OSEPs New 618 Data Collection Participation and Performance in Assessments

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OSEPs New 618 Data Collection Participation
and Performance in Assessments

• Roberta Garrison-Mogren, Westat
• July 2005

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Table 6 Assessment

• New for 2004-05 school year
• Due February 1, 2006
• Parallels APR Attachment 3
• 2004-05 data will be analyzed in your APR
• Some revisions planned for 2005-06

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Section 612(a)(16)(A) of IDEA

• Requires that
• children with disabilities are included in all
  general State and districtwide assessment
  programswith appropriate accommodations and
  alternate assessments where necessary.

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Section 612(a)(16)(D) of IDEA

• Requires that states make available
• The number of children with disabilities
  participating in regular assessments, and the
  number of those children who were provided
  accommodations in order to participate in those
  assessments.
• The number of children with disabilities
  participating in alternate assessments described
  in subparagraph (C)(ii)(I).

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Section 612(a)(16)(D) of IDEA (continued)

• The number of children with disabilities
  participating in alternate assessments described
  in subparagraph (C)(ii)(II).
• The performance of children with disabilities on
  regular assessments and on alternate
  assessments

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Section 618 of IDEA

• (a) IN GENERAL- Each State that receives
  assistance under this part, and the Secretary of
  the Interior, shall provide data each year--
• (3) on any other information that may be required
  by the Secretary.

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Section 1111(b)(3) of NCLB

• Requires States to
• implement yearly assessments in mathematics,
  reading or language arts and, beginning with the
  2007-08 school year, science.

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Section 1111(h)(1)(C) of NCLB

• Requires state to include in their Annual
• State Report Card
• (i) information, in the aggregate, on student
  achievement at each proficiency level on the
  State academic assessments described in
  subsection (b)(3) (disaggregated by disability
  status)
• and
• (iii) the percentage of students not tested
  (disaggregated by the same categories).

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CFR 34, 200.6(a)(2)(iii)(B)

• Requires states to report separately the
• number and percentage of students with
• disabilities taking
• (1) Alternate assessments based on the alternate
  academic achievement standards defined under
  200.1(d)
• (2) Alternate assessments based on the academic
  achievement standards defined under 200.1(c)
• (3) Regular assessments, including those
  administered with appropriate accommodations.

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Table 6 Data Collection Topics

• Enrollment
• Participation
• Performance

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Table 6 Data Reported By

• Content Area
• Grade
• Assessment type
• Achievement level

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Enrollment (Sections A and D)

• Report counts of
• Students with IEPs
• All students enrolled
• These are the students enrolled as of a
• date as close as possible to the testing date

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Participation (Sections B and E)

• Report each student with an IEP in only
• 1 of 4 major assessment groupings
• Regular assessments on grade level
• Out of level assessments
• Alternate assessments
• Did not participate

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Regular assessmentson grade level

• Report
• Number who took a regular assessment on grade
  level achievement standards (column 3)
• Subset who took the assessment with accomodations
  (column 3a)
• Subset with changes that invalidate their score
  (column 3b)
• Subset whose assessment was invalid (column 3c)

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Out of level assessments

• Report
• Number who took an out of level assessment
  (column 4)
• Subset with changes that invalidate their score
  (column 4a)
• Subset whose assessment was invalid (column 4b)

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Alternate assessments

• Report
• Number who took an alternate assessment (column
  5)
• Subset who alternate was scored against grade
  level standards (column 5a)
• Subset whose alternate was scored again alternate
  achievement standards (colunn 5b)
• Subset counted in the lowest achievement level
  because of the NCLB 1 cap (column 5c)
• Subset whose assessment was invalid (column 5d)

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Alternate assessments (contd)

• In future (2005-06), report
• Subset who alternate was scored against modified
  standards
• Subset counted in the lowest achievement level
  because of the NCLB 2 cap

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Did not participate

• Report the number of students with IEPs
• who did not take an assessment due to
• Parental exemption
• Absent
• Other reasons
• Provide a list, by grade level, of other reasons
• students were exempted

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Performance (Sections C and F)

• Report performance separately for
• Regular on grade level
• Alternate on grade level
• Alternate on alternate standards
• Alternate on modified standards (2005-06)
• No valid score
• For each grade provide the name of the
• assessment

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Achievement levels

• Defined by the state
• Must be the same as for NCLB
• Report the name of each achievement level
• Report the name of the lowest achievement level
  considered proficient

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Lowest Achievement level

• Must count in the lowest achievement
• level students who
• Had changes to the assessment that invalidated
  their score
• Are outside the NCLB cap

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No valid score

• Includes students who
• did not take an assessment
• took an assessment, but did not receive a score

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Table 6 Assessment

• Account for all students reported in column 1
• (students with IEPs on a date as close as
  possible to the testing
• date)
• Provide an explanation if students reported
• by achievement level (9A and 9B) plus students
• with no valid score (column 10) does not equal
• column 1

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Participation

• Participants are students who took an
• assessment and obtained a score
• Non participants are students who either did
• not take an assessment or did not obtain a
• score
• Participation rate
• of participants of students with IEPs
• multiplied by 100

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Performance

• Proficient are students who took an
• assessment and received a valid score at or
• above proficient
• Not proficient are students who did not score
• at or above proficient, or did not receive a
  valid
• score, or did not take an assessment
• Proficiency rate
• of proficient students of students with
  IEPs multiplied by 100

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• Questions?