NDE Data Conference April 29, 2013

1. NDE Data ConferenceApril 29, 2013 Dr. Valorie Foy valorie.foy@nebraska.gov Dr. John Moon john.moon@nebraska.gov

2. The Assessment Team Dr. Valorie Foy, Director Jeremy Heneger, Assistant Director Dr. John Moon, NeSA Project Manager Dr. Ed Foy, Writing Coordinator Dr. Ted Larson, NAEP Coordinator Jackie Naber, Administrative Assistant

3. Data Quality Due date when assessment data is available to districts. During the auditing window districts can submit changes to the data (at least two weeks). Districts are encouraged to use the validation and verification reports in the portal to audit their data. After auditing window, the data is considered final and ready for official use.

4. Data Uploads to DRC Provide updated student data to NSSRS for writing upload to DRC – December 2, 2013 Data for writing assessment uploaded to DRC on December 5, 2013 Provide updated student data to NSSRS for reading, math, and science (RMS) upload to DRC – January 31, 2014 Data for RMS assessments uploaded to DRC on February 3, 2014 Alternate Flag in Special Education Template needs to be updated as well.

5. Comparability Site (SOSR) Compare tool on the State of the Schools Report allows you to select between 2 and 7 districts or schools to compare. The selected schools/districts can be compared for characteristics, NePAS, NeSA, and AYP. Characteristics – poverty %, ELL %, SPED %, Mobility %, Grad %, Membership, Highly Mobile % NePAS – Status, Improvement, and Growthfor all three levels NeSA – Percent Proficient – by subgroup, by grade, by subject AYP – Met or Not Met – by school level, by reading and math.

6. Audit NeSA Assessment Data • Available through the Portal, districts will be able to audit assessment the following assessment data for district/school: • Average scale score by subgroup, by subject, and by grade. • Performance Level – percent below, meets, and exceeds by subgroup, by subject, and by grade. • Student scale scores, performance level, and reason not tested. • Shows both NeSA General and Alternate results

7. NeSA-Writing Release

8. Release for Reading, Math, Science

9. Conversion Charts for Reading, Math, Science Posted on NDE-Assessment Site May 9 or 10

10. Reading, Math, Science Corrections Window June 10-June 21

11. NePAS

12. Section I-Scores with Rankings-Four Charts Elementary Grade-Level Configuration Grades 3-5 Middle Grade-Level Configuration Grades 6-8 Secondary Grade-Level Configuration Grades 9-12 District Grades 3-12

13. Assessment Components Status Improvement Growth Participation

14. Scale Scores and RankingsStatus=Average Scale Score Reading E M S D Math E M S D Science E M S D Writing E M S D

15. Status

16. Scale Scores and RankingsImprovement= Difference of Average Scale ScoresCompares scores of groups of students (classes) Reading E M S D Math E M S D Science E M S D Writing E M S D

17. Improvement Improvement=21.98

18. Scale Scores and RankingsGrowth= Average of Differences in Scale ScoresGrowth based on matched student data in the same district-consecutive years Reading E M D Math E M D

19. Growth 10 or more students 0 Growth = One Year 39/7=5.57 Growth

20. NeSA

23. Check for Learning

24. C4L- Early April  • 170 member districts • Over 7,000 teacher created items in reading, math, and science • Over 112,000 student accounts • Over 255,000 tests have been administered online • Districts have created over 31,000 unique assessments

25. C4L Last Week 190 test administrations