New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 30 - EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS › Section 6A:30-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms shall have the following
				  meanings when used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Administrative order" means a written directive ordering
				  specific corrective action by a school district that has shown insufficient
				  compliance with the quality performance indicators.
"Assistant commissioner" means an assistant commissioner, or
				  designee, in the Department.
"Chief school administrator" or "CSA" means the
				  superintendent of a school district or county vocational school district or, if
				  there is no superintendent, the administrative principal.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education or his or
				  her designee.
"Components of school district effectiveness" means the areas
				  in which school districts will be evaluated under NJQSAC. They are:
1. Instruction and program;
2. Operations;
3. Fiscal management;
4. Personnel; and
5. Governance.
"Comprehensive review" refers to the Department's evaluation
				  process to measure each school district's performance, capacity, and need for
				  State support, assistance, or intervention. The comprehensive review shall be
				  based on the weighted quality performance indicators developed by the
				  Department and set forth in the District Performance Review, incorporated in
				  this chapter as the chapter Appendices.
"Declaration page" means the section of the District
				  Performance Review that verifies the accuracy of the responses on the school
				  district's District Performance Review.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of
				  Education.
"District improvement plan" means a plan developed in
				  collaboration with the Department by a school district that fails to satisfy at
				  least 80 percent of the weighted quality performance indicators in any of the
				  five key components of school district effectiveness. The district improvement
				  plan addresses critical areas of need identified through the comprehensive
				  review.
"District Performance Review" or "DPR" means the
				  Department-developed self-assessment tool that measures a school district's
				  compliance with the quality performance indicators in all of the five key
				  components of school district effectiveness.
"Evaluation team" means a Commissioner-designated team
				  qualified by training and experience to examine specific conditions existing in
				  a school district.
"Evidence based" means a program or service that has
				  demonstrated success based on research, best practices, or other forms of
				  evidence.
"High-performing school district" means a designation
				  assigned to a school district that satisfies at least 80 percent of the
				  weighted performance indicators in each of the five key components of school
				  district effectiveness.
"Highly skilled professional" or "HSP" means a Commissioner
				  designee who has skills and expertise based on education and/or experience that
				  is relevant to one or more of the five key components of school district
				  effectiveness.
"In-depth evaluation" means a process the Commissioner can
				  authorize to evaluate school districts that satisfy less than 80 percent of the
				  weighted quality performance indicators in one or more of the five key
				  components of school district effectiveness as determined by the Department
				  based on the comprehensive review.
"NJQSAC" means the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability
				  Continuum.
"NJQSAC District Improvement Plan" means a plan developed, in
				  collaboration with the Department, by a public school district that fails to
				  satisfy at least 80 percent of the weighted quality performance indicators in
				  any of the five key components of school district effectiveness, and that
				  addresses critical areas of need identified through the comprehensive
				  review.
"Performance continuum" means a measure that identifies a
				  school district's performance with respect to each of the five components of
				  school district effectiveness.
"Quality performance indicators" or "weighted quality
				  performance indicators" mean the specific, objective criteria for each key
				  component of school district effectiveness by which each school district's
				  performance, capacity, and need for State support, assistance, or intervention
				  are measured.
"State Board" means the New Jersey State Board of
				  Education.
"Technical assistance" means guidance and support provided to
				  a school district to enable the school district to meet State and Federal
				  policy and regulatory requirements and to ensure the provision of a thorough
				  and efficient education.