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Montana Education leaders take stock of changes to school quality requirements

At the end of its debut year, Montana’s new school accreditation process is described as both more qualitative and vastly more time-consuming.

One year ago, the Office of Public Instruction debuted a new system and a revised set of regulations designed to ensure that Montana’s more than 800 public schools meet a state-mandated threshold of educational quality. Now state and local education leaders are taking stock of those accreditation changes and identifying areas for ongoing improvement, a conversation that will continue to shape how Montana holds its K-12 schools accountable to state laws and the students they serve. TK

Under the new accreditation rules, OPI reported this month that 3% of Montana schools were ranked as “deficient...