1. E-12, World’s Best Workforce, ESSA, and ELA Implementation Dr
E-12, World’s Best Workforce, ESSA, and ELA Implementation Dr. Brenda Cassellius Commissioner of Education
Joint House Education Finance and Education Innovation Committees Thursday, January 12, 2017
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2. Governor’s 7-Point Plan Our Accomplishments over the Past Six Years
World’s Best Workforce
Every Student Succeeds Act
English Language Arts Implementation
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3. Governor’s 7-Point Plan (2011)
Funding Education for the Future.
Better Early Childhood Education.
Raise the Bar – Close the Gap.
Reading Well by Third Grade.
Support Teaching.
Better Testing.
A Department of Education that Provides Educational Leadership and Support.
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4. 2011/2012 State Funding: Education for the Future Support Teaching
Expanded Career Technical Education and vocational courses to grade 10
Innovation Zones Pilot Project
Increase general education formula (1% and 1%)
Support Teaching
Teacher and Principal Dev. and Eval.
Small schools revenue
Alternative certification
Better Early Childhood Education
Education Leadership
Began Early Childhood Scholarships ($4 mill.)
No Child Left Behind Waiver
Federal/Non-State funding
Reading Well by Third Grade
Charter replication grants
Assessing students, parent engagement, data analytics
Race to the Top Transformation Zone Grants
District Literacy Plans, Individual Learning Plans and Literacy Incentive Aid
Bush Foundation funding for Teacher Evaluation
Raise the Bar
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5. 2013/2014 Raise the Bar Funding Education for the Future
Increase general education formula (1.5% and 2%)
Local Optional Revenue and Operating Referendum Revenue
Reinstatement of Uniform General Education Levy
Paid back school aid payment shift and property tax shift (total of $2.8 bill.)
Special education funding increase and formula changes ($40 mill.)
Better Early Childhood Education
All-day Kindergarten
Early Childhood Scholarships ($44 mill.)
Increased funding for Early Childhood Family Education (and created inflator) and School Readiness
Raise the Bar
Restored and reformed Achievement and Integration Program
Increase to English Learner funding (from 5 to 6 years)
Standard High School Diploma for Adults
Learning English for Academic Proficiency and Success (LEAPS) Act
School lunch funding increase and school breakfast free for kindergarten students
Northside Achievement Zone and St. Paul Promise Neighborhood funding ($700K, $400K ongoing)
Safe and Supportive Schools Act (2014)
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6. 2013/2014 Continued Support Teaching Education Leadership
One-time teacher evaluation funding ($10 mill.)
CUE funding
Special education paperwork/caseloads streamlining and reductions
Education Leadership
World’s Best Workforce
Regional Centers of Excellence expansion
Better Testing
Online, adaptive, and off-grade testing
Career and College Ready score
Repealed the GRAD requirement
Other Supports for Students
Career Pathways
Federal and Non-state funding sources
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7. 2015/2016 Funding Education for the Future Raise the Bar
Increase to general education formula (2% and 2%)
English Learner funding (6 to 7 years)
Equity Revenue – Greater Minnesota ($5 mill.)
American Indian Education Aid
Bureau of Indian Ed. school funding
Long-Term Facilities Maintenance ($32 mill.)
Northside Achievement Zone, St. Paul Promise Neighborhood and Ed. Partnerships ($5 mill.)
Better Early Childhood Education
Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten ($25 mill.)
Full Service Community Schools ($1.5 mill.)
School Readiness ($30 mill.)
GED funding ($120K)
Head Start ($10 mill.)
Positive Behavioral Intervention Services (PBIS) ($2.75 mill.)
Early Learning Scholarships ($48 mill.)
Parent Aware ($5.5 mill.)
Parent-Child Home Visiting Program ($2 mill.)
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8. 2015/2016 Continued Supporting Educators
Federal and Non-state funding sources
Increase Q-Comp Cap ($9.5 mill.)
Support Staff Funding ($12 mill.)
Data disaggregation grant
Intermediate Staff Dev. Funding ($4.5 mill.)
SLEDS grant (with OHE)
Other areas
Grow Your Own ($1.5 mill.)
Concurrent Enrollment funding ($4 mill.)
Am. Indian Teacher Prep ($270K)
CUE ($310K)
Streamline reports (EIP and staff dev. to WBWF)
Teacher Loan Forgiveness ($2 mill.)(OHE)
Student Teacher Support ($2.8 mill.)(OHE)
Special Ed. Para. Licensing ($385K)
Northwest Regional Partnership ($3 mill.)
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9. Interagency Work School-linked mental health grants ($7.5 mill.)
Home visiting
Rental Assistance
Parent Aware
Help Me Grow
SLEDS and ECLDS
Interagency Council to End Homelessness
Children’s Cabinet
GED initiatives with DEED
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10. World’s Best Workforce
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11. World’s Best Workforce Goals
WBWF legislation passed in 2013.
School boards are to develop a long-term, strategic plan to reach the five WBWF goals:
All Students Ready for Kindergarten
All Third Graders Proficient in Reading
All Achievement Gaps Closed
All Students Graduate from High School
All Students Career and College Ready
All public districts and charters are included.
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12. WBWF Process School boards and Superintendents:
Adopt a comprehensive, long-term strategic plan to support teaching and learning.
Plan moving forward.
Not submitted to MDE.
Publish an annual report.
Reflecting on previous year and planning forward.
Not submitted to MDE; Posted to website.
Hold an annual public meeting.
Develop a brief summary of the annual report.
Reflecting on previous year.
Submitted to MDE.
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13. WBWF Review, Timeline and Expectations
November 2016: Regional data profiles posted to website and sent to districts
December 2016: Summary reports due to MDE
January 2017: MDE review of summaries begins
January 25, 2017: Legislative Report submitted
February 2017: MDE reviews completed
March 2017: Districts receive feedback on summaries
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14. State WBWF Data Profiles
Measures Provided by MDE
All Students Ready for Kindergarten
MDE has a menu of valid and reliable tools districts can use to assess Kindergarten readiness. Data not available statewide.
All Students in Third Grade Achieving Grade-Level Literacy
By student group:
Grade 3 reading percent proficient in 2015
Grade 3 reading 2017 goal
Grade 4 reading growth scores
Close the Achievement Gap(s) Among All Groups
Math and reading proficiency compared to targets to reduce gap by 50% by 2017
Indicates if districts met targets in 2015
All Students Career- and College-Ready
Grade 8 math percent proficient
Grade 8 math 2017 goal
All Students Graduate
2014 graduation rates
Increase needed to reach 90% goal by 2020
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15. WBWF Data Profiles are found here:
MDE has some data available at the state that was provided in the WBWF data profiles.
District and regional data was provided in October 2016.
Based on ECSU regions, found here:
WBWF Data Profiles are found here:
MDE Homepage > Districts, Schools, and Educators> Teaching and Learning: World’s Best Workforce
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16. Minnesota Report Card rc.education.state.mn.us
Named a “Bright Spot” by Data Quality Campaign
“Minnesota’s interactive dashboard allows users to break down—or cross-tabulate—data points, like test scores, by grade, subject, or subgroup depending on their need. Users can also compare up to three data points at one time, helping provide context for their school or district performance.”
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17. Every Student Succeeds Act
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18. Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Passed with bipartisan support in November 2015; signed into law in December 2015.
Minnesota will develop a federal accountability system for implementation in school year.
Measures must include achievement, growth, graduation rates, English proficiency, and a measure of school quality
MDE will need to identify:
Bottom 5% of schools.
High schools with grad rates below 67%.
Schools with any low-performing student group.
Minnesota will submit our State Plan to the U.S. Department of Education in September 2017.
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19. Stakeholder Work
Outreach started in early 2016 and will continue through the summer.
Five ESSA Committees
Accountability, Assessments, Educator Quality, English Learners and School Improvement.
The Assessments and Educator Quality Committees have completed their work and provided recommendations.
The Accountability, English Learners and School Improvement Committees continue to meet.
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20. Aligning State and Federal Systems
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21. Aligning State and Federal Systems
Minnesota has an opportunity to build a cohesive accountability and support system around common goals through the alignment of WBWF and ESSA
ESSA accountability and school support
Deliver on-site support for identified schools through Regional Centers.
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22. Aligning State and Federal Systems
WBWF includes all districts
The commissioner must identify those districts in any consecutive three-year period not making sufficient progress toward improving teaching and learning for all students, including English learners with varied needs, consistent with section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and 2a, and striving for the world's best workforce. The commissioner, in collaboration with the identified district, may require the district to use up to two percent of its basic general education revenue per fiscal year during the proximate three school years to implement commissioner-specified strategies and practices
Expansion of Regional Centers would allow support to be provided to more districts or schools not making progress under WBWF
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23. Wilder Report: 2016 English Language Arts (ELA) Implementation Update
Wilder Foundation Report on ELA Standards Implementation
Given three years in a row. Measures schoolwide implementation of the core features of MTSS within the context of ELA.
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24. Thank you Questions?
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