No Child Left Behind: Another school year begins...

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No Child Left BehindAnother school year begins
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Illinois Laws Align with NCLB

• Illinois Public Act 92-604 in 2002
• NAEP
• Report Card on web
• Bilingual service notices
• Public School Choice parameters
• Illinois Public Act 93-426 on assessment in 2003
• Testing all grades 3-8 and once at 11th in
  reading and mathematics in 2006
• Maximum of 35 hours of student testing in gr. 3-8
  as of 2006
• Writing at grades 3, 4, 6 and 8
• Social sciences at 5 and 8
• Illinois Public Act 93-470 on accountability in
  2003
• All schools accountable
• School and district AEW and AW status/improvement
  planning
• Appeals process

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Key Dates for Illinoisfor assessment and
accountability

• 2002 Baseline data/all students count
• Feb 2003 NAEP taken by all selected schools
• July 2003 ISAT/IMAGE/IAA/PSAE Prelim Scores
• Summer 2003 Preliminary notification of AYP
• 2003-2004 Single accountability system
• 2005-2006 Additional testing to be in place
• Spring 2006 All teachers parapros qualified
• 2007-2008 Science assessments required

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The AsAssessment, AYP and Accountability
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What Assessments Are Currently Used?

• The reading and mathematics portions of the
  Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) in
  grades 3, 5, 8.
• The reading and mathematics portions of the
  Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) in
  grade 11.
• The reading and mathematics portions of the
  Illinois Measure of Annual Growth in English
  (IMAGE) in grades 3, 5, 8, 11.
• The reading and mathematics portions of the
  Illinois Alternate Assessment in grades 3, 5, 8,
  11.
• The Grade 2 Assessment in reading and
  mathematics.

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What Must Change?

• Every state must develop and implement a single
  statewide accountability system and account for
  the achievement of all public school students.
• The accountability system must include rewards
  and sanctions.
• Every state must define Adequate Yearly Progress
  (AYP).

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What Assessments Count?

• The reading and mathematics results from ISAT,
  PSAE, IMAGE, IAA, and Grade 2 Assessment in
  reading and mathematics.
• Other areas of the Illinois Learning Standards
  will be tested but are not part of the AYP
  calculations.
• For NCLB purposes, the scores are aggregated
  across grades (3, 5, 8 and 11 now more grades in
  2006) and across tests (PSAE, ISAT, IMAGE and
  IAA).

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Does Science Count Too?

• All areas of the standards/ILS are important.
• Science is a nationally-required test element as
  of 2007-08.
• Illinois has this in place now, in three grade
  spans, as required.
• Science scores WILL NOT COUNT in the AYP
  calculation. Reading and math, separately, are
  the two areas that count for AYP purposes.

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What About Writing?

• Like science, social science, foreign language,
  physical development and health, assessments do
  not count for AYP purposes.
• Based on task force recommendations and Board
  action, as of spring 2004 students will write one
  expository essay on the Grade 3 ISAT.
• There will be additional changes in 2006 as
  wellGrade 4 with one essay in either expository
  or persuasive mode Grade 6 and 8 with two essays
  in expository, persuasive or narrative Grade 10
  with voluntary writing assessment with 2 essays
  and Grade 11 to continue with one essay of either
  persuasive or expository mode.

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Public Act 93-426 on Assessment(HB 2352 of 2003)

• Implements NCLB re missing grades for reading
  and mathematics.
• Clean up in writing testing re genres/grades.
• Testing time will have to increase
• Focus on norm-referenced assessments when
  possible, then enhance to meet needs.
• Defines pupils who must be assessed.

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Testing in Illinois per Public Act 93-426
ISAT ISAT ISAT ISAT ISAT ISAT ISAT ISAT PSAE PSAE
Subject Tested 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Reading
Math
Writing
Science
Social Science
PD/Health
Fine Arts
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What Is AYP?

• AYP, adequate yearly progress, represents the
  annual academic performance targets in reading
  and math that the schools, districts and State
  must reach to be considered on track for 100
  proficiency by school year 2013-14.
• As required by NCLB, each state shall establish a
  timeline for AYP. The timeline shall ensure that
  not later than 12 years after the 2001-2002
  school year, all students in each group will meet
  or exceed the State's standards.
• The ultimate goal of AYP is to have all students
  proficient in reading and math by 2014.

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AYP for Schools

• All schools will have the same annual target.
• All schools must meet the 2003 annual target of
  40 (in composite and disaggregated groups), with
  100 meeting/exceeding standards by 2014.
• Schools over the baseline have no required
  progression rate, but the target moves up
  annually for all subgroups.

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How Is AYP Calculated?

• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) calculations in
  Illinois are now based on three factors,
  beginning in 2003
• The percent of reading and math scores that meet
  or exceed standards, compared to the annual state
  targets
• The participation rate of students taking the
  state tests, which must meet or exceed 95 and
• The additional indicators of attendance rates of
  students in elementary and middle schools, and
  the graduation rates of students in high schools,
  which must meet or exceed the state's annual
  targets.

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AYP is determined by making it over all 18
hurdles (9 hurdles for reading and 9 for math) by
disaggregation of data.
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Full School Year Factor

• Students have to be in that school for the entire
  school year, as evidenced by entry on the Fall
  Housing Report at the end of September annually.
• Those who are not enrolled in the school at that
  time are still tested and still counted for
  participation only, but if in the district prior
  to or on 9/30 are counted in AYP for
  participation and performance at the district
  level.
• If they were not in the district prior, they are
  counted at the state level.

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Subgroup Size

• Subgroups are comprised of students -- in the
  tested grades in that school, for reading and for
  math for 8 categories of analysis all.
• Subgroups of 40 or more count for NCLB/AYP
  purposes, in reading and in math (really, 37 for
  subgroups not the composite to compensate for
  errors in measurement for smaller subgroup
  sizes).
• To ensure confidentiality in reporting, subgroups
  of less then 10 are not reported.

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95 Tested aka Participation

• For reading and for math, participation rates are
  calculated by dividing the number of students
  tested (numerator) by the student enrollment on
  the first day of testing in the tested grades
  (denominator) x 100.
• For NCLB purposes, data are aggregated across
  grades (3, 5, 8 and 11 now more later) and
  across tests (PSAE, ISAT, IMAGE and IAA).

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95 Tested Example Math in K-8 site
Tests Gr 3 Gr 5 Gr 8 Total Gr 3 Gr 5 Gr 8 Total Tested
ISAT 140 133 137 410 141 134 138 413 99.3
IMAGE 32 30 28 90 34 33 31 98 91.8
IAA 5 3 2 10 5 3 2 10 100
TOTAL 177 166 167 510 180 170 171 521 97.9
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AYP for Districts

• All school information aggregated at district
  level
• 95 participation in tested grades for reading
  and for math
• Disaggregated data subgroups exist at district
  level as well as school level (N 40)
• Meets the performance indicator (attendance for
  elementary and middle schools graduation for
  high schools).
• District sanctions
• Improvement plan
• Corrective action

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Illini Equal Steps Plan

• Illinois acknowledges that the federal
  requirement in NCLB is for equal increments so
  that by 2013-14 all students meet or exceed the
  Illinois Learning Standards.
• The Congressional intention using that language
  was to ensure that no State waited until near the
  end of the timeline and then expected enormous,
  unrealistic growth in the last two or three
  years.

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Safe Harbor

• Safe Harbor provides another option to schools in
  danger of not meeting the NCLB achievement
  requirements.
• If a school does not make AYP in disaggregated
  subgroups, it can fulfill its progress
  requirement for the subgroup by
• Decreasing by 10 the percentage of
• students who do not meet/exceed standards
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• meet state threshold for graduation rate (for
  high schools)
• OR
• meet state threshold for attendance rates (for
  elementary/middle)

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Safe Harbor(cont.)

• Participation does not apply to the subgroup but
  does apply to the school overall.
• Safe harbor only applies to subgroups, not to the
  composite.
• If composite is less than baseline in a given
  year (e.g., 40 in 2003), using safe harbor will
  not alleviate that problem.
• Safe harbor status will be reflected on the
  report card.

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Indicators

• Elementary and Middle Schools--Attendance
• State average is 93 (stable figure)
• Threshold set for now 88 (up to 92 by 2014 in
  1 point increments)
• High School--Graduation
• State average is 85.2 via a cohort method
• Threshold set for now 65 for 2003 (and up to
  85 by 2014 in 2 point increments)

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Annual Targets for Attendance Ratestart at 88
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Annual Targets for Graduation Ratestart at 65
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Holding Schools Accountable For K-2 Schools

• Use of Terra Nova in 2002 and 2003 to 85 or so
  Title I schools in this status.
• The state will use backmapping in future years,
  with all schools in this status
• Most such schools feed directly 11into a school
  that serves grade 3 or more than grade 3
• A few districts have multiple options and will
  need to work with them most closely.
• This assessment is included in the AYP
  calculations.

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Made AYP DNM 1 year DNM 2 year DNM 3 year DNM 4 year DNM 5 year
2 yr SIP X X
Public school choice/transfer to higher performing school in district X X X X
Supplemental educational services to low income students X X X
Corrective action/expert evaluation of SIP and/or adopt new curriculum and/or replace staff and/or modify schedule X X
School must be restructured using one option charter school replace principal/most staff management by outside entity X
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What Are The Current Numbers?

• Projections are that between 1500 and 1700
  schools will not meet AYP criteria, either
  through not meeting academic targets, not meeting
  95 participation requirements, or not meeting
  attendance/graduation targets. This is
  preliminary calculations will be final in late
  October.
• About 700 schools that missed AYP last year
  missed AYP again this year. Of these, about 600
  are Title I-funded schools and subject to
  sanctions of public school choice and
  supplemental educational services.
• In 2003-04, of the 600 schools noted above, about
  25 schools will be in corrective action, about
  270 will have to offer choice, and about 300 will
  have to offer public school choice and
  supplemental educational services.

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Public School Choice

• In 2002-03. about 315 schools were to have
  offered public school choice, and about 25 were
  to have offered both choice and SES. About 1,793
  students participated in public school choice and
  773 youth participated in SES.
• In 2003-04, there are 406,557 youth eligible in
  about 570 schools for choice. Not all will take
  advantage -- Rockford had 250 out of 6500
  Springfield 2 out of 148 and Chicago 538 out of
  270,757.

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Supplemental Educational Services

• ISBE initially approved 13 SES providers in
  December 2002 and currently has 17 approved
  providers.
• The provider list is on the agency web site at
  www.isbe.net/nclb/pdfs/sesprovider.pdf.
• While about 300 schools will have to offer this
  option, dont know what it will finally mean in
  terms of prioritization for lowest income, lowest
  performing students.

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History of Watch Warning List Schools
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Public Act 93-470 on Accountability (SB 878 of
2003)

• Single system of accountability.
• Cleans up AEW and AW status system.
• Title I schools have sanctions of public school
  choice and SES, but not all schools in Illinois.
• Other sanctions apply to all schools (reassign
  pupils or school personnel new board, etc.).
• Defines all schools that will be impacted by a
  single system.
• Provides for an appeal process on school or
  district status.

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And The Others

• Support Systems
• Appeals
• Dangerous Schools
• Personnel
• Funding

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Enhanced System of Support

• Regionalize delivery of training and support.
• Establish proven and standardized approaches and
  processes as a core.
• Allow customization for regional and local
  differences among schools and districts.
• Coordinate across programs services.
• Maximize the efficient deployment of staff and
  resources.

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Appeals Advisory Committee

• State Superintendent appoints 9 members
• 1 representative each of IEA and IFT
• 2 superintendents
• 1 parent
• 1 principal
• 1 business representative
• 1 Chicago representative
• 1 representing the general public
• Role is to hear appeals and recommend action to
  the State Superintendent within 30 days of the
  hearing. The State Board makes final decision.

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Persistently Dangerous Schools

• Criteria in Illinois -- For 2 consecutive years
• have violence-related expulsions gt 3 AND
• have one or more students expelled for a federal
  Gun Free Schools Act violation AND
• have 3 or more of the student enrollment
  exercising the individual option (3 of victims
  of violence criminal offenses elect to transfer
  to another school within the district).
• Numbers in Illinois none at this time.
• National s 61 schools for fall 2003 (28 in PA
  9 in PR 8 in NV 7 in NJ 6 in TX 2 in NY 1 in
  OR).
• SB 814 (now SB 1957) in process before the
  General Assembly on unsafe school
  choice/persistently dangerous schools.

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Highly Qualified Personnel

• Who is affected? Every district.
• Teachers in core academic subjects
• Now if entering a Title I school and paid for by
  Title I
• If currently in that school by 2005-06
• All by end of 2005-06.
• See criteria of June 2003 by ISBE at
  www.isbe.net/nclb/htmls/edquality.htm.

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Highly Qualified Personnel (cont.)

• Core academic subjects are English,
  reading/language arts, math, science, foreign
  language, economics, arts, civic, government,
  history geography.
• Requirements are linked to a teachers
  responsibilities (all of the teaching areas).
• Provisional vocational and substitute
  certificates are not considered full certificates
  for this purpose.

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From Baseline Data Report of 9/03

• of Teachers with Provisional or Emergency
  Credentials 2.4.
• of Teachers Programmatically Determined to be
  NCLB Highly Qualified 76 (range from 69 to
  82, with 2 outliers).

• of Classes Not Taught by Highly Qualified
  Teachers 2.3.
• On CeRTS, over 22,275 teachers have registered
  over 12,000 plans.
• Will be collecting data on paraprofessionals and
  on high quality professional development
  received.

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Qualified Paraprofessionals

• The law addresses responsibilities, location and
  funding.
• If the paraprofessional is in a Title I funded
  school, these requirements may be applicable
• If in a Title I targeted school, and paid for by
  Title I to provide instructional support, then
  must meet
• If in a Title I schoolwide school and providing
  instructional support, then must meet.

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Qualified Paraprofessionals (cont.)

• Requirements do not apply to
• Translators
• Those providing parental involvement
• Those not providing instructional support.
• Requirements do apply to special education if the
  funding and the duties meet the specifications.

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Qualified Paraprofessionals (cont.)

• When the requirement must be met
• 2 years of post-secondary study in an institution
  of higher education OR
• An Associates degree OR
• Meet a rigorous standard of quality as
  demonstrated through a formal state or local
  assessment measuring the ability to assist in the
  instruction of math, reading, and writing or
  math, reading and writing readiness.

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Qualified Paraprofessionals (cont.)

• Existing paraprofessionals hired before 1/8/02
  and working in a setting that requires these
  credentials have until 1/8/06 to become
  qualified.
• Those paraprofessionals newly entering the system
  must be credentialed upon entry.

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Qualified Paraprofessionals (cont.)

• What are the state or local tests?
• The ParaPro assessment developed by the
  Education Testing Service works.
• Three ACT WorkKeys tests correspond to the
  NCLB-required areas, plus an assessment of the
  persons ability to assist in instruction. Take
  the tests and verify/validate scores for 28.90
  per!
• ISBE is working with ICCB to design and implement
  an AAS degree and certificate for
  paraprofessional educators.

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NCLB

• 430.7M 478.8M
• 32.8M 35.0M
• 111.9M 114.3M
• 25.5M 25.9M
• -0- 3.4M
• 19.9M 23.1M
• 12.5M 22.8M
• 705,797.7 775,650.3

• Title I, Part A
• Reading First
• Title II, TQ
• Title II, Tech
• Title II, M/S
• Title III
• 21st Century
• TOTAL
• 516,252.9M base

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Per Pupil Total Expenditures NCES, Digest of
Education Statistics, 2000, Table 167
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And Now The End
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Resources

• USDE web site at www.ed.gov.
• Illinois NCLB site at www.isbe.net/nclb.
• Illinois AYP web site at www.isbe.net/AYP.
• Supplemental services at www.isbe.net/nclb/htmls/s
  esp.htm.
• Public school choice at www.isbe.net/nclb/pdfs/FAQ
  choiceML.pdf.
• Teacher quality information at www.isbe.net/nclb/h
  tmls/edquality.htm.