Office of Education Performance Audits

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Office of Education Performance Audits

• West Virginia Board of Education

Kenna R. Seal, Director
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Objectives

• Provide history of Policy 2320
• Provide proposed changes to 2320
• S.B. 657 changes

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OEPA Study Recommendations

• Changes in accreditation process
• Maintain current AYP features
• Incorporate 21st Century Skills
• Change high quality standards
• Use Frameworks for High Performing 21st Century
  Schools and School Systems
• Six pillars as broad categories
• High quality standards become annual checklist

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OEPA Study (Continued)

• Change Seriously Impaired status to Low
  Performing
• Add new Distinction accreditation rating
• Separate AYP from accreditation
• Change 5 year plan to strategic plan
• On-site reviews triggered by performance data

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OEPA Study (Continued)

• Index of several performance measures for
  accreditation
• Meeting AYP would at least be Full Accreditation
• 11th grade tests for accountability

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New Accountability System

• Incorporates 21st Century Skills language
• Requires electronic strategic plan for schools
  and counties
• AYP restricted to current NCLB requirements
• Reading/Language Arts
• Math
• Participation rate
• Attendance (Elementary and Middle Schools)
• Graduation rate (High Schools)

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New Accountability (cont)

• Full Accreditation based on AYP or if not met an
  index of performance measures shall be used for
  accreditation categories
• Types of measures
• Student proficiency on assessments
• Bonus for above mastery and distinguished
• Writing assessments
• Attendance rates
• Percentage of courses taught by highly qualified
  teachers
• ACT Explore and PLAN scores
• Graduation rates

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Types of measures (Cont)

• Job placement rates for vo-ed
• Students passing end-of-course career/technical
  tests
• Percent of students not requiring college
  remediation classes
• Bonus points for sub-group improvement, advanced
  placement percentages, dual credit completers and
  international baccalaureate completers

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New Accountability (cont)

• Appeals procedure for on-site reviews
• Distinction accreditation added
• Low Performing accreditation replaces Seriously
  Impaired
• Five year unified plan changed to electronic
  strategic plan
• Exemplary Accreditation means substantially
  exceeds standards

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AYP Reminders

• Annual measurable objectives and intermediate
  goals are to increase in 2007
• All students proficient by 2013-2014
• Minimum n of 50 still in effect
• Confidence intervals still in effect
• Safe harbor still in effect

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AYP Reminders (Continued)

• Scores to be averaged over 3 years
• Exemptions for medical emergencies or medically
  fragile students
• Continues enrollment from 5th instructional day
• Attendance at 90 or improving
• Graduation rate at 80 or improving

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Annual Measurable Objectives
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Exemplary Accreditation

• All schools will be ranked by the percent
  proficient in each subject (reading/language
  arts, math, science, and social studies)
  including the writing assessment. The schools
  earning the top combined ranking will be eligible
  for the next step of ranking on a student
  achievement index. All students in each school
  will be ranked by a student achievement index in
  each subject of reading/language arts, math,
  science, and social studies on the WESTEST and
  writing assessment with progressive weighting for
  scores at each performance level (.25 for Below
  Mastery, .5 for Mastery, .75 for Above Mastery,
  and 1.0 for Distinguished) and aggregated for a
  total ranking. The top ten percent weighted
  ranking for elementary, middle, and high schools
  will be eligible as Exemplary.
• Student attendance rate at or above 94
• Student graduation rate is at or above 85
  
  
  
• At least 55 of graduates declare their intent to
  enroll in college or other post-secondary
  education (2005)
• At least 5 of students successfully complete
  Advanced Placement, dual credit, or honors classes

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Further Information

• Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
• Email Kenna R Seal, Director kseal_at_access.k12.wv.
  us
• Email Donna Davis, Deputy Director
  dndavis_at_access.k12.wv.us
• Email Allen Brock, Coordinator
  adbrock_at_access.k12.wv.us
• Website http//oepa.state.wv.us