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Testing and Accountability Update

Testing and Accountability Update. July, 2010. Dr. Karen Schafer Office of Testing and Accountability. What’s Up With School Grades ?. July 12: Letter from Hillsborough, Duval, Broward, Dade, Leon noting “significant anomalies” in FCAT data

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Testing and Accountability Update

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  1. Testing and Accountability Update July, 2010 Dr. Karen Schafer Office of Testing and Accountability

  2. What’s Up With School Grades? • July 12: Letter from Hillsborough, Duval, Broward, Dade, Leon noting “significant anomalies” in FCAT data • “substantial decreases in learning gains components” • “losses are especially prominent in the lowest 25% reading gains, particularly at elementary level” • “serious consequences for the School Grade and AYP designation” and DA decisions • Requested review of data & delay of release of School Grades and AYP

  3. What’s Up With School Grades? • DOE Response • Request for more information from other districts • “confident in the accuracy and reliability of this year’s FCAT results, as independently confirmed by The Buros Center for Testing” • Has contracted with HumRRO and The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment for audits of 2010 results and equating with previous years’ results • Created website for transparency http://www.fldoe.org/schoolgrades.asp FCAT

  4. What’s Up With School Grades? FCAT • Bottom Line • Don’t know when audits will be completed • Don’t know when School Grades/AYP will be released • “Proceed with the opening of schools to provide the best educational environment for students” • Make good decisions and proceed without School Grades or AYP • DA: Regional directors contacting supt’s to discuss. • Hold requests for Score Inquiries until after audit

  5. Percent Of Students Making Learning Gains by Achievement Level (L731)

  6. Percent Of Students Making Learning Gains by Achievement Level

  7. Percent Of Students Making Learning Gains by Achievement Level

  8. 2009 to 2010 Achievement Level Changes and Learning Gains from L731 2010 8

  9. ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGES School Grade and AYP

  10. AYP Changes • 2009-10: HS Graduation Rate criteria for AYP- Change from 1% improvement over prior year to 2% • 2009-10: AYP Annual Proficiency Targets: • Reading: 72% (up from 65%) • Math: 74% (up from 68%) • 2010-11: AYP Annual Proficiency Targets: • Reading: 79% • Math: 80%

  11. Annual Proficiency Targets (AYP Percent-Proficient Targets) 10

  12. School Grade Changes • For 2009-10 • Writing Criteria: average of percent scoring 3.0 and above and percent scoring 4.0 and above • Florida Alternate Assessment (FAA) results for students with disabilities will be included in the overall learning gains components for reading and math. (Not for Lowest 25%) • Minimum cell size for writing and science performance measures is 10. Schools with enough students tested in reading and math to receive a grade but don’t have at least 10 eligible students tested in writing and/or science will receive the district average for those measures. • High School Grades: 50% based on FCAT components, 50% on non-FCAT components 11

  13. New (non-FCAT) Components for High School Grading (2009-10) • Graduation rate. [200 points] • Graduation rate of at-risk students. [100 points] • Accelerated curriculum participation (AP, IB, Dual Enrollment, AICE, Industry Certification) [200 points] • Accelerated curriculum performance [100 points] • Postsecondary readiness of students as measured by the SAT, ACT, or the CPT. [100 points, Math; 100 points, Reading] • Growth or decline in the data components of these measures from year to year. - Additionally, to receive an “A”, a school must demonstrate that at-risk students in the school are making adequate progress.

  14. School Grade Changes • 2010-11: Fall Retakes will be paper and pencil based only • 2010-11: Writing Criteria changes to percent scoring 4.0 and above • IN DEVELOPMENT for 2010-11: Learning Gains - more points for students who move multiple levels and/or move to level 4 or 5 • IN DEVELOPMENT for 2011-12: Learning Gains for EOC exams

  15. 2010 LEGISLATION SB 4 HB 105

  16. High School Graduation Requirements * Or successful completion of Integrated Science sequence

  17. End of Course Exams • EOC exam counts as 30% of student’s “course grade” for each first year 9th grade cohort required to take the exam • This year the Algebra 1 EOC will count as 30% of the student’s “course grade” • Each subsequent year student must pass EOC to earn course credit • Students with disabilities for whom the IEP committee determines that an EOC cannot accurately measure the student’s ability must take the EOC, but may receive a waiver for the course grade and for course credit. • EOC results will come as scale scores and achievement levels and will be used to calculate school grades.

  18. End of Course Exams

  19. End of Course Exams

  20. Additional End of Course Exams

  21. End of Course Exams • CAP: Credit Acceleration Program • Students not enrolled in courses may take EOC for course credit with a passing score • Changes to HS FCAT Assessments • 2010-11: Gr. 9 FCAT Math eliminated • 2011-12 Gr. 10 FCAT Math eliminated (except Retakes) • 2011-12: HS FCAT Science eliminated • EOCs substituted as requirement for graduation and in the calculation of School Grades

  22. Other Legislative Changes • Major Area of Interest elective requirement eliminated • Requirement that students take FCAT 3 times before applying concordant score eliminated • Requirement that High Schools offer IB, AICE, or a combination of at least 4 courses in DE or AP (MESH) beginning in 2011-12 • Requirement for Middle Grades Civics for promotion and EOC in 2013-14

  23. Graduation Requirements and EOCs by 9th Grade Cohorts

  24. Assessment Timeline CBT for gr. 5, 7, 10 Reading & gr. 6, 7 Math No gr. 9/10 FCAT Math, gr. 11 Sci No gr. 9 FCAT Math

  25. Are We Prepared? Do all the right parties know about what’s coming and when?

  26. Are We Prepared? Does instruction match the preparation needs of our students?

  27. Are We Prepared? This year’s 9th grade students must earn a geometry credit to graduate. Those enrolled in Algebra I will take an EOC that will count as 30% of their course grade. • Do 9th grade teachers, students, and parents know this? • Have we reviewed the quality of instruction in our Geometry classrooms? • Are Algebra I teachers using the course description the EOC was written to assess to guide their instruction?

  28. Are We Prepared? This year’s 8th grade students will be required to pass the Algebra I EOC and earn credit in Geometry and Biology which include EOCs as part of their grades to graduate. (Unless credit has already been earned when they get to 9th grade.) • Do 8th grade teachers, parents and students know this? • What does 8th grade mathematics and science look like? • Are 8th grade mathematics and science teachers using the course descriptions to guide instruction and assessing students throughout the year based on these course descriptions? • Are teachers using the course descriptions that the EOCs are written to assess to guide their instruction? • Do students’ grades reflect the amount of material in the course description learned?

  29. Are We Prepared? This year’s 7th grade students will be required to pass EOCs in Algebra I, Geometry, and Biology to graduate. They will also have to earn credit in Algebra II. • Do 7th grade teachers, parents and students know this? • Are teachers using the mathematics and science course descriptions to guide instruction and assessing regularly to assure students are learning the material? • Do the students’ grades reflect the amount of material learned? • Are teachers using the course descriptions that the EOCs are written to assess to guide their instruction?

  30. Are We Prepared? This year’s 5th and 6th grade students will be required to pass EOCs in Algebra I, Geometry, and Biology to graduate. They will also have to earn credit in Algebra II, Chemistry or Physics and an equally rigorous science course. • Do 5th and 6th grade teachers, students, and parents know this? • Are teachers using the mathematics and science course descriptions to guide instruction and assessing regularly to assure students are learning the material? • Do the students’ grades reflect the amount of material learned? • Are teachers using the course descriptions that the EOCs are written to assess to guide their instruction?

  31. Are We Prepared? This year’s K-4th grade students will be required to pass EOCs in Civics, Algebra I, Geometry, and Biology to graduate. They will also have to earn credit in Algebra II, Chemistry or Physics and an equally rigorous science course.

  32. FCAT REIMBURSEMENTS • For personnel or material costs DIRECTLY related to the delay of FCAT scores • Mailing (postage, copying, envelopes) • Scheduling • Curriculum decisions • Only for personnel NOT employed over the summer –Contract and support employees • Complete the form • Electronically submit to Karen Schafer • Courier signed hard copy of form w/ receipts to K Schafer • Verified forms sent to finance • Payroll reimbursement will run in August payrolls • Other costs will be added to school/department budget when reimbursement received from DOE

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