Illinois State Board of Education Assessment & Accountability Title I Directors Conference April 24, 2018 A. Rae Clementz Director of Assessment and Accountability

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PARCC/Illinois Assessment of Readiness Updates: Testing Window: March 5, 2018 to April 20, 2018 Testing Complete! Next Steps: Release of the 3-8 RFSP Continuity and comparability between prior administrations & FY19 forward Machine scorable results within 1 week Human scored items within 1 month Native language assessments Better reporting Transition to computer adaptive

SAT Spring test days High School Assessment FY19 Initial Test Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Makeup Test Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Accommodated Test Window: April 10-24*, 2018 Testing Complete! High School Assessment FY19 Unknown – evaluation of bids ongoing Grade 11 college entrance exam Aligned assessments at grades 9 & 10

Science 2016 results released January 2017 results released February 2018 administration ongoing till 6/30/18 Results anticipated along the same timeline as other assessments Working to develop new blueprint, & items for field testing in 2019

DLM-AA Testing ongoing till 5/9/18 Minimal issues reported Noticeable increase in students being identified

Access New for next year: No ELA exemption for First Year in US Testing closed. Smoothest administration to date New Instructional Framework for ELDs EL educators and stakeholders are invited to submit input between March 22 and April 20, 2018. WIDA-developed professional learning workshops are now available directly to districts and schools. Contact WCEPS https://www.wceps.org/widapl#/wida.pl@wceps.org toll free:1.877.272.5593 fax: 1.608.441.2769 New for next year: No ELA exemption for First Year in US Scores in all subjects suppressed for accountability

KIDS/Physical Fitness KIDS is not an assessment, is an observation protocol Physical Fitness moving under Assessment & Accountability

ESSA Accountability System & Assessments Approved by the US Department of Education on 8/30/2017 https://www.isbe.net/Documents/ESSAStatePlanforIllinois.pdf

95% Participation Percent proficient now calculated out of whichever is larger: Number of students tested 95% of those who should have tested If one or more subgroups is below the 95% threshold: In any year, school cannot be Tier I For three consecutive years, identified for Targeted Supports and Interventions Based on 2018, 2019, 2020 participation

CSI/TSI & Summative Ratings Summative ratings are for all schools. CSI/TSI/aTSI are for Title I schools and high schools with graduation rates below 67% percent. TSI is a category made up of 3 things: aTSI (Additional Targeted Support and Intervention), also known as Tier III Schools who fall below the 95% participation threshold in one or more subgroup for 3 consecutive years (based on Spring 18/19/20 data) Schools with one or more subgroups that falls within the lowest 10 percent of performance for three or more consecutive years, regardless of the schools summative rating. Summative & TSI ratings are annual. CSI/aTSI are calculated every 3 years.