National Center for Educational Achievement / Just for the Kids

Idaho

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Idaho JFTK Planning Committee

The following education stakeholders were invited to participate in planning for the Idaho Just for the Kids Program:

• Idaho State Board of Education
• Idaho State Department of Education
• Idaho School Boards Association
• Idaho Legislature (Senate and House Education Committees)
• Office of the Governor
• Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry
• Idaho Business Coalition for Excellence in Education
• Idaho Association of School Administrators
• Idaho Education Association
• Idaho Parent-Teacher Association
• Idaho State University, College of Education
• University of Idaho, College of Education
• Boise State University, College of Education
• Northwest Nazarene University, College of Education
• Albertson College of Idaho
• Lewis-Clark State College, Division of Education
• Brigham Young University - Idaho, College of Education
• College of Southern Idaho

For more information contact:
Dr. Clifford L. Green
Executive Director, Idaho School Boards Association
208-854-1476

Or for information on national Just for the Kids programs:
Tom Lindsley
Director, Washington, DC Office

Welcome to the Just for the Kids - Idaho homepage. This website is dedicated to the use of publicly available information to improve schools.

The Idaho education stakeholders involved in the Just for the Kids program believe that simply compiling and publishing student achievement data and school comparisons will not promote school change and improvement in the education process. That said, we do believe that providing the data and tools necessary to education stakeholders to effectuate school improvement is key to successful schools. To that end, stakeholders are committed to the development of the overall Just for the Kids School Improvement Strategy which consists of:

Step 1 - Inform: Analyze your school's achievement potential using Just for the Kids' consistency, opportunity gap and growth reports based on your state's academic test results

Step 2 - Inspire: Learn and compare your practices to those of consistently higher performers using the interactive Framework of Best Practices

Step 3 - Improve: Apply what you've learned in Steps 1 and 2 toward intentional and targeted improvement planning and implementation