tracking", "hits": 1, "triage": 0.9, "addresses": 0.97, "verdict": "partial", "verdict_conf": 0.36, "receipt": "Placing moderately prepared students into Algebra I in eighth grade without extra support lowered their pass rates and later math course completion in North Car" }, { "section": "M-11 Dual enrollment and early college", "hits": 5, "triage": 0.76, "addresses": 0.92, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.32, "receipt": "Tuition, fees, textbooks, and transportation for dual-credit courses shall be paid by the district or the partner college, and no student shall be charged." } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "school-based-mental-health", "domain": "School-based mental health, counseling and suicide prevention", "category": "health-and-wellbeing", "tier": "A", "stakes": 4, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 4, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "school-based-mental-health", "section": "M-42 School-based mental health, counseling and suicide prevention", "code": "M-42", "title": "School-based mental health, counseling and suicide prevention", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 23, "triage": 0.99, "receipt": "Indicator\nStudents per school counselor, school psychologist and school social worker by building (district staffing roster against October 1 enrollment); number and share of students receiving school-based mental health services from a licensed clinician on site; share of students screened and share referred who begin services within 30 days; student survey items on depression, suicidal ideation ", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.97, "partial": 0.03, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-42 School-based mental health, counseling and suicide prevention", "hits": 23, "triage": 0.99, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "receipt": "Indicator\nStudents 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the number of school improvement plans that cite a c", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.99, "stale": 0.08 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-43 School climate measurement", "hits": 6, "triage": 0.96, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "Indicator\nAnnual climate survey response rate by school and respondent group (target at least 70% of students and staff); domain scores (safety, relationships, " } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "school-meals", "domain": "Universal free school meals and breakfast after the bell", "category": "health-and-wellbeing", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "school-meals", "section": "M-44 Universal free school meals and breakfast after the bell", "code": "M-44", "title": "Universal free school meals and breakfast after the bell", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 15, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Policy\nThe Superintendent shall enroll every eligible school in the Community Eligibility Provision or an equivalent universal free meals program at each federal election window, and no student shall be charged for a reimbursable breakfast or lunch in a participating school.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.6, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.7, "partial": 0.29, "conflicts": 0.01, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-44 Universal free school meals and breakfast after the bell", "hits": 15, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.6, "receipt": "Policy\nThe Superintendent shall enroll every eligible school in the Community Eligibility Provision or an equivalent universal free meals program at each federa" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "school-nurses-and-health-services", "domain": "School nurses and health services", "category": "health-and-wellbeing", "tier": "C", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 1.7999999999999998, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "school-nurses-and-health-services", "section": "M-45 School nurses and health services", "code": "M-45", "title": "School nurses and health services", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 15, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "The Coordinator of Health Services, a registered nurse, shall complete a workload and acuity analysis for each building by June 30 of each year using the student health conditions, medication and treatment orders, individualized healthcare plans and enrollment in that building, and the Superintendent shall assign additional licensed nursing staff where the analysis shows a single nurse cannot prov", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.11 } ], "candidates": 2, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-45 School nurses and health services", "hits": 15, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "receipt": "The Coordinator of Health Services, a registered nurse, shall complete a workload and acuity analysis for each building by June 30 of each year using the studen" }, { "section": "M-56 Vision screening and eyeglasses", "hits": 4, "triage": 0.47, "addresses": 0.8, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.81, "receipt": "Policy\nThe district shall screen the distance and near vision of every student at school entry, in kindergarten and in grades 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, in any year in w" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "school-police-sros", "domain": "School resource officers and school policing", "category": "safety", "tier": "A", "stakes": 4, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 4, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "school-police-sros", "section": "M-46 School resource officers and school policing", "code": "M-46", "title": "School resource officers and school policing", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 10, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "The memorandum shall provide that officers shall not participate in enforcing the student code of conduct, shall not be called for behavior that would be handled by school staff in the officer's absence, and shall not question a student about a school matter without an administrator present and parent notification, except in an imminent-safety emergency.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.76, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.82, "partial": 0.18, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-46 School resource officers and school policing", "hits": 10, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.76, "receipt": "The memorandum shall provide that officers shall not participate in enforcing the student code of conduct, shall not be called for behavior that would be handle" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "sel", "domain": "Social-emotional learning", "category": "discipline-and-climate", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "neutral", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "sel", "section": "M-47 Social-emotional learning", "code": "M-47", "title": "Social-emotional learning", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 9, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "Policy\nThe district shall adopt and deliver in every grade K-12 a sequenced social-emotional learning program that holds a CASEL SELect rating or a What Works Clearinghouse rating of moderate or strong evidence, taught at the dose specified by the program developer.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.95, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.96, "partial": 0.04, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.1 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-47 Social-emotional learning", "hits": 9, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.95, "receipt": "Policy\nThe district shall adopt and deliver in every grade K-12 a sequenced social-emotional learning program that holds a CASEL SELect rating or a What Works C" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "special-education-inclusion", "domain": "Special education placement and inclusion", "category": "academics-and-access", "tier": "B", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 2.4000000000000004, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "special-education-inclusion", "section": "M-48 Special education placement and inclusion", "code": "M-48", "title": "Special education placement and inclusion", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 21, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "The Director of Special Education shall review every placement in a setting of less than 40 percent general education at least annually against the student's progress data and shall report to the Board by November 1 of each year, by school, disability category, race and English learner status: educational environment percentages, state test achievement and growth, graduation and dropout rates, sus", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.85, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.89, "partial": 0.11, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.08 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-48 Special education placement and inclusion", "hits": 21, "triage": 0.98, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.85, "receipt": "The Director of Special Education shall review every placement in a setting of less than 40 percent general education at least annually against the student's pr" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "start-time", "domain": "Secondary school start time", "category": "time-and-schedule", "tier": "A", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 3, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "start-time", "section": "M-49 Secondary school start time", "code": "M-49", "title": "Secondary school start time", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 8, "triage": 0.98, "receipt": "The Superintendent shall present to the Board by March 1 of each year a schedule report listing the first-bell time of every building for the coming school year, the number and percentage of secondary students whose instructional day begins before 8:30 a.m., and the transportation plan and cost needed to comply.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 1, "verdict_p": { "meets": 1, "partial": 0, "conflicts": 0, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.08 } ], "candidates": 1, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-49 Secondary 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and days to notify; annual count of vendor contracts reviewed and terminated; parent data-access requests fulfilled within the statutory window.", "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "verdict_p": { "meets": 0.97, "partial": 0.02, "conflicts": 0.01, "not_applicable": 0 }, "measurable": 0.98, "stale": 0.12 } ], "candidates": 2, "candidate_rows": [ { "section": "M-50 Student data privacy and vendor contracts", "hits": 10, "triage": 0.99, "addresses": 0.99, "verdict": "meets", "verdict_conf": 0.96, "receipt": "Indicator\nShare of software products in use with a signed data privacy agreement on file (target 100%); public inventory of products and data elements collected" }, { "section": "M-33 One-to-one devices and educational software", "hits": 0, "triage": 0.53, "addresses": 0.14, "verdict": "not_applicable", "verdict_conf": 0.32, "receipt": "Gains appear only where the device carries targeted software (computer-assisted learning, especially in math) and teachers get sustained support; the one positi" } ], "measurable": 1, "stale": 0 }, { "id": "student-searches-and-due-process", "domain": "Student searches and due process in discipline", "category": "discipline-and-climate", "tier": "D", "stakes": 3, "silent_is": "harmful", "state_covers": false, "weight": 1.2000000000000002, "verdict": "meets", "score": 1, "governing": [ { "domain": "student-searches-and-due-process", "section": "M-51 Student searches and due process in discipline", "code": "M-51", "title": "Student searches and due process in discipline", "revised": "2026-11-03", "hits": 35, "triage": 0.99, "receipt": "Indicator\nShare of suspensions for which the student record documents notice of charges, the evidence explained and the student's response before removal (discipline record audit); share of expulsion hearings with written notice, a hearing officer independent of the referring school, and a written decision; number of student searches logged with the basis for suspicion, by 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