Operationalizing the General Assembly’s School Performance Grades (Senate Bill 795, Excellent Public Schools Act) October 2012 Superintendents’ Feedback Meetings 1

2 Context ACRE/READY Accountability Revision SBE approved college and career ready indicators for SY and reporting of the READY Accountability Model Approval of ESEA waiver to use proposed READY model General Assembly ► Summer 2012 GA’s budget requires the assignment of A-F grades for all schools

3 Responding to School Performance Grades (SPG) The SBE must respond to the General Assembly “…annually by January 15 on recommended adjustments to the school performance grade elements and scales for award of scores and grades.” Additionally, SECTION 7A.3.(f) indicates: “It is the intent of the General Assembly to add a student growth component to school performance grades.” Operational in

4 What are the basics of the SPGs? High Schools Performance Composite Algebra II/Integrated III Graduation Rate WorkKeys ACT Total Points points Elementary/Middle Schools Performance Composite Total Points points + Growth

5 Alignment Between Indicators in High School End of Course ACT Graduation Rates Math Course Rigor WorkKeys Graduation Project High School Performance Grades Performance Composite Algebra II/Integrated III Graduation Rate WorkKeys ACT Key Point: The set of indicators are shared and set a college and career-ready expectation. The Graduation Project is not part of the school grade. 5

6 How each indicator is defined Performance Composite (Elementary and High) Percent of proficient tests in a school All tests, subjects, and grade levels Uses the EOG/EOC test data Algebra II/Integrated III Percent of 4-year cohort graduates who take and pass Alg. II or Int. Math III Excludes the 1% population Graduation Rate Percent of students that graduate within 4 years (4-year cohort graduation rate) WorkKeys Percent of seniors who are CTE concentrators who achieve a Silver certificate, or better, on the WorkKeys assessment ACT The average sum of the 5 sub-tests across the school compared to the sum of the college- ready benchmarks

A closer look at the ACT The proposed Math that goes into the ACT calculation SubtestBenchmark Math22 Reading21 English18 Science24 Writing = 92 sum of college-ready benchmarks ACT College Ready Benchmarks 7

8 A closer look at the ACT The proposed Math that goes into the ACT calculation Suppose you have a school with 5 students…. StudentSum of Scores Matt83 Mark94 Luke75 John79 Paul80 then “The average sum of the 5 sub-tests across the school compared to the sum of the college-ready benchmarks” can be found by… 1) Averaging the Summed Scores students = ) Dividing by summed college-ready benchmarks 82.2/92 = 89% and 89 points

9 A closer look at the ACT Rationale for this suggested methodology: Hold schools accountable for the degree to which their students are progressing towards achieving benchmark (rather than a simple yes/no) Will better differentiate grades Possibility for pushback?

10 Proposal for Addition of Growth Using EVAAS Growth outcomes, adjust overall score based on EVAAS category – Exceeded Expected Growth: Add 10 points – Met Expected Growth: Add 5 points – Did Not Meet Growth: No points

11 Rationale for this suggested methodology: Incentivizes pursuit of growth Can make a one-letter grade difference between school with similar status Grades still mean something largely consistent and comparable for parents Proposal for Addition of Growth

12 Overall Grade Elementary/Middle Schools – Single component – 100 point scale High Schools – Five components points – Divide by 5 to achieve a 100 point scale In both cases, make the Growth Adjustment (0, 5 or 10 points)

13 Overall Grade Scale A: points B: points C: points D: points F: Less than 60 points

14 Overall Grade Sample High School X Performance Composite Algebra II/Integrated III Graduation Rate WorkKeys ACT 69 points 78 points 82 points 84 points 82 points School Met Expected Growth 395/5 = = 84 points This School would receive a “B” Total Points Divide by 5 to get points out of 100 Check Growth Add Growth Points Determine Final Grade

15 Simulated Grades Note: This data is for discussion purposes only and is a draft based on this proposed operational model. It is only data to inform feedback. Based on data. We have the ability and will run different scenarios of the grading schema; however, we cannot change the indicators.

16 Simulated Grades No Drop in Perf Comp20% Drop in Perf Comp30% Drop in Perf Comp GradeElemHighElemHighElemHigh A B C D F No Growth in Grade With Growth in Grade No Drop in Perf Comp20% Drop in Perf Comp30% Drop in Perf Comp GradeElemHighElemHighElemHigh A B C D F

17 Next Steps Gather feedback across state – including now Return to the General Assembly with an operational proposal in January 2013 per the requirement of the bill

18 Discussion and Feedback