Montana OPI ESSA Consolidated State Plan Amendment Request
April 24, 2024
As part of Montana’s Federal Flexibility Testing Waiver for the Montana Aligned to Standards Through Year (MAST) assessment pilot this school year (2023-2024), the U.S. Department of Education required OPI to indicate how it will measure the other academic indicator (student growth) in the 2024-2025 school year. Because about half of grades 3 to 8 students participated in the SBAC statewide assessment and half participated in the MAST in the 2023-2024 school year, the OPI is required to propose how it will address the growth indicator for the 2024-2025 school year. While addressing the growth indicator, the OPI is simultaneously proposing to maintain school designations for the 2024-2025 school year.
Montana’s federally required school accountability system includes the following indicators: