Academic Overview - Board Training (Lake Superior State University)

ACADEMIC OVERVIEW LSSU BOARD TRAINING

JULIE HOPPER | JUNE 29, 2014

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Session Goals

How Do We Know If Students are Learning and

What Questions Should We Be Asking?

Discuss College Readiness and Elevate360

Discuss Nationally Norm Referenced Assessment

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4 Updates on MEAP, Explore, and Plan

You are responsible as a board to ensure that students who attend your academy meet the

educational goals outlined in the contract between LSSU and your academy.

• Keep in mind that contractual educational goals should include both academic achievement and academic growth goals.

• No matter where students starting point, state law states that ALL students must show improved achievement.

• Many students come in below grade level, in order to catch up, they must “grow” each year.

Contractual Goals

-EXAMPLE-

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How Will Our Board Know Whether Students Are Learning?

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Be Familiar with Educational Goals

Communicate with School Leader, EMO

Ask Questions

Place Academic Performance on Agenda at Each Board Meeting

5 Understand Academic Reports

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Current Assessments Testing CycleGrades

AssessedSubjects Assessed

Nationally Norm-Referenced (MAP or Performance Series)

Fall, Winter, Spring

MAP- 2-10PS- Math-2-9

Alg I,II, GeometryReading- 2-12

MathReading

Explore/Plan(ACT prep) Spring 8-10

MathReadingScience English

MEAP Traditionally October TBD 3-9

MathReadingWriting (4, 7)Science (5, 8)Social Studies (6, 9)

MME (Work Keys, ACT, Michigan

Assessment)April 11

MathReadingScienceSocial StudiesWriting

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How Does LSSU Evaluate Student Academic Performance at Our Academy?

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Nationally Norm Referenced Assessments compare students against a national sample. (Performance Series, Measure of Academic Progress)

Criterion referenced assessments measure students against a set of standards. (MEAP, ACT, Explore/Plan)

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Mean Performance vs % Meeting Target

• Mean Performance is the average score (scale score for Performance Series or RIT for MAP) of the students taking an assessment whereas the % meeting the target is the percentage of students who met a particular target.

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-Question-

How can we know whether students are reaching their achievement and growth goals for nationally norm referenced assessments?

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Elevate360

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Elevate360 is a web-based program that shows whether a student’s education is preparing him or her to be academically ready for college.

The program measures a student’s academic growth and achievement from 2nd grade onward against targets aligned to ACT’s definition of college readiness.

Elevate360 also measures a school’s performance against a national standard and renders it graphically in a form helpful in making high-stakes decisions.

PURPOSE OF

Backwards Mapping &

What Is College Readiness?

College readiness means that students entering college have at least a:

chance of earning a B or better50%

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75% chance of earning aC or better on entry level courses

ACT:A Respected Standard for Measuring College Readiness

Why is a “21” important?

Backwards Mapping from the Act:Beginning with the End In Mind

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SECOND GRADE

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College readiness is achieved with a minimum composite score of 21 on the ACT college entrance exam, which students take in 11th grade. The maximum composite score on the ACT is a 36. Below are the individual subject matter scores that must be achieved to earn a composite score of 21.

NOTE: ACT recently updated its target scores for reading to 22 and science to 23. Elevate360 will incorporate these changes.

ACT Scores

• Reading: 21

• Math: 22

• Science: 24

• English: 21

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Success in College: It Matters

The PEW Research Center just released a report titled “The Cost of Not Going to College.” Using current data from the Census Bureau’s population survey, the report shows that 25- to 32-year-olds who go to college and earn a four-year degree do much better in both employment and wages than those with some college or no college.

Source: “College Educated Millennials Winning” by Lou Glazer, February 20, 2014

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-Annual Reviews-

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Academic Data in Review

• MEAP/MME– Current and trend data– Comparison district data

• Explore, Plan, ACT

• Performance Series and NWEA’s MAP– Achievement – Growth

• Calculate Fall to Spring growth compared to targets

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3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

ABC Academy 55 62 70 59 54 71

Comparison Dis-trict

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State 61.3 70 71.7 71.5 60.4 72.7

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• Pay attention to all subject area proficiency levels, however, pay special attention to reading.

• In July 2012, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a “right to read” lawsuit on behalf of Highland Park students.

• State law state that students who do not score satisfactorily on reading test in 4th and 7th grade, shall be provided special assistance to being skills to grade level within 12 months.

Performance Series or MAP

Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

College Readiness Target 2191 2380 2497 2615 2733 2800 2890

School 70% Gap Target 2084.8 2303.2 2396.5 2518.1 2650.5 2703.7 2809.3

Avg. Spring Score 2031 2220 2248 2464 2498 2609 2740

Avg. Fall Score 1837 2124 2162 2292 2458 2479 2621

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How Do I Read the Charts?

The Achievement Target represents an

effect size of zero and defines the minimum

level of attainment needed to be

considered college ready at the 50% confidence level.

Marker Color Key

• Exceeded: Blue or Green• Met: Yellow• Did Not Meet: Red

School Summary

Grade-Level Trajectory

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How Much Growth Is Enough?

Public Act 277 passed in 2011 states that “the educational goals shall include demonstrated improved pupil academic achievement for all groups of pupils.”

Elevate360 uses a growth-to-standard measure to calculate whether students have achieved enough academic growth.

A student’s fall score is subtracted from the target score to determine appropriate growth targets. Students are expected to close the gap by 70%.

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For Example

• Meet Johnny• Johnny scored the following:

– Fall Assessment: 200– Spring College Readiness Target: 300

• If Johnny scores a 200 in the Fall on his assessment and the spring college readiness target is 300, he needs to close the gap by 70 points by spring to have made enough growth to be on track for college readiness.

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Growth

EPAS Report(Explore, Plan, and ACT)

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-NOTE-

• College Readiness Targets and Elevate360 reports differ from Scantron’s Performance Series or NWEA’s Measure of Academic Progress reports.

• You are bound to meet educational goals and targets outlined in your contract.

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-Looking Ahead-

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Changes for MEAP

• Smarter Balanced Assessment to potentially replace the MEAP

MEAP Smarter Balanced

Aligned to GLCE’s/HSCE’s Aligned to Common Core

Administered in fall Administered in spring

Measures prior year knowledge

Measures current year knowledge

Paper/Pencil assessment Computer adaptive

Delayed results Immediate results

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Changes for ACT

• After June of the 2013-2014 school year, ACT will no longer offer Explore and Plan.

• Explore and Plan will become the Aspire Assessment which is a summative test for grades 3-10.

• Options for 2014-2015; request extension to use Explore/Plan for one more year, adopt the Aspire test, or use NWEA or PS.

Thank You!

Julie Hopper

jhopper@nationalcharterschools.org906-322-0822

Helpful Websites

• www.michigan.gov/mde( “2014-2015 Michigan Statewide Transition Document”)

• www.smarterbalanced.org• www.nwea.org• www.edperformance.com• http://www.lssu.edu/charter/• http://nationalcharterschools.org/

Questions to Ask

• Are students who have been enrolled at the academy for longer periods outperforming other students?

• How did students perform compared to districts of similar student make up on the MEAP and nationally norm referenced assessment?

• Specifically, what is the MEAP reading proficiency of 4th and 7th graders?

• How many students met their growth target for Performance Series or MAP?

• Are students meeting college readiness targets? How do you know?