WELCOME
Superintendents’
Quarterly Meeting
March 12, 2014
Strategic Plan
Discussion
School Performance Grades
• School Performance Grades
–General Assembly law in 2012
–The 2013 General Assembly
session delayed reporting until no
earlier than August 1, 2014
–Based on the 2013-14 school
year data
School Performance Grades
School
Achievement
Score: 80 %
School
Performance
Grade
Growth:
20 %
School Performance Grades –
Indicators
Elem/Middle
High Schools
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EOG Mathematics
EOG ELA/Reading
EOG Science
EOCs (middle)
Math I
English II
Biology
Math Course Rigor
Graduation Rate
The ACT
ACT WorkKeys
Growth
• Education Value-Added Assessment System
(EVAAS)
– End-of-Grade Tests
– End-of-Course Tests
• SPG Uses School Accountability Growth Index
• Reported for each school
– Exceeds Expected Growth
– Meets Expected Growth
– Does Not Meet Expected Growth
Growth continued
• Not included in School Performance
Grades for schools that have a
School Achievement Score at or
above 80% and Meets Expected
Growth
Growth continued
School
Achievement
Score at or
above 80 %
Meets growth:
No additional
calculation; growth
not included in
School Performance
Grade
Does not meet or
exceeded growth:
Include growth in
calculation of
School Performance
Grade
School
Achievement
Score 79 %
or below
Include growth
in calculation
of School
Performance
Grade
Elementary/Grade School:
Achievement Calculation
3-8 Reading
% Proficient
Math
+ %3-8
Proficient +
5&8 Science
% Proficient
Biology
Math I
+% Proficient
+ % Proficient
+
English II
% Proficient
= Points
# of Available
Indicators
73.1%
(294/402)
+
83.6%
(336/402)
+
60.1%
(98/163)
+
93.8%
(30/32)
+
0%
(0/0)
+
0%
(0/0)
4
73.1 + 83.6 + 60.1 + 93.8 = 310.6 and 310.6 ÷ 4 = 77.65 ≈ 77.7
=
77.7
Elementary/Grade School:
Grade Letter Determination
Achievement Score under 80 OR
Achievement Score at least 80 AND “Did Not Meet Growth” or “Exceeded Growth
(
(
)
+
(
)
+
( 91.3
Achievement
X 0.8
Score
77.7
X
0.8
Growth
X 0.2
Points
X
0.2
)=
)
=
(62.2)+(18.3)= 80.5
80.5pts=letter grade of “B”
School
Performance
Grade Points
80.5
90-100pts=A
80-89pts=B
70-79pts=C
60-69pts=D
Under 60pts=F
One Big Problem
10-Point Scale
BREAK
State Board of Education Adopted Academic
Achievement Levels: Effective 2013-14
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Level 5: Superior
Level 4: Solid
Level 3: Sufficient
Level 2: Partial
Level 1: Limited
Points About 5-Point Scale
• We have been there before
– Student Accountability Standards
(1990s)
• Greater precision = better decisions
• Tests aren’t perfect
Course for Credit
Policy Feedback
Existing State Board of
Education Policy
• GCS-J-001
– Standards for early admission to
kindergarten
• Includes observable student behavior
• GCS-J-002
– State-wide implementation
Kindergarten Entry Assessment
(KEA) Legislative Requirements
• G.S. 115C-174.11
–Components of testing
program
• G.S. 115C-83.5.
–Read to Achieve
Superintendents’ Executive
Committee Conference Call
Feedback:
• Repeal Legislation
• Replace with SBE having the
authority to address assessment
• Delay rollout
Legislative Purposes
1. The status of children’s learning
at kindergarten entry.
2. Instruction of each child.
3. Efforts to reduce the achievement
gap at kindergarten entry.
4. Continuous improvement of the
early childhood system.
How You Can Help
Pilot
rather
than
implement in 50% of schools
G.S. 115C-174.11 (2012)
Assessment Instruments for K-3
• The SBE shall develop, adopt, and
provide developmentally appropriate
individualized assessment instruments for
Kindergarten through Third Grade.
• LEAs shall use these assessment
instruments… to assess progress,
diagnose difficulties, & inform instruction
and remediation needs
G.S. 115C-83.5 (2012)
• Developmental screening and kindergarten
entry assessment.
– Developmental Screening
• 30 days of enrollment
– Five domains
– Classroom level administration
– Aligned to Early Learning Standards and
Standard Course of Study
G.S. 115C-83.5 (2012) continued
– Reliable, valid and appropriate
– Inform entry status, instruction, reduction
in achievement gap, and the early
childhood system
– Completed within 60 days of enrollment
What is the KEA?
• Process, not a test
• Occurs during classroom instruction
• Provides information to adjust ongoing
teaching and learning
• Occurs through conversation, questioning,
observation and embedded tasks
• Leverages the best of what teachers do on a
daily basis
Major Steps
• SBE adopted guiding principles on which
the development is based
• Think Tank defined Claims
• Assessment Design Team is working to
develop the process
• Implementation Design Team planning roll
out and LEA support
• SBE to adopt assessments per legislation
Stakeholder Input to Date
1. Regional teacher focus groups (representation from all 8
regions)
2. Demonstration Classroom Focus Groups (PreK, K, &
admins)
3. FirstSchool Focus Group
4. Family Focus Groups (March & April 2014)
5. B-K Consortium Focus Group
6. Regional Principal Council Information Gathering
sessions (at least 1 discussion at each region's council
meeting)
Stakeholder Input continued
7. Public & Private IHE Information gathering sessions
(accessed interested volunteers for design and
implementation support)
8. Local District Office Sessions/Feedback
Opportunities
9. Conference Update/Feedback sessions (e.g.,
NCaeyc, Except Children, Charter Schools, Math)
10. External Review by content experts & teachers at
various stages
along the assessment design process
Stakeholder Input continued
11. Direct conversations with over 16 Superintendents
12. 41 districts expressing a desire to participate in the
piloted roll out
13. C&I Directors informed and expressing
interests/cautious optimism in the value this process will
bring to classroom instruction
Questions
1. Clarification or interpretation of legislative
requirements
2. Recommendations
3. Involvement
4. Superintendent Briefings