Priority, Focus, and Model Schools

1. Priority, Focus,and Model Schools Presented to the State Board of Education August 22, 2012 Jonathan Wiens, PhD Office of Assessment and Information Services Oregon Department of Education

2. Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Current versionis the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act • Targets 100% proficiency by 2014. • Requires Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) ratingbased on disaggregated data: • Participation in reading and math • Percent meeting standard in reading and math • Attendance rates • Graduation rates • Prescriptive Supports and Interventions for Title I schools not meeting AYP.

3. The Looming Cliff As the requirement for 100% proficiency nears: • More and more schools are not making AYP. • 600 schools (out of 1286) did not make AYP in 2011. • About 900 (out of 1253) schools would not have made AYP in 2012. • Title I schools in “School Improvement” would grow rapidly: • 84 (out of about 600) in 2011-12. • About 250 in 2012-13. • About 500 in 2013-14. • These numbers would outstrip available resources.

4. ESEA Waiver • Announced in September 2011. • Removes requirement for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) rating. • States can propose their own system of • School Accountability • Supports and Interventions • Targets interventions toward 15% of Title I schools.

5. Priority, Focus, and Model Schools • New designations for Title I schools. • Priority Schools: 5% of Title I schools. Those with lowest overall achievement or graduation. Also includes federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) schools. • Focus Schools: 10% of Title I schools. Those with large achievement gaps or graduation rate gaps. • Reward Schools: Title I schools that are high performing, high progress, or with high graduation rates. • States propose a specific method to identify these schools in their waivers. • States propose supports and interventions for Priority and Focus schools.

6. Waiver Timeline • Oct 2011 to Jan 2012: Workgroups convened to make recommendations for the waiver. • Jan 2012: Waiver submitted to US Dept. of Education. • March 2012: Peer review of submissions. • July 2012: US Dept. of Ed approval of waiver. • Aug 2012: Preliminary Priority, Focus, and Model schools list released. • Sept 2012: Final Priority, Focus, and Model school list will be released.

7. Workgroup Recommendations • Include individual student growth. • Several growth models were reviewed. • Colorado Growth Model chosen for implementation. • Use an overall rating system (including growth) to identify Priority, Focus, and Model Schools. • Several possible methodologies were reviewed. • Modified Colorado school rating system chosen for implementation.

8. Oregon’s School Identification Model Schools are rated based on 5 factors: • Achievement: percent met in reading and math • Growth: individual student growth in reading and math • Subgroup Growth: growth for historically underserved subgroups • Graduation: cohort graduation rates • Subgroup Graduation: graduation rates for historically underserved subgroups

9. Achievement • Schools are given “Levels” in reading and math, based on percent of students meeting standard: • Level 5: Top 10% of schools in the state. • Level 4: Above average schools. • Level 3: Below average, but not in lowest 15% • Level 2: Lowest 15%, but not in lowest 5% • Level 1: Lowest 5% of schools in the state. • Reading and math performance are combined into an Achievement Rating.

10. Growth • Schools are given “Levels” in reading and math growth: • Level 5: Schools with high growth • Level 4: Average to above average growth • Level 3: Below average, but not low, growth • Level 2: Low growth • Level 1: Very low growth • Reading and math growth are combined into a Growth Rating.

11. Subgroup Growth • Subgroups are given “Levels” in reading and math growth. • Subgroup Growth rating is a combination of reading and math growth for the following four subgroups: • Economically Disadvantaged • Limited English Proficient • Students with Disabilities • Historically Underserved Races/Ethnicities: a combined subgroup consisting of • American Indian/Alaska Native • Black • Hispanic • Pacific Islander

12. Graduation • Schools/subgroups are given “Levels” for four-year and five-year cohort rates: • Level 5: Top 10% of all high schools in the state • Level 4: Above average • Level 3: Below average, but still meeting graduation rate targets (67% for four-year, 72% for five-year) • Level 2: Not meeting graduation rate targets. • Level 1: Graduation rates below 60%. • The higher of the four- and five-year graduation levels is the school’s Graduation Rating.

13. Subgroup Graduation • Subgroups are given the same “Levels” for four- and five-year graduation rates. • Subgroup Graduation rating is a combination of the graduation ratings for the following four subgroups: • Economically Disadvantaged • Limited English Proficient • Students with Disabilities • Historically Underserved Races/Ethnicities: a combined subgroup consisting of • American Indian/Alaska Native • Black • Hispanic • Pacific Islander

14. Overall Rating • Overall Ratings are a weighted average of scores/ratings in each category: • Achievement • Growth • Subgroup Growth • Graduation • Subgroup Graduation • Schools rated as Level 5 (highest) to Level 1 (lowest).

15. Weighting in Overall Rating Categories are weighted according to the table below:

16. Overall Rating Levels • Cuts for the overall ratings levels are designed so that: • 5% of Title I schools are “Level 5” • 10% of Title I schools are “Level 2” • 5% of Title I schools are “Level 1” • Model Schools are Level 5 Title I schools • Focus Schools are Level 2 Title I schools that have achievement gaps. • Priority Schools are Level 1 Title I schools and all current SIG schools.

17. Priority, Focus and Model Schools These schools can be broadly characterized as follows: • Priority Schools: very low achievement, growth and/or graduation. • Focus Schools: low achievement and/or growth and having achievement gaps. • Model Schools: high achievement and growth.

18. Oregon’s Growth Model • Uses the Colorado Growth Model. • Includes all students having two consecutive years of standard OAKS assessments, regardless of whether or not they are meeting standard. • A student’s growth is compared to the growth of other students in the state having the same prior test scores. • Student Growth is expressed as a percentile. • Computes Growth Targets – growth percentiles that put a student on track to be at standard in three years.

19. Growth Model Details • Growth model applies to students in grades 4 to 8, and 11. • Uses up to four years of test data for each student. • A growth percentile of 60 would mean the student’s growth was as high or higher than 60 percent of students with the same prior scores. • Growth of low performing students is compared to that of other low performing students in the state. • Growth of high performing students is compared to that of other high performing students in the state.

20. Growth and School Accountability • School accountability uses the median growth percentile. • Median growth is the “middle” growth percentile. • This is the “typical” growth at the school. • Schools where the typical student is meeting his/her growth target may receive a boost to their growth rating. • Requirements to reach Level 5, Level 4, etc., are lower for schools where typical students are making target growth.

21. Contact Information and Links • Details on the waiver: http://www.ode.state.or.us/go/nextgen • Details on priority, focus, and model schools: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3742 • Jon Wiens • Email: jon.wiens@state.or.us