KSBA Annual Conference STEPHEN L. PRUITT, PH.D. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

Team KDE Laura Arnold Associate Commissioner Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE)  Career and Technical Education Programs; Career Pathways; Dual Credit; Work-Based Learning; Student Apprenticeships; KOSSA; WorkKeys; Perkins Grant Funding; Student Organizations 2

Becky Blessing Director of Communications Office of Guiding Support Services (OGSS)  Media Relations; Internal/External Communications; Kentucky Teacher; Publications; News Releases; KDE Website; KSB/KSD Communications Support 3 Team KDE

Kevin C. Brown Associate Commissioner/General Counsel Office of Guiding Support Services (OGSS)  General Counsel to KDE/KBE; Regulatory Oversight and Implementation; Testing Complaint Investigation; State and Federal Legislative Liaison; Open Records 4 Team KDE

David Couch Associate Commissioner Office of Knowledge, Information and Data Services (KIDS)  Education Technology Services for All School Districts and KDE; Equity and Ease of Access; Digital Readiness and Learning; Student Technology Leadership Program; Data Quality, Reporting and Security 5 Team KDE

Karen Dodd Chief Performance Officer Commissioner’s Delivery Unit (CDU)  Strategic Planning; Research; Data Analysis; Performance Management 6 Team KDE

Amanda Ellis Associate Commissioner Office of Next-Generation Learners (ONGL)  Academic Standards; Global Competency; Program Reviews; Exceptional Children; Professional Growth and Effectiveness; Equitable Distribution of Educators; Teacher Leadership; KSB and KSD 7 Team KDE

Kelly Foster Associate Commissioner Office of Next-Generation Schools & Districts (ONGSD)  Novice Reduction; Title I, Part A; Consolidated Monitoring; Diagnostic Reviews; Priority, Focus and Hub Schools; School Improvement; Alternative Education; Persistence to Graduation; Safe Schools; Community Education; School-Based Decision Making; Homeless; Migrant; Home Schools; 21st Century Learning Centers 8 Team KDE

Tracy Goff-Herman Policy Advisor/Legislative Liaison Office of Guiding Support Services (OGSS)  State and Federal Legislative Liaison; KDE Policy Coordination; KDE/KBE Advisor on Pending and Proposed Legislation Including Legal Review and Fiscal Analysis 9 Team KDE

Robin Kinney Associate Commissioner Office of Administration and Support (OAS)  P-12 Budget; Grants Management; School and Community Feeding Programs; District Support for Finances, Attendance, Facilities, Construction and Transportation; Purchasing, Human Resources and Facilities Management for KDE, KSB, KSD and ATCs 10 Team KDE

Mary Ann Miller KDE Policy Advisor/Executive Director for Kentucky Board of Education  Policy Advisor to the Commissioner of Education; Kentucky Board of Education Staffing and Support; Special Projects for the Commissioner of Education; Federal Liaison with U.S. Department of Education 11 Team KDE

Rhonda Sims Associate Commissioner Office of Assessment and Accountability (OAA)  Testing Administration and Data Cleanup for ACCESS, ACT, COMPASS, KYOTE, K-PREP, Alternate K-PREP, End-of-Course and NAEP; Accountability System Administration; Data Collection and Reporting; ESSA 12 Team KDE

Biennial Budget

FY 2016 and Governor’s Recommended P-12 Budget  The FY 2016 enacted (current) budget was reduced by 4.5% or $17,885,500.  The FY 2017 and FY 2018 proposed budgets were reduced by 9% or $35,771,000 each year.  SEEK and Local District Health Insurance were exempted from cuts.  SEEK was held at the current FY 2016 per pupil amount of $3,981 for each year of the biennium. 14

KDE Approach to Proposed Cuts  Limit impact on students and teachers  Exempt KY School for the Blind and KY School for the Deaf  Exempt State Area Technology Centers  Potential Cuts:  Extended School Services  Preschool  Professional Development  Safe Schools  Textbook/Inst. Resources  Other Grant Programs 15

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Has served as the main federal law governing K-12 education Signed into law in 1965 to ensure educational opportunity for every child and provide support for schools Latest version, No Child Left Behind (2001), was due for reauthorization in 2007 When Congress failed to act, USED offered flexibility waivers Kentucky has operated under flexibility waiver since

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Limits USED secretary’s authority Provides more state and local control While less prescriptive, still must meet certain mandates Does not mean we can back off of accountability Provides opportunity to create a new assessment and accountability system that will be more meaningful for kids 18

Accountability  No more Adequate Yearly Progress  State-determined (USED must approve) with certain federal requirements  At least 4 academic indicators including: proficiency on state tests progress on English language proficiency for ELL students student growth or other academic indicator (elementary and middle schools only) graduation rate (high schools only)  A measure of school quality and student success such as student engagement, teacher engagement, access to and completion of advanced coursework, postsecondary readiness, school climate/safety  Must factor in not less than 95% overall and subgroup participation rate 19

Accountability  Individual student group reporting on all measures (focus on gap closure)  Weighting to be determined by states but academic factors have to count “much” more than measures of school quality or student success  State must establish “ambitious long term goals” with measurements of progress for all students  Each year state must “meaningfully differentiate” schools and identified student populations based on performance on indicators  Maintains requirement for state and local report cards with emphasis on disaggregated data and some expanded reporting requirements  Existing state plan continues through Aug. 1. Continue with current processes and requirements. New state plans for accountability to take effect beginning in SY. 20

Interventions COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT Who:  Bottom 5 percent of schools (identified at least every 3 years)  High schools failing to graduate one third or more of students  Schools with consistently underperforming student groups (lowest 5% in state) How:  Districts work with teachers and school staff to develop evidence-based plan based on needs assessment; must identify resource inequities; plan must be approved by school, district and state  State monitors turnaround effort; can intervene(after no more than 4 years) with its own plan if school continues to struggle 21

Interventions TARGETED SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT PLANS Who: Schools where identified students groups consistently underperform How:  Schools develop evidence-based plan to help each student group that is behind  Schools with consistently underperforming student groups (lowest 5% in state) also must address resource inequities through plan  Districts monitor the plan and can intervene  Continuing poor performance requires comprehensive support and improvement; more aggressive district and state intervention  For both support and improvement categories  No specific school improvement strategies prescribed  States set exit criteria 22

Next Steps  With the help of shareholders, USED will draw up regulations for implementation of ESSA scheduled to be released in fall of 2016  Awaiting guidance on requirements for interim period prior to school year  Starting next month, KDE to conduct Town Hall meetings to gather input on new accountability system: What do we value in Kentucky education? What makes a school successful? How do we measure success? 23

Student and School Success Listening Tour  Monday, March 14 – ShelbyvilleVenues to be announced.  Tuesday, March 22 – Campbellsville All town hall meetings to run  Tuesday, March 29 – Owensboro 6:30 – 8 p.m. local time.  Thursday, March 31 – Hazard  Thursday, April 7 – Lexington  Monday, April 11 – Corbin  Monday, April 18 – Kenton Co.  Thursday, April 21 – Louisville  Monday, April 25 – Ashland  Wednesday, April 27 – Bowling Green  Tuesday, April Murray 24

Building on the past to secure our students’ future  Equity  Achievement  Integrity 25

 In 2011, then Commissioner Terry Holliday issued a challenge to districts and local school boards.  The challenge was to increase the college- and career-readiness rates among high school graduates by 50% by  All of the state’s 169 P-12 school districts signed the pledge.  Each district had a unique goal based on increasing its 2010 CCR rate by 50%.  Statewide impact – approx. 15,000 more students graduated ready to take the next step into postsecondary opportunities. 26

 Ashland Independent  Ballard County  Barbourville Independent  Beechwood Independent  Bourbon County  Boyd County  Boyle County  Breathitt County  Breckinridge County  Bullitt County  Butler County  Caldwell County  Calloway County  Campbell County 27

 Campbellsville Independent  Carlisle County  Carroll County  Carter County  Casey County  Caverna Independent  Clark County  Clay County  Clinton County  Cloverport Independent  Corbin Independent  Crittenden County  Cumberland County  Danville Independent 28

 Edmonson County  Elizabethtown Independent  Eminence Independent  Erlanger-Elsmere Independent  Estill County  Fairview Independent  Fleming County  Floyd County  Fort Thomas Independent  Fulton County  Fulton Independent  Garrard County  Glasgow Independent  Grant County 29

 Graves County  Grayson County  Green County  Greenup County  Hancock County  Hardin County  Harlan County  Hart County  Henderson County  Henry County  Hickman County  Hopkins County  Jackson Independent  Jenkins Independent  Knott County 30

 Knox County  LaRue County  Lawrence County  Lee County  Leslie County  Letcher County  Lewis County  Lincoln County  Livingston County  Logan County  Lyon County  Madison County  Magoffin County  Marion County  Marshall County  Martin County 31

 Mason County  Mayfield Independent  McLean County  Mercer County  Metcalfe County  Middlesboro Independent  Monroe County  Montgomery County  Morgan County  Murray Independent  Nelson County  Newport Independent  Ohio County  Owsley County 32

 Paris Independent  Pendleton County  Perry County  Pikeville Independent  Pineville Independent  Pulaski County  Robertson County  Rowan County  Russell County  Russell Independent  Shelby County  Simpson County  Somerset Independent  Spencer County  Trigg County 33

 Trimble County  Walton-Verona Independent  Warren County  Wayne County  Webster County  Whitley County  Williamstown Independent  Wolfe County  Woodford County 34

Congratulations Districts! 35

QUESTIONS? 36