Florida’s Race to the Top

1. Florida’s Race to the Top The Technology terrain Kris Ellington Deputy Commissioner Accountability, Research & Measurement Florida Department of Education

2. The Map • The Vision and Plan • The Statewide Longitudinal Data System Program • Technology for Learning and Assessment in RTT • Certification of Readiness • Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) Florida Department of Education

3. Florida’s Race to the Top Vision Identify and support highly effective teachers and school leaders to provide world class instruction to an internationally diverse student population and ensure their capacity to move our country to the top academically and economically. http://www.fldoe.org/ARRA/RacetotheTop.asp Florida Department of Education

4. Florida’s Education Strategic Plan Mission Increase the proficiency of all students within one seamless, efficient system, by providing them with the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills through learning opportunities and research valued by students, parents, and communities, and to maintain an accountability system that measures student progress toward the following goals: • Highest student achievement • Seamless articulation and maximum access • Skilled workforce and economic development • Quality efficient services Florida Department of Education

5. State Instructional Technology Plan *Adopted by the State Board of Education - December 2009 Florida Department of Education

6. Florida Department of Education

7. Technology-based Resources from RTT Florida Department of Education

8. Longitudinal Data System • The “System” • Public pre-kindergarten through graduate school with student level data for public schools, community colleges, career and technical education, adult education, and the state university system • Staff, facilities, finance, and financial aid • Post-school employment and non-education system program data • Dependencies • State level imperatives, funding • System of common course numbers and directories • Statewide articulation agreements and oversight committee • A state level culture of data management and interagency sharing • A means to follow the records of individual students across geographic areas, education sectors, and related programmatic areas. • 72 School Districts, 28 community colleges, 11 state universities • Very open public records laws Florida Department of Education

9. The SLDS Systems Project 3 Grants • Statewide Longitudinal Data System, Round 3 • July 2009 – June 2014 • Statewide Longitudinal Data System, ARRA • July 2010 – June 2013 • Race to the Top, Section C • October 2010 – June 2014 2 Foci • Accessing Data • Using Data Florida Department of Education

10. A Coherent System of Improvements Florida Department of Education

11. Accessing Data Florida Department of Education

12. Using Data Florida Department of Education

13. Using Data Florida Department of Education

14. RTT Participating Districts Technology Assurance Key Personnel –includes Assessment, Technology, and Curriculum directors Access to Technology – Examine data from surveys and certification tool to ensure student access to technology, prioritizing funding for schools in most need Assessment – Ensure resources to support the range of assessments (EOC, FAIR, FCAT, formative, etc.) throughout the project period Instruction – Address how upgrades to technology and infrastructure, or additional purchases, will improve instruction Bandwidth – Examine and address infrastructure needs Sustainability – Identify other funding sources or mechanisms to continue beyond RTT Budget – Align budget to activities and related, reasonable expenditures Florida Department of Education

15. Computer-Based Assessments Certification • For RTT, participating districts are required to demonstrate readiness for computer-based testing as certified through completion and submission of Florida’s online certification tool. • A certification process will be repeated every year, with modifications as needed. • Goal: All FCAT 2.0 and End-of-Course Assessments online by 2014-15. Florida Department of Education

16. Computer-Based Assessments Certification For 2010-2011, this certification included: • Initial survey of schools and districts to determine computer capacity vs. estimated number of students (fall 2010) • Completion of action plans to address any deficiencies noted in initial survey (fall 2010) • Statewide participation in trial of district and school infrastructure using testing software and a mock test (winter 2010) • Final survey of schools and districts to assess actual computer capacity vs. actual number of students to be tested (spring 2011) Florida Department of Education

17. Florida Department of Education

18. Goals • A pathway to college and career readiness • Assessments that enable cross-state comparisons • Better assessments • Better use of technology in assessments • Match investments in testing with investments in teaching Florida Department of Education

19. Technology in PARCC • Develop state-of-the-art technology solutions to maximize the quality, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the system. • Provide interoperable, open-source tools that will be incorporated into states’ systems. • Deliver all assessments, with limited exceptions, on computer. • Leverage advances in technology to incorporate computer-scorable items that assess higher order skills better than most traditional selected-response items. Florida Department of Education

20. Technology in PARCC • Employ a combination of computer and distributed human scoring to take advantage of the speed of turnaround, cost savings and efficiencies that artificial intelligence (AI) scoring can provide. • Provide a centralized Interactive Data Tool and reporting platform/system that will work in tandem with SLDS. • Provide analysis and reporting tools that make assessment results useful to teachers, school leaders and policymakers. Florida Department of Education

21. Overview of DOE at FETC • Sessions in Room 210C • Computer based testing • Access to online digital content and resources • Professional development for educators on technology • Data and digital tools for Differentiated Accountability • Meetings in Room 319 • Florida Virtual Curriculum Marketplace • Moving toward digital content • Research and evaluation of technology grants • Local Instructional Improvement Systems (Thurs @ 9 am) Florida Department of Education

22. For more information http://www.fldoe.org/arra/RacetotheTop.asp http://www.fldoe.org/parcc/ http://www.achieve.org/PARCC http://floridatechplan.org/ ARM@fldoe.org