Tiered Accountability & Support (1/4/08) Tiered Accountability & Support System January 4, 2008

Tiered Accountability & Support (1/4/08) Tiered Accountability & Support Framework In order to accelerate achievement in every school, OUSD must differentiate the supports and interventions provided based on where schools current exist along the continuum from needing intervention to having demonstrated a capacity to accelerate achievement. This differentiation also allows for innovation while increasing accountability across the system BLUE TierGREEN TierYELLOW TierORANGE TierRED Tier Increased Flexibilities awarded through application process Increased Monitoring and Support Accountability for Results Tiering Criteria: ii) Absolute Performance i) Accelerated Student Level Growth iii) Closing the Achievement Gap

Tiered Accountability & Support (1/4/08) Tiered Accountability & Support Framework BLUE TierGREEN TierYELLOW TierORANGE TierRED Tier Increased Flexibilities awarded through application process Increased Monitoring and Support Accountability for Results All schools must be held to the same high standards of accelerating academic achievement to grade level and beyond for all students The ability to select and/or modify curriculum to meet needs increases ownership and leadership for achievement results on the part of faculties and families Innovation can drive system-wide improvement, especially when effective practices are shared within a common framework of high expectations There must be demonstrated capacity and leadership to support innovation and flexibility to ensure high quality and results Targeted support can help to build cohesiveness and alignment around key instructional practices Additional resources should be allocated towards those schools most in need of accelerating student achievement

Tiered Accountability & Support (1/4/08) Tiering Criteria: Methodology System combines three categories of performance: Absolute Performance Cohort Matched Student Level Growth Closing the Achievement Gap A school is first tiered based on Program Improvement Status The school can then move up or down based on either growth or achievement gap

Tiered Accountability & Support (1/4/08) Tiering Criteria: Methodology Step 1: A School is Tiered Based on NCLB Program Improvement Status Step 2: A school receives scores in growth and closing the achievement gap Step 3: A school can JUMP UP one tier or DOWN one tier based on performance in growth or achievement gap No PI Status PI Year 0,1,2 PI Year 3 PI Year 4,5 1 year cohort matched growth 3 year cohort matched growthClosing the achievement gap

Tiered Accountability & Support (1/4/08) Tiering Criteria: Methodology for Moving UP or DOWN If my school starts in… My tier will move UP or DOWN if I have the following combinations of GROWTH and ACHIEVEMENT GAP scores…. So that my FINAL tier changes to… 1 year growth3 year GrowthAchievement Gap AND OR AND ORAND ORAND

Tiered Accountability & Support (1/4/08) Tiering Criteria – Absolute Performance Absolute performance is based on Adequate Yearly Progress. There are three possible scores: GREEN: Made AYP in both of the last two years YELLOW: Made AYP in one of the past two years RED: Did not make AYP The table shows in RED where a school did not make the AYP targets SAMPLE

Tiered Accountability & Support (1/4/08) Tiering Criteria – Cohort Matched Growth Cohort matched growth examines how a school is moving the performance of students over time There are two categories measured Is the school moving at least 1/3 of its students at least one performance band? Is the number of students improving greater than the number of students decreasing in performance? Each of these categories is measured for both Math and ELA resulting in FOUR possible points SAMPLE

Tiered Accountability & Support (1/4/08) Tiering Criteria – Achievement Gap SAMPLE The achievement gap criteria measures how a school is closing the gap between its lowest performing subgroup and school-wide performance. NOTE: a negative number means the gap is closing In addition, all subgroups must receive an API of 550 or higher