如何确定一所学校获得支持? 联邦分数指数(联邦指数)用于确定需要支持的学校.

联邦指数代表了联邦问责制(每个学生成功法案[ESSA])的计算, which includes the same components as Florida's accountability system that make up a school's grade with one additional component, 英语学习者进步的指示器.

如果一所学校的考试人数少于95%, the number of students that make up the difference between those who were actually tested and those who should have been tested to reach the required 95% threshold are added back in to the denominators of the English Language Arts and mathematics achievement components and are counted as non-proficient as required under federal law.

联邦指数和学校的ESSA支持类别 (Excel) report contains information on the individual measures used to compute the Federal Index for the school and for each individual subgroup within the school. 它还包括一个页面，其中定义了每一列的含义. Additional information can be found in Florida's Consolidated State Plan (PDF).

What is Support? The Department examines student achievement data to identify schools and districts that need additional support to reduce the achievement gaps in defined subgroups and schools. 目标是提供一个多层支持系统，由三个支持级别组成(第1层, Tier 2, and Tier 3).

• Tier 1 是否会根据被认定为表现欠佳组别的学校，向特定地区提供普遍支援?. Schools must annually complete a School Improvement Plan (SIP) identifying the subgroup(s) and outline specific goals and interventions. 地区必须批准、支持和监督计划的实施。. The Department must provide technical assistance and periodically review resource allocation to support school improvement in each district serving a significant number of ATSI, TSI and CSI schools. 本署会确保各区监督计划的发展和推行。.
• Tier 2 is supplemental support provided to specific districts based on schools identified with consistently underperforming subgroup(s). 支持是针对年级和具体内容的，以提高学生的成绩并缩小成绩差距. 支持更加集中，并且需要在确定的子组中进行专业化。. Identified schools must annually complete a SIP identifying the specific subgroup(s) and outline specific goals and interventions. 地区必须批准、支持和监督计划的实施。. The Department must provide technical assistance and periodically review resource allocation to support school improvement in each district serving a significant number of ATSI, TSI and CSI schools. 本署会确保各区监督计划的发展和推行。.

  *学校只有在同一小组在一级中表现不佳的情况下，才有资格获得二级. 这将在2022-23学年开始，并以2017-18学年的评估数据为基础, 2018-19, and 2021-22.

• Tier 3 is intensive support provided exclusively to specific districts and schools based on identified subgroups or overall low performance. Direct support is provided to leaders and teachers by the Department with continuous monitoring on progress to increase the likelihood of implementation and sustainability. Schools must annually complete a SIP identifying the specific subgroup(s) or school achievement gap and outline specific goals and interventions. 地区必须批准、支持和监督计划的实施。. 部门必须提供资源并批准, 支持并定期监控计划的实施. The Department must provide technical assistance and periodically review resource allocation to support school improvement in each district serving a significant number of ATSI, TSI and CSI schools.