Standards

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Nebraskas

• Standards
• Assessment
• Accountability
• Legislated in Spring, 2000

School-based Teacher-led Assessment Reporting
System
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Standards

• equitable opportunity
• assurance of content
• high expectations
• skills/knowledge all kids should know and be
  able to do

Standards
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Assessment

• fair and accurate measurement
• appropriate methods
• high quality
• integrated into instruction
• identifies student skill needs and strengths

Standards
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Accountability

• using data for improved learning
• being answerable to students, parents, and
  community
• assurance of quality of assessment
• assurance of achievement for all student groups
• public display of information

Standards
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State of the Schools Report

• a picture of the total districts and schools
• demographics, characteristics
• finance, teacher qualifications
• student performance
• district ratings, building and district
  accountability

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State Ratings

• Quality of Assessment
• Student Performance

Standards

• 2004 mathematics standards
• Reading-mathematics national tests
• Statewide writing assessment

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Federal Accountability

• Adequate Yearly Progress

• Reading, Math Performance
• Reading, Math Participation
• Writing Assessment Results (Grades
  4-8-11)
• Graduation Rate (Grade 11)
• Quality of Assessment
• All disaggregated groups

Standards
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Federal Accountability - AYP

• Continuous Progress

Standards

• All Schools and Districts
• Decision about consecutive years of progress
• All student groups considered

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Continuous Progress Rating

• Met met all targets both years
• Not Met, but improvement made move from a not
  met to met
• Needs Improvement
• not met same subject two years (school)
• not met same subject all grade levels two
  years (district)

Standards
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2003-04 Changes in AYP Decisions about Progress

• Confidence Intervals - calculation applied to
  reading, mathematics, and writing that improve
  reliability through a range of scores
• Averaging Participation Rate
• NCLBs Safe Harbor

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Consider the Big Picture of District and School
Performance

• Look at demographics
• Look at STARS ratings
• Look at National Test Data
• Look at Statewide Writing Data
• Look at Progress Over Time

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State Board Objectives

• Raise the level of academic achievement by
  increasing the percentages of students achieving
  proficiency on the STARS assessment system (base
  year 2001-2002).
• 2006 2010
• Reading 8 16
• Writing 8 16
• Mathematics 8 16
• All teachers will be provided in-service
  professional development in the use of STARS and
  school improvement over a three-year period
  between 2005-2008.

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State Board Goals

• 100 of schools will use assessments that meet
  the STARS standards for quality assessments by
  2008.
• 100 of schools will reach the standards of
  performance for students specified in STARS/Rule
  10 by 2008.
• 100 of the schools will have high-quality plans
  for school and instructional improvement that
  include increased targets for student achievement
  by 2006.