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Accountability Tour “Accountability On Ice 2011-2012”. Tuscola ISD Thursday, January 26, 2012. Welcome and introductions. Thank you for attending! Thank you to Tuscola ISD for hosting us! About us Evaluation, Research and Accountability Unit - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Tuscola ISDThursday, January 26, 2012
Thank you for attending! Thank you to Tuscola ISD for hosting us! About us
◦ Evaluation, Research and Accountability Unit◦ Office of Psychometrics, Accountability, Research
and Evaluation (OPARE)◦ Bios and contact information on your tables
Why are we here?◦ To communicate what we know◦ To support you in your work
Very aggressive agenda◦ Rankings (30 minutes)◦ Educator Evaluations (50 minutes)◦ Beating the Odds (20 minutes)◦ AYP (50 minutes)◦ Cut scores (30 minutes)◦ MSDS Reporting Best Practices (20 minutes)
In order to cover everything, we need to stick to the times allotted
Unanswered questions: use the feedback sheet
Ask questions during the allotted time for each topic
Stop the presenters as they are speaking (within reason)
Only one scheduled break Content available online
What remains the same?◦ Top to Bottom ranking methodology◦ AYP (for 2011-2012)
What is new?◦ Top to Bottom methodology to determine Priority
and Focus Schools◦ Cut scores◦ Educator evaluations: required for all educators
What is under development?◦ ESEA Flexibility—will impact AYP◦ Accreditation—still in approval process
Time of rapid change; new initiatives Increasing stakes Balancing the need for complex metrics to
capture school performance accurately with the need for transparency
Articulating a vision for your work/our work with the quantity of initiatives
We will tell you what we know; caveat—that may change!
We will name the places where there is still confusion
We will be an ongoing resource as you navigate this work
Accountability is not only about the “stick”—it’s also about using these metrics to diagnose, to work smarter