2012 USA/KASB Regional Education Summits Kansas Education Past/Present/Future Brad Neuenswander, KSDE

Kansas State Department of Education Past  Recommendations from Kansas Education Commission, Governor's Task Force on Graduation/Dropout Prevention, and Teaching in Kansas Commission Common Core Standards Revise Accreditation model MTSS in all schools SBAC Kansas Teacher/Leader evaluation instrument KEEP Focus on CTE/21st Century Skills Adopt a Growth Model

Kansas State Department of Education Past (cont’d)  May State Board adopts 11 Career and Technical Education goals  Fall 2010 – State Board adopts Kansas Common Core Standards  KEEP development begins  September 2011 – States are allowed to submit an ESEA Waiver

Kansas State Department of Education  July 20 Kansas ESEA waiver conditionally approved  AYP is GONE, used for the last time in 2012  A new Reporting system will be designed around 4 new AMO’s, used with the 2013 Assessments  Spring current Kansas assessment  Field Test SBAC test items from SBAC  Focus efforts on quality instruction and implementation of Kansas Common Core Standards

Kansas State Department of Education (cont’d)  TIKCII -- define student growth evaluation  Pilot new accreditation model  Decide how the 4 new AMO's affect QPA  Winter Kansas to adopt History/Government standards  2 nd year of the KEEP Pilot  Winter review local evaluation instrument and/or review KEEP  Review Guidelines  Winter/Spring- submit local instrument guidelines to KSDE for review and approval  Evaluate other Assessment Tools

Kansas State Department of Education  ESEA waiver (continues) -- fully approved  New report cards around 4 AMO’s  State Board decides on Kansas Assessment Instrument  Full implementation of Kansas Common Core (English Language Arts and Math)  Spring 2014 – last year for the current state assessments, or  Field Test new Assessment Instrument

Kansas State Department of Education (cont’d)  ESOL standards aligned with Kansas Common Core Standards  Possible adoption of Science Standards  State wide pilot/training of KEEP  Maintain current QPA  Field test new accreditation model

Kansas State Department of Education  2nd year of Kansas Common Core Standards  Full implementation of new state assessment  KEEP or your own instrument that meets the guidelines  New ELPA assessment  1st year of new accreditation model

Kansas State Department of Education 1.College- and Career-Ready Expectations for All Students 2.State-Developed Differentiated Recognition, Accountability, and Support 3.Supporting Effective Instruction and Leadership Kansas ESEA Waiver 9

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Kansas State Department of Education 12 Calculating API

Kansas State Department of Education Why did Kansas want a new way of measuring academic performance?

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Kansas State Department of Education 15 Growth AMO

Kansas State Department of Education Achievement Gap

Kansas State Department of Education 17 Reducing the Non-ProficientProficient Proficient Non- Proficient Now2017