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Auburn, Neb Public Schools Earn Excellent Rating

By John Nixon

12/04/2015

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Kevin Reiman, Superintendent Auburn Public Schools

(KLZA)-- The Auburn Public Schools are one of five districts in the state of Nebraska to earn an Excellent rating in the first-ever results of Nebraska’s new accountability system. The results were released Friday.

The new state system is called AQuESTT, which stands for Accountability, for a Quality Education System, Today and Tomorrow.

The AQuESTT system was developed to include measures from academic and effective instructional practices as well as having school districts self-assess their practices embedded in sIx tenets for successful schooling. Those six tenets are; positive school partnerships and relationships and student success; transitions between grades and buildings; Edicational opportunities and access; College and career readiness; Multiple assessments and Educator effectiveness.

Auburn, Bennigton, Elkhorn, Potter-Dix and Riverside Public Schools received excellent ratings.

AQuESSTT designates all public school districts and school buildings as Excellent, Great, Good or Needs Improvement. Auburn High School and Auburn Middle School were named as Excellent buildings and Calvert Elementary School was classified as a Great building.

Superintendent Kevin Reiman says it takes everyone in the district, students, faculty, administrators, board members and parents to earn the high rating. Reiman said the District felt they would do well in the ratings but that receiving the highest rating possible was a nice surprise.

AQuESTT encourages schools to focus on every student every day and to build a system for continuous school improvement.

The other schools receiving the top ratings appear to be very large or small districts. Superintendent Reiman said being in the middle shows very well for the Auburn School District, showing an ability to overcome some challenges the schools with resources Auburn does not necessarily have.

Reiman said District officials knew about the ratings for a couple of days prior to Friday but were not allowed to publicize the information until after Friday’s release from the Department of Education.