Section 31a and AccountabilityOverview of Michigan’s System

Introduction

• Section 31a of the State School Aid Act provides funding to eligible districts for instructional and student support services for students who meet the at risk identification characteristics specified in the legislation.

• Section 31a is a new component of the MDE accountability system.

• 31a Report will be at the ISD/District level of reporting of performance of 31a At Risk identified students on state assessments of M-STEP and College Readiness SAT.

31a Accountability- Summary Details

• Section 31a reports are available to public and secure users. Public reports will have cell suppression rules applied as appropriate.

• The Section 31a display for secure users will include a matrix by grade level, and will include headcount, percent proficient and subject and proficiency variables.

• The public display will only include the relevant grades and tested subjects for those districts receiving 31a funds.

• The 31a report includes data for all grades and subjects.

31a Accountability Language(15)

Beginning in 2018-2019, if a district, public school academy, or the education achievement system does not demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that at least 50% of at-risk pupils are reading at grade level by the end of grade 3 as measured by the state assessment for the immediately preceding school year and demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department improvement over each of the 3 immediately preceding school years in the percentage of at-risk pupils that are career- and college-ready as determined by proficiency on the English language arts, mathematics, and science content area assessments on the grade 11 summative assessment under section 1279g(2)(a) of the revised school code, MCL 380.1279g,

31a Accountability Language(15) Continued

The district, public school academy, or education achievement system shall ensure all of the following:

(a) The district, public school academy, or the education achievement system shall determine the proportion of total at-risk pupils that represents the number of pupils in grade 3 that are not reading at grade level by the end of grade 3, and the district, public school academy, or the education achievement system shall expend that same proportion multiplied by 1/2 of its total at-risk funds under this section on tutoring and other methods of improving grade 3 reading levels.

31a Accountability Language(15) Continued

(b) The district, public school academy, or the education achievement system shall determine the proportion of total at-risk pupils that represent the number of pupils in grade 11 that are not career- and college-ready as measured by the student's score on the English language arts, mathematics, and science content area assessments on the grade 11 summative assessment under section 1279g(2)(a) of the revised school code, MCL 380.1279g, and the district, public school academy, or the education achievement system shall expend that same proportion multiplied by 1/2 of its total at-risk funds under this section on tutoring and other activities to improve scores on the college entrance examination portion of the Michigan merit examination.

31a Accountability: Who is Included

• Derived from the overall District-based count in the applicable

Fall, Spring and EOY MSDS collections.

• Only students counted as enrolled in the same district in at

least two of the three collections and labeled in MSDS as at

risk in at least one count are included for 31a accountability.

31a Accountability: Proficiency and Improvement Definitions

• 3rd Grade Proficiency- Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the

department that at least 50% of at-risk pupils are reading at grade

level by the end of grade 3 as measured by the state assessment for

the immediately preceding school year…

• English Language Arts (ELA)

• Proficiency

31a Accountability: Proficiency and Improvement Definitions

• 11th Grade Improvement - Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the

department improvement over each of the three immediately

preceding school years in the percentage of at-risk pupils that are

career- and college-ready as determined by proficiency on the English

language arts, mathematics, and science content area assessments on

the grade 11 summative assessment.

• Slope

31a Accountability- Features

Every district that reports 31a students will receive a MI School Data display containing:

• A percent proficient calculation for 31a at risk students for the 3rd

Grade ELA assessment.

• A percent college ready calculation for at risk students in high school (11th grade college entrance only).

• A count of district 31a students by grade, and the corresponding percentage of district at risk students by grade.

31a Accountability- Features

Every district that reports 31a students will receive a MI School Data display containing:

• A percent proficient calculation for 31a in each grade level for a state tested content areas (combined % proficient from general assessment and alternative assessment)

• A longitudinal display of district at risk past performance for all grade levels and all state tested content areas over the last three years.

31a Accountability- Features

Every district that reports 31a students will receive a MI School Data display containing:

• A downloadable data file, which will include Excel spreadsheet with variables for Student, Building, Assessment Type, Test Results, EL (English Learner), Migrant, Homeless, Economic Disadvantage and Race/Ethnicity for at risk students for all grade levels and all state tested content areas from the most recent year.

31a Accountability- Timeline

• April 2017- Data available for informational purposes only; will begin with 2015-16 data

• 2018-19- First year of high stakes 31a accountability

31a At Risk Report: What It Means

• The 31a At Risk report shows a snapshot view of the number and percent of proficient 3rd and 11th grade students identified as Section 31a At Risk on the state assessments of M-STEP and College Readiness.

• 3rd Grade reports on the number and percent of students meeting proficiency on the English Language Arts (ELA) section of the M-STEP Assessment.

• 11th Grade reports on the number and percent of students meeting College Readiness benchmarks.

31a At Risk Report: What It Means

• This report also provides a student level detail by grade and overall proficiency. Data on the number and percent of 31a At Risk student proficiency is shown for Grades 3-8, and 11.

• To see how the data for Section 31a At Risk student proficiency is changing over time a trend view is also provided between the school years 2014-15 and 2015-16.

31a At Risk Report: Why It Matters

Exploring the Section 31a At Risk report can answer questions like:

• What is the percentage of proficient 3rd grade students and college ready 11th grade students?

• Is my district doing better each year?

• I would like to be able to examine the complete data for all the schools in the state. How can I get that report?

• How can I get a spreadsheet to examine this data?

31a At Risk Report: Display

31a At Risk Report: Display

31a At Risk Report: Display

31a Accountability Contact Information

• Alexander Schwarz, Educational Assessment Specialist

• Assessment and Accountability Office

• MDE-Accountability@Michigan.gov

• 877-560-8378