Target Practice with AMAOs 1, 2, 3

AMAOs 1,2,3 District level targets for EL under Title III Accountability They show how all of the EL in a cohort are achieving in either: –AMAO 1: Making at least one year’s growth on CELDT –AMAO 2: Becoming English Proficient within a reasonable amount of time –AMAO 3: Being competitive with peers by meeting academic expectations on CST in ELA and Math »Paul Gale, Ph.D.

District Level AMAO’s Do… Tap into a district’s vision of English Learner programming. Highlight overall programming emphasis and whether it is effective: –With student’s initial language growth –With getting EL students proficient –With getting EL students to be academically successful »Paul Gale, Ph.D.

District Level AMAOs Do Not… Show how well an EL program is working at specific sites, at specific grade levels, with particular EL levels or with particular teachers. One must delve deeper into each AMAO and go directly into the classroom to observe which strategies are being used and determine if these strategies are used appropriately. »Paul Gale, PhD

Title III Accountability Report Go to Use pull down menu for “Level” to choose “District” Use the pull down menu for “Subject” to choose “Title III Accountability” Chose Year, is most recent report Choose “Submit”

AMAO 1 Expectations Is the percent of English learners that move from one overall level to the next as measured by the CELDT B EI I EA A Do you know the Target Expectation for 2009? Do you know the Target Expectation for 2009?

AMAO 1 Column 1a: Enter the number of all EL students taking the pre- & post- CELDT from the CDE report. Column 1b: Enter the actual spring 2007 % of EL students who achieved this AMAO. Column 1c: Enter the number of EL students who achieved this AMAO in spring –Lynne Aoki, Region 10 T3Y4 Consultant

AMAO 2 Column 2a: Enter the AMAO 1 target % percentage that must make yearly progress. Column 2b: Calculate the number of students this % percentage represents. Multiply the number of students in column 1a times the % percentage in column 2a. Lynne Aoki, Region 10 T3Y4 Consultant

Calculating the GAP Column 3a: Subtract column 2b from column 1c. –If negative, then the district made AMAO 1 target –If positive, this is the amount of EL students that must make one PL gain. Calculate the % percentage by dividing column 3a by 1a. Break it down further by simple distribution Lynne Aoki, Region 10 T3Y4 Consultant

Divide and Conquer Column 4: Enter the number of schools in your district Column 5: Divide the results of 3a by the number of schools in column 4. Lynne Aoki, Region 10 T3Y4 Consultant

Example AMAO 1 1a1b1c2a2b3a3b45 Studen ts taking CELDT % Achieve AMAO # Achieve AMAO What Should be Spring 2009? 1a x 2a Gap c-2b Gap % 3a divided by 1a # of Schools Simple Distribution N%N%NN%NN

AMAO 2 Expectation Is the percent of English learners that reach proficiency level as measured by the CELDT Any students who have been Els or four years must become proficient. + Do you know the Target Expectation for 2009?

AMAO 2 Column 1a: Enter the Total EL cohort from your calculations above. Column 1b: Enter the actual spring 2008% of EL students who achieved the AMAO 2. Column 1c: Calculate the number of EL students who achieved this AMAO 2 in spring 2008 by multiplying Column 1a by Column 1b. Lynne Aoki, Region 10 T3Y4 Consultant

AMAO 2 Column 2a: Enter the AMAO 2 target % percentage needing to make yearly progress. Column 2b: Calculate the number of students this % percentage represents. –Multiply the number of students in column 1a times the % percentage in column 2a –Lynne Aoki, Region 10 T3Y4 Consultant

Calculating the GAP Column 3a: Subtract column 2b from Column 1c. If the result is negative, then the district has met its AMAO 2 target for this period. If the result is positive, this is the amount of EL students that need to move to level 4 or 5 in order to achieve its AMAO 2 target. Break it down further by simple distribution Lynne Aoki, Region 10 T3Y4 Consultant

AMAO 2 1a1b1c2a2b3a3b45 Students taking CELDT % Achieve AMAO # Achieve AMAO What Should be Spring 2009 target? What Should be Spring 2009? 1a x 2a Gap c – 2b 3a divided by 1a # of Schools in DIstrict Simple Distribution N%N%NN%NN

AMAO 3 Is the percent proficient for the English Learner subgroup as measured by the CST for both English language arts (ELA) and Math A significant subgroup in Ca. is considered 100 students Do you know the Target Expectation for 2009?

Talk to your neighbor… Discuss what relevance this information has to your district, sites and future planning meetings with administrators?