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School Accountability Update September 2006 – April 2007

School Accountability Update September 2006 – April 2007. Overview of Bulletin 111 Changes. Preliminary Release SPS Component Changes Growth SPS Baseline SPS Subgroup Component Changes Label Changes SI/AA Changes Disaster Accountability.

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School Accountability Update September 2006 – April 2007

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  1. School Accountability Update September 2006 – April 2007

  2. Overview of Bulletin 111 Changes • Preliminary Release • SPS Component Changes • Growth SPS • Baseline SPS • Subgroup Component Changes • Label Changes • SI/AA Changes • Disaster Accountability

  3. Schools Included in Preliminary Accountability Release (Aug. 1) For 2007, schools identified as: • Failing the Subgroup Component based on spring 2006 test results, • Failing the SPS Component based on the 2007 Baseline SPS; or • Failing the SPS Component based on the 2006 Baseline SPS; or • Being in school improvement (any level) in academic year 2006-07 Bulletin 111, Section 301

  4. SPS Component Changes

  5. Inclusion of Students in the SPS • As in the past two years of Accountability releases, only students who have been in a district for a Full Academic Year (Oct. enrollment and time of testing) will count in the school’s SPS Assessment Index. Bulletin 111, Section 515

  6. 2007 Growth SPS • Will use assessment data from 2007 and attendance and dropout data from 2006 • Calculated using • LEAP/GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1, and LAA 2 test data • Attendance data • Dropout data Bulletin 111, Section 301

  7. 2007 Growth SPS • Assessment Index will use achievement levels from each test converted to index points • LEAP/GEE/iLEAP • Advanced = 200 points • Mastery = 150 points • Basic = 100 points • Approaching Basic = 50 points • Unsatisfactory = 0 points Bulletin 111, Section 405

  8. 2007 Growth SPS • LAA 1 Accountability Conversion • Average of 4 State-specified skill levels (0-5) converted to an index and included in the SPS and Subgroup % Proficient Calculations Bulletin 111, Section 3905

  9. 2007 Growth SPS • LAA 2 Accountability Achievement Levels • Grades 4-11 included in the Growth SPS Bulletin 111, Section 3905

  10. 2007 Growth SPS – K-8 • Two or three Indexes • Assessment Index • 90% weight • Attendance Index • 10% weight for schools with grades K-6 • 5% weight for schools with grades 7 and 8 • Dropout Index • 5% weight for schools with grades 7 and 8 Bulletin 111, Section 301

  11. 2007 Growth SPS – K-8 • Assessment Index Grade – Subject weighting Bulletin 111, Section 405

  12. Spring Incentive Points – K-8 • As in 2005 and 2006, if during 2007 spring testing, a repeating 4th grader or an Option I 8th grader scores at a higher achievement level on a LEAP test, the school shall receive 50 incentive points per subject improved Bulletin 111, Section 307

  13. Summer Incentive Points – K-8 • For the 2007 accountability results, if during the 2006 summer school, a 4th or 8th grade student earns a score at a higher achievement level than the previous spring, the school that the student attended in the spring will receive 50 incentive points per subject improved Bulletin 111, Section 307

  14. 2007 Growth SPS – K-8 • Assessment Index Calculation • Sum index points and incentive points for each test unit • Multiply each sum times its appropriate grade-subject weight • Sum the weighted index points • Sum the grade-subject weights of each testing unit • Divide sum of weighted points by sum of the grade-subject weights Bulletin 111, Section 405

  15. 2007 Growth SPS – High Schools • Three Indexes • Assessment Index • 90% weight • Attendance Index • 5% weight • Dropout Index • 5% weight Bulletin 111, Section 303

  16. 2007 Growth SPS – High Schools • Assessment Index Weights Bulletin 111, Section 409

  17. 2007 Growth SPS – High Schools • As in past years, the Assessment Index will continue to be adjusted by a dropout adjustment factor based upon a goal of no more than 4% dropouts • For the 2006 Growth SPS the expectation was no more than 7% dropouts Bulletin 111, Section 409

  18. Option II 8th Grade Incentive Points • Due to the change in High Stakes testing policy, Option II 8th graders and the incentive points associated with these students no longer exist Bulletin 111, Section 307

  19. 2007 Growth SPS – High Schools • Assessment Index Calculation • Multiply each test unit index points times its appropriate grade-subject weight and the appropriate dropout adjustment • Sum weighted points • Sum grade-subject weights of each testing unit • Divide sum of weighted points by sum of the grade-subject weights Bulletin 111, Section 409

  20. 2007 Growth SPS - Combo Schools • Assessment Index calculated using a weighted average of the K-8 and 9-12 Assessment Indexes • K-8 portion weighted by the number of test units from spring tests in grades 3-8 • 9-12 portion weighted by the number of test units from spring tests in grades 9-11 Bulletin 111, Section 301

  21. 2007 Growth SPS - Combo Schools • Attendance Index calculated using a weighted average of K-8 and 9-12 Attendance Indexes • K-8 portion weighted by the number of students in grades K-8 • 9-12 portion weighted by the number of students in grades 9-12 • Dropout Index calculated using a weighted average of K-8 and 9-12 Dropout Indexes • K-8 portion weighted by the number of students in grades 7and 8 • 9-12 portion weighted by the number of students in grades 9-12 Bulletin 111, Sections 301, 511 and 513

  22. 2007 Baseline SPS • LAA 1 Accountability Conversion • Grades 4-11 scores will be based on change in scaled scores from one year to the next • Minimal Growth or higher are considered proficient Not Approved by USED Bulletin 111, Section 3905

  23. 2007 Baseline SPS • LAA 1 Accountability Conversion • Grade 3 scores will be based upon scaled scores • Levels II, III, and IV are considered proficient ?????????????????????????? Bulletin 111, Section 3905

  24. 2007 Baseline SPS • LAA 2 Accountability Achievement Levels • Grades 4-11 for 2007 included • Grade 4, 8, 10 ELA and math and grade 11 science and Social Studies for 2006 included Bulletin 111, Section 3905

  25. 2007 Baseline SPS – K-8 Schools • Calculated in the same manner as the 2006 Baseline SPS for K-8 schools, but will include two years (2005-06 and 2006-07) of assessment data Bulletin 111, Section 301

  26. 2007 Baseline SPS – High Schools • Calculated using two indexes • Assessment Index (70% weight) • Graduation Index (30% weight) Bulletin 111, Section 301

  27. 2007 Baseline SPS – High Schools • Assessment Index will use the same tests and subject-grade weighting as the 2007 Growth SPS, but will incorporate two years of testing data (Spring ’06 and Spring ’07) Bulletin 111, Section 301

  28. 2007 Baseline SPS – High Schools • Graduation Index cohort definition • All students entering as first-time freshmen • Tracked for four years • Students who transfer into the school from outside the LEA on or before October 1 of their 11th grade year will be added to the cohort • Students who transfer into the school from within the district on or before October 1 of their 12th grade year will be added to the cohort Bulletin 111, Sections 601-603

  29. 2007 Baseline SPS – High Schools • Graduation Index cohort definition (continued) • Early graduates will be included with what would have been their four-year cohort • Students with Disabilities whose IEPs state that they will take longer than 4 years to graduate will be added to the cohort with which they graduate, provided they are less than 22 years old at the beginning of the academic year • Legitimate leavers are taken out of the cohort Bulletin 111, Sections 601-603

  30. 2007 Baseline SPS – High Schools • Graduation Index point values Bulletin 111, Section 613

  31. 2007 Baseline SPS – Combo Schools • Calculated using a weighted average of the K-8 and 9-12 School Performance Scores • K-8 portion weighted by the number of eligible spring testers in grades 3-8 • 9-12 portion weighted by the number of eligible spring testers in grades 9-11 plus the number of members of the cohort used as the denominator in the Graduation Index calculation Bulletin 111, Section 303

  32. Inclusion of Schools for 2007 (and beyond) • To receive a 2007 Growth SPS, a school must have at least 40 testing units in any combination of LEAP/GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1 or LAA 2 • To receive a 2007 Baseline SPS, a school must have at least 80 units in any combination of LEAP/GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1, LAA 2 or Graduation Index cohort membership • Each Grad Index cohort member will count as 4 units for this determination Bulletin 111, Section 519

  33. Pairing and Sharing Data • Pairing data will no longer be necessary for most schools • For the 2007 Growth SPS and the 2007 Baseline SPS, schools that have no testing grade will share one grade of testing data from a school into which its students feed Bulletin 111, Section 521

  34. Pairing and Sharing Data • Any school enrolling only 12th grade students will share data with a school or schools containing grades 9-11 from which the majority of its students are sent • Used to define the school’s cohort for the Graduation Index • SPS will be based solely on the school’s Graduation Index Bulletin 111, Section 521

  35. Pairing and Sharing Data • Any school with a K-2 and 9-12 configuration will receive an SPS based solely upon the 9-12 data Bulletin 111, Section 521

  36. Subgroup Component Changes

  37. Subgroup Component – Inclusion of Students • In 2007, the Subgroup Component % Proficiencies will use test (LEAP, GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1 and LAA 2 tests) results from ELA and math for grades 3-8 and grade 10 for both the % Proficiency AMO analysis and Safe Harbor decrease in % Non-Proficiency analysis Bulletin 111, Sections 701 and 707

  38. Subgroup Component - 2007 Additional Academic Indicator • For schools with a 12th grade, the 2007 Subgroup Component analysis will include a cohort Graduation Rate to replace the Non-Dropout Rate as the school Additional Academic Indicator • The cohort for this Graduation Rate is defined in the same way as the cohort for the Graduation Index • For 2007 only, the Safe Harbor AAI growth will continue to use non-dropout rates Bulletin 111, Section 701

  39. Label and RemedyChanges

  40. 2007 Growth Labels • Schools with a Performance Label of Three Stars and a Baseline SPS > 105 will not receive a negative Growth Label • In 2005, the “bar” was 100 Bulletin 111, Section 1101

  41. 2007 Growth Labels • Exemplary and Recognized Academic Growth Criteria change • No longer calculating a full Subgroup Performance Score (GPS) for all subgroups • Calculating a weighted Subgroup Assessment Index (SAI) for the Economically Disadvantaged and Students with Disabilities subgroups • Assessment Index with grade-subject weighting for the students in each of these subgroups Bulletin 111, Sections 903 and 1301

  42. 2007 Growth Labels • Exemplary and Recognized Academic Growth Criteria change • For Exemplary Academic Growth (EAG), a school must • Make its Growth Target, and • Economically Disadvantaged and Students with Disabilities SAI must grow by at least 2 points, and • The school must not be in SI Bulletin 111, Sections 903 and 1301

  43. 2007 Growth Labels • Exemplary and Recognized Academic Growth Criteria change • For Recognized Academic Growth (RAG), a school must • Make its Growth Target, but • Economically Disadvantaged and Students with Disabilities SAI does not grow by at least 2 points, and/or • The school is in SI Bulletin 111, Sections 903 and 1301

  44. School Improvement /Academic Assistance Changes

  45. Entry into Academic Assistance (Current) Schools that fail to meet their growth targets enter Academic Assistance level 1 (AA1) when: • They receive a One Star performance label and fail to meet their growth target; or • They receive a Two Star performance label and do not make at least 0.1 SPS points of growth; or • They receive a Three Star performance label and decline more than 2.5 SPS points. Bulletin 111, Sections 1101 and 1403

  46. Entry into Academic Assistance (Proposed) Beginning in 2007, schools with growth targets greater than 7.0 points shall enter Academic Assistance level 1 (AA1). • In 2010, this value decreases to 6.0 points, and in 2013, to 5.0 points. Bulletin 111, Section 1403

  47. Waivers from AA Status (Proposed) Districts may submit requests to the State Superintendent of Education for waivers from AA status if: 1.The total number of academically unacceptable (AUS) schools, schools in school improvement, and schools in academic assistance exceeds 30% of the non-alternative schools in the district. • Waiver requests based on the 30% limit must be for individual schools and can only serve as a means to establish a reasonable number of schools on which to focus resources. Bulletin 111, Section 1403

  48. Waivers from AA Status (Proposed) 2. The school or schools for which a district is requesting waivers implemented reforms or innovations that should show substantially improved student achievement the following year. • Any waiver request based on 2 must be accompanied by documentation that shows implementation of the reforms/innovations in the previous year. • The documentation must include classroom observations. A school cannot receive a waiver for 2 consecutive years based on 2. Bulletin 111, Section 1403

  49. Exit from Academic Assistance (Current) • A school shall exit academic assistance when the fall accountability results indicate it has achieved its growth target and its new growth target is less than or equal to 8.0 SPS points. Bulletin 111, Section 1407

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