​MCIEA's School Quality Measures (SQM) framework aims to describe the full measure of what makes a good school, free of the narrowness and racial bias of standardized test scores.

MCIEA sought input from stakeholders in each consortium district to build a school quality framework that reflects what the public wants to know about their schools. The MCIEA team then identified relevant administrative data points and developed survey instruments aligned with the school quality framework.

The SQM dashboard presents multifaceted data that reflects the performance of each school. Importantly, results are never used as a method for ranking schools against each other, but instead as a starting point for understanding school strengths and areas for growth.