How to Interpret the District Created Final Exam Teacher Report This is how the report will look.

The Top of the Report This is what you will see at the top of the report. This section provides multiple years of data score information (if applicable). This is the number that will go on the VAM/data score portion of the summative evaluation.

Body of the Report To see a specific course, click on the plus sign. To see all the courses, click on all of the plus signs. You can also “close” a course by clicking on the minus sign. This is also where you can see what percentage of the students used in your calculation met the Student Success Score (SSS).

Body of the Report (Full-Year Student) Here we are looking at the first student in the Pre-Calculus course. Full-year student - Refers to whether or not the student is considered to have been a full- year student. Only full-year students are included in the VAM/data score calculation, indicated with a ‘Y’. Full-year student rule (determined by the state DOE) - A student needs to be in the same school during survey period 2 (October) and survey period 3 (February). Please note that the rule doesn’t state that the student needs to have the same teacher for both surveys, rather that they need to be in the same school. The same full-year student rule is used for state- generated VAM, district-generated data scores and school grades.

Full-Year Student Example

Prior FSA Prior FCAT/FSA rule - We provide the prior FCAT/FSA level in the report to provide teachers information on the extent to which, if at all, the prior FCAT level was taken into account in the calculation. Please consult the formula for your specific type of test for more information. The weighting is as follows: The weighting provides protection for the teacher. The use of previous FCAT/FSA attempts to level the playing field between teachers whose students may have done less well on the FCAT and those whose students tended to score in the higher levels. The vast majority of courses use the most recent previous reading FCAT/FSA score for the student. Mathematics- based courses use the most recently available math FCAT/FSA. If a student does not have a previous FCAT/FSA score, he or she is not used in the calculation.

Attendance Rate Attendance Rate - The attendance rate is the percentage of time that the student was in school. We do not use number of days; rather the percentage of days the student was present. 170 out of 180 days = 94% or .94 We provide the attendance rate in the report to provide teachers information on the extent to which, if at all, the rate was taken into account in the calculation. Please consult the formula for your specific type of test for more information. Incorporating the attendance rate provides protection for the teacher. The use of the attendance rate attempts to level the playing field between teachers whose students tend to be absent more often and those whose students tend to have better attendance.

Weighting Factor The weighting factor is the combination of the prior FCAT level with the attendance rate. Weighting Factor = Weighting x Attendance Rate Please consult the formula for your specific type of test for more information. The weighting factor combines the various variables used in the formula into one number.

Final Exam Result DDA Result - Lets you know whether the student met the Student Success Score 1 = met Student Success Score (helps the teacher data score) 2 = did not meet the Student Success Score (does not help the teacher data score) X = There was no score for the student Please consult the formula for your specific type of test for more information.

Did the students listed as a 2 “Fail” the exam? 1 = met Student Success Score (cut mark) 2 = did not meet the Student Success Score (cut mark) X = There was no score for the student Did the students listed as a 2 “Fail” the exam? Not necessarily. It means they did not meet the Student Success Score (cut mark). To use the FCAT levels as an analogy, a level 2 FCAT student didn’t “fail,” but also isn’t considered proficient. A student who did not meet the Student Success Score simply did not meet the mark established for that particular test.

Student Percent Correct The student percent correct lets you know the percent correct that the student achieved on the final exam. The student percent correct should be used in combination with the test average score to figure out how close a student came to reaching the student success score, if they didn’t meet the score. It can also be used to see by how much the student exceeded the student success score, if they met or exceeded the test average score. NOTE: If you happen to teach a semester long course and have two different cohorts throughout the year, you may see two different test average scores, one for the winter cohort and one for the spring. NOTE: The Test Average score is the same as the Student Success Score (SSS)

I see an “X” in some boxes. What does that mean? If a student has an X in a box, that means that a piece of information for that student was not available. If a student has an X in the box for any column, he or she is not included in the calculation of the data score. X in the Prior FCAT column - There was no prior FCAT information available. Example: Student moved here from Georgia. If a student has an X in this column, he or she is not included in the calculation of the data score. X in the Weighting Factor column - Since a previous FCAT level was not available, no Weighting Factor could be calculated. If a student has an X in this column, he or she is not included in the calculation of the data score. X in the DDA Result column - There is no DDA result on file for the student. If a student has an X in this column, he or she is not included in the calculation of the data score.