WSSDA Legislative Assembly 2006

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WSSDA Legislative Assembly 2006

• Update
• Brief overview of WASL results
• Graduating class of 2008
• Policy goals for 2006
• Washington Learns
• 2006 Session

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Student achievement in Washington continues to
rise

• SAT
• 2005 verbal and math scores highest ever
• Top scores for three years in a row (2003-2005)
  among states with 50 participation
• ACT
• Among top 3 scorers in nation in 2005 (a top 3
  state for last 9 years)

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2005 WASL results(compared to 2004)
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Percent of grade 10 students meeting all
three standards
(Reading, Mathematics, Writing)
100.0
90.0
Tested students only
All students (including non-tested)
80.0
70.0
60.0
46.9
Percent of Students
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
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In 2008 Washington graduates

• About 88,000 students graduate with a different,
  more meaningful diploma
• This diploma will ensure that students have the
  thinking and applied learning skills to succeed
  in college, at work, as citizens, in life

In 998 days
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The 2005 voluntary retake story

• 5,673 11th-grade students in nearly 200 districts
  took reading, writing, math and/or science tests
• Demographics of students who retested similar to
  overall Washington student profile
• Total of 11,290 tests taken

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2005 Retake summary

• Students generally improved their scores at least
  one level
• Majority of students who are close to standard on
  the first try can meet the standard on a retake
• Difficult to move from Level 1 to Level 3 or
  above in just one retake, especially in math

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Projections of success based on 2005 retakes

• If we
• Assume pattern of success of this group of
  students held true for all students who could
  have retaken the test as 11th-graders, and
• Add results of retakes to results of their peers
  who passed tests on first try in 2004
• Then, after one retake
• 62 would meet standard on all 3 tests
• 89 would meet standard on reading test
• 80 would meet standard on writing test
• 75 would meet standard on math test

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The achievement gap is closing in reading
Grade 10 Reading Percent of Students Meeting
Standard in 1999 and 2005 by Ethnicity
100.0
30
18
25
90.0
27
78.4
76.5
27
80.0
70.0
58.3
54.3
60.0
53.3
52.8
48.5
50.0
40.0
29.6
26.1
26.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
American Indian 1,127 of 2,210
Asian/Pacific Islander 4,932 of 6,518
Black 2,133 of 4,209
White 44,273 of 59,267
Hispanic 3,990 of 8,128
of students in 2005
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Reading First vs. All StudentsClosing the
Achievement Gap
Hispanic 13
Hispanic 60
White 71
White 21
Black 6
American Indian 3
Asian/Pacific Islander 6
Asian/Pacific Islander 7.9
American Indian 3
Black 9
Did not meet standard
Exceeded standard
Met standard
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Reading First assistance begins (51-school cohort)
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Certificate of Academic Achievement Alternative
Assessments

• HB 2195 requires OSPI to
• recommend one or more alternative assessments and
  an appeal process for the Certificate of Academic
  Achievement
• Alternative(s) must be
• As rigorous
• After the student has taken the WASL twice
• Ready for use by students in November 2006
• In content areas in which the student did not
  meet the standard
• Approved by the Legislature before implementation

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Certificate of Academic Achievement Alternative
Assessments

• Over past year, conducted a feasibility analysis
  of four options
• GPA/WASL index
• End of course assessments
• Use of the culminating project
• Collection of evidence
• Based on analysis, plan to pilot the GPA/WASL
  index and collection of evidence options this
  fall and early winter
• Will make recommendations to the Legislature in
  January 2006
• If Legislature approves, will have guidelines in
  place for the Class of 2008 by November 2006

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Next steps

• Stay the course, support ALL students, ensure our
  future
• Guarantee assessment options are ready for 2008
  graduates
• Provide targeted intervention plans to support
  struggling students and the families trying to
  help them
• Help teachers more
• Classroom assessments
• Instructional materials
• Training
• Put real-time, accurate information about our
  highly mobile student population in the hands of
  local educators
• Secure the necessary financial support

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Washington Learns

• Study of how to provide stable funding for
  student learning for young children, students in
  public schools and in the public colleges and
  universities
• Study created in 2006 -- Legislation was a
  priority for WSSDA

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Washington LearnsStrong foundations and bridges
help children transitionfrom Pre-K to K-12 and
to higher education or work.
Work and/or higher education
Pre-K and early learning
K-12 education
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Washington Learns

• Education reform was passed in 1993. The
  Governors Council on Education Reform and
  Funding missed the opportunity to fix funding.
• This study gives us the opportunity to
  strengthen our K-12 funding system to
• Determine the level of funding to improve student
  achievement
• Well-compensated educational staff

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2006 Legislative session

• Supplemental Budget --- Legislature wants
  emergency items only
• Immediate help for students
• Extra help with math
• Extra help for struggling students
• Alternative assessment established
• Compensating teachers who receive professional
  certification
• Fix heath benefits allocation

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2006 Legislative session

• Emergency support for our schools
• Helping districts help victims of Hurricane
  Katrina
• Washington has been declared a disaster relief
  area
• As of Wednesday, 87 displaced students were in
  Washingtons public schools
• Information for schools and districts is one
  click away on OSPIs website