School Accountability Update September 2006 – April 2007

Overview of Bulletin 111 Changes  Preliminary Release  SPS Component Changes Growth SPS Baseline SPS  Subgroup Component Changes  Label Changes  SI/AA Changes  Disaster Accountability

Schools Included in Preliminary Accountability Release (Aug. 1) For 2007, schools identified as:  Failing the Subgroup Component based on spring 2006 test results,  Failing the SPS Component based on the 2007 Baseline SPS; or  Failing the SPS Component based on the 2006 Baseline SPS; or  Being in school improvement (any level) in academic year Bulletin 111, Section 301

SPS Component Changes

Inclusion of Students in the SPS  As in the past two years of Accountability releases, only students who have been in a district for a Full Academic Year (Oct. enrollment and time of testing) will count in the school’s SPS Assessment Index. Bulletin 111, Section 515

2007 Growth SPS  Will use assessment data from 2007 and attendance and dropout data from 2006  Calculated using LEAP/GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1, and LAA 2 test data Attendance data Dropout data Bulletin 111, Section 301

 Assessment Index will use achievement levels from each test converted to index points  LEAP/GEE/iLEAP Advanced = 200 points Mastery = 150 points Basic = 100 points Approaching Basic = 50 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points 2007 Growth SPS Bulletin 111, Section 405

2007 Growth SPS  LAA 1 Accountability Conversion Average of 4 State-specified skill levels (0-5) converted to an index and included in the SPS and Subgroup % Proficient Calculations Bulletin 111, Section 3905 LAA 1 Raw ScoreLevelAssessment Points Unsatisfactory Approaching Basic Basic Mastery Advanced200

2007 Growth SPS  LAA 2 Accountability Achievement Levels Grades 4-11 included in the Growth SPS Bulletin 111, Section 3905 LevelAssessment Points Basic100 Approaching Basic75 Foundational50 Pre-Foundational0

2007 Growth SPS – K-8  Two or three Indexes Assessment Index 90% weight Attendance Index 10% weight for schools with grades K-6 5% weight for schools with grades 7 and 8 Dropout Index 5% weight for schools with grades 7 and 8 Bulletin 111, Section 301

2007 Growth SPS – K-8  Assessment Index Grade – Subject weighting GradeELAMathScienceSoc. Stud. 3 rd 21½½ 4 th th th th th 2211 Bulletin 111, Section 405

Spring Incentive Points – K-8  As in 2005 and 2006, if during 2007 spring testing, a repeating 4 th grader or an Option I 8 th grader scores at a higher achievement level on a LEAP test, the school shall receive 50 incentive points per subject improved Bulletin 111, Section 307

Summer Incentive Points – K-8  For the 2007 accountability results, if during the 2006 summer school, a 4 th or 8 th grade student earns a score at a higher achievement level than the previous spring, the school that the student attended in the spring will receive 50 incentive points per subject improved Bulletin 111, Section 307

2007 Growth SPS – K-8  Assessment Index Calculation Sum index points and incentive points for each test unit Multiply each sum times its appropriate grade-subject weight Sum the weighted index points Sum the grade-subject weights of each testing unit Divide sum of weighted points by sum of the grade- subject weights Bulletin 111, Section 405

2007 Growth SPS – High Schools  Three Indexes Assessment Index 90% weight Attendance Index 5% weight Dropout Index 5% weight Bulletin 111, Section 303

2007 Growth SPS – High Schools  Assessment Index Weights GradeELAMathSci.Soc. Stud 9 th th th 1.25 Bulletin 111, Section 409

2007 Growth SPS – High Schools  As in past years, the Assessment Index will continue to be adjusted by a dropout adjustment factor based upon a goal of no more than 4% dropouts For the 2006 Growth SPS the expectation was no more than 7% dropouts Bulletin 111, Section 409

Option II 8 th Grade Incentive Points  Due to the change in High Stakes testing policy, Option II 8 th graders and the incentive points associated with these students no longer exist Bulletin 111, Section 307

2007 Growth SPS – High Schools  Assessment Index Calculation Multiply each test unit index points times its appropriate grade-subject weight and the appropriate dropout adjustment Sum weighted points Sum grade-subject weights of each testing unit Divide sum of weighted points by sum of the grade- subject weights Bulletin 111, Section 409

2007 Growth SPS - Combo Schools  Assessment Index calculated using a weighted average of the K-8 and 9-12 Assessment Indexes K-8 portion weighted by the number of test units from spring tests in grades portion weighted by the number of test units from spring tests in grades 9-11 Bulletin 111, Section 301

2007 Growth SPS - Combo Schools  Attendance Index calculated using a weighted average of K-8 and 9-12 Attendance Indexes K-8 portion weighted by the number of students in grades K portion weighted by the number of students in grades 9-12  Dropout Index calculated using a weighted average of K-8 and 9-12 Dropout Indexes K-8 portion weighted by the number of students in grades 7and portion weighted by the number of students in grades 9-12 Bulletin 111, Sections 301, 511 and 513

2007 Baseline SPS  LAA 1 Accountability Conversion Grades 4-11 scores will be based on change in scaled scores from one year to the next Minimal Growth or higher are considered proficient Bulletin 111, Section 3905 Achievement LevelScaled Score Growth Range Assessment Points Substantial Growth> Moderate Growth2.51 – Minimal Growth0.01 – No Measurable Growth < 0.00 Not Approved by USED

2007 Baseline SPS  LAA 1 Accountability Conversion Grade 3 scores will be based upon scaled scores Levels II, III, and IV are considered proficient Bulletin 111, Section 3905 Achievement LevelScaled Score RangeAssessment Points IV> III20.0 – II15.0 – I0.0 – ?????????????

2007 Baseline SPS  LAA 2 Accountability Achievement Levels Grades 4-11 for 2007 included Grade 4, 8, 10 ELA and math and grade 11 science and Social Studies for 2006 included Bulletin 111, Section 3905 LevelAssessment Points Basic100 Approaching Basic75 Foundational50 Pre-Foundational0

2007 Baseline SPS – K-8 Schools  Calculated in the same manner as the 2006 Baseline SPS for K-8 schools, but will include two years ( and ) of assessment data Bulletin 111, Section 301

2007 Baseline SPS – High Schools  Calculated using two indexes Assessment Index (70% weight) Graduation Index (30% weight) Bulletin 111, Section 301

2007 Baseline SPS – High Schools  Assessment Index will use the same tests and subject-grade weighting as the 2007 Growth SPS, but will incorporate two years of testing data (Spring ’06 and Spring ’07) Bulletin 111, Section 301

2007 Baseline SPS – High Schools  Graduation Index cohort definition All students entering as first-time freshmen Tracked for four years Students who transfer into the school from outside the LEA on or before October 1 of their 11 th grade year will be added to the cohort Students who transfer into the school from within the district on or before October 1 of their 12 th grade year will be added to the cohort Bulletin 111, Sections

2007 Baseline SPS – High Schools  Graduation Index cohort definition (continued) Early graduates will be included with what would have been their four-year cohort Students with Disabilities whose IEPs state that they will take longer than 4 years to graduate will be added to the cohort with which they graduate, provided they are less than 22 years old at the beginning of the academic year Legitimate leavers are taken out of the cohort Bulletin 111, Sections

2007 Baseline SPS – High Schools  Graduation Index point values Bulletin 111, Section 613 Student ResultPoints Academic Endorsement180 Tops Opportunity Award OR Career Tech Endorsement 160 BESE approved Industry Based Certification OR Tops Tech and Dual Enrollment OR Tops Tech and Articulated Credit 140 Regular HS Diploma120 GED90 Skills Certificate/Certificate of Achievement60 Attendee30 Dropout0

2007 Baseline SPS – Combo Schools  Calculated using a weighted average of the K-8 and 9-12 School Performance Scores K-8 portion weighted by the number of eligible spring testers in grades portion weighted by the number of eligible spring testers in grades 9-11 plus the number of members of the cohort used as the denominator in the Graduation Index calculation Bulletin 111, Section 303

Inclusion of Schools for 2007 (and beyond)  To receive a 2007 Growth SPS, a school must have at least 40 testing units in any combination of LEAP/GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1 or LAA 2  To receive a 2007 Baseline SPS, a school must have at least 80 units in any combination of LEAP/GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1, LAA 2 or Graduation Index cohort membership Each Grad Index cohort member will count as 4 units for this determination Bulletin 111, Section 519

Pairing and Sharing Data  Pairing data will no longer be necessary for most schools  For the 2007 Growth SPS and the 2007 Baseline SPS, schools that have no testing grade will share one grade of testing data from a school into which its students feed Bulletin 111, Section 521

Pairing and Sharing Data  Any school enrolling only 12 th grade students will share data with a school or schools containing grades 9-11 from which the majority of its students are sent Used to define the school’s cohort for the Graduation Index SPS will be based solely on the school’s Graduation Index Bulletin 111, Section 521

Pairing and Sharing Data  Any school with a K-2 and 9-12 configuration will receive an SPS based solely upon the 9-12 data Bulletin 111, Section 521

Subgroup Component Changes

Subgroup Component – Inclusion of Students  In 2007, the Subgroup Component % Proficiencies will use test (LEAP, GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1 and LAA 2 tests) results from ELA and math for grades 3-8 and grade 10 for both the % Proficiency AMO analysis and Safe Harbor decrease in % Non-Proficiency analysis Bulletin 111, Sections 701 and 707

Subgroup Component Additional Academic Indicator  For schools with a 12 th grade, the 2007 Subgroup Component analysis will include a cohort Graduation Rate to replace the Non- Dropout Rate as the school Additional Academic Indicator The cohort for this Graduation Rate is defined in the same way as the cohort for the Graduation Index  For 2007 only, the Safe Harbor AAI growth will continue to use non-dropout rates Bulletin 111, Section 701

Label and Remedy Changes

2007 Growth Labels  Schools with a Performance Label of Three Stars and a Baseline SPS > 105 will not receive a negative Growth Label In 2005, the “bar” was 100 Bulletin 111, Section 1101

2007 Growth Labels  Exemplary and Recognized Academic Growth Criteria change No longer calculating a full Subgroup Performance Score (GPS) for all subgroups Calculating a weighted Subgroup Assessment Index (SAI) for the Economically Disadvantaged and Students with Disabilities subgroups Assessment Index with grade-subject weighting for the students in each of these subgroups Bulletin 111, Sections 903 and 1301

2007 Growth Labels  Exemplary and Recognized Academic Growth Criteria change For Exemplary Academic Growth (EAG), a school must Make its Growth Target, and Economically Disadvantaged and Students with Disabilities SAI must grow by at least 2 points, and The school must not be in SI Bulletin 111, Sections 903 and 1301

2007 Growth Labels  Exemplary and Recognized Academic Growth Criteria change For Recognized Academic Growth (RAG), a school must Make its Growth Target, but Economically Disadvantaged and Students with Disabilities SAI does not grow by at least 2 points, and/or The school is in SI Bulletin 111, Sections 903 and 1301

School Improvement /Academic Assistance Changes

Entry into Academic Assistance (Current) Schools that fail to meet their growth targets enter Academic Assistance level 1 (AA1) when:  They receive a One Star performance label and fail to meet their growth target; or  They receive a Two Star performance label and do not make at least 0.1 SPS points of growth; or  They receive a Three Star performance label and decline more than 2.5 SPS points. Bulletin 111, Sections 1101 and 1403

Entry into Academic Assistance (Proposed) Beginning in 2007, schools with growth targets greater than 7.0 points shall enter Academic Assistance level 1 (AA1). ♦In 2010, this value decreases to 6.0 points, and in 2013, to 5.0 points. Bulletin 111, Section 1403

Waivers from AA Status (Proposed) Districts may submit requests to the State Superintendent of Education for waivers from AA status if: 1.The total number of academically unacceptable (AUS) schools, schools in school improvement, and schools in academic assistance exceeds 30% of the non-alternative schools in the district.  Waiver requests based on the 30% limit must be for individual schools and can only serve as a means to establish a reasonable number of schools on which to focus resources. Bulletin 111, Section 1403

Waivers from AA Status (Proposed) 2. The school or schools for which a district is requesting waivers implemented reforms or innovations that should show substantially improved student achievement the following year.  Any waiver request based on 2 must be accompanied by documentation that shows implementation of the reforms/innovations in the previous year.  The documentation must include classroom observations. A school cannot receive a waiver for 2 consecutive years based on 2. Bulletin 111, Section 1403

Exit from Academic Assistance (Current)  A school shall exit academic assistance when the fall accountability results indicate it has achieved its growth target and its new growth target is less than or equal to 8.0 SPS points. Bulletin 111, Section 1407

Movement in and Exit from Academic Assistance (Proposed)  Schools move one level higher in academic assistance when their newly calculated growth target exceeds 8.0 SPS points (a school in AA2 moves to AA3).  Schools remain at the same level of academic assistance when they do not advance or exit academic assistance.  Schools exit academic assistance when their growth targets are 5.0 or fewer points. Bulletin 111, Section 1405

Waiver of SI Requirements  For 2007 only, high schools (grades 9-12) and combination schools that are Academically Unacceptable, have a 2007 Baseline SPS 60 and a 2007 Growth SPS > 60, SI requirements will be waived for the school year. Bulletin 111, Section 1503

Dropout Documentation Required  Documentation is now required for any exit code used on a student who does not count as a dropout Example: Exit to private school, Exit out of state, etc. Bulletin 111, Section 611

SPS Component Disaster Policy Bulletin 111, Chapter 45

New School Elementary Disaster year – no scores released Year 1 (2007) – Assessment Index only – no labels assigned Year 2 (2008) – Baseline SPS – Performance Labels Year 3 (2009) – Fully Accountable Bulletin 111, Chapter 45 Disaster Accountability

New School High School The cohort to calculate the Graduation Index must be re-established. Bulletin 111, Chapter 45 Disaster Accountability

New School High School Disaster Year – no scores released Year 1 (2007) – Assessment Index only – no labels assigned Year 2 (2008) – Baseline Assessment Index – Performance Labels Year 3 (2009) – Fully Accountable as a 9-11 school (Assessment Index only) Bulletin 111, Chapter 45 Disaster Accountability

New School High School Year 5 (2011) – Graduation Index calculated, Fully Accountable Bulletin 111, Chapter 45 Disaster Accountability

Subgroup Component - Disaster  The displaced students will not be considered a separate subgroup for the academic year Bulletin 111, Section 4527

Additional Information Displaced students will not be counted as dropouts in their receiving schools if they drop out prior to the first day of school the following academic year. Bulletin 111, Chapter 45 Disaster Accountability

Where to get: Current Bulletin 111 Policy (and all bulletins) Proposals passed by BESE for Notice of Intent (this is for all agencies in the state)

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