District Accountability Update

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• District Accountability Update
• May 2006 - February 2007

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District Accountability Results

• Districts provided three sets of accountability
  results
• District Performance Score (DPS) calculated in
  same manner as a School Performance Score
• District Responsibility Indicators three
  separate indicators
• District Subgroup Component used to determine
  if the districts subgroups made Adequate Yearly
  Progress (AYP)

Bulletin 111, Chapter 43
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District Performance Scores

• Calculated in the same manner as School
  Performance Scores
• Do not include assessment results for students
  displaced by the hurricanes
• Include one year of assessment data (2005-06) and
  one year of attendance and dropout data (2004-05)

Bulletin 111, Section 4317
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District Performance Score Labels
Performance Label DPS
Five Stars 140 and above
Four Stars 139.9-120.0
Three Stars 119.9-100.0
Two Stars 99.9-80.0
One Star 79.9-60.0
Academically Unacceptable Below 60.0
Bulletin 111, Section 4311
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District Responsibility Indicators

• For the 2006 District Accountability results, the
  District Responsibility Index (DRI) and the
  labels associated with it have been eliminated
• Three separate District Responsibility Indicators
  have been added
• Teacher Certification Indicator
• 8th Grade Persistence Indicator
• Financial Risk Indicator

Bulletin 111, Sections 4301
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Teacher Certification Indicator

• Based on the percentage of state core classes
  taught by three categories of teachers
• Standard Teaching Certificate for area of
  assignment
• Non-Standard Teaching Certificate Out of Field
  or Temporary Authority (OFAT, TAT, TEP)
• No Authority to Teach (No Certification)

Bulletin 111, Section 4302
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Teacher Certification Indicator

• Two Indices calculated
• Low Performing schools (1 Star or Academically
  Unacceptable)
• Not Low Performing (2 Stars or above)

Bulletin 111, Sections 4302
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Teacher Certification Indicator

• Percentages of state core classes taught by
  teachers in each category weighted and converted
  to point using the following weighting factors
• 1.0 times of classes taught by teachers with
  Standard Certificates
• 0.5 times of classes taught by teachers with
  Non-Standard Certificates
• 0.0 times of classes taught by teachers with No
  Authority to Teach

Bulletin 111, Sections 4302
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Teacher Certification Indicator

• Weighted points are summed for Low Performing
  schools and again for Non-Low Performing schools
• Total points for Low Performing schools are
  weighted by 75
• Total points for Non-Low Performing schools are
  weighted by 25
• Indicator value is the sum of the weighted total
  points for Low and Non-Low Performing schools

Bulletin 111, Sections 4302
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Teacher Certification Indicator
Label Value
Exceptional 100 97.0
Adequate 96.9 94.0
Marginal 93.9 90.0
Unacceptable Less than 90.0
Bulletin 111, Section 4302
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8th Grade Persistence Indicator

• Based upon a districts success in keeping 8th
  grade students enrolled (not drop out)
• Uses two years of data (2006 results are based on
  data from the years 2003-04 and 2004-05)

Bulletin 111, Sections 4302
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8th Grade Persistence Indicator

• Enrolled Count students who were enrolled in
  the district at least one full day during an
  academic year, less those students who left for
  legitimate reasons
• Returned Count prior year enrolled students who
  are also enrolled at least one full day of the
  next academic year

Bulletin 111, Sections 4302
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8th Grade Persistence Indicator

• Sum enrolled counts from the two years
• Sum returned counts from the two years
• Divide the total returned counts by the total
  enrolled counts

Bulletin 111, Sections 4302
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8th Grade Persistence Indicator
Label Value
Exceptional 100 99.0
Adequate 98.9 98.0
Marginal 97.9 97.0
Unacceptable Less than 97.0
Bulletin 111, Section 4302
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Financial Risk Indicator

• Created by Education Finance in 2004-05 to
  quantify a districts financial risk
• Currently being revised by BESE
• Will be used in subsequent years once revisions
  are complete

Bulletin 111, Sections 4302
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District Subgroup Component AYP

• For the Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO)
  percent proficiency analysis, ELA and math
  assessments from grades 3-8 and 10 are included
• For the Safe Harbor percent proficiency
  improvement comparison, only 4th, 8th and 10th
  grade ELA and math results are used

Bulletin 111, Section 4310
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District Subgroup Component AYP

• Students displaced by the hurricane were placed
  in a separate subgroup and removed from all other
  subgroups
• The Displaced Students subgroup were only
  evaluated on their Participation
• If the Displaced Students subgroup failed the
  Participation evaluation for a particular grade
  cluster, the district failed Subgroup Component
  AYP

Bulletin 111, Section 4310
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District Consequences

• Since DRI labels have been eliminated from
  District Accountability, district consequences
  only apply to failure to achieve Adequate Yearly
  Progress (AYP) in the Subgroup Component for all
  three Grade-Clusters in the same subject,

Bulletin 111, Section 4313
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Districts Exiting District Improvement

• Districts exit District Improvement if they pass
  the Subgroup Component AYP in the same subject
  for which they entered District Improvement in
  the same cluster for 2 consecutive years.

Bulletin 111, Sections 4313
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Districts Exiting District Improvement

• Example
• District fails Subgroup Component AYP in ELA for
  all three grade clusters two consecutive years
  and is placed in District Improvement
• District then passes the Elementary Cluster for
  ELA for two consecutive years
• District is no longer in District Improvement

Bulletin 111, Sections 4313
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District Academically in Crisis

• District is labeled Academically in Crisis if
• More than 30 schools in the district are
  Academically Unacceptable
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• More than 50 of the districts enrollment
  attends Academically Unacceptable schools

Bulletin 111, Sections 4901
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District Accountability Hurricane Considerations

• Districts are considered Severe Impact
  districts and receive a one-year waiver from
  accountability labels and decisions if, due to a
  disaster
• Closed for 18 or more consecutive school days
• Gained or lost 25 of testing population before
  Oct. 1
• Have 25 or more of their schools granted a
  one-year waiver or classified as new schools

Bulletin 111, Section 4503
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Questions?

• Kevin.Stansbury_at_la.gov
• Thomas.Spencer_at_la.gov

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