1. NDE Data Conference April 29, 2013 Dr. Valorie Foy valorie.foy@nebraska.gov Dr. John Moon john.moon@nebraska.gov

2. The Assessment Team Dr. Valorie Foy, Director Jeremy Heneger, Assistant Director Dr. John Moon, NeSA Project Manager Dr. Ed Foy, Writing Coordinator Dr. Ted Larson, NAEP Coordinator Jackie Naber, Administrative Assistant

3. Data Quality Due date when assessment data is available to districts. During the auditing window districts can submit changes to the data (at least two weeks). Districts are encouraged to use the validation and verification reports in the portal to audit their data. After auditing window, the data is considered final and ready for official use.

4. Data Uploads to DRC Provide updated student data to NSSRS for writing upload to DRC – December 2, 2013 Data for writing assessment uploaded to DRC on December 5, 2013 Provide updated student data to NSSRS for reading, math, and science (RMS) upload to DRC – January 31, 2014 Data for RMS assessments uploaded to DRC on February 3, 2014 Alternate Flag in Special Education Template needs to be updated as well.

5. Comparability Site (SOSR) Compare tool on the State of the Schools Report allows you to select between 2 and 7 districts or schools to compare. The selected schools/districts can be compared for characteristics, NePAS, NeSA, and AYP. Characteristics – poverty %, ELL %, SPED %, Mobility %, Grad %, Membership, Highly Mobile % NePAS – Status, Improvement, and Growth for all three levels NeSA – Percent Proficient – by subgroup, by grade, by subject AYP – Met or Not Met – by school level, by reading and math.

6. Audit NeSA Assessment Data Available through the Portal, districts will be able to audit assessment the following assessment data for district/school: ▫Average scale score by subgroup, by subject, and by grade. ▫Performance Level – percent below, meets, and exceeds by subgroup, by subject, and by grade. ▫Student scale scores, performance level, and reason not tested. ▫Shows both NeSA General and Alternate results

7. NeSA-Writing Release April 29 NeSA-Writing results released to districts in eDIRECT. Data are embargoed until May 24 th, 2013 May 13NeSA-Writing Score Verifications due at NDE May 13- 17 District Preview of NeSA Writing results prior to public release May 20NeSA-Writing results released to Superintendents through secure site May 24NeSA-Writing aggregated results released to public. Subgroup information remains embargoed until release of SOSR.

8. Release for Reading, Math, Science July 10, 2013 NeSA Reading, Math and Science results released to districts in eDirect August 5-7, 2013 District Preview NeSA Reading, Math, Science results prior to public release August 13, 2013 NeSA Reading, Math and Science results released to public (district and school level data only )

9. Conversion Charts for Reading, Math, Science Posted on NDE-Assessment Site May 9 or 10

10. Reading, Math, Science Corrections Window June 10-June 21

11. NePAS

12. Section I- Scores with Rankings- Four Charts Elementary Grade-Level Configuration Grades 3-5 Middle Grade-Level Configuration Grades 6-8 Secondary Grade-Level Configuration Grades 9-12 District Grades 3-12

13. Assessment Components Status Improvement Growth Participation

14. Scale Scores and Rankings Status=Average Scale Score ReadingE M S D MathE M S D Science E M S D Writing E M S D

15. S tudents’ Average Scale Score in Reading Grades 3- 5 2011-2012 3 rd Grade Student 1135 Student 2121 4 th Grade Student 3116 Student 482 Student 5112 5 th Grade Student 6196 Student 7200 Student 8119 Student 9121 Student 1096 1298/ 10= 129.80

16. Scale Scores and Rankings Improvement= Difference of Average Scale Scores Compares scores of groups of students (classes) Reading E M S D Math E M S D ScienceE M S D WritingE M S D

17. Students’ Scale Scores Reading Grades 3-5 2012-2013 3 rd Grade Student 1135 Student 2121 4 th Grade Student 3116 Student 482 Student 5112 5 th Grade Student 6196 Student 7200 Student 8119 Student 9121 Student 1096 1298/ 10= 129.80 Students Scale Scores Reading Grades 3-5 2011-2012 3 rd Grade Student 3115 Student 482 Student 5101 4 th Grade Student 6Had not enrolled Student 7200 Student 8100 Student 9110 Student 1099 5 th Grade Student 11101 Student 1288 Student 13123 Student 1467 1186/11=107.82 Improvement=21.98

18. Scale Scores and Rankings Growth= Average of Differences in Scale Scores Growth based on matched student data in the same district- consecutive years Reading E M D Math E M D

19. Students’ Scale Scores Reading Grades 3-5 2-12-2013 3 rd Grade Student 1135 Student 2121 4 th Grade Student 3116 Student 482 Student 5112 5 th Grade Student 6196 Student 7200 Student 8119 Student 9121 Student 1096 Students’ Scale Scores Reading Grades 3-5 2011-2012 2nd Grade Student 1 Student 2 3 rd Grade Student 3115 Student 482 Student 5101 4 th Grade Student 6Had not enrolled Student 7200 Student 8100 Student 9110 Student 1099 x x 1 0 11 x 0 19 11 -3 39/7=5.57 Growth 10 or more students 0 Growth = One Year

20. NeSA

21. Highest and Lowest Standards- Reading 12-1334567811 Vocabulary 3.1.5aL L L LL 3.1.5c HHH 3.1.5d LLLHL Comprehension 3.1.6.a H L 3.1.6bH H 3.1.6c HHHHL 3.1.6d LLH 3.1.6eL H LLH 3.1.6fH H 3.1.6gLLL L 3.1.6h H 3.1.6jHH H 3.1.6k HL

22. Highest and Lowest Standards Math 12-1334567811 3.1.1Number Sense/SystemL LH H LLH LNT 3.1.2OperationsL L NT 3.1.3ComputationNT LL 3.1.4Estimation HH 3.2.1Characteristics of ObjectsH HHNT HH 3.2.2.Coordinate GeometryL H 3.2.3Transformations 3.2.4Spatial Modeling 3.2.5Measurement H LLL LH 3.3.1Relationships H L 3.3.2Modeling in Context 3.3.3Procedures L L 3.4.1 Data Display & Analysis/Probability ConceptsHH LH 3.4.2Predictions and Inferences L 3.4.3Inferences H L

23. Check for Learning

24. C4L- Early April 170 member districts Over 7,000 teacher created items in reading, math, and science Over 112,000 student accounts Over 255,000 tests have been administered online Districts have created over 31,000 unique assessments

25. C4L Last Week 190 test administrations