Improving EL Student Achievement

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Improving EL Student Achievement

• California Migrant Education Leadership Symposium
• September 12-14, 2007

Dale Russell, Ed.D., Director Standards and
Assessment
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PRM Elements
DATA Collect and Analyze
SCHOOL PROFILE Narratives
PLAN DEVELOPMENT Research-based Goals
ACTION PLAN Activities with Budget
EVALUATION Monitor and Assess
Achievement
Demographic

• Reports
• SPSA
• SARC
• SARC Executive Summary
• Budget (from actions)
• Goal Reports

Contextual
Perception
Classroom Practice
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Data Management Module
Relational Database
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Site Planning

• Analysis of student achievement and access to
  educational research
• Develop SMART goals Specific, Measurable,
  Attainable, Realistic and Trackable goals
• Assign Actions to Goals
• Assign Funding to Actions
• Evaluate Goals

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Reporting

• Budget Report
• School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
• School Accountability Report Card Executive
  Summary
• Single Plan For Student Achievement (SPSA)

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Reporting and Analysis

• Current analysis of assessment and performance
  data.

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AMAO 1
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AMAO 2
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AMAO 3
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Assign Graphs to Goals and Actions

• Planning Reporting Module
• or
• Data Management Module

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Define and Track SMART Goals

• Set goals based on student data

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Assign Actions to SMART Goals

• Set tasks and assign responsibility for each
  goal.
• Set measures and expenditures

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Assign Research to Actions
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Assign Standards
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Allocate Funding

• Delineate school budgets
• Allocate funds from various funding sources to
  each set of goals and actions

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Monitor Progress Towards Meeting Actions
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What is SPELL?

• SPELL is a web-based application that
• Generates AMAO 1, AMAO 2 and AMAO 3 reports
• Summary format
• Detailed format
• Facilitates reclassification using state and
  district criteria
• Supports query to identify students not making
  growth
• Allows filtering of all reports by demographics,
  programs and US and district entry dates for
  powerful analysis

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AMAOs

• AMAO 1 - Progress
• Annual increases in the percentage of children
  making progress in learning English
• AMAO 2 - Attainment
• Annual increases in the percentage of children
  attaining English proficiency by the end of each
  school year

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AMAO's

• AMAO 3 Academic Achievement
• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for English
  Learners at the LEA level in English Language
  Arts and Math.

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AMAO 1

• Students are expected to gain one (overall) CELDT
  proficiency level annually until they reach
  English-proficient level and then maintain that
  level until redesignated.
• Students at Beginning, Early Intermediate,
  Intermediate level are expected to gain 1 level
• Students at Early Advanced level are expected to
  bring all subskills up to Intermediate level
• Students at the level required for redesignation
  are expected to maintain that level.

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AMAO 1 Targets - old

• The starting target for 2003-04 is 51 of EL
  students in the LEA meeting the annual growth
  objective.
• The ending target is 64 of EL students in the
  LEA meeting the annual growth objective.

CDE PRESENTLY RESETTING TARGETS
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AMAO 2
Students who reach English Language Proficiency
EL students who can reasonably be expected to
reach English Language Proficiency (Cohort)
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English Language Proficiency

• ELP is defined as
• CELDT Overall proficiency is Early Advanced or
  higher,
• with each sub-skill area (L/S, R W) at
  Intermediate level or higher.

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EL Cohort

• Includes students with 2 years of CELDT scores if
  they have been in US schools for 4 or more years
• At any CELDT level
• Includes students with 2 years of CELDT scores
  if they have been in US schools for less than 4
  years
• At the Intermediate level or above who did not
  reach English proficiency the prior year
• Below the Intermediate level the prior year who
  met the English proficient level the current year

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AMAO 2 Targets - old

• The starting target for 2003-04 is 30 of EL
  students in an LEA meeting English proficiency.
• The ending target in 2013-14 is 46.

CDE PRESENTLY RESETTING TARGETS
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AMAO 3

• 2005-2006 Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) Targets
  for English Learner Subgroup in ELA and
  Mathematics
• Numerically significant subgroup includes
• 50 students enrolled or with valid test scores
  who make up at least 15 of the schools
  population
• OR
• At least 100 students enrolled or with valid
  test scores

CDE PRESENTLY RESETTING TARGETS
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AMAO 3AYP Subgroup Targets 2006-07

• Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Elementary
  School Districts
• ELA Math
• 24.4 26.5
• High Schools, High School Districts
• ELA Math
• 22.3 20.9

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SPELL

• Reporting Levels
• District
• Campus
• Grade

• Reports Include
• AMAO 1
• AMAO 2
• AMAO 3
• SPELL Index
• SPELL Analysis

• Output Options
• Export to Excel
• PDF Reports

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AMAO 1 Summary Report
Shows if district has met target and if all
schools and grade levels have met/not met targets
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AMAO 1 Detailed Report
Shows each students data for two years and
highlights students who met AMAO 1 target.
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AMAO 2 Detailed Report
Shows students from AMAO 2 cohort, their
performance data for two years and highlights if
they have/have not met targets. Also shows US and
district entry data for filtering analysis.
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AMAO 3 Summary Report
Shows if district has met proficiency targets on
CST and participation rate.
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AMAO 3 Detailed Report
Shows if students have met proficiency
requirements on CST
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Adding Local District Reclassification Criteria
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Detailed Reclassification Report
Shows students ready for reclassification. Allows
filtering for those met/not met reclassification
criteria and further analysis related to
demographics of that population.
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SPELL Analyzer
Helps identify students who have failed to be
reclassified due to performance shortcomings in
specific areas.
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Advantage SPELL!

• Produce AMAO reports with individual student
  details.
• Produce summary and detail reports at district,
  school and grade levels.
• Access reports in a user friendly web
  environment.
• Filter data based on a variety of demographic
  parameters.
• Include state and district criteria in
  redesignation calculations.
• Maximize analysis and planning with focused EL
  subgroup reports.
• Identify students who are on the learning
  plateau toward redesignation using the SPELL
  Analyzer.

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For more information

• Dale Russell, Ed.D.
• 408-453-4332
• dale_russell_at_sccoe.org
• Dan Mason
• 408-453-4346
• dan_mason_at_sccoe.org

This presentation is available on the SChoolPlan
web page at http//www.sccoe.org/schoolplan/.