An INTRODUCTION TO THE California School Dashboard

California School Dashboard The California School Dashboard is the new accountability website that illustrates how well districts and schools are meeting the needs of California’s diverse student population.

English Learner Proficiency Rates Then “Snapshots” “Standardized Tests” STAR Test (All Grades) ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies CAHSEE 10th Grade ELA, Math API AYP Now “Multiple Measures” “Continuous Improvement” CAASPP (7,8,11 Grades) English Learner Proficiency Rates School Climate (suspension rates) Student Engagement (graduation rates, chronic absenteeism, drop outs, non-promotees)

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Key Features

Indicators by Priority Areas LCAP Priority Areas State Indicators Local Indicators Basic Services or Basic Condition at schools Priority 1   Basics Conditions at School Implementation of State Academic Standards Priority 2 Implementation of State Academic Standards Parental Engagement Priority 3 Parent Engagement Student Achievement Priority 4 Academic Indicator English Learner Indicator Student Engagement Priority 5 Chronic Absence Indicator Graduation Rate Indicator* School Climate Priority 6 Suspension Rate Indicator Local Climate Survey Access to a Broad Course of Study Priority 7 College/Career Indicator* Outcomes in a Broad Course of Study Priority 8 Coordination of Services for Expelled Students Priority 9 Coordination of Services for Expelled Students** Coordination of Services for Expelled Students Priority 10 Coordination of Services for Foster Youth**

State Versus Local Performance Met Not Met Not Met for Two or More Years

Performance Levels combine both Status and Change on 5 color wheels Blue Highest Green Yellow Orange Red Lowest

The Five-by-Five Colored Table Change By measuring both status and change, the Dashboard encourages continuous improvement Level Declined Significantly Declined Maintained Increased Increased Significantly Very High Yellow Green Blue High Orange Medium Low Red Very Low Status For example, a school with a Status of “high” and yet “declined significantly” in Change will receive an Orange performance level, while a school with a Status of “medium” and “increased” in Change will receive a Green performance level. The State Board approved the methodology for measuring performance on state indicators: Status (outcome) is based on the current year performance. Change (improvement) is the difference between performance from the prior year and current year, or between the current year and a multi-year average—if available. This slide displays the 5x5 or what is known as the reference chart, and this is based on a methodology that uses equally weighted percentile cut scores for status and change to make an overall determination of performance for each of the state indicators Jenny Singh and her team that the Department completed many data simulations to set cut scores for each state indicator with extensive input from their Technical Design Group, in addition to other key stakeholder groups like the California Practitioners Advisory Group, our partners at the county offices, and many others provided input on the analyses completed. Status is determined using current performance, the results for all LEAs are ordered from highest to lowest and four cut scores were selected to create five status levels were are very high, high, medium, low, and very low Change is the difference between the current year performance and past performance. For some of the state indicators this is just prior year but for the indicators with multiple years of data collection, like graduation rate, it can subtracted from the average of prior performance, the results for LEAs were ordered on a distribution to identify four cut points to create five change levels that range from declined significantly, declined, maintained, increased and increased significantly So by combining the five status levels and the five change levels you have the 5x5 grid which tell you the performance level In this example an LEA with a high status and increased change will result in a green performance level

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Local Decision-Making Key Themes < Single Number Equity Local Decision-Making A quality education should not be defined by a single test score Focus on performance gaps among student groups Information to support the local strategic planning These are key characteristics of our new accountability system that will remain central as the SBE builds on this initial phase of the accountability tool. As we talk about the new system and the Dashboard with stakeholders and the public, this is the core messaging. Sample TPs based on these core messages will be provided to LEAs as part of the roll out (as part of toolkit that will be available Feb 13)

Dashboard Public LAUNCH March 15, 2017