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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...