Going Local with Standards and Accountability Patty Dineen & Gail Eagan ACSA Annual Conference November 3, 2006

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District Sonoma County Sonoma County 1 hour north of San Francisco 1 hour north of San Francisco Sonoma State University Sonoma State University K-12 K schools 15 schools 5 Title I schools 5 Title I schools 7,000 students 7,000 students 62% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Other 62% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Other 16% English Learner 16% English Learner 22% Free and Reduced 22% Free and Reduced

John Reed Elementary School 430 students K students K-5 59% Hispanic, 30% White, 11% Other 59% Hispanic, 30% White, 11% Other 47% English Learners 47% English Learners 61% Free and Reduced 61% Free and Reduced Title I School Title I School PI in PI in

John Reed Elementary School API increases : API increases : Met AYP past two years Met AYP past two years School-wide School-wide All Significant Subgroups All Significant Subgroups

We are all unique and diverse! Ms. Kelly’s 2 nd Grade

Local Accountability System California Content Standards California Content Standards NCLB NCLB John Reed as Program Improvement John Reed as Program Improvement

Local Accountability System District Vision and Board Goals District Vision and Board Goals Equity Equity Edusoft and WestEd Edusoft and WestEd

Administer Fall, Winter and Spring Benchmark Assessments Use Edusoft to score and analyze the Benchmark Assessment results Use Benchmark Assessment results to identify instructional strategies to address the needs of students Evaluate the validity and reliability of the Benchmark Assessments Identify Essential Standards and Benchmark Periods Cotati-Rohnert Park Local Accountability System

Language Arts and Math Essential Standards K-12 team K-12 team Administrators and Teachers Administrators and Teachers Essential Standards Essential Standards Align with blue prints Align with blue prints Have: Endurance, Leverage, and Readiness Have: Endurance, Leverage, and Readiness

Language Arts and Math Essential Standards Student-friendly language Student-friendly language Benchmark Periods Benchmark Periods 3 per year 3 per year

Benchmark Assessments Purpose Purpose Developing Assessments Developing Assessments valid valid reliable reliable balanced balanced

Benchmark Assessments Pilots Pilots Continuous monitoring and review Continuous monitoring and review

Standards-based Instruction Analyzed Local Benchmark Data Analyzed Local Benchmark Data Provided time to design standards based lessons Provided time to design standards based lessons Data bank of shared lessons Data bank of shared lessons

Administer Fall, Winter and Spring Benchmark Assessments Use Edusoft to score and analyze the Benchmark Assessment results Use Benchmark Assessment results to identify instructional strategies to address the needs of students Evaluate the validity and reliability of the Benchmark Assessments Identify Essential Standards and Benchmark Periods Cotati-Rohnert Park Local Accountability System

Challenges Inclusion Inclusion Inviting vs. involving all staff Inviting vs. involving all staff Math and English Language Arts Math and English Language Arts Retroactive Retroactive History/Social Science History/Social Science Proactive Proactive

Challenges Test Writing vs. Assembling Test Writing vs. Assembling Multiple Choice Multiple Choice Short answer Short answer Essay/writing sample Essay/writing sample Clerical Time Clerical Time

Challenges Union Union Change Change Time Time

Benefits Changing Instructional Practice Changing Instructional Practice Common professional discourse across the district Common professional discourse across the district Focused Professional Development Focused Professional Development

Benefits Higher expectations Higher expectations Students Students Teachers Teachers Improved student achievement Improved student achievement

Next Steps Springboard Schools Leadership Network Springboard Schools Leadership Network Standards Based Report Card Standards Based Report Card Continuous Cycle Continuous Cycle

Next Steps Instructional Practice Instructional Practice Terminating ineffective efforts Terminating ineffective efforts

For More Information WestEd WestEd Edusoft Edusoft Springboard Schools Springboard Schools

For More Information Mike Schmoker Mike Schmoker “Results” “Results” Doug Reeves Doug Reeves “Making Standards Work” “Making Standards Work” Jim Collins Jim Collins “Good to Great” “Good to Great” Robert Marzano Robert Marzano “What Works in Schools” “What Works in Schools”

For More Information Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District Gail Eagan Gail Eagan Patty Dineen Patty Dineen