Utah ESEA Flexibility

1. Utah ESEA Flexibility Approved Plan: http://www.schools.utah.gov/data/Educational-Data/Accountability-School-Performance/Utah-ESEA-Flexibility-Request.aspx Revised 8/8/2012

2. Flexibility: Immediate Impact • UPASS Report data elements will be included in the Utah Comprehensive Accountability System (UCAS) Report • UPASS Progress scores will be included in the 2011-12 SERF

3. Utah’s ESEA Flexibility Proposal • Based on Utah Core Standards, Utah assessment philosophy, and Utah educator evaluation plan • Utah did not give up anything in the negotiation process with the US Department of Education • Utah retains complete control of its assessment, accountability and educator evaluation policy • Allows Utah to move forward with Utah priorities and lessen federal constraints

4. Point Structure for Elementary, Intermediate, & Middle Schools Schools without a 12th grade includes students in grades 3-8

5. Point Structure for High Schools Schools with a 12th grade includes students in grades 9-12

6. Subgroups • Identifies belowproficient students as a single subgroup • Below Proficient Subgroup = All students who scored below proficiency (level 1 or 2) on the previous year’s CRT • Below Proficient Subgroup is determined independently for each content area (ELA, Math, Science) • Ensures all students who are below standard, regardless of group, are the focus for improvement • Below proficient subgroup is double weighted in the growth calculation to increase focus on those most at risk • Complete disaggregated data for all 10 subgroups will be included in UCAS report including gap analysis

7. Participation Requirement • A school must meet the 95% participation rate for the whole school and non-proficient subgroups of 40 students or more in each content area • Participation is calculated for the whole school and the non-proficient subgroup • Schools not meeting the participation requirement will receive a UCAS total score of 0

8. Achievement • Proficiency based on: - CRTs - DWA • CRTs tests weighted equally • In grades with no DWA, each content area is weighted equally (one third) • When the DWA is included, it counts for one-half of the weight of one CRT content area • The weighted percent proficient is scaled to 300 possible points • UAA tests will be included

9. Sample Achievement Calculation Schools without DWA , content areas are weighted equally (1/3 each)

10. College & Career Readiness • Readiness accounts for 150 of the 300 points for high schools in the achievement component. • The readiness component is the federal graduation rate calculation as approved by USED. All graduation reporting includes this rate. • For purposes of calculating UCAS, the graduation rate is calculated by multiplying the graduation rate by 150 (e.g. .70 x 150 = 105).

11. Sample High School Achievement Calculation

12. Student Growth Percentile SGP

13. Growthcomparedto peers

14. Student Growth Percentile • Student growth is determined by comparing the performance of a student with all other students in the state with the same past performance (1-3 years of CRT scores) • This results in fair and appropriate growth determinations for students who are achieving at low, medium and high achieving students

15. Student Growth Percentile • Compute an SGP for each year a student has an assessment scale score: • Identify a student scale score for all past years where a score exists for that student • Determine the academic peer group (all students in the state with the “same” scale scores for all of the same years) for each student • Determine how performance in the current year compares with that of the student’s peer group to produce a growth percentile

16. Example Finding a 6th grade student’s SGP Peer Group Bob had these scores: 2011(5th)2010(4th)2009(3th) 159 157 161 • Find every 6th grade student in the state with the same 3-year score sequence. They become Bob’s peer group. • SGP answers the question: Bob got a 160 this year. How does that compare to his/her peers? • * If the peer group median for 2012 was 159, then Bob beat the median and is given more growth points. • * If the peer group median for 2012 was 163, then Bob had lower growth and would be given fewer growth points.

17. How can the SGP be used? • Student SGP: - Student, Parent, Teachers - Review student history of achievement and growth - Realistic goal setting for future growth • Class MGP: - Median SGP for every student in the class - Teachers, School Administrators - Review class history of achievement and growth - Realistic goal setting for future growth

18. How can the SGP be used? • School MGP - Median SGP for every student in the school - Teachers, School and District administrators - Review school history of achievement and growth - Realistic goal setting for future growth • District MGP - Median SGP for every student in the district - School and District administrators - Review district history of achievement and growth - Realistic goal setting for future growth

19. Growth Calculation Growth Points Rubric Example calculation

20. Growth Calculation Example calculation Total Growth Points School Total Growth Points = 191

21. UCAS Reporting • UCAS reporting will be done in PSD Gateway • Drillable school reports • Individual Student Growth Reports with trajectory to proficiency • Subgroup disaggregated data

24. Additional Calculations • Full academic year (FAY) unchanged • Minimum N • Achievement/Growth =10 • Participation =40 • Schools must have data for all components to receive a report (no growth scores = no report)