We’ve gone beyond measuring against standard requirements to create a next-generation accountability system that supports and rewards continuous improvement for every student, school, and educator.
The result is an innovative approach that views each student holistically, classifies all schools into four performance levels, and provides opportunities for every Nebraskan to get involved.
GIBBON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PROFILE
The Gibbon School District is a K-12 class III system centered in one new facility built in 2009. The Gibbon community, internationally known as the heart of spring Sandhill Crane migration, is a middle class agriculturally oriented community and houses a meat-processing facility. Forty-five percent of the student population is Hispanic, and 19% percent are English language learners. The mission of Gibbon Public Schools is to provide the opportunities for staff and students to maximize their strengths in a safe environment; engage students in instruction that is rigorous, relevant, and technologically progressive; teach, expect, model, practice, and support positive behavior; and communicate and collaborate with stakeholders in meaningful educational processes.
Gibbon Public Schools implements a continuous school improvement process that is aligned to the Nebraska Frameworks.
Accountability for a Quality Education System, Today and Tomorrow
AQuESTT is the state of Nebraska’s accountability framework with an intention to move measures against standard requirements to create an accountability system that supports and rewards continuous improvement for every student, school, and educator.
AQuESTT attempts to look at each student holistically, classifies schools into four performance levels, and provides opportunities for every Nebraskan to be involved in their school.
AQuESTT is organized around three domains: Leadership Domain, Success, Access, and Support Domain, and the Teaching and Learning Domain. The Success, Access, and Support Domain is broken down into three tenets: Educational Opportunities and Access, Transitions, and Positive Partnerships, Relationships, and Success. The Teaching, Learning, and Serving Domain is broken down into three tenets: Educator Effectiveness, Student Achievement and Growth, and Postsecondary, Career, and Civic Readiness.