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Education YES! Update. Michigan Department of Education Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability October-November, 2007. Accountability Components. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) No Child Left Behind Act State Accreditation – Education YES! Michigan Revised School Code.
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Education YES! Update Michigan Department of Education Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability October-November, 2007
Accountability Components • Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) • No Child Left Behind Act • State Accreditation – Education YES! • Michigan Revised School Code
Legal Requirements from Code • Annual Report • School Improvement Plan • Core Curriculum • Assessment of ELA/reading and mathematics grades 1-5 • High School Courses • NAEP Participation if Selected
Education YES! • Developed in 2002 • Used since 2002-03 • Time to start looking at changes, revisions, and improvements • Student Achievement • Indicators
Education YES! to date Achievement Change Achievement Status Indicators
Education YES! Plan 2003 Achievement Change Achievement Status Achievement Growth Indicators
Proposed for 2007-08 Achievement Status adjusted for Progress or Change Indicators
Achievement Status • A score and grade for each subject counted at the school • Uses data for all subjects counted at the school • Includes assessments assigned by feeder code for grades 3-9 • Based on the best of most recent year, most recent two years, or most recent three years
Performance Level Change Designations • Used to compare the achievement of the same students at adjacent grade levels • Same student from grade 3 to grade 4 • Improvement or decline within a performance level is recognized
Predicted Achievement • A prediction will be made for each content area and grade level that were tested in previous years and that are not used for Performance Level Change Designations • Science • Social Studies • High Schools
Indicators to be Phased In • SIF Report • Rubrics or SAR for NCA schools • School Improvement Plan • External Data • Extra Credit
MDE/NCA Partnership • Streamline Reporting • North Central Association (AdvancEd) • NCA Schools • Standards and Assessment Report to MDE in place of Rubrics Report • Other Schools • Update rubrics report on AdvancEd site
Indicators of School Performance • Rubrics developed based on the School Improvement Framework • 90 rubrics were pilot tested in the spring of 2006 • 2006-07 reporting based on the new rubrics • 40 rubrics selected for reporting by all schools • All rubrics are available for school use
School Improvement Framework Strands • Teaching for Learning • Leadership • Personnel and Professional Learning • School and Community Relations • Data and Information Management
School Improvement Framework • 40 Evidence Bearing Indicators • All 5 Strands • Strand 1: 11 Indicators • Strand 2: 10 Indicators • Strand 3: 7 Indicators • Strand 4: 5 Indicators • Strand 5: 7 Indicators
External Data • All Levels • Percent Highly Qualified Teachers • Student Attendance Rate • Parent Teacher Conference Attendance • Instructional Staff turnover rate • Percent of staff involved in Professional Development • Percent of new teachers mentored • Years of experience based on date of hire • Percent of teachers working under permit
External Data • Elementary • District offers school readiness program • Middle Schools • Percent of students taking Algebra 1 • High Schools • Graduation and Dropout Rates • Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment • Percent Participating • Percent Taking and Percent Passing AP exams
Education YES! Plans 2007-08 • Credit for reporting self-rating, evidence or SAR for NCA schools • External Data • “Extra Credit”
Possible “Extra Credit” • Additional Data Collection and Use • Surveys of parents, staff, students • Peer Review • Program Distinction • Limit on effect of “Extra Credit” for Grade and Score
Unified AYP and Grade B A A B C D F B (iv) B Education YES! Composite Score C (iii) C D/Alert (ii) C Unaccredited (i) D/Alert (ii) No AYP Makes AYP (i) – (iv) – Priorities for Assistance
Education YES Plans • 2006-07 is a Statewide Pilot • 2007-08 • Link self-rating and evidence to Action Plan • Additional External Data • “Extra Credit” • Student Progress related to Achievement Status
Approval Steps • State Board – November • Public Hearings – December • State Board – February • Legislative Committees
Contact Information Paul Bielawski Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability Michigan Department of Education PO Box 30008 Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 335-5784 bielawskip@michigan.gov