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Some Answers About the Alabama Accountability Act from New Reports Mandated by Law

The first full round of new reports required as a results of changes made to the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA) in 2015 are in. Those reports answer a lot of questions, but some questions remain unanswered about the effectiveness of the program. For basic information on the...
Posted On Oct 02 2016
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Alabama’s A-F School Grading System Is Almost Ready

This December, Alabamians will finally see letter grades linked to accountability measures for each of our nearly 1,400 public schools. Plans are being finalized for the A-F school grading system, and the most recent draft, assumed to be final, was presented at September’s state...
Posted On Sep 14 2016
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The Numbers Are In: SGOs Are Paying More than the State to Educate Students

On average, scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs) paid $5,742.09 per students to attend one of the 155 schools participating in the program during the 2015-2016 school year according to reports filed by the SGOs with the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR). By contrast, the...
Posted On Aug 02 2016
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MAP: The “Failing” Public Schools & the AAA-Participating Schools

According to Alabama’s lawmakers, they created the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA) to allow parents to choose better educational options for their children. Getting a look at what choices there are, looking at where the non-public schools participating in the AAA’s...
Posted On Feb 25 2016
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The Alabama Accountability Act Basics. UPDATED.

Big changes were made to the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA) last June. This is the mostest newest-ly* updated information available. First, the big picture. The AAA is comprised of two major parts: (1) flexibility for public schools and (2) school choice for parents....
Posted On Nov 11 2015
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New Numbers Posted on AAA Scholarship Recipients

The 2014 calendar year numbers are out, showing that nearly 5,800 students received scholarships through the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA). Just under 1,100 of them would otherwise have attended a “failing” public school. While these numbers are helpful to know,...
Posted On Sep 02 2015
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Get Connected: Duncan Kirkwood Talks School Choice in Alabama

Duncan Elliott Kirkwood believes that all families should have the same types of choices for their child’s education, regardless of the family’s income or zip code. Kirkwood, Alabama Director for the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO),  joined me for a...
Posted On Jul 28 2015
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Tax Credit Scholarships Under the Alabama Accountability Act

[UPDATE: I jumped the gun on the Governor signing SB71. It did happen on June 10, though. Appreciation to the astute reader who questioned the accuracy of that statement. We apologize for the error. Here is a post updating the basics of the AAA after SB71 was enacted.] Changes to...
Posted On Jun 07 2015
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What We Know About the AAA’s Nonpublic Participating Schools

Changes were made to the AAA in June 2015. Here is a link to the update. Under the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA), scholarships paid for with state tax dollars that weren’t required to be collected are awarded to students to attend nonpublic participating schools....
Posted On Apr 27 2015
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The Alabama Accountability Act – More Changes

UPDATE: Changes were made to the AAA in June 2015. Here is a link to the update. The Alabama Accountability Act (AAA) changed again as it made its way through the House Ways and Means Education committee last Wednesday. The committee added two amendments (here and here), which...
Posted On Apr 20 2015
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Changes to “Failing” School Definition Proposed

Senate Bill 71, sponsored by Senator Del Marsh (R-Anniston), proposes changing lots of the pieces of the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA), including how a “failing” school will be defined. Here is what the proposed definition looks like. (Slashes indicate the words...
Posted On Mar 03 2015
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Timeline: The Alabama Accountability Act

UPDATE: Changes were made to the AAA in June 2015. This post has not been updated. The timeline below takes you through the birth of the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA) in 2013 through January 5, 2015. Useful information as we await the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision...
Posted On Jan 08 2015
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Where Are Alabama’s Children Enrolled in School?

Where are Alabama’s children enrolled in school? Good question. The debate over the number of children utilizing scholarships available through the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA) has raised that question. And it’s a good question. Alabama’s largest scholarship...
Posted On Dec 14 2014
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The Alabama Accountability Act: The Basics

UPDATE: Changes were made to the AAA in June 2015. Here’s the link to the update. The Alabama Accountability Act (AAA) is nothing if not controversial. The Flexibility/Tax Credit/School Choice bill is used as a club by various political groups to beat up on their opponent,...
Posted On Dec 07 2014
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