A Busy Educational Summer: WI School Report Card, new Cut Scores, and Multiple DPI Initiatives Updates from the latest and greatest DPI trainings. Eric

CESA 8 School Improvement 2012

A Busy Educational Summer:WI School Report Card, new Cut Scores, and Multiple DPI InitiativesUpdates from the latest and greatest DPI trainings.

Eric LarsenCESA 8 School Improvement

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Major Shifts

Common Core State StandardsSince 2010

Smarter Balanced

Assessment2014-15

Educator Effectiveness

2014-15

Accountability Reform

2011-12 to 2013-14

Student Information

System2012-17

Need for Data Understanding and Analysis

2012-

PALS Kindergarten

Screener 2012-13


College & Career Ready

High Academic Standards

Support for Individualized

Learning

Data-Informed Decisions

Constructive Accountability

Balanced Assessment

Support for School

Improvement

Effective Educators


Higher Expectations for all our StudentsThe Waiver from NCLB has a major

impact on standards, assessment, accountability, and graduation requirements

The goal is for students to navigate through a challenging curriculum and be prepared for a college or career upon high school graduation.

http://www.dpi.wi.gov/oea/acct/accountability.html





More Additional Resources As we continue to move forward with

unified messaging, DPI is also creating many documents that can help in these efforts to explain all these changes to your constituents.

Numerous fact sheets, presentations, and letters are available, with more documents to come as created.

http://dpi.wi.gov/sprntdnt/2017_resources.html is the link on the WI DPI website.

http://dpi.wi.gov/sprntdnt/2017_resources.html




Standards update:Common Core State Standards

◦ Mathematics◦ English Language Arts◦ Disciplinary Literacy◦ Common Core Essential Elements

Implemented 2014-15Science- Public draft 2nd review fall of 2012,

implementation spring 2013Social Studies- Public Draft mid-November.

Final standards by Summer, 2013Science and Social Studies adoption and

implementation will occur later.


DPI going a new DirectionContent and Learning Team is dividingA NEW Common Core Implementation

Team is being created. ◦Led by Emilie Amundson, Director◦Will contain all Math, ELA, Literacy folks.◦Diana Kasbaum, Tamara Maxwell plus new

hires in each content area. Also Reading and all Literacy.

Will start building on “Investigations” work and help develop curricular resources.

Will work with IHEs, CESAs, and other stakeholders to develop and disseminate curricular resources.


New Assessments are coming: Proficiency will be measured by new assessments:

WKCE Smarter Balanced (2014-15)WAA-SwD Dynamic Learning Maps (2014-15)ACCESS ASSETS (2015-16) for ELL students

New assessments and Common Core instructional resources will incorporate Universal Design for Learning principles.

New Kindergarten assessment, as required in Act 166, is a screener used to identify struggling readers as soon as possible.

Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) developed by the University of Virginia.

PALS reading screener begins immediately (2012-13)


PALS Literacy Screener Information

Wisconsin Act 166 requires that an early literacy screener be administered to all kindergarten students.

DPI was charged with selecting a screener that:◦ Is valid and reliable◦ Assesses phonemic awareness and letter sound

knowledge◦ Will begin in the 2012-2013 school year

PALS data should be used to inform early childhood instruction. Screeners are an effective component to an early warning system.

PALS is a screener. It is not part of the School Report Card and is not to be used for accountability purposes.


As we prepare for the new report card…….Understand that cut scores have

changed. Previous cut scores were as low

as 13.5 percent to pass a level of proficiency.

Now, it will take an average 64% in reading and a 52% in math to meet the new levels.

Advanced for both is in the mid 90%

This new system sets a bar that kids must pass.


Cut Scores Comparison: Reading

WKCE Reading Scale Score by GradePerformance

Level 3 4 5 6 7 8 10Advanced

507 536 546 573 590 613 644Proficient

475 498 503 525 535 548 566Basic

445 462 464 479 486 493 496Minimal

Performance270 280 290 300 310 330 350

READING Minimal Performance Basic Proficient Advanced

Third Grade 270-393 394-429 430-465 466-640

Fourth Grade 280-395 396-439 440-488 489-650

Fifth Grade 290-400 401-443 444-496 497-690

Sixth Grade 300-417 418-456 457-513 514-730

Seventh Grade

310-433 434-466 467-522 523-780

Eighth Grade 330-444 445-479 480-538 539-790

Tenth Grade 350-455 456-502 503-554 555-820

NEW:

OLD:


A visual for the OLD Reading cut score table….


A visual for the NEW Reading Cut Score table…..


New Mathematics Cut Scores WKCE Mathematics Scale

Score by GradePerformanc

e Level 3 4 5 6 7 8 10Advanced 492 526 553 573 591 605 618Proficient 438 474 501 524 544 558 574

Basic 388 425 449 475 500 510 528Minimal

Performance 220 240 270 310 330 350 410

MATHEMATICS Minimal Performance Basic Proficient Advanced

Third Grade 220-391 392-406 407-451 452-630

Fourth Grade 240-420 421-437 438-483 484-650

Fifth Grade 270-444 445-462 463-504 505-680

Sixth Grade 310-463 464-484 485-531 532-700

Seventh Grade 330-479 480-503 504-554 555-710Eighth Grade 350-482 483-512 513-572 573-730Tenth Grade 410-515 516-540 541-594 595-750

NEW

OLD


A visual for the OLD Math Cut Score table


A visual for the NEW Math Cut Score table.


These changes lead to our new accountability report card:Differentiated Accountability and SupportThe new accountability system

has been built around four priority areas, to allow for differentiated reporting across multiple measures.

Instead of only using state test scores to measure school effectiveness, the new system uses multiple measures.

Priority AreasStudent Achievement

An indication of how the students’ level of knowledge and skills in a school compares against state and national standards.

Student Growth An indication of how rapidly a school’s students are gaining knowledge and skills from year to year. This area focuses not on attainment, but the pace of improvement in student performance, no matter where students begin. All improvement is treated as a positive.

Closing Gaps An indication of how much the school is contributing to the closing of statewide achievement gaps.

On-track to Graduation/Postsecondary Readiness

An indication of how successfully students are achieving educational milestones that predict postsecondary success.

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Accountability Index A comprehensive accountability index has replaced the AYP pass-

fail system. AYP reports are gone; accountability reporting will now be done with School Report Cards (2011-12).

The index is a composite of sub-scales that measure performance across four priority areas :Student AchievementStudent Growth Closing Gaps On-track to Graduation/Postsecondary Readiness

The index score is on a 0–100 scale. Sub-scale scores as well as the index score will be reported to enhance transparency and differentiation.

Student Engagement indicators, if missed, result in a deduction to index scoreTest Participation RateAbsenteeism RateDropout Rate

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Accountability Ratings schools will receive:

Significantly Exceeds Expectatio

ns

Exceeds Expectatio

ns

Meets Expectatio

ns

Meets Few Expectatio

ns

Fails to Meet

Expectations

Reward School83-100

Reward School73-82.9

Local Improvement

Efforts63-72.9

State Interventions

53-62.9

State InterventionsMany Priority

Schools52.9 and

below

High Performing

Low PerformingWhere most

schools will be


A new Change:The report card will

be split into two separate documents.

This page will be the school report card. ◦ Front will be this page◦ Back will include simple

explanations of data.The additional 12

pages will be call the report card detail◦ Numbers to explain the

report card indices.


New Elementary/ Middle Report Card

Overall School Score Based on 4

IndicesCategories

School information and sub-group

information

All previous years WKCE scores

converted to new NAEP cut scores

for five years


ContinuedThe four priority areas are scored as follows:• Student

Achievement- 25%• Student Growth- 25%• Closing Gaps- 25%• On track indicators:

• Elementary• 20% attendance• 5% 3rd grade

WKCE Reading Scores

• Middle • 20% attendance• 5% 8th grade

WKCE Mathematics Scores


Student Engagement Indicators The old RED flags School scores will face

deductions Test participation of the

lowest subgroup◦ 3 year average◦ must be over 95%◦ All students, not just FAY

Absenteeism Rate◦ No more than 13%

Dropout Rate◦ No more than 6%


The High School Report Card

A few small differences:

Scoring:◦ Student

Achievement: 37.5%◦ Student Growth 0%◦ Closing Gaps: 37.5%◦ On Track/ Post

Secondary Readiness: 25% 20% is the graduation

rate 5% ACT Participation

and Performance


Report Card DetailStudent Achievement A three year

average for Math and Reading◦ Different

weights for scores Advanced: 1.5 Proficient: 1 Basic: .5

◦ Weighted Current year 1.5 Last year 1 2 years ago .5


Report Card DetailStudent Achievement, Cont. Sub Group data Breaks out each of your

sub groups and shows exact percentages of each in the Math and Reading Advanced, Proficient, Basic and Minimal categories.


Report Card DetailStudent Growth Only Elementary and Middle

School Looking at a trajectory of

expected performance of students

Will give points for growth across categories◦ A point for every category you move

up

◦ Ex: Minimal to Advanced earns 3 points, proficient to Advanced earns 1point.

Will deduct points for regression◦ Only proficient to basic/ minimal

◦ Ex: Proficient falling to minimal loses 2 points

◦ Basic students who fall will lose points in an overall complex formula

Green is Good, Red is bad.


Report Card DetailStudent Growth

◦Breaks out growth by sub-group

◦Displays the amount of kids increasing and declining in each category.

Documents

A Busy Educational Summer: WI School Report Card, new Cut Scores, and Multiple DPI Initiatives Updates from the latest and greatest DPI trainings. Eric