Assessment and Accountability

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Assessment and Accountability
New Superintendents Meeting August 8, 2008 Boise,
Idaho
Margo HealyDirector of Assessment and
AccountabilityOffice of the State Board of
Education
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The Idaho Accountability Workbook

• The accountability workbook is a required
  agreement with US Department of Education that
  defines all aspects of the accountability system
  for all Idaho Schools and districts
• Use the federal plan for all schools and
  districts, or
• Create a parallel plan for non-Title I schools
  and districts
• Plans are submitted for approval each year in
  February
• Link to the federal site where all state plans
  are posted
• http//www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/stateplans03
  /idcsa.pdf

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Tab some pages!

• Cut Scores (Achievement Standards), page 4-5

• Timeline, page 7

• School and District Sanctions, page 13

• 41 Ways to make (or miss) AYP, page 19

• Annual Targets, page 20

• Safe Harbor, page 22

• Third Indicator, page 44

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The Idaho Accountability Workbook
Changes approved - 2008

• Averaging for small schools and districts
• Freezing the Proficient Target through spring
  2009
• 2 flexibility allowance (renewed each year)

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Idaho English Language Assessment (IELA)
Acountability for the IELA

• 2007-2008 IELA Accountability
• Annual Measurable Achievement Objective (AMAO)
  results will be released the week of Aug 11th
• AMAO targets include
• Growth on the IELA
• Proficiency on the IELA
• AYP
• Districts must meet all three targets to meet
  AMAOs.
• Districts that do not meet AMAOs for two years in
  a row are required to develop a district
  improvement plan

• Wendy St. Michell, IELA Assessment Program
  Manager wendy.st.michell_at_osbe.idaho.gov

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The Idaho Accountability Workbook
Coming soon

• Comprehensive Review of the Consolidated State
  Accountability Workbook
• Graduation Rate Calculation
• New guidelines from USDE
• Very small schools

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The Idaho Accountability Workbook

• State Board Rewards
• Distinguished Schools., the top five percent
  (5) of schools exceeding the Idaho Adequate
  Yearly Progress (AYP) intermediate targets listed
  in Subsection 112.02 and significantly reducing
  the gaps between subgroups listed in Subsection
  112.03.d.
• Additional Yearly Growth (AYG) Award. Schools
  demonstrating improved proficiency levels of
  subpopulations or in the aggregate by greater
  than ten percent (10) will be considered to have
  achieved AYG. The school must have achieved
  Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) to be eligible for
  this award.

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Accountability - Recognition

• State Board Rewards
• New this year! Exceptional Progress Award
• A special award for schools and districts that
  have high numbers of sub-populations that require
  extra time, resources and special programs to
  provide adequate instruction. The Board realizes
  many schools are making great progress, but are
  ineligible for the NCLB awards because they have
  challenging populations and have not yet made AYP.

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Statistics for AYP in Idaho 2008
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Statistics for AYP in Idaho 2008
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Assessment

• Federally Required Assessments
• ISAT, Reading, Math and Language
• Idaho Alternate Assessment (ISAT)
• Idaho English Language Assessment
• National Assessment of Educational Progress
• State Assessments
• Idaho Reading Indicator
• Direct Writing Assessment
• Direct Mathematics Assessments

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Assessment - ISAT

• ISAT 2008-2009 School Year
• ISAT waived Fall 2008 (3-8 10)
• Retest for 11th and 12th graders will be
  offered as scheduled
• September 15 October 24, 2008
• Spring ISAT for grades 3-8 and 10 will be offered
  as scheduled
• April 13 May 15, 2009

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Just approved this week!

• Districts will have an option to test incoming
  10th graders this fall
• Students will take the Graduation Test
• Students will be allowed to bank proficient and
  advanced scores
• Banked scores will be counted for AYP proficiency
  and participation determinations in spring 2009

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Assessment - ISAT
Wishlist

• Requested enhancements for ISAT
• Print and ship all Individual Student Rosters
  (ISRs)
• Print percentile scores on ISRs
• Provide standard deviations for district files
• Practice tests with released items
• Graduation Test Study Guide
• Provide a segmented online accommodated version
  for all student needing extra time.
• Professional development for test coordinators,
  principals, teachers and administrators.

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Assessment - IELA

• Federally required test for all students in an
  LEP program
• All districts that have LEP students must
  administer the IELA
• Administered in a six week window each spring
• Measures growth and proficiency in listening,
  speaking, reading, writing and comprehension
• NCLB Accountability on IELA is comprised of
  targets for growth and proficiency

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Assessment - NAEP
Bert Stoneberg, Ph.D. Idaho NAEP
Coordinator 208-332-1587
http//www.boardofed.idaho.gov/NAEP/naep2009/menu_
naep2009.htm
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Your connection to Assessment and
Accountability http//www.boardofed.idaho.gov/saa
/index.asp
Margo Healy 332-1577 Helen Pline
332-1567 Wendy St.Michell 332-1586 Bert
Stoneberg 332-1587