Legislative Requirement 2013 House File 215

Category Cut Scores Based on a Normal Distribution across Measures

Percent of Schools in Each Category Exceptional 3% of schools High-Performing 12% of schools Commendable 35% of schools Acceptable 35% of Schools Needs Improvement 12% of schools Priority 3% of schools A high level view of student performance across multiple measures to determine an overall performance rating Two years of data More stable indicator

Educational Measures and Their Weights High School (9-12) Middle School (6-8) Elementary School (PK-5) Proficiency 22.2% 25.0% 28.6% Closing Achievement Gap College & Career Ready Growth 11.1% 12.5% 14.3% Annual Expected Growth College and Career Readiness N/A Graduation Rate Attendance 5.6% 6.3% 7.1% Staff Retention Total 100.0%

Cut Points for Each Category High Schools Middle Schools Elementary Schools Exceptional 75.0 and above 71.0 and above 79.0 and above High Performing 70.0 to 74.9 68.0 to 70.9 73.0 to 78.9 Commendable 65.4 to 69.9 64.0 to 67.9 67.0 to 72.9 Acceptable 60.0 to 65.3 57.0 to 63.9 61.0 to 66.9 Needs Improvement 56.0 to 59.9 53.0 to 56.9 55.0 to 60.0 Priority 55.9 and below 52.9 and below 54.9 and below

Educational Measures Proficiency College and Career Readiness Growth Percent of students scoring proficient on the Iowa Assessment Across reading and math Across two school years College and Career Readiness Growth Based on a national standard score needed to reach college/career readiness by 12 grade (306) 5th grade student NSS of 220 Needs a 306 in 12 grade 306-220 = 86 across 7 years = 12.3 NSS units that year Recalculated every year If a student is already CCR they count FAY students for two years

Educational Measures Grade Reading Math 3rd to 4th 15 4th to 5th 14 Annual Expected Growth using NSS units FAY students for two years Grade Reading Math 3rd to 4th 15 4th to 5th 14 5th to 6th 13 6th to 7th 12 8th to 8th 11 8th to 9th 10 9th to 10th 8 10th to 11th 7

Educational Measures continued Closing the Achievement Gap Score Grade 3-8 and 10-11 used to compute an achievement gap score Iowa Assessments Notice in this example the gap decreased by 5% A T-scale score is calculated from the percentage Group Percent Proficient 2013-2014 math and reading combined 2014-2015 ELL, IEP and/or students receiving FRL 60.0% 65.0% All other students 75.0% GAP 15.0% 10.0%

Educational Measures continued.. College and Career Readiness The percent of students that are at or above a college readiness benchmark on the Iowa Assessments in reading and math 2 years of data CCR means the acquisition of knowledge and skills a student needs to enroll and succeed in credit bearing first year courses at a postsecondary institution without the need for remediation Grade 5-11 = 75 NPR ACT Cut Scores in Reading = 22 and Math = 22 that represent CCR

Graduation Rate The percent of students who complete high school in 5 Year Years A two year composite score is used

Attendance The average daily attendance rate of students The aggregate days of student attendance (days present) in the school or school district divided by the aggregate days of enrollment Across two years

Staff Retention The percent of licensed staff who are retained All licensed staff members except nurses and coaches Only full time staff members are retained in the base year Retirements, move outs of state, or staff dismissals are all treated the same Fall Basic Educational Data Survey (BEDS) Staff Collection Additional School Report Measures to come Parental Involvement Community Activities and Involvement

Connection between State Report Card and Differentiated Accountability None This is a stand alone School Report Card to fulfill HF 215