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October 05, 2012

NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Office of Accountability Ira Schwartz, Assistant Commissioner for Long Island Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. October 05, 2012. OVERVIEW. Big Picture Highlights of Changes to Institutional Accountability

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October 05, 2012

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  1. NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTOffice of AccountabilityIra Schwartz, Assistant Commissionerfor Long Island Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development October 05, 2012

  2. OVERVIEW Big Picture Highlights of Changes to Institutional Accountability Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Determinations Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO) Computation of Performance Index Growth Models Institutional Accountability Metrics College- and Career-Readiness 2012-13 School and District Accountability Summary Identification of Reward Schools Diagnostic Tool for School and District Effectiveness Accountability Going Forward What Districts Need to be Thinking About

  3. ESEA WAIVER INITIATIVE“Regulatory Flexibility” On September 23, 2011, President Obama announced an Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) regulatory flexibility initiative to revise No Child Left Behind (NCLB). On May 29th, the NYS waiver request was approved. On June19th, the Board of Regents adopted emergency regulations to carry out the provisions of the waiver.

  4. ESEA Flexibility Request Big Picture Overview of ESEA Waiver Sunset Prior Designations and Interventions. Revise the Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO) and use of AYP. Use School and District Accountability Standards that are Better Aligned to College- and Career- Readiness. Use Proficiency and Growth Measures to Make Accountability Determinations for Elementary and Middle Schools. Replace Identification of Districts for Improvement and Corrective Action with Identification of Focus Districts. Replace Identification of Schools for Improvement, Corrective Action and Restructuring with Identification of Priority and Focus Schools. Replace Identification of Schools As High Performing/Rapidly Improving With Identification of Reward Schools. Create a Single Diagnostic Tool ("The Diagnostic Tool for School and District Effectiveness") to Drive Improvement; Reframe the District Comprehensive Education Plan, Comprehensive Education Plan, and Consolidated Application to align with the tool. Reframe the Existing Set-Asides in ESEA and provide additional flexibility in use of Title funds. Implement existing plans pertaining to Common Core Learning Standards and Assessments and Teacher and Principal Evaluation.

  5. Highlights of Changes to Institutional Accountability

  6. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Determinations What happens to AYP? No longer determined for schools and districts, just for subgroups. Determined in a similar manner as currently required under NCLB, with a focus on the academic achievement of the current NCLB subgroups. How will AYP be used going forward? One of the indicators in determining Reward Schools; and Determining whether districts must complete a Local Assistance Plan for specific schools. Also, no Longer primary determinant of accountability status. It must be publicly reported each year. Does Safe Harbor still apply? Safe Harbor will no longer require schools and districts to meet the third academic indicator requirement, i.e., science and graduation rate.

  7. Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO) Revised: To reflect the rigor required of college- and career- readiness standards, while at the same time making them realistic and attainable for schools and districts. To increase them in annual equal increments toward the goal of reducing by half, within six years, the gap between the PI for each accountability group and a PI of 200 (Baseline = 2010-11 school year results).

  8. Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO) NOTE: The subgroup with the lowest PI in 2010-11, in this case students with disabilities (SWD), must meet the All Students PI from 2010-11 in 2016-17.

  9. Computation of Performance Index for Grades 3-8 ELA Results

  10. Computation of Performance Index for High School Mathematics Results

  11. Growth ModelsElementary & Middle Levels Growth towards proficiency & growth compared to state median growth are used in the process of making accountability determinations for elementary and middle schools. Schools and districts will get “full credit” for students who are either proficient or on track to become proficient within three years or by grade 8, using a “proficiency plus” model (with grades 4-8 ELA and math results).

  12. Institutional Accountability Metrics Performance Index Achievement is still a majority component. Growth to proficiency can improve a school’s PI. New PIs affect a school’s categorization as priority, focus or rewards. Normative Growth Growth vs. similar students. Schools showing high growth may be removed from priority or focus status; schools must demonstrate above average for rewards.

  13. College- and Career-Readiness STANDARDS Defined as the knowledge and skills a student should have to pursue college or career successfully upon graduation from high school. For the purpose of computing the High School Performance Index that is used as part of the process of determining Focus Districts and Focus, Priority and Reward Schools, “full credit” for students performance required students to score 75 of higher on the ELA Regents or 80 or higher on a Math Regents. One of the criteria for Reward School status is that the school must have either its percentage of students graduating with a Regents diploma with advanced designation or its percentage of students graduating with a Regents diploma with Career and Technical Education (CTE) endorsement exceed the State average.

  14. ESEA Waiver Accountability Designations

  15. 2012-13 School and District Accountability Summary * The New York City School District is one of the 70 that has been identified as a Focus District. Under the ESEA waiver, each of the 32 community school districts is then analyzed to determine if it will be subject to the Focus District requirements. All community school districts, except for Community School District 31 (Staten Island) were determined to be subject to Focus District requirements.

  16. Identification of Reward Schools SED identified 250 schools in 164 districts as Reward Schools. Reward Schools are either schools that have made the most progress or schools that have the highest achievement in the State and do not have significant gaps in student achievement that are not being closed. Reward Schools can either be: among the top 10% of schools in the state in combined ELA and mathematics Performance Index, or among the top 10% in terms of improvement in the combined Performance Index. Reward Schools are eligible to compete for a Commissioner's Schools Dissemination Grant of up to $100,000, which is currently funded through RTTT.

  17. Identification of Reward Schools,cont. Highest Performing High Schools • Made AYP for Two Academic Years • Gap in Performance Smaller than Three Years Prior for the Accountable Group with the Largest Gap • Graduation Rate Above 80% and Exceeded the State Average for students graduating with advanced designation or CTE for 2010-11 • PI is in Top 20% of All Schools with High School PIs • Exceeded State Average of Graduating At-Risk Students High Progress High Schools • Made AYP for Two Academic Years • Gap in Performance Smaller than Three Years Prior for the Accountable Group with the Largest Gap • Graduation Rate Above 80% and Exceeded the State Average for students graduating with advanced designation or CTE for 2010-11 • PI is in Top 10% in the State in Terms of Gains • Exceeded State Average of Graduating At-Risk Students Highest Performing Elementary Schools • Made AYP for Two Academic Years • Gap in Performance Smaller than Three Years Prior for the Accountable Group with the Largest Gap • PI is in Top 20% of All Schools with Elementary School PIs • Above Average School Student Growth Percentile in both ELA and Math • Above Average Bottom Quartile Student Growth High Progress Elementary Schools • Made AYP for Two Academic Years • Gap in Performance Smaller than Three Years Prior for the Accountable Group with the Largest Gap • PI is in Top 10% in the State in Terms of Gains • Above Average School Student Growth Percentile in both ELA and Math • Above Average Bottom Quartile Student Growth 17

  18. Diagnostic Tool for School and District Effectiveness Beginning in the 2012-13 school year, SED will implement the Diagnostic Tool for School and District Effectiveness (DTSDE) for Priority and Focus Districts and Schools. Replaces current requirements for School Quality Reviews, Curriculum Audits and Joint Intervention Team visits to schools. Comprehensive diagnostic tool that provides clear, actionable recommendations for improvement. Used to determine district and school effectiveness in six areas: district leadership and capacity; school leadership practices and decisions; teacher practices and decisions; curriculum development and support; student social and emotional developmental health; and family and community engagement. Serves as the starting point for all District Comprehensive Improvement Plans, Comprehensive Education Plans, and all other funding plans. Each Focus District will be assessed by an SED led Integrated Intervention Team using the tool. Some schools in each Focus District will be visited by the SED team; others will have a district led self-review using the tool.

  19. SIX TENETS: BIG IDEAS District Leadership & Capacity School Leadership Practices and Decisions Curriculum Development and Support Teacher Practices and Decisions Student Social and Emotional Developmental Health Family and Community Engagement 1.1 Recruiting, hiring and retaining human capital 1.2 Fiscal, facility and fiscal resources 1.3 District vision 1.4 Comprehensive professional development 1.5 Data-Driven Culture 2.1 District support of school leader 2.2 School leader’s vision 2.3 Systems and structures for school development 2.4 School leader’s use of resources 2.5 Use of data and teacher and mid-management effectiveness 3.1 District support concerning curriculum 3.2 Enacted curriculum 3.3 Units and lesson plans 3.4 Teacher collaboration 3.5 Use of data and action planning 4.1 District support of teachers 4.2 Instructional Practices and strategies 4.3 Comprehensive plans for teaching 4.4 Classroom environment and culture 4.5 Use of data, instructional practices and student learning 5.1 District support of student growth 5.2 Systems and partnerships 5.3 Vision for social and emotional developmental health 5.4 Safety 5.5 Use of data and student needs 6.1 District support of family and community engagement 6.2 Welcoming environment 6.3 Reciprocal communication 6.4 Partnerships and responsibility 6.5 Use of data and families 19 DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR SCHOOL AND DISTRICT EFFECTIVENESS

  20. New York State Assessment Transition Plan: ELA and MathematicsAs of March 12, 2012 (Subject to Revision) 1 The PARCC assessments are scheduled to be operational in 2014-15 and are subject to adoption by the New York State Board of Regents. The PARCC assessments are still in development. All PARCC assessments will be aligned to the Common Core. 2 The PARCC consortium is developing ELA and mathematics assessments that will cover grades 3-11. New York State will continue to monitor the development of these assessments to determine how the PARCC assessments might intersect with the Regents Exams. Note that all new Regents Exams and PARCC assessments will be implemented starting with the end-of-year administration, rather than the winter or summer administrations. 3 The names of New York State’s Mathematics Regents Exams are expected to change to reflect the new alignment of these assessments to the Common Core. For additional information about the upper-level mathematics course sequence and related standards, see the “Traditional Pathway” section of Common Core Mathematics Appendix A (http://engageny.org/news/traditional-course-pathway-for-high-school-mathematics-courses-approved/). 4 This transition plan is specific to the NYSAA in ELA and mathematics. 5 New York State is a member of the NCSC national alternate assessment consortium that is engaged in research and development of new alternate assessments for alternate achievement standards. The NCSC assessments are scheduled to be operational in 2014-15 and are subject to adoption by the New York State Board of Regents. • 2012-13: the content of the grade 3-8 tests will be aligned to the Common Core. Sample Common Core questions are available: http://engageny.org/news/common-core-sample-questions-are-now-available/ • 2013-14: some Regents Exams will be aligned to the Common Core • 2014-15: all ELA and math Regents will be aligned to the Common Core • 2014-15: transition to PARCC pending BOR approval

  21. State-Provided Value-Added in 2012-13 for APPR The State will move to a value-added model for educator evaluation in 2012-13, upon the approval of the Board of Regents, which will count for 25% of an evaluation. Additional considerations may be made with the state’s value-added model, and could include: Classroom and school-level characteristics, like percent poverty or students with disabilities or average prior achievement of the classroom. Value-Added indicators will cover Grades 4-8 ELA and Math teachers and their principals, and depending on findings of feasibility analysis: High School Principals Teachers with students taking Regents exams

  22. Accountability Going Forward Whatever Adjustments are necessary as assessments of proficiency standards or scales change or evolve. Seeking to maintain coherence between institutional and individual accountability. Determining whether and how to integrate new metrics into the accountability system.

  23. What Districts Need to be Thinking About Understand and turnkey accountability metrics being used under the ESEA waiver. Take advantage as appropriate of new flexibility. Diagnose, plan and resource, implement, adjust.

  24. For further information, contact: Office of Accountability Ira Schwartz, Assistant Commissioner (718) 722- 2797 or For General Information about the ESEA Waiver Please Email: ACCOUNTINFO@MAIL.NYSED.GOV

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