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Nebraska State Fiscal Stabilization Funds Application Phase II

Nebraska's application for Phase II of the State Fiscal Stabilization Funds, including assurances, achieving equity in teacher distribution, improving data collection and use, standards and assessments, and supporting struggling schools. The application contains 37 descriptors and indicators to meet requirements by September 30, 2011.

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Nebraska State Fiscal Stabilization Funds Application Phase II

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  1. State Fiscal Stabilization Funds Application Phase II

  2. Phase II Application • Four Assurances • Achieving Equity in Teacher Distribution • Improving Collection and Use of Data • Standards and Assessments • Supporting Struggling Schools • Application contains 37 Descriptors and Indicators • If each is not currently in place, the State must submit a plan to meet the requirements by September 30, 2011, except as noted

  3. Nebraska’s Application and Plan • Due January 11, 2010 • ARRA Transparency and Accountability • SFSF Application Phase II • All data collected through this plan • Updated regularly • Posted on NDE ARRA webpage and linked to State’s Nebraska.Recovery.gov

  4. Phase II Application Part 1. Governor and Commissioner signed cover Part 2. Maintenance of Effort information Part 3A. Assurance Indicators and Descriptors Part 3B. Data Collection and Public Reporting Plan Part 3C. General Requirements

  5. Achieving Equity in Teacher Distribution (a)(1) NCLB Qualified Teacher data • Already reported on the State of the Schools Report (a)(2)Nebraska’s Teacher Equity Plan • NE’s high- and low-poverty schools have similar percentages of NCLB Qualified Teachers • Current plan needs to be updated before posting

  6. Teacher Evaluation Systems Descriptor (a)(1) • Each district must describe their teacher evaluation system and how the results of the evaluations are used in • Teacher development • Compensation • Promotion • Retention • Removal

  7. Evaluation Descriptions The description must indicate whether the system includes (a)(3) student achievement outcomes as an evaluation criterion (see next slide); (a)(4) ratings or levels of performance by name and number (of levels); and (a)(5) if the number and percentage of teachers at each level of performance is reported to the public

  8. Student Achievement Outcomes • Student achievement outcomes includes, at a minimum, one of the following: • student performance on summative assessments, or on assessments predictive of student performance on summative assessments, in terms of absolute performance, gains, or growth; • student grades; and • rates at which students are on track to graduate from high school with a regular high school diploma • rates at which students are on track to graduate can include credit accumulation, student attendance, core course failures, and behavior referrals

  9. Principal Performance Descriptor (a)(2) • Each district must describe their principal evaluation system and how the results of the evaluations are used in • Principal development • Compensation • Promotion • Retention • Removal

  10. Principal Performance (a)(7) The description must include an indication of whether the principal evaluation system include levels of performance and the name and number of levels • Note: Principal performance results are not required to be publicly reported by school

  11. Teacher and Principal Data • Descriptions of teacher and principal evaluation systems will be collected in the Spring 2010 • From this collection, NDE will learn the performance levels (if any) in these evaluation systems • NDE will collect the number and percent of teachers and principals at each performance level in Spring 2011.

  12. Improving Collection and Use of Data (b)(1)The 12 Data Elements of America COMPETES Act P-16 (Preschool through Postsecondary) 1. Statewide student identifier • NSSRS includes P-12, need to add postsecondary 2. Enrollment, demographic and program participation data • NSSRS includes P-12, need to add postsecondary

  13. 12 Data Elements Continued 3. Exit, transfer, drop-out, and completion data • NSSRS includes P-12, need to add postsecondary 4. Capacity to communicate with higher education data systems • Not currently available but will be when data elements 1, 2 and 3 are in place 5. An auditing system to assess data quality • In place with NSSRS

  14. Plan for Postsecondary Data • NSSRS can be expanded to • Assign an NDE Student ID to all postsecondary students • Collect data for Data Elements 2 and 3 using postsecondary components for NSSRS warehouse

  15. Factors Affecting Timelines • In order for Nebraska to meet the timelines in SFSF Application Phase II • A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with each of the postsecondary institutions • Funding for expansion of NSSRS $578,284 plus funding for NDE staff, postsecondary and trainers, etc. ($800,000) • Funding requested in NE’s SLDS grant; if not funded, will need to seek an appropriation from Legislature • Availability of postsecondary component of warehouse

  16. 12 Data Elements Continued P-12 (Preschool to 12th grade) 6. State assessment records • In place with NSSRS and NeSA 7. Information on students not assessed • In place with NSSRS and NeSA

  17. 12 Data Elements Continued 8. Teacher identifier system with the ability to match teachers to students • Unique ID for teachers • Teachers to courses to classes to students 9. Student transcript information, including courses completed and grades earned at high school level • NE can meet these requirements by using a new Student Grade template that contains a Section identifier (for each class) and by modifying the new online Curriculum Report to include this Section identifier

  18. 12 Data Elements Continued 10. Student-level college readiness test scores (ACT, SAT, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate) • In place with NSSRS

  19. 12 Data Elements Continued Postsecondary 11. Extent to which students transition successfully to postsecondary including whether students enroll in remedial classes • Using cohort graduation data (cohort data not available until after 2010-11 school year) 12. Information to address alignment and adequate preparation for success in postsecondary education

  20. Improving Collection and Use of Data (b)(2) State to provide growth data to teachers of Reading and Math on their current and previous years’ students in grades 3-8 and 11 in a manner that is timely and informs instruction • Application and plan need to indicate the State has the means to do this by September 30, 2011 • NeSA will provide this for Reading by Sept. 2011 and Math by Sept. 2012

  21. Improving Collection and Use of Data (b)(3)The State to provide teachers of Reading and Math in grades 3-8 and 11 with reports of individual teacher impact on student achievement • State Plan must indicate it has the means to provide the reports by September 30, 2011 • NeSA will provide this for Reading by Sept. 2011 and Math by Sept. 2012

  22. Standards and Assessments (c)(1), (2) and (3) Approval Status of State’s assessment system, including alternate assessments (Nebraska’s alternate assessments based on grade level achievement standards) • Nebraska’s status is “In process” with our compliance agreement

  23. Standards and Assessments (c) (c)(5) and (7) Number and percentage of English Language Learners and Students with disabilities included in the State assessments of Reading and Math • Reported on the State of the Schools Report

  24. Standards and Assessments (c)(4) and (6) Analysis of the appropriateness and effectiveness of accommodations for • English Language Learners, and • Students with disabilities (c)(7) Whether the State provides native language assessments (c)(9)NAEP results reported • Included on the State of the Schools Report

  25. Standards and Assessments (c)(10) The number and percentage of students who graduate from high school using the cohort graduation data • Report by district and school • Disaggregated by NCLB subgroups • Minimum group size (30) applies • Cohort graduation rate data becomes available in 2010-11

  26. Standards and Assessments (c)(11) Of the students included in the cohort graduation data, the number and percentage who enroll in an institution of higher education within 16 months of receiving a regular high school diploma • Report by district and school • Disaggregated by NCLB subgroups • Minimum group size (30) applies • Cohort graduation rate data becomes available in 2010-11

  27. Standards and Assessments (c)(12) Of the students included in the cohort graduation data who enroll in a public institution of higher education, the number and percentage who complete at least one year’s worth of college credit (applicable to a degree) within two years of enrollment • Report by district and school • Disaggregated by NCLB subgroups • Minimum group size (30) applies • Cohort graduation rate data becomes available in 2010-11

  28. Supporting Struggling Schools (d)(1) and (2) Average statewide school gain in the “all students” and for each NCLB subgroup in Reading and Mathematics and the number and percentage of Title I schools in school improvement that have made progress • Reading = 71.43% (15 of 21) • Math = 66.67% (14 of 21)

  29. Persistently Lowest-Achieving Schools (PLAS) • A process that replaces AYP of NCLB • Must identify the persistently lowest-achieving schools now and must post the names on the NDE ARRA homepage when this SFSF Application is approved • Only PLAS schools are eligible for the 17 million in ARRA School Improvement Grants • Only PLAS schools can benefit from the $800,000+ ARRA SIG provides for technical assistance

  30. Supporting Struggling Schools Descriptor (d)(1) Persistently lowest-achieving schools are • Lowest performing schools as ranked for combined Reading and Math results for the “all students” group over a number of years • Plus any high school with a graduation rate of less than 60 % • Nebraska is requesting to also include any high school with a graduation rate of less than 75%

  31. Supporting Struggling Schools (d)(3) and (5) Number and identity of the persistently lowest-achieving schools • The lowest 5 Title I schools in school improvement, and • The lowest 5% of the secondary schools that are Title I eligible but not served, and • Any high school with a graduation rate of less than 60% (or, if approved for Nebraska of less than 75%.)

  32. Supporting Struggling Schools (d)(4) and (6) Of the persistently lowest-achieving schools, the number and identity of those schools that, in the last year, have been • Turned around • Restarted • Closed, or • Transformed

  33. School Reform Models • PLAS accepting ARRA School Improvement Grants must use one of the four models: • Turnaround, • Restart, • Close, or • Transformation

  34. General Requirements • How State will review and verify data to ensure data quality • How State will ensure all FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act) requirements are being met

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