Goal: Institute an accountability model that… improves student achievement

1. Globally Competitive Students 1February 2010 • Goal: Institute an accountability model that… • improves student achievement • increases graduation rates • closes achievement gaps 1

2. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Indicators Uses Levels 2

3. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Review: Emerging Consensus • ACT, SAT, other national assessments of preparedness Post-SecondaryReadiness • Longitudinal growth to replace current growth model Student Growth • Future Ready Core = # and % of students who score proficient on Algebra II EOC Academic CourseRigor 3

4. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Review: Current Recommendations • Change the Gateway Policy for 3,5,8 and EOC assessments to require intervention without retesting • Maintain current 25% of final grade policy StudentAccountability 4

5. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Today: Preliminary Weighting and Classification Discussion in Preparation for April 2010 Issues Session 5

6. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Current School Classification System 6

7. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Classification Recommendation: • Maintain general categories; if possible, simplify and reduce the number of categories • Move to longitudinal growth 7

8. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Current Reward Model Improvement on EOCs and EOGs College Prep/ College Tech Prep Course of Study Drop-Out Rate + + 8

9. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Weighting Weighting • The weighting of indicators has implications on how the model might affect outcomes in high school. For instance… Post-SecondaryReadiness Student Growth Academic Course Rigor Student Performance GraduationRate 30 30 5 30 5 Example 1 If Grad Rate is too small, there may be an incentive to allow/encourage students to drop out. 9

10. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Weighting Weighting • The weighting of indicators has implications on how the model might affect outcomes in high school. For instance… Post-SecondaryReadiness Student Growth Academic Course Rigor Student Performance GraduationRate 30 30 5 30 5 Example 1 15 20 5 10 50 Example 2 If Grad Rate is too great, there may be an incentive to lower standards to keep students in school. 10

11. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Reward and Sanction Additional Use Recommendations: • When incorporating a decision rule for possible monetary rewards, use student growth and other improvement measures in determining awards • Continue to exclude absolute performance from monetary decision rule. 11

12. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Use improvement and growth measures primarily to Use absolute measures primarily to Reward and Sanction Report Target Assistance Student Performance Student Growth Post-Secondary Readiness Change in Post-Secondary Readiness Academic Course Rigor Change Academic Course Rigor over time Graduation Rate Change in Graduation Rate 12

13. Goal:Institute an accountability model that improves student achievement, increases graduation rates and closes achievement gaps. Suggestions for Planning the April Accountability Issues Session How to approach planning that time to encourage getting at the deepest issues? How to be ready to move to the action stage? 13