Student test results and graduation rates are likely to be part of the committee's equation. We also need to find a way to measure a school's ability to place students in occupational training. We need to have multiple measures. It's not test scores that make schools work, it's what you do to get good test scores. That's hard to measure.
Charter schools are likely to be a major part of the discussion.
Senate leaders concede that the legislative votes aren't there to eliminate the 150-cap on the number of these alternative public schools that can be authorized by universities, as called for by Gov. John Engler. But there's talk about removing the cap only in those districts found to be failing, so parents have other local options.