Kentucky’s New Assessment and Accountability Model

June 2011

Participants will understand Kentucky’s New Assessment and Accountability Model.

The Kentucky Board of Education approved regulation 703 KAR 5:200 on April 13, 2011

The regulation is still under review and has not been finalized yet.

Minor changes could occur between now and then based on recommendations from these groups

Next-Generation Learners

Next-Generation

Instructional Programs and

Support

Next-Generation

Professionals

Next-Generation

Schools/Districts

(reporting mechanism)

Achievement (Proficiency)

Gap

Growth

Readiness for College/Career

Graduation Rate

Program Reviews

Working Conditions Survey

Percent Effective Teachers

Percent Effective Leaders

Revised Report Card

New Accountability System

Elementary and Middle Schools Reading, writing and math based on new Kentucky Core

Standards Grade 3 will have multiple choice and short answer only (new) Grades 4-8 will have MC, short answer, and open/extended

response Science and social studies continue with existing Kentucky Core

Content until new standards are released Nationally norm-referenced section embedded in

the test for reading, math, science and social studies Nationally norm-referenced portion is Stanford On-Demand format will use prompts Editing and mechanics may have MC and short answer Vendor is Pearson

High School End-of-course – English II, Algebra II,

Biology, and US History Not grade-specific; to be taken when a

student completes a course May be used for a percentage of a

student’s final grade in that course (20% is KDE recommendation)

Test will be linked to enrollment in a course procedures about withdrawal dates

are currently being developed Vendor is ACT Quality Core On-Demand format will use prompts Editing and mechanics will come from

PLAN (multiple choice)

Beginning in 2011-2012 . . . Last 14 instructional days of the

district’s calendar Maximum of 5 days testing, with the

other days to be used for make-up testing

NOTE: EOCs will occur at various times throughout the school year

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Next- Generation Learners

Achievement = proficiency Achievement for elementary and

middle schools is based on performance on the reading, math, science, social studies and on-demand writing tests

Achievement for high school is based on performance on the end-of-course exams and the on-demand writing test

For each content area . . . 1 point awarded for each % scoring proficient or

distinguished 0.5 points awarded for each % scoring apprentice 0 points awarded for noviceBonusAdditional 0.5 awarded for each % distinguished

combined with -0.5 for each % noviceBonus points awarded in the amount that

distinguished offsets novice(NOTE: No points will be taken away if novice

offsets distinguished).

Gap = distance of the gap group from the goal of 100% proficiency

Gap calculation for elementary and middle schools is based on performance on the reading, math, science, social studies and on-demand writing tests

Gap calculation for high school is based on performance on the end-of-course exams and the on-demand writing test

The Student Gap Group is an aggregate count of the following student groups:

Ethnicity/race (Af. Am., Hisp., Nat. Am.) Special education Poverty (free/reduced lunch) Limited English Proficiency

Non-duplicated counts of students in the gap student groups who score proficient or higher are summed.

This yields a single gap number of proficient or higher students with no student counting more than one time.

For each subject area, the % of students scoring proficient or distinguished in the Non-duplicated Gap Group is reported.

Student 1: Donatello – AA, FR, (proficient)

Student 2: Ricky – W, FR, and Spec. Ed. Student 3: Enrique – LEP, FR Student 4: Michelle – FR Student 5: Marco – LEP, FR, and Spec.

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The achievement of all individual groups will still be disaggregated and reported as they always have been, however . . .

Gap reporting for accountability purposes will include only the % of student in the combined non-duplicated Gap Group scoring at proficient and distinguished level.

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Growth = comparison of an individual student’s score from one year to the next; uses a Student Growth Percentile based on actual growth of student’s similar academic peers

Growth for elementary and middle schools is based on performance on the reading and math tests

Growth for high schools is based on PLAN to ACT in reading and math

Growth comparisons are made to similar performing “academic peers.”

Low, typical and high growth scales will be determined based on actual student performance state-wide.

These are equal-interval, percentile-based scales.

Based on model currently used by Massachusetts Department of Education

For reading and math . . . 1 point for each % of students

showing typical or high growth 0 points for low growth

College/Career Readiness = number of graduates successfully meeting an indicator of readiness

Readiness for middle schools is based on performance on EXPLORE test

Readiness for high schools is based on ACT, college placement tests and career measures

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Middle Schools% of students meeting the ACT-established

benchmarks for EXPLORE in reading, English and math is averaged to generate an overall readiness percentage

EXPLORE BenchmarksReading – 15English – 13Math – 17

High Schools% of graduating seniors who meet at least one

of the following readiness indicators:1. Meets all of the ACT benchmarks (Reading: 20,

English: 18, Math: 19), OR2. Passes a college placement test (COMPASS,

KYOTE), OR3. Receives an industry-recognized career

certificate (other possible measures forthcoming)

Graduation Rate = % of students graduating

Average Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR) is current transitional reporting model

Federally-mandated Graduation Cohort Model goes into effect in three years

Grade Range

Achievement

(Proficiency)

Gap Growth

College/ Career

Readiness

Graduation

Rate

Total

Elementary

30 30 40 N/A N/A 100

Middle 28 28 28 16 N/A 100

High 20 20 20 20 20 100

Next-Generation Learners

System to classify schools and districts

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