Accountability Tour“Accountability On Ice”

2011-2012

Wayne RESAMonday, January 30, 2012

Welcome & Introductions

Thank you for attending!

Thank you to Wayne RESA for hosting us!

Evaluation, Research and Accountability Unit

Office of Psychometrics, Accountability, Research and Evaluation (OPARE)

Bureau of Assessment and Accountability

Who is here with us today?

About Us

Logistics

Very aggressive agenda

In order to cover everything, we need to stick to the times allotted.

Logistics Continued

If you have questions: Email them to:

answers@resa.net We will answer the ones we can

during the presentation. We will respond individually to

those we cannot answer on air.

Structure of the Day Ask questions during the allotted

time for each topic

Stop the presenters as they are speaking (within reason)

Content available online

Pieces of the Accountability Puzzle

What remains the same?

Top to Bottom ranking methodology

AYP (for 2011-2012)

What is New?Top to Bottom methodology to

determine Priority and Focus Schools

Cut scores

Educator evaluations: required for all educators

What is Under Development?

ESEA Flexibility—will impact AYP

Accreditation—still in approval process

Challenges in this Work Time of rapid change; new initiatives Increasing stakes Balance need for complex metrics to

capture school performance accurately with the need for transparency

Articulating a vision for your work/our work with the quantity of initiatives

How we Can Help We will tell you what we know; caveat—

that may change! We will name the places where there is

still confusion We will be an ongoing resource as you

navigate this work Accountability is not only about the

“stick”—it’s also about using these metrics to diagnose, to work smarter

Accountability Tour“Accountability On Ice”

2011-2012

Wayne RESAMonday, January 30, 2012