LEAP/GEE/EOC Remediation and Pupil Progression Plan Webinar

1. LEAP/GEE/EOC RemediationandPupil Progression Plan Webinar May 1, 2012

2. Topics • LEAP Remediation • Program Requirements • Reporting Requirements • GEE & EOC Remediation • Requirements Note: Update contact information for District Remediation Coordinators if your district has not already done so. Send to Ann Wilson.

3. LEAP Remediation • State legislation • Comply with BESE regulations • Designed to assist students to overcome their educational deficits • Shall be offered in math and ELA to eligible 4th and 8th graders • Offered as school year and summer remediation

4. LEAP Remediation – School Year • Districts are encouraged to provide intervention and/or remediation services during the school year. • The LDOE recommends the use of Response to Intervention (RTI) designed to provide students with high-quality, research-based instruction and interventions matched to student’s specific needs. • See Louisiana’s RTI Implementation plan http://www.louisianaschools.net/offices/literacy/rti.html.

5. LEAP Remediation – School Year Program Requirements • LDOE recommends a minimum of 40 hours of intervention/remediation during the regular school year prior to spring testing. • Materials and instructional focus should be based on LEAP or iLEAP data. • A maximum of 20 hours of bridge time is allowed after student scores have been received. • Program information must be submitted to the LDOE as a component of the district/charter school Pupil Progression Plan.

6. LEAP Summer Remediation Bulletin 1566 §705. Supports for Students A. Remediation 1. LEAs shall offer, at no cost, a minimum of 50 hours per subject of summer remediation and retest opportunities in English language arts and mathematics to students who did not take the spring LEAP tests or who failed to meet the passing standard. The LEA shall provide transportation to and from the assigned LEAP remediation summer site(s) from, at a minimum, a common pick-up point. 2. Students are not required to attend summer remediation to be eligible for the summer retest.

7. LEAP Summer Remediation • Charter schools that have an extended year must submit a plan that explains how you are providing remediation during “summer time.” • Eligible students are those 4th and 8th graders who do not take the spring tests or who failed to achieve the promotional standard on the spring LEAP.

8. LEAP Summer Remediation • Districts may charge a fee of no more than $100 to each nonpublic or home-schooled student. • This fee is refunded if the student enrolls and attends the public school the semester following the summer remediation program.

9. LEAP Remediation – Summer Remediation • Shall have certified summer remediation teachers • Shall have a written attendance policy • Limit class size • Data-driven instruction based on the intent of the content standards, benchmarks, and GLEs • Shall provide transportation to and from the summer site(s)

10. LEAP Remediation – Summer Remediation • LDE staff may conduct onsite visits. • Summer sites must use an online reporting system to enter attendance and effort code for eligible students. • A Summer Remediation Performance Improvement Plan (SRPIP) is required if less than 40% of students pass the LEAP summer retest.

11. Strategies for Effective LEAP Remediation Programs

12. In Strong Summer Remediation Programs • Teachers are provided with individual student scores on LEAP to better meet individual needs of students • Low pupil-teacher ratio is used • Paraprofessionals are available to assist teachers and students • Use of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) are used • Source: LEAP Remediation Annual Report, LDOE publication

13. Weak Summer Remediation Programs Have: • Little focus on individual needs and specific feedback to students • Lengthy schedules/school day • Hours devoted to workbook pages • Lack of high student engagement • High teacher-pupil ratio • Source: LEAP Remediation Annual Report, LDOE publication

14. Teacher Professional Development • One or two planning meetings prior to the start of summer remediation for teachers to examine student data and diagnose, prescribe, and target instruction

15. Assess reports and plan instruction • Look at scores in each content standard and determine student weaknesses. • Look at the Achievement Level Descriptors of each student. • Use the Teacher’s Guide to Statewide Assessment to review how each standard is assessed. • Use the Achievement Level Descriptors for the grade and subject. • Begin planning instruction. Use of LDOE resources is recommended.

16. Sample lessons should include: • Whole-class instruction • Warm-up activity teaching the problem solving process or wrap up • Centers and/or small group learning • Interaction among and with students • Individualized instruction • Formative assessment used to determine what students have mastered or content on which additional instruction is needed

17. LDOE Resources • Teacher’s Guide to Statewide Assessment • Achievement Level Descriptors • Released Test Items • LEAP Tutoring Lessons • http://www.louisianaschools.net/topics/leap_resources.html • Louisiana PASS • www.louisianapass.org • EAGLE • www.louisianaeagle.org • Focused Learning Lessons • www.louisianaschools.net • Curriculum and Standards – Instructional Resources

18. LEAP Remediation – Summer Reporting • LEAP Summer Site Location Form and LEAP Summer Remediation Teaching • Copies of Certifications are due May 31, 2012. • Mail the form and certificates to Ann Wilson at ann.wilson@la.gov . • LEAP Summer Online Reporting Instructions • Opens June 6, 2012; The Access Code will be sent in an e-mail. • Deadline for data submission is 7/13/12

19. GEE Remediation

20. GEE Remediation • BESE policy requires districts to offer, at no cost, a minimum of 50 hours of focused instruction in each subject for which the students are eligible. • Remediation may occur during the school year or summer. • A written report is to be sent to Ann Wilson using the form provided. • Deadline - Friday, July 13, 2012.

21. EOC Remediation

22. EOC Remediation Students must pass three End-of-Course tests in the following categories: English II or English III, Algebra I or Geometry, and Biology or U.S. History.

23. EOC Remediation • Each district or charter school must offer 30 hours of remediation in the courses needed for graduation. • The remediation is offered for students who have failed an EOC exam or who are in danger of failing. • The students do not have to attend.

24. EOC Remediation • The remediation can occur during the school year or summer. • The district or charter school may use computer-based software programs as long as a teacher is in the room to offer explanations and support. • Smaller districts can offer the remediation in one location.

25. End-of-Course (EOC) Tests Remediation Step 1. Understand the test design Step 2. Analyze EOC reports for student strengths and weaknesses Step 3. Target instruction based on analysis and use of state resources is recommended

26. Step #1 – Understanding Test Design 26

27. Step #2 – Analyzing Data to Target Instruction • EOC standards-based reports are available two school days after a student exits all sessions of an operational test. • Access reports through the EOC System • www.louisianaeoc.org • Standards-based reports available May 2012*: • Algebra I • Geometry • English II • Biology I 27

28. EOC Released Test Items 38

29. EAGLE – Targeting Instruction 40

30. LDOE Contacts • High Stakes and Grade 4 and 8 LEAP Remediation • susannah.craig@la.gov • ann.wilson@la.gov • GEE and EOC Remediation • susannah.craig@la.gov • ann.wilson@la.gov • Other Policy Issues • susannah.craig@la.gov • nancy.beben@la.gov

31. Pupil Progression PlanUpdate

32. Topics • Purpose of the PPP • Revised PPP Format • State Policies and Local Options • Submission Procedures • Questions

33. Pupil Progression Plan • Provides a comprehensive plan for student promotion and placement • Supplements the minimum standards approved by BESE • Requires student mastery of grade appropriate skills • Shall not conflict with state and/or federal guidelines and/or regulations

34. Pupil Progression Plan • The PPP does not constitute a request for waivers of BESE policy. BESE does not approve local policy included in the PPP. Any request for BESE approval of local policy that does not align with current state policy should be submitted to BESE for approval. • Example – graduation requirements that exceed state requirements

35. Bulletin 1566—Pupil Progression Policies and Procedures • Revised in 2010 • High Stakes Policy included in Chapter 7 • All exceptions to High Stakes Policy included in §707 • Policy updated to include most recent changes, such as career diploma

36. PPP – Format and Content • Section I and Section II are combined • Each state policy is followed by corresponding local policy • Text in green should be included, as is, in PPP • Local policy and responses should be in blue font

37. PPP – Format and Content • Section II – State and District Policies • I. Placement • II. Attendance Policy • III. Grading Policy • IV. Promotion K-8 • V. Promotion 9-12 • VI. Retention Policy VII. Acceleration VIII. Remediation • IX. Alternative Schools/Programs/Settings • X. Other Policies and Procedures

38. Placement • Kindergarten and First Grade • Readiness screening and placement for policy for gifted in kindergarten • Transfer Students • Nonpublic and home school students placement in LEAP grades • Students from unapproved schools and home schooling • Students with disabilities and LEP students

39. Attendance Policy • Revised in 2011 • Required – Equivalent of 167 six hour days • Refer to Bulletin 741 §1103 and §1105

40. Grading Policy • LEAs, including charter schools, shall use the following uniform grading system for students enrolled in all grades K-12 for which letter grades are used • LEAs shall include grading policies for which letter grades are not used and for special courses • LEAs shall include grading policies for special courses like gifted, AP, and Honors.

41. Grading Policy • EOC Grading Policy • All students enrolled the course must take the EOC • The EOC grade shall count a percentage (between 15% and 30% inclusive) of the student’s final grade • The LEA shall determine the percentage • For students with disabilities identified under IDEA who meet the LAA 2 participation criteria prior to taking the first EOC test, the EOC test score shall count for 5% of the students’ final grade for the course.

42. Promotion K-8 • LEAP Assessment Requirements • High Stakes Testing Policy and Local Options • Elementary Program of Study • Local Promotion Requirements by Grade Level

43. High Stakes Testing Policy • Promotion Standard • A student who is a first-time fourth or eighth grader must score at or above the Basic achievement level or the English or math components of the LEAP and at or above Approaching Basic on the other to be promoted to the fifth or ninth grade.

44. High Stakes Testing Policy • Retention • The decision to retain a student in the fourth or eighth grade more than once as a result of his/her failure to achieve the passing standard shall be made by the LEA in accordance with the local PPP.

45. High Stakes Testing Policy • Fourth grade transitional program • LEA must provide the program • Minimum requirements for placement • AB/AB on English and math • Meet all district requirements for promotion • Participate in summer remediation and retest

46. High Stakes Testing Policy • Fourth grade transitional program • Minimum requirements for promotion to sixth grade • Be provided remediation in areas below Basic • Score B/AB on English and math and AB/AB in science and social studies on the fourth grade LEAP • Meet district requirements for promotion to the sixth grade

47. Promotion 9 – 12 • Carnegie Credit Time Requirements • Local promotion requirements • Switching diploma pathways - §2317 • Graduation Requirements • Scheduling

48. Procedure for Switching Pathways • Completed prior to the start of the school year • Switching from the Career Diploma Pathway to the College and Career Diploma Pathway • Student has met all entrance requirements for the College and Career Diploma Pathway • Student scored Unsatisfactory on either the Math or ELA component of the 8th grade LEAP • Student must pass either the 8th grade LEAP Placement test or the first EOC test in the content area in which the student scored Unsatisfactory

49. Procedure for Switching Pathways • Switching from the College and Career Diploma Pathway to the Career Diploma Pathway or vice versa • Student shall have the written permission of his/her parent after a consultation with the school guidance counselor or other school administrator. • Student and parent must be informed of the advantages and disadvantages of the different diploma pathways. • Principal shall also sign the form acknowledging that appropriate counseling has taken place.

50. Career Diploma Two ways incoming freshmen may qualify for the Career Diploma pathway 1. Meet the promotion requirements to enter the ninth grade 2. Be 15 or older during the school year, score Approaching Basic on either the math or ELA component of LEAP, and meet other requirements