South Dakota Accountability System – Year 2 School Performance Index

1. South Dakota Accountability System – Year 2 School Performance Index Guyla Ness September 10, 2013

2. What is the School Performance Index Based Upon? Elementary/Middle School • Student Achievement • Academic Growth • Attendance • Effective Teachers and Principals • School Climate High School • Student Achievement • High School Completion • College and Career Readiness (based on ACT scores) • Effective Teachers and Principals • School Climate

3. Student Achievement • Percent proficient and advanced in reading and math in grades 3-8, 11 on state assessment Calculation includes: • Gap Group score • Ethnicity: Black or African American, Native American Indian or Alaskan, Hispanic/Latino • Students with Disabilities • Economically Disadvantaged • English Language Learners • Non-Gap Group score • Ethnicity: White/Caucasian, Asian, Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islander, 2 or More Races

4. Formula for Student Achievement Step 1: Divide the maximum allowable index points in half to allow equal weight for reading and math. Step 2: Calculate the # of students that fall into the Gap Group and Non-Gap Group. Step 3: Calculate the % of students that fall into the Gap Group and Non-Gap Group by dividing each by the total number of students. Step 4: Take the overall possible points (column 1) times the % of students (column 3) in each group to get the weighted points for each group. Step 5: Calculate the % Proficient/Advanced for each group. Step 6: Calculate the score for each group by multiplying the % Proficient/Advanced (column 5) times the weighted points for each group (column 4). Step 7: The sum of these represents total points for Student Achievement category

5. Academic Growth • Model that uses indicators to evaluate student academic achievement over time and determines whether that progress is reasonable or appropriate

6. SD-STARSSouth Dakota Student Teacher Accountability Reporting System • System will warehouse all pertinent scores of students across South Dakota • Secure reporting • Dakota STEP Roster Reports • Report Cards • Will house scoring results for the up-coming Smarter Balance testing

7. Piedmont Valley Elementary

9. Sturgis Elementary

11. Whitewood Elementary

13. Sturgis Williams Middle School

15. Sturgis Brown High School

17. Annual Data Retreat • Will be done at each school site in the fall • Data provided to site with suggestions for analysis and goal-setting • Provided • Roster reports • Standards Reports • Graphs with data on all sub-groups, 2-year analysis on students that were at each site for full-academic school year

20. Standards Reports Include Information about Common Core Standards in Math and Reading

21. Testing This Spring • Smarter Balance online for grades 3-8, 11 • Extended window for testing • Science in grades 5, 8, and 11 will be done paper/pencil • Analysis and reporting of results will take longer and the district will not have information until late fall • Results will be based on common core standards so uncertain how student achievement will be working into the School Progress Index

22. Other Testing Measures • WriteToLearn – students in grades 5, 7 & 10 must submit 2 writing samples (essays) for year • Accreditation testing • Done three times a year in math and reading • Based on common core math and reading test items • Use South Dakota Assessment Portal