Class Size

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Class Size
Lavan Dukes November 21, 2008
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The Constitutional Amendment Limits Class Sizes

• Section 1 of Article IX of the State Constitution
  was amended in November 2002 establishing, by the
  beginning of the 2010-2011 school year, the
  maximum number of students in core-curricula
  courses assigned to a teacher in each of the
  following three grade groups
• 18 students in Prekindergarten through Grade 3.
• 22 students in Grades 4 through 8
• 25 students in Grades 9 through 12

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Section 1003.03(2), Florida Statutes, Schedule
for Implementation of Compliance with the
Constitutional Amendment
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Trends in Class Size Reduction 2002-2003 to
2008-2009
Tentative averages as of 11/19/08.
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Classrooms Over Cap
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Classrooms Over Cap
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Counts of Districts with Schools Out of
Compliance and Schools Out of Compliance
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K-12 Class Size ReductionTotal Operating and
Capital Costs to Implement through 2010-11DOE
Current Policy
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IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS

• Dual enrollment
• Florida Virtual School
• Maximize use of instructional staff
• Reduce the cost of school construction

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IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS

• Joint-use facilities
• Alternative methods of class scheduling
• Redraw school attendance zones
• Use year-round schools and other nontraditional
  calendars
• Review and consider amending any collective
  bargaining contracts
• Any other approach not prohibited by law

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Team-Teaching2002-03 to 2007-08
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Formats/Elements Used In Class Size Processing

• Student Course Schedule Format

• District Number, Current Enrollment
• School Number, Current Enrollment
• District Number, Current Instruction/Service
• School Number, Current Instruction/Service
• Student Number Identifier, Florida
• Course Number
• Section Number
• Period Number
• Grade Level
• Term
• Day of Week Scheduled, Monday
• Day of Week Scheduled, Tuesday
• Day of Week Scheduled, Wednesday
• Day of Week Scheduled, Thursday
• Day of Week Scheduled, Friday
• Day of Week Scheduled, Saturday
• Day of Week Scheduled, Date Certain

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Formats/Elements Used In Class Size Processing,
continued

• Teacher Course Format

• District Number, Current Enrollment
• School Number, Current Enrollment
• District Number, Current Instruction/Service
• School Number, Current Instruction/Service
• Social Security Number (Teacher)
• Term
• Term/Survey Indicator
• Course Number
• Section Number
• Period Number
• Facility Type
• Classroom Identification (FISH) Number
• Scheduling Method
• Certification/Licensure/Qualification Status
• Team Teacher Training

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Formats/Elements Used In Class Size Processing,
continued

• Staff Experience Format

• Experience Type
• Experience Length

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Other Important Tables

• Master School ID table - to distinguish
  Department of Juvenile Justice Facilities,
  Charter Schools, and the Florida Virtual School
  and its franchises
• Core Courses for Class Size Reduction Appendix
  S / DPS.DISTRICT.GQ.F70554.Yyyyy
• Mathematics, language arts/reading, science,
  social studies, foreign language, English for
  Speakers of Other Languages, Exceptional Student
  Education

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Steps in Calculation

• 1) Count the number of students in each class
  (term/course/period) in each room.
• 2) Determine the main course taught in each class
  based on the majority of students.
• If the same number of students are in a core
  and non-core course, then the main course is
  core.
• 3) Determine main grade taught in each class
  based on the majority of students in that grade
  in the main course.
• If the same number of students are in two or
  more grades and in the same room, the highest
  single grade (not grade group) with the most
  students is determined to be the main grade.

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Steps in Calculation, continued

• 4) Identify the classes in which the main course
  is a core course. (Only these combinations are
  used in the remaining steps.)
• a. For each grade range (PK-3, 4-8, 9-12) sum the
  number of students in the core classes.
• b. For each grade range (PK-3, 4-8, 9-12) count
  the number of core classrooms.
• 5) Calculate the class averages

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Every unique classroom must be assigned a
Classroom ID/FISH number

• DPSdd.GQ.F70393.YyyyyS Reported Facilities List
  
• File format list of facilities from FISH database
  (layout DPS.District.Format.Y0304(F70393)
• Is created automatically by DOE twice a day (once
  in the morning and once in the afternoon.)
• The morning run includes the updates processed
  overnight. The afternoon run includes updates
  since 12 noon.
• The files are DPS.GQ.F70393.Y0607.BATCH.FISH
  (PM file) and DPS.GQ.F70303.Y0607.INITIAL.FISH
  (AM file)

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Exclusions

• Student Course Schedule records with no matching
  Teacher Course record
• Based on the FTE keys Year, Survey, District of
  Instruction, School of Instruction, Term, Period,
  Course, Section.
• Teacher Course records with no matching Student
  Course Schedule records
• Based on the FTE keys Year, Survey, District of
  Instruction, School of Instruction, Term, Period,
  Course, Section.

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Scheduling Special Situations Multi-Use
Classroom or Pods

• Multi-Use Classroom or Pod (Scheduling Method M)
  More than one class meets during the same
  period in a space designated by one FISH number
  but separated by temporary walls.
• Each teacher who is the primary teacher for each
  group of students should be coded with Scheduling
  Method M.
• All of the students in the pod will be added
  together and then divided by the total number of
  teachers coded M.

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Scheduling Special Situations Alternating Week
Schedule

• Alternating Week Schedule (Scheduling Method A)
  Teacher meets with different groups of students
  in the same course classroom on the same day,
  but on alternating weeks.
• Correct reporting of Scheduling Method A (i)
  same course, (ii) same room, (iii) same period,
  (iv) same day of the week (but different week).

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Scheduling Special Situations Team-Teaching

• Team-teaching
• (i) Co-teaching (Scheduling Method C) two or
  more teachers assigned to a group of students and
  each teacher is responsible for all of the
  students during the entire class period. In
  order to be considered co-teaching each teacher
  is responsible for planning, delivering and
  evaluating instruction for all students in a
  class or subject for the entire class period.
• OR
• (i) Inclusion-teaching (Scheduling Method I)
  two or more teachers are assigned to a group of
  students but one of the teachers is only
  responsible for one student or a small group of
  students in the classroom.

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CS Team-Teaching Adjustment Formula

• Co-Teaching (C)
• of C students in the class
• of C teachers in the class.
• Inclusion (I)
• of I students in the class
• of non-I teachers in the class 1.

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Scheduling Guidance Inclusion Teaching

• I-Teachers may instruct up to 2 groups of
  students (course/sections) during a single
  period.
• In order for the CS Team-teaching adjustment to
  be made, all students served by the I-Teacher
  must be enrolled either
• with the I-Teacher only in a unique Course
  Section or
• with both the I-Teacher and the Non-I Teacher.

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Improving Data Quality Class Size Reports

• F70465 Schools found on the Master School ID
  list, but not the Class Average Table
• F70466 - Numerator and Denominators for all
  schools (including Charter and DJJ) found on
  Class Average Table (ASCII version in process)
• F70588 F70466 in File Format
• F70467 Classrooms with either 10 students over
  cap, or 10 or fewer for PK-3 (including Charter
  and DJJ)
• F70470 - F70467 in File Format
• F70468 - Classrooms with either 10 students over
  cap, or 10 or fewer for 4-8 (including Charter
  and DJJ)
• F70471 - F70468 in File Format
• F70469 - Classrooms with either 10 students over
  cap, or 10 or fewer 9-12 (including Charter and
  DJJ)
• F70472 - F70469 in File Format

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More Class Size Reports

• F70408 - Class Average Report - By
  school/district (includes Charter and DJJ
  Schools)
• F70587 - F70408 in File Format
• F70412 - Class Size Report, Grades PK-3, Based on
  Class Average Table (includes Charter and DJJ
  Schools)
• F70424 - F70412 in File Format
• F70413 - Class Size Report, Grades 4-8, Based on
  Class Average Table (includes Charter and DJJ
  Schools)
• F70425 - F70413 in File Format
• F70414 - Class Size Report, Grades 9-12, Based on
  Class Average Table (includes Charter and DJJ
  Schools)
• F70426 - F70414 in File Format
• F70415 - Class Size Report, District Summary,
  Based on Class Average Table (includes Charter
  and DJJ Schools)

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Checking your Data

• DPSdd.GQ.F70465.YyyyyS
• Schools on the MSID but not on the Class Average
  Table
• Check to see that all appropriate schools are
  reported
• DPSdd.GQ.F70467-469.YyyyyS
• 10 or more over the cap of 10 or fewer in
  term/classroom/period
• Very large classrooms may be, e.g., multiple
  classes reported in one room, Team teaching
  reported incorrectly, etc.
• Very small classrooms may be, e.g., individual
  PK students in separate facilities, A-teachers
  with only 1 group of students, etc.

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Numerators/Denominators

• DPSdd.GQ.F70466.YyyyyS (text) or
  DPSdd.GQ.F70588.YyyyyS (ascii)
• Numerator total number of students in main
  course/core course term/classroom/periods after
  any adjustments, e.g., team teaching
• Denominator total number of main course/core
  course term/classroom/period combinations
  reported for the school

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Improving Data Quality Appeal Reasons

• Unexpected student growth
• Comparison of actual 3rd FEFP calculation
  (December) of FTE with the projected 1st
  calculation (May).
• Any increase in actual student FTE is applied to
  non-compliant schools.
• Done automatically regardless of a formal appeal.
• Inability to hire teachers
• Must provide documentation (e.g., interview
  schedules, board meeting minutes, etc.) showing
  good faith effort made to hire teachers a
  reasonable amount of time before survey week.
• Data reporting errors
• Must provide independent evidence (e.g.,
  student/teacher schedules, etc.) for correct data
  during survey week.

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2008-09 Process and Time Lines for Appeals
Late November Districts and Charter Schools
receive October 2006 school-level class size
averages and appeals process begins. Late
December-Early January - Deadline for submission
of appeal and supporting documentation. January
14 - Review of appeals completed. January 20 -
State Board of Education consultation for final
determination of transfer calculation. February
15 - Legislative Budget Commission meeting for
final approval of transfer calculation.
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History of Class Size Appeals
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School-Level Compliance2007-2008Prior to Appeals

• 69 Traditional (2.25) and 19 Charter (5.38)
  Schools were determined to not have met
  compliance with class size requirements.
• 31 districts had at least 1 school out of
  compliance

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2007-08 Percent Of Schools That Did Not Comply
After Appeals And That Required A Compliance Plan
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Contact

• Lavan Dukes
• 850/245-0400
• lavan.dukes_at_fldoe.org