Advisory Committee

The legal charge of the Advisory Committee is to review accountability programs in other states and make recommendations to the Superintendent of Public Instruction (Governor Kotek, and by delegation, Dr. Charlene Williams) on the expansion or revision of an education accountability framework. The Committee will meet regularly and the goal is to have a report and recommendations by October 2024.

How were committee members chosen?

The Advisory Committee is required by HB 2656 to include representatives of school districts, teachers’ unions and post-secondary institutions of education. In developing the advisory, ODE hoped to create a functional group that could grapple and engage and do the real work called for by the charge of the committee. That meant limiting the committee to 30-40 members at a maximum (not counting a number of cross-agency partners) while seeking perspective that would include:

Young People
Families
School staff, broadly defined to include all adults working in schools
Oregon’s Sovereign Nations
Communities of Color
Community-based and culturally specific organizations
School Districts (Big, Mid, Small, and Rural)
Education Service Districts
Central Office Administrators (curriculum, special education, business officials)
Labor Partners
School Board Members
Advocacy Organizations
Business and Industry
Philanthropy
Rural-Focused associations
Post-Secondary Institutions
Early Childhood Partners
Agency Partners: including HECC, DELC, EAC, YDD, TSPC, OHA, DHS, LFO, DAS
Legislative Commission on Indian Services
Racial Justice Council
Leaders with historical knowledge of Oregon’s Student Success Act (SSA)
Leaders with knowledge and understanding of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Student Success Plan Representatives
Oregon Department of Education
State Board of Education