1 School Grades Paul Houchens Director Student Assessment & Research

Changes for School Grades Florida’s assessment and accountability systems are in transition –ESEA waiver and elimination of AYP –School Grades as the sole accountability measure –FCAT 2.0 Reading, Mathematics, and Science –Increased expectation for proficiency –End-of-Course Assessments –PARCC in New statutorily-required elements –Middle school acceleration measures –25% reading proficiency threshold ( ) –Level 3 no longer included in the low 25% –Inclusion of EOCs in proficiency and gains 2

All Schools ReadingMathWritingScience Performance FCAT 2.0/FAA (100) FCAT 2.0/FAA (100) FCAT/FAA (100) FCAT/ FAA (100) Learning Gains All Students FCAT 2.0/FAA (100) FCAT 2.0/FAA (100) Low 25% Learning Gains FCAT 2.0 (100) FCAT 2.0 (100) (300) (100) Additional Components: Test at Least 90% of students, 95% to earn an “A”  Adequate Progress of the Low 25% -Grade lowered one letter grade if not met. SUSPENDED 2012 ONLY  Schools can decline by no more than 1 letter grade in 2012 only  Performance threshold of 25% proficient in Reading -Grade lowered if not met. BEGINS More rigorous cut scores for Achievement Level 3 – : Reading, Math, – : Science 2.Include students with disabilities and English language learners (more than 1 year) in performance 3.Change the learning gains calculation for students that stay in Level 1 or 2 4.Add weight for students who increase their Level to 4 or 5 5.Remove level 3 students from the Low 25% calculation. 6.Add retained level 1 and 2 students included in the low 25% 7.Adequate Progress requirement suspended for

Defining Learning Gains Scores from 2011 will be recalculated on the FCAT 2 scale to measure gains Still three ways to make a learning gain: Move up by one or more achievement levels. Maintain a satisfactory achievement level. For Level 1 or 2, demonstrate more than one year’s worth of growth on the FCAT 2 vertical scale or improve on a common scale score from FCAT 2 to an EOC. 4

New Developmental Scale Score Gains Retained Students may now make a DSS Gain –Points required to make a gain based student’s current grade level –Points required for retained grade 3 equal grade 4 requirement FCAT Level Retained Grade 3 Grade 3-4 Grade 4-5 Grade 5-6 Grade 6-7 Grade 7-8 Grade 8-9 Grade 9-10 Reading Level Level Mathematics Level Level

Learning Gains (FAA) Learning gains for students who take the Florida Alternate Assessment (FAA) have been included in School Grade beginning in The FAA has nine separate performance levels, ranging from 1 to 9, with 4 or higher equaling proficient. A learning gain is defined as improvement in performance level or the maintenance of a proficient level. Students scoring level 1-3 may make a gain if they remain the same level but improve by 5 scale score points.

Additional Requirements Adequate Progress of Lowest Performing 25% in Reading and Mathematics (suspended for 2012) –At least 50% of the low performers in a school must show learning gains in reading or math, or the school must show annual improvement in percent making gains –The school grade is lowered one letter grade if the requirement is not met - for schools that would otherwise be graded “C” or higher Students who move up 1 or more achievement levels to –Level 4 will be weighted 1.1 –Level 5 will be weighted 1.2 Non-Proficient students (FCAT and FAA) who make 33% more than the expected DSS gain will be weighted 1.1 –Example: Student was level 1 in grade 3 reading, scores 16 points higher would count 1.1 towards gains. 7

Elementary Grade Points (800) At least 525 school grade points shall be required for a School Performance Grade of A. At least 495 school grade points shall be required for a School Performance Grade of B. At least 435 school grade points shall be required for a School Performance Grade of C. At least 395 school grade points shall be required for a School Performance Grade of D. If an elementary school accumulates fewer than 395 school grade points, it shall be F

Middle Schools 8.Students with both FCAT 2 and EOC scores will be included in Math performance using the higher score (FCAT 2 or EOC). 9.High School EOC participation and performance will be included in school grade -Participation will be waived if it hurts the school grade 2012 ONLY 10. Civics EOC result will be included BEGINNING 2015 ReadingMathWriting Science Civics Acceleration Performance High School EOC’s Industry Certifications Participation- 50 Performance- 50 FCAT 2.0 /FAA (100) FCAT 2.0/ EOC/FAA (100) FCAT/FAA (100) FCAT/FAA (100) EOC (100) Learning Gains All Students FCAT 2.0 /FAA (100) FCAT 2.0/ EOC/FAA (100) Low 25% Learning Gains FCAT 2.0 (100) FCAT 2.0 (100) (300) (100)

Middle School Changes Mathematics Acceleration Component for Middle Schools includes High School courses taken 7 th or 8 th grade. Participation Denominator: –8th grade students scoring Achievement Level 3 or higher on their grade 7 FCAT 2 Mathematics, and –All other students who took the EOC assessment and enrolled in the appropriate course or its equivalent Performance –Denominator- Unduplicated participants –Numerator- Students scoring level 3 or higher based on their first EOC attempt in that year.

Middle School Grade Points (900) At least 590 school grade points shall be required for a school grade of A. At least 560 school grade points shall be required for a school grade of B. At least 490 school grade points shall be required for a school grade of C. At least 445 school grade points shall be required for a school grade of D. If a middle school accumulates fewer than 445 school grade points, it shall be F When available the Civics EOC will add 100 points.

High Schools Assessment Components – 50% “Other” Components – 50% Reading Math (Algebra, Geometry)WritingBiology AccelerationGrad Rate College Ready US History Performance Participation (150) (100) Overall (200) Reading (100) EOC (100) FCAT 2.0 /FAA (100) EOC /FAA (100) FCAT/ FAA (100) (0) EOC/FAA (100) Learning Gains All Students Performance (150) (100) At Risk (100) Math (100) FCAT 2.0/FAA (100) EOC/FAA (100) Low 25% Learning Gains (Identified by FCAT 2.0) FCAT 2.0 (100) EOC (100) (300) (100) (300) (200)(300)(200) (100) Additional Components:  Meet the at-risk graduation rate target (65%) 8.Bank middle school performance on high school EOCs for high school grades 9.Use the 4 year Federal uniform rate and a 5 year modified federal rate to include both standards and special diplomas in the graduation rate 10.Adjust the points provided or removed for growth and decline 11.Add component for US History EOC Beginning

High School Changes EOCs will be incorporated into the school grades model as they are implemented (Algebra I-2012; Algebra I, Geometry, & Biology High school science performance will be suspended in , Biology 1 EOC in its baseline year. Other FCAT components will be weighted to equal 800 points. Passing middle school EOC performance (Algebra 1 for ) will be banked for high school grades Learning gains will be calculated for Algebra in 2012 and Geometry in 2013 The target for at-risk graduation will be 65% due to the shift to the Federal Uniform Graduation Rate.

High School Changes Continued Growth/ Decline Change –Increase of zero 0 to 4 points will be no additional points for annual growth. –Increase of 5 to 9 points will be 5 additional points for annual growth. –Increase of 10 or more points will be 10 additional points for growth. –Schools will lose 5 points before weighting factors are applied if performance declines 10 percentage points

Accelerated Participation Denominator: Count of 11 th and 12 th grade students except FCAT exempt (FAA) students. Participating students in grades 9 and 10 are included in the numerator regardless of success Students in more than one course will receive extra weighting Component will be worth 150 points

Accelerated Performance 16 Denominator: unduplicated acceleration participation numerator. Numerator: Successful completions o Credit-earning scores on AP, AICE, IB, Industry Certification o Grade of “C” or higher in dual enrollment courses Students with more than one successful completion will receive extra weighting Component will be worth 150 points

Graduation Rate Summary Information 17 Graduation Rate Methods Students Not Included in the Calculation GraduatesNon-Graduates National Governors Association (NGA) Rate Used in Students who transfer to: Other schools (public, private, or Dept. of Juvenile Justice facilities); Home-education programs; Adult education programs Deceased students Standard Diploma recipients Special Diploma recipients Dropouts Certificate of Completion recipients GED recipients Continuing enrollees who are not on-time graduates New Federal Uniform Rate Required for federal reporting beginning in Students who transfer to: Other schools (public or private) Home-education programs Deceased students Standard Diploma recipients Dropouts Certificate of Completion recipients GED recipients Continuing enrollees who are not on-time graduates Special Diplomas Transfers to Adult education programs or Dept. of Juvenile Justice facilities who are not standard diploma recipients.

Postsecondary Readiness - Reading, Math Denominator: On-time High School Graduates Numerator: Students scoring ready on SAT, ACT, CPT, or PERT during high school Calculated separately for reading and mathematics with max of 100 points each College Readiness will be recalculated to include all on time grads for Growth/decline comparison. 18

HS Grades (1600) At least 1,050 school grade points shall be required for a school grade of A. At least 990 school grade points shall be required for a school grade of B. At least 870 school grade points shall be required for a school grade of C. At least 790 school grade points shall be required for a school grade of D. If a high school accumulates fewer than 790 school grade points, it shall be F

20 Current School Grading Scale A = 65.6% of points B = 61.9 % of points C = 54.4.% of points D = 49.4 % of points F = less than 49.4 % of points Elementary = 800 possible points Middle Schools = 900 possible points High Schools = 1600 possible points