1. Alternative Education Campus Accountability Work Group
October 21, 2015

2. Welcome to Back to the Future!2

3. Agenda Welcome, Purpose, and Review of Norms
95% High Risk Threshold Small Group Decision Item
Quantitative/Qualitative Measures Small Work Group Presentation
Update from Comparison Group Study
Lunch
Cut-Points Small Work Group Presentation
Wrap-Up & Next Steps
Public Comment
AEC Work Group Website: 3

4. Goals for Today Provide clarification on the timeline
Come to consensus regarding the 95% high-risk threshold
Learn more about the comparison group work
Consider the 95% high-risk threshold
Consider the cut-points in the AEC SPF
Next steps before final meeting 4

5. 12/1/2018
Norms
Participate – be present and contribute; fairly represent the subcategory in which you were selected for the AEC AWG.
Represent your colleagues and your state
Speak your mind – this is a safe space
Be a problem-solver
Honor thoughts of all
Everyone and every idea is respected
Control your sidebars and your technology
Balance listening and speaking
Help to ensure that all voices are heard
Provide feedback on the process and product
Judy/Cori 5

6. Decision-Making Reach consensus, no votes
12/1/2018
Decision-Making
Reach consensus, no votes
“I can support the general view of the group, even if I don’t agree with every specific point”
If need be, we can produce a “minority opinion”
Judy/Cori 6

7. 12/1/2018
Charge for the AEC AWG
Provide recommendations to the Commissioner, the education committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the State Board of Education regarding performance indicators for the next iteration of the Alternative Education Campus School Performance Framework (AEC SPF) for release in the fall of 2016.
See handout that delineates statutory requirements/ SBE authority. Basically, the 4 major indicators are required, but there is room in the measures/metrics for adjustments. 7

8. Timeline for Future Meetings
Date
Presentations
Small Work Group Time
September 23, 2015
95% Threshold Small Group & N Weighting presentations and discuss initial recommendations to entire work group, feedback offered
Small Work Groups meet to establish initial recommendations or work on feedback
October 21, 2015
Cut-Points, Qualitative/Quantitative Measures, and Comparison Group Small Work Groups present initial recommendations to entire work group, feedback offered
Small Work Groups meet before the next meeting for the final time to establish final recommendations
November 11, 2015
Small Work Groups present final recommendations to the entire work group for consensus amongst the entire group
Recommendations finalized during the remainder of the meeting and due to CDE by the end of the meeting
December 1, 2015
PER HB , NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 1, 2015, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER, THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE MEETINGS, THE EDUCATION COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND OF THE SENATE, AND THE STATE BOARD. 8

9. Small Work Groups Per 22-11-210 (1.5)(a)(I-V):
Qualitative measures, in addition to quantitative measures of a school’s performance in serving high-risk students;
Development of measure-specific cut points;
Consideration of the current “N” weighting system and suggesting changes to weights to address the unique socio-emotional needs to the students served by the alternative education campus;
Identification of possible methods and costs associated with using a comparison group to analyze hard data comparing high-risk students across schools; and
Consideration of the ninety-five percent threshold for designation of an alternative education campus, the student groups included in the ninety-five percent threshold, and the documentation and verification requirements for certifying that the threshold has been met. 9

10. 95% High-Risk Threshold Decision Item

11. Quantitative and Qualitative Measures Small Work Group Presentation

12. Updates from the Comparison Group Small Work Group

13. Lunch 13

14. Cut-Points Small Work Group Presentation

15. Small Work Groups: Next Steps15

16. Guidance for Finalizing Recommendations
Each Small Work Group lead or designee is responsible for pulling together the final recommendations for the entire work group in written form by November 4, 2015
Written recommendations should comprise of the following:
Recommendation: What is the recommendation agreed to by the small work group and the entire work group?
Rationale: How did the work group come to this recommendation?
Considerations: What considerations and implications for the larger system are impacted by this recommendation? What ripple effect might this recommendation have? What other recommendations were considered? If there is a dissenting opinion, this would be the place to state it.
Level of Change: Consider policy implications (statute, board rule, CDE policy change) for the recommendation.
Resources: What is needed for the recommendation to come to fruition? Also include fiscal implications (CDE can help with part if the recommendation requires staff time or state funding). 16

17. Small Work Group Goals to Establish Final Recommendations
In your recommendation document think about:
Questions that still need to be considered?
What additional research is needed?
The needs of all AECs in Colorado.
Broader implications (i.e. all schools, and districts, in Colorado).
What questions does the small work group have left for the whole work group to consider?
This will need to be addressed before the November 11 meeting.
Who is responsible for pulling together the final document?
Which members of the small work group are writing each piece of the final recommendation?
Who is responsible for editing and fact-checking the document?
Will additional meeting times or work outside of the final AWG meeting will be necessary? If so, how and when will those be coordinated? 17

18. Next Steps FINAL Meeting: November 11, 2015 (Atrium A & B)
Please accept Kelly’s meeting invitation if you can attend and deny if you cannot. Update this as needed so we know who will be in attendance at future meetings and we provide enough handouts and lunch.
If you haven’t already, please visit Basecamp to stay up-to-speed on reading materials:
Please post articles of interest for the group as needed 18

19. Public Comment 19