AYP to AMO –
2012 ESEA Update
January 20, 2013
Ben Gauyan
Director of Title 1/LAP
BGAUYAN@tacoma.k12.wa.us
(253) 571-1049
Pat Cummings
Director of Research and Evaluation
PCUMMIN@tacoma.k12.wa.us
(253) 571-1280
Thank you to Nancy Katims- Edmonds School District for much of the content of this presentation
Background
• The federal government granted
Washington State a flexibility waiver from
the original ESEA No Child Left Behind
(NCLB) requirements, including the
calculation of Adequate Yearly Progress
(AYP).
• The changes in the accountability system
take effect starting this school year.
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Background -- To get waiver, states must
address three priorities
Priority 1:
Ensure college- and career-ready
expectations for all students
Washington state is addressing this priority
by adopting:
• Common Core State Standards [CCSS]
• Smarter Balanced Assessment [SBA]
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…three priorities continued
Priority 2:
Support effective instruction and leadership
Washington state is addressing this priority
by implementing the:
• Teacher and Principal Evaluation Project
[TPEP]
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…three priorities continued
Priority 3:
Implement state-developed system of
differentiated recognition, accountability,
and support
Washington state is addressing this priority
by adopting a new accountability system.
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What has not changed
• Goals are still determined for:
• Performance on state assessments
• Participation in state assessments
• Unexcused absence rate for elementary and
middle schools
• Graduation rates for high schools
-- for all sub-groups (ethnicity groups, English
language learners, special education, poverty)
• Performance is still determined by scores for
continuously enrolled students.
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What has changed
• Add two more ethnic groups to sub-groups:
• Asian/Pacific Islander subgroup split into two
subgroups
• “Two or More Races” subgroup added
• Annual Measureable Objectives (AMOs) replace AYP
goals:
• By Spring 2017 reduce by half the proficiency gap
between each group’s 2011 level and 100% proficiency
• Add equal increments (1/6 of overall target) to create
annual targets between 2011 and 2017
• Result in unique annual targets for each subgroup,
school, district, and state.
• Do not include a margin of error
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STATE Uniform Bar GOALS Under Old NCLB
Requirements
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Example:
Sample High School - 10th Grade Reading
1. 20% met standard in 2011
2. 80% did not meet standard
3. The goal is to decrease the percent not
meeting standard by half in six year
(40%)
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Example:
Sample High School - 10th Grade Reading
4. Therefore the goal in 2017
is 60% meeting standard
(20% baseline + 40% growth
= 60%)
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What has changed
• Elimination of:
• Sanctions on Title I schools
• Classification of schools in “School Improvement
Status”
• Public listing of schools that did not make AYP
• New classification of Title I schools:
• Priority
• Focus
• Emerging
• Reward
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PRIORITY, FOCUS, & EMERGING SCHOOLS – Cohort 1
Category
PRIORITY
FOCUS
EMERGING
Description (Based on 2009 -2011 Data)
• Lowest performing in all students group over 3 years
• Can include Title I-eligible secondary schools that
graduate students if grad rate < 60%
• 46 (5%) schools in state
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Lowest performing subgroups over 3 years
Title I schools only
92 (10%) schools in state
Tacoma has two Focus Schools
• Includes next 5% up from bottom of Priority Schools
list (46 schools) and next 10% up from bottom of
Focus Schools list (92 schools)
• Tacoma has seven Emerging-Focus schools
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Priority, Focus, and Emerging
Schools
Focus:
Based on
“Subgroup”
Performance
Priority: Based on
“All Students”
Performance
Next 10% (N=92)
Next 5% (N=46)
Lowest 5% (N=46)
Lowest 10% (N = 92)
Emerging:
Next 5% of
Priority and 10%
of Focus
Total N = 138
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REWARD SCHOOLS – Cohort 1
Category
HIGHEST
PERFORMING
TITLE I
SCHOOLS*
Description (Based on 2009 -2011 Data)
• Title I schools only
• Met AYP in “all students” and/or all subgroups for 3 years
in both R and M
• Up to 92 (10%) Title I schools showing greatest
HIGH-PROGRESS
improvement and performance in R/M or graduation rates
TITLE I
over 3 years
SCHOOLS*
• Tacoma did not have a Rewards school
* School cannot have significant gaps among subgroups and cannot be a Focus or
Emerging School.
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Other Details
• Cohort 1 schools are based on 2009-2011 data and
will remain in these categories for the 2012-13
school year.
• Spring 2012 assessment results will determined
Cohort 2 schools in these categories and will be used
for 2013-14.
• Cohort 1 schools were determined using “N-size” of
30 as minimum number of students for a cell to be
counted. Beginning with 2012 data, the “N-size” will
change from 30 to 20.
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Other Details
• AMO calculations will be on State
Report Card website for all schools.
• State Achievement Index data will be
published in late December/early
January for all schools similar to the
last two years.
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AMO calculations on State Report Card website
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AMO calculations on State Report Card website
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State Achievement Index
https://eds.ospi.k12.wa.us/WAI/IndexReport/dropdown
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2012–13 Waiver Tasks for State
• The State Board of Education (SBE) and OSPI are required
to submit a revised accountability system request, which
is likely to include growth data.
• Legislature must pass a law to require focused teacher
evaluations to use student growth as a significant factor.
• State must establish rules regarding use of student
growth as a significant factor in teacher and principal
evaluation and support systems.
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