1. Public Forum October 4 and 9

2.  Assignments are classified as practice, formative assessment and summative assessment  Only summative assessments are used to calculate final grade  Summative assessment may be redone for a better grade after the student has a better understanding of the material

3.  Montabella will receive NOTHING additional for this change  It is not mandated by the state  We are judged against other schools and districts on how well our students know the standards

4.  Adoption of the Common Core State Standards  Focus on what the student needs to know  Consistency from class to class through our schools

5.  Test Scores ◦ ACT OverallEnglishMathReadingScience 2011-201217.816.51818.418.2 State average 11-1219.618.719.719.519.9 difference-1.8-2.2-1.7-1.1-1.7 2010-201117.716.217.618.318.2 State average 10-1119.318.319.519.219.9 difference-1.6-2.1-1.9-0.9-1.7

6.  Test Scores ◦ 8 th grade MEAP MathReadingScience 2011-201217%53%9% State 11-1229%61 %16% difference-12%-8%-7% 2010-201118%56.7%8.2% State 10-1128.9%56%14.9% difference-10.9%+0.7%-6.7%

7.  Breckenridge (Senior class only)  Tri-County (70% summative assessment, 30% enrichment)  Dansville (90% summative assessment—using the system school wide since 2009-2010)

8.  Dansville Data Average test score on Algebra II Chapter 6  2 years prior: 76% and 77%  3 years after: 84%, 82% and 88% ACT scores overallEnglishmathreadingscience 2011-201219.218.2182019.9 2010-20112019.518.720.420.9 After average19.618.8518.3520.220.4 2007-200819.218.118.819.420.1 2006-20071918.2 20.218.8 Before average19.118.1518.519.819.45 Difference+0.5+0.70-0.15+0.4+0.95

9.  Research, primarily from the work of Ken O’Connor. ◦ How to Grade for Learning, K-12 How to Grade for Learning, K-12 ◦ A Repair Kit for Grading: Fifteen Fixes for Broken Grades A Repair Kit for Grading: Fifteen Fixes for Broken Grades  Discussions with teachers took place throughout the 2011-2012 school year with the assistance of The Center for Excellence in Education.

10.  Monitoring of teacher assessments  Conversations with students and teachers  Development of a parent input group that will meet regularly to discuss continuing concerns or new issues as they arise

11.  Re-Assessments are allowed for all summative assessments  Summative assessment is not all about tests  Teachers can assess the knowledge in a variety of different ways. ReportsTests ProjectsPresentations QuizzesPapers

12.  Revolving reassessment window was put in place on October 1.  First assessments of a C or lower are exempt until after the 2 week reassessment window has passed. Also put in place on Oct 1.

13.  We recognize that there are some difficulties with eligibility and the new system.  We are testing a “new” eligibility system and gathering data prior to implementation  We ARE meeting the requirements through MHSAA for eligibility checks  Letters are going home to parents of athletes this week.