Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” Assessment Update: Preliminary Results Department of Accountability School Board Meeting August 22, 2013

Federal Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO) Replaced Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) Measures participation and achievement levels in reading and mathematics Reports the percent of students passing across nine subgroups at the state, division, and school levels Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 2

Federal Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO) Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 3

Federal Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO) Federal AMO’s can be met by: Exceeding the AMO based on current year’s performance Exceeding the AMO based on a 3 year average Reducing the previous year’s failure rate by 10% Having less than 30 students in a subgroup Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 4

Preliminary AMO Division Reading Performance Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 5

Preliminary AMO Division Mathematics Performance Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 6

Example of AMOs Accounting for Improvement: Patrick Henry Math Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 7

State Accreditation Measures achievement levels in English (Reading and Writing SOLs combined), mathematics, history, and science. Only accounts for the “All Student” pass rates in each of the four academic areas. Accreditation benchmarks were elevated this year in grades 6-12 English (+5%), grade 3 History (+20%), and grade 3 Science (+20%) Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 8

Preliminary Accreditation Results Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 9

Historical Accreditation Status Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 10

Preliminary Advanced Placement (AP) Results Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 11

Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) Data Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 12

Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) Cohort Report Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 13

Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) Growth Report Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 14

Coming Soon… SAT ACT WIDA ACCESS for ELLs VA On-Time Graduation and Dropout Statistics Additional SOL and AP analyses as data become available Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 15

Questions? Contact: Department of Accountability (703) or Department of Accountability: “Anyone can measure the rain; we build arks.” 16