2014-15 Florida School Accountability Dr. Karen Schafer Accountability and Testing Adapted from Presentation June, 2014 by Ed Croft Bureau Chief, Accountability

2014-15 Florida School Accountability

Dr. Karen SchaferAccountability and Testing

Adapted from Presentation June, 2014by Ed Croft

Bureau Chief, Accountability and Reporting

School Accountability Transition

The vision:“Provide stability and clarity to the school accountability system during

the transition to a new state assessment”

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School Accountability Transition: Starting Over

How transition will occur:• When Florida students take the new assessment for the first

time in 2014-15, student performance level expectations (“cut scores”) will not yet exist• State will set student performance level expectations in the

summer immediately following the first administration of the new assessment• Baseline School Grades will be calculated and released in

the fall• New baseline will accurately reflect student performance on the

new standards and assessment, not using a statistical link back to old expectations

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for last time

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FSA

How transition will occur:• School recognition funding program will continue to be

implemented.• For purposes of determining grade 3 retention and high

school graduation, student performance on the 2014-15 assessments shall be linked to 2013-14 student performance expectations. • A virtual school or approved provider that receives the

same or lower grade or rating is not subject to sanctions or penalties that would otherwise result.• A district or charter school system designated as high

performing may not lose the designation based on the 2014-15 grades.

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School Accountability Transition

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School Accountability TransitionImplications for Differentiated Accountability (DA)• For 2013-14, low performing schools will continue to be

categorized into DA status

• For 2014-15, no new schools will be added to DA

• During 2014-15 and 2015-16, schools will maintain whatever their DA status was at the end of 2013-14.

• The transition plan includes no interruption in current support to underperforming schools through the Differentiated Accountability teams.

• Schools will not be required to select and implement a turnaround option in the 2015-16 school year based on the 2014-15 grade or school improvement rating.

New School GradesWill begin in 2014-15

• Eliminate “provisions that over-complicate the grading formula and muddle the meaning of a school grade”• Eliminate bonus factors or extra weighting that may

raise a school grade• No bonus points for super-learning gains (impacts 4 categories)• No HS Retake bonus points• No bonus points for annual growth on HS components

• Eliminate penalties that can lower a school grade• No penalty for fewer than 50% of L25% showing gains (impacts

2 categories: R/M)• No penalty for fewer than 25% reading at Level 3 or above• No penalty for fewer than 95% tested to earn an A• No penalty for fewer than 65% on at-risk graduation rate

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To eliminate confusion of different point scales for each level (E, MS, HS, Comb)…• Each school grade component will be reported as a percentage,

with each component worth a maximum of 100 percentage points• No categories will be labeled as “points earned” (like current learning gains

categories with bonus points)

• Final A-F grades will be based on a percentage of total points earned (70%, 80%, etc.) rather than on total points earned• Ex: R 85%, M 90%, RG 95%, MG 80%, RL25% 90%, ML25% 85%, Sci 80%

= (85+90+95+80+90+85+80)/700 = 86%

Puts all levels, E – MS – HS, on same scale to better communicate with public

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Senate Bill 1642 (amending s. 1008.34, F.S.)

• No penalties • No bonus points• School grades will be based on the percentage of total

points earned rather than on a points total (count of points).• The percent-tested requirement will be re-set at 95%.• State Board will set new grading scale after system is

revised.• There must be at least five percentage points to separate

the percentage thresholds needed to earn each grade.

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Senate Bill 1642 (amending s. 1008.34, F.S.)

• For a school that does not have at least 10 students with complete data for one or more of the components, those components will not be used in the final calculation. (The grade will be calculated with the remaining components. There will be no substituting of the district average for components with too few students.)

• ELL students will be included in reading, math, science, and social studies achievement measures only if they have been enrolled in a U.S. school more than 2 years.

• The learning gains calculation will require that (1) students scoring below grade level must progress toward grade level performance, and (2) students already at grade level must progress beyond grade level performance in order to qualify for gains credit. (Don’t know what these will look like)

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Based on 8 components for a

total of 800 possible points.

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Elementary School Grades Model

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English/Language Arts

(ELA)*

Mathematics Science

Achievement(0% to 100%)


Achievement (0% to 100%)

Learning Gains (0% to 100%)


Learning Gains of the Low 25%(0% to 100%)

Learning Gains of the Low 25%(0% to 100%)

* ELA includes writing.

• Grade is based on percentages rather than on point totals.• No penalties or bonuses.• Performance categories now called Achievement categories.


total of 700 possible

percentage points.

Will begin in 2014-15



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Revised

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Middle School Grades Model

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English/Language Arts

(ELA)*

Mathematics Science Social Studies(Civics EOC)

Acceleration



Achievement (0%to 100%)


Percentage of students who pass H.S. EOCs and industry certifications(0% to 100%)



Learning Gains of the Low 25%

(0% to 100%)

Learning Gains of the Low 25%

(0% to 100%)


Based on 9 components for a total of 900

possible percentage points.

Reinstated/ Revised





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* Performance calculation will change taking participation into account

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High School Grades Model

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English/Language

Arts (ELA)*

Mathematics(EOCs)

Science(Biology EOC)

Social Studies(US History EOC)

Graduation Rate

AccelerationSuccess





Overall, 4-year

Graduation Rate

(0% to 100%)

Percent of students

eligible to earn college

credit through AP,

IB, AICE, dual enrollment or

earning an industry

certification (0% to 100%)

Learning Gains

(0% to 100%)

Learning Gains

(0% to 100%)

Learning Gains of the

Low 25%(0% to 100%)

Learning Gains of the

Low 25%(0% to 100%)



total of 1000 possible

percentage points.

Revised Revised



-NEW-School Improvement Ratings2014-15

• The school improvement rating will identify an alternative school as having one of the following ratings:

• Commendable: a significant percentage of the students attending the school are making learning gains (replaces “Improving”)• Maintaining: a sufficient percentage of the students

attending the school are making learning gains. (same)

• Unsatisfactory: an insufficient percentage of the students attending the school are making learning gains. (replaces “Declining”)

• Thresholds will be established in Rule.• Ratings are based on learning gains of the students at the school in ELA and

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ImplementationWorking out the details…

• Commissioner re-establishing advisory groups to receive input• LPAC – Leadership Policy Advisory Committee• AAAC – Assessment and Accountability Advisory Committee

• LPAC and AAAC will meet in the summer and fall• Draft school grades rule to the State Board in Early 2015• Standards setting meetings held Summer 2015• Draft rule on school grading scale to the State Board in

Sept./Oct. 2015• 2014-15 Grades calculated in Oct/Nov 2015

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2014-15 Florida School Accountability Dr. Karen Schafer Accountability and Testing Adapted from Presentation June, 2014 by Ed Croft Bureau Chief, Accountability