School Accountability Report Cards Laura Pinsonneault Department of Public Instruction November 15, 2017 WCRIS Conference

Today Status update: 2016-17 report cards Overview of report cards Questions about current report cards Looking ahead

2016-17 Report Cards Preliminary release: October 17 300 inquiries Updated secure report cards in SAFE by November 17 Public release: November 21

Preliminary Secure Report Cards They are both preliminary and secure. The data are NOT redacted or suppressed in secure report cards. Individual student information could be derived from these report cards. The data or information on these report cards should never be shared with the media or public – even after the embargo is lifted. Public report cards are okay to share.

Accountability Report Cards Recurring theme: the importance of high quality data Choice indicator Economic status DPI can only correct data we have; we cannot create student records for report card calculations.

Accountability Report Cards Four priority areas: achievement, growth, closing gaps, on-track -Score-based measures Three student engagement indicators, goal-based measures: -absenteeism (<13%) -dropout rate (<6%) School information Overall score and rating

Data Elements Student achievement -assessment results (point-based proficiency) -assessments: WKCE, Badger, Forward, ACT, WAA-SwD, DLM Growth (value-added) -change in assessment results over time -account for student demographics, prior test performance

Data Elements Closing gaps -trends of subgroup performance compared to the state -Subgroup Performance in closing ELA, mathematics, and graduation gaps On-track -attendance or graduation, -3rd grade English language arts -8th grade mathematics

Priority area scores → Overall score Variable weighting for Achievement and Growth Weights evenly distribute for other priority areas Weighting assures fairness Having - or not having - data in all areas is neither advantage nor disadvantage FRL Achievement Growth < 5% 90% 10% 5% - 65% Varies 65% +

Resources Interpretive guide Technical guide Parent letters ...and more

2015-16 Accountability Report Cards Report card calculations require at least two years of data. Many 2016-17 choice school report cards do not have sufficient data to calculate an overall score. * Performance cannot be scored due to one of three data issues: insufficient choice enrollment data; fewer than 20 tested students; or submission of data for only one of the two years that are required to produce a score.

Looking Ahead Public release of 2016-17 report cards on Tuesday, November 21 WISEdata snapshot* on December 5th *Next year’s report cards will use these data!!!

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