1. Arizona’s Education Transformation Paving the way to excellence!

2. Agenda STC status for 2014 Remaining reporting windows Reporting grade marks Looking forward – AzEDS and the effect on STC reporting – Beginning of Year (BOY) option – A-F letter grades Acknowledgements

3. STC status for 2014 Data being consumed by LEAs via AZDash! Error resolution has decreased by approx 50% Teacher rosters are more current Overall data is cleaner Data governance has improved within LEAs

4. Student-Teacher-Course Connection 2013 vs. 2014 As of Feb. 27 th

5. Remaining Reporting Windows 40th day: Aug 26 – Oct 18 100 th day: November 25 – January 24 EOY: April 28 – July 18 – Hard deadlines due to SAIS roll over Brick and mortar – June 30 th @ 5:00pm AOI – July 15 th @ 5:00pm * Windows are flexible to be conducive to unique LEA calendars

6. Reporting of Grade Marks A grade mark should be reported for all academic courses at all grade levels when the student leaves the course with full or partial academic progress Standards based grading: ADE does not require LEAs to change or modify their local grading systems or practices. For LEAs using a standards- based model, ADE recommends they use the FAME scale to indicate either as a progress or summarize grade for the course as a whole.

7. LOOKING FORWARD The future of STC…

8. AzEDS For SY 2014-15, STC Data will continue be submitted in parallel with AzEDS submissions Your SIS vendor will provide guidance and training that is specific to their product Further questions should be directed to: – www.azed.gov/AELAS/AzEDS www.azed.gov/AELAS/AzEDS – AzEDS@azed.gov

9. BOY – Beginning of Year All LEAs will be invited to submit their STC data before their specific school year begins This is an optional submission that will allow you to view your data on AZDash There are no HQT or SAIS validations of this data Provides early review of roster data before the first day of school

10. A-F Letter Grades Will STC data be used for evaluation? Yes – 2013-2014 Data will be used for 2015 accountability when the full CCRI is implemented Have the specific courses been finalized? No – There is no estimate on the date for finalized selection. Certain courses will be flagged as qualifying a student for participation in college and career readiness, whereas the end of the course grade may inform the success component Is there a timeline for full CCRI implementation? – School Year 2014-2015 Further questions? achieve@azed.gov

11. Thank you! Myself and the STC Team would like to acknowledge all your hard work and thank you for your continued contribution to our shared success!

12. Sarah Mahoney Sarah.Mahoney@azed.gov (602) 542-5687 Questions