School Accountability Update

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School Accountability Update Fall 2006 Summer
2007
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Overview of Bulletin 111 Changes

• Preliminary Release
• SPS Component Changes
• Growth SPS
• Baseline SPS
• Subgroup Component Changes
• Label Changes
• SI/AA Changes
• Disaster Accountability

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Schools Included in Preliminary Accountability
Release (Aug. 1)

• For 2007, schools identified as
• Failing the Subgroup Component based on spring
  2006 test results, or
• Failing the SPS Component based on the 2007
  Baseline SPS or
• Failing the SPS Component based on the 2006
  Baseline SPS or
• Being in AUS or SCF (any level) in academic year
  2006-07

Bulletin 111, Section 301
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SPS Component Changes
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Inclusion of Students in the SPS

• As in the past two years of Accountability
  releases, only students who have been in a
  district for a Full Academic Year (Oct.
  enrollment and time of testing) will count in the
  schools SPS Assessment Index.

Bulletin 111, Section 515
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2007 Growth SPS

• Will use assessment data from 2007 and attendance
  and dropout data from 2006
• Calculated using
• LEAP/GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1, and LAA 2 test data
• Attendance data
• Dropout data

Bulletin 111, Section 301
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2007 Growth SPS

• Assessment Index will use achievement levels from
  each test converted to index points
• LEAP/GEE/iLEAP
• Advanced 200 points
• Mastery 150 points
• Basic 100 points
• Approaching Basic 50 points
• Unsatisfactory 0 points

Bulletin 111, Section 405
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2007 Growth SPS

• LAA 1 Accountability Conversion
• Average of 4 State-specified skill levels (0-5)
  converted to an index and included in the SPS and
  Subgroup Proficient Calculations

LAA 1 Raw Score Level Assessment Points
0.00-0.49 Unsatisfactory 0
0.50-2.49 Approaching Basic 50
2.50-3.49 Basic 100
3.50-4.49 Mastery 150
4.50-5.00 Advanced 200
Bulletin 111, Section 3905
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2007 Growth SPS

• LAA 2 Accountability Achievement Levels
• Grades 4-11 included in the Growth SPS

Level Assessment Points
Basic 100
Approaching Basic 75
Foundational 50
Pre-Foundational 0
Bulletin 111, Section 3905
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2007 Growth SPS K-8

• Two or three Indexes
• Assessment Index
• 90 weight
• Attendance Index
• 10 weight for schools with grades K-6
• 5 weight for schools with grades 7 and 8
• Dropout Index
• 5 weight for schools with grades 7 and 8

Bulletin 111, Section 301
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2007 Growth SPS K-8

• Assessment Index Grade Subject weighting

Grade ELA Math Science Soc. Stud.
3rd 2 1 ½ ½
4th 2 2 1 1
5th 1 1 1 1
6th 1 1 1 1
7th 1 1 1 1
8th 2 2 1 1
Bulletin 111, Section 405
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Spring Incentive Points K-8

• As in 2005 and 2006, if during 2007 spring
  testing, a repeating 4th grader or an Option I
  8th grader scores at a higher achievement level
  on a LEAP test, the school shall receive 50
  incentive points per subject improved

Bulletin 111, Section 307
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Summer Incentive Points K-8

• For the 2007 accountability results, if during
  the 2006 summer school, a 4th or 8th grade
  student earns a score at a higher achievement
  level than the previous spring, the school that
  the student attended in the spring will receive
  50 incentive points per subject improved

Bulletin 111, Section 307
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2007 Growth SPS K-8

• Assessment Index Calculation
• Sum index points and incentive points for each
  test unit
• Multiply each sum times its appropriate
  grade-subject weight
• Sum the weighted index points
• Sum the grade-subject weights of each testing
  unit
• Divide sum of weighted points by sum of the
  grade-subject weights

Bulletin 111, Section 405
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2007 Growth SPS High Schools

• Three Indexes
• Assessment Index
• 90 weight
• Attendance Index
• 5 weight
• Dropout Index
• 5 weight

Bulletin 111, Section 303
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2007 Growth SPS High Schools

• Assessment Index Weights

Grade ELA Math Sci. Soc. Stud
9th 1 1
10th 1.25 1.25
11th 1.25 1.25
Bulletin 111, Section 409
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2007 Growth SPS High Schools

• As in past years, the Assessment Index will
  continue to be adjusted by a dropout adjustment
  factor based upon a goal of no more than 4
  dropouts
• For the 2006 Growth SPS the expectation was no
  more than 7 dropouts

Bulletin 111, Section 409
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Option II 8th Grade Incentive Points

• Due to the change in High Stakes testing policy,
  Option II 8th graders and the incentive points
  associated with these students no longer exist

Bulletin 111, Section 307
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2007 Growth SPS High Schools

• Assessment Index Calculation
• Multiply each test unit index points times its
  appropriate grade-subject weight and the
  appropriate dropout adjustment
• Sum weighted points
• Sum grade-subject weights of each testing unit
• Divide sum of weighted points by sum of the
  grade-subject weights

Bulletin 111, Section 409
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2007 Growth SPS - Combo Schools

• Assessment Index calculated using a weighted
  average of the K-8 and 9-12 Assessment Indexes
• K-8 portion weighted by the number of test units
  from spring tests in grades 3-8
• 9-12 portion weighted by the number of test units
  from spring tests in grades 9-11

Bulletin 111, Section 301
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Dropout Documentation Required

• Documentation is required for any exit code used
  on a student who does not count as a dropout
• Example Exit to private school, Exit out of
  state, etc.

Bulletin 111, Section 611
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2007 Growth SPS - Combo Schools

• Attendance Index calculated using a weighted
  average of K-8 and 9-12 Attendance Indexes
• K-8 portion weighted by the number of students in
  grades K-8
• 9-12 portion weighted by the number of students
  in grades 9-12
• Dropout Index calculated using a weighted average
  of K-8 and 9-12 Dropout Indexes
• K-8 portion weighted by the number of students in
  grades 7and 8
• 9-12 portion weighted by the number of students
  in grades 9-12

Bulletin 111, Sections 301, 511 and 513
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2007 Growth SPS

• The LAA 1 scores will be used in the 2006-07
  Growth SPS but not for the 2006-07 Baseline SPS
  due to changes being made to the LAA 1.

Bulletin 111, Section 3905
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2007 Baseline SPS

• LAA 2 Accountability Achievement Levels
• Grades 4-11 for 2007 included
• Grade 4, 8, 10 ELA and math and grade 11 science
  and Social Studies for 2006 included

Level Assessment Points
Basic 100
Approaching Basic 75
Foundational 50
Pre-Foundational 0
Bulletin 111, Section 3905
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2007 Baseline SPS K-8 Schools

• Calculated in the same manner as the 2006
  Baseline SPS for K-8 schools but will include two
  years (2005-06 and 2006-07) of assessment data

Bulletin 111, Section 301
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2007 Baseline SPS High Schools

• Calculated using two indexes
• Assessment Index (70 weight)
• Graduation Index (30 weight)

Bulletin 111, Section 301
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2007 Baseline SPS High Schools

• Assessment Index will use the same tests and
  subject-grade weighting as the 2007 Growth SPS,
  but will incorporate two years of testing data
  (Spring 06 and Spring 07)

Bulletin 111, Section 301
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2007 Baseline SPS High Schools

• Graduation Index cohort definition
• All students entering as first-time freshmen
• Tracked for four years
• Students who transfer into the school from
  outside the LEA on or before October 1 of their
  11th grade year will be added to the cohort
• Students who transfer into the school from within
  the district on or before October 1 of their 12th
  grade year will be added to the cohort

Bulletin 111, Sections 601-603
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2007 Baseline SPS High Schools

• Graduation Index cohort definition (continued)
• Early graduates will be included with what would
  have been their four-year cohort
• Students with Disabilities whose IEPs state that
  they will take longer than 4 years to graduate
  will be added to the cohort with which they
  graduate, provided they are less than 22 years
  old at the beginning of the academic year
• Legitimate leavers are taken out of the cohort

Bulletin 111, Sections 601-603
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2007 Baseline SPS High Schools

• Graduation Index point values

Student Result Points
Academic Endorsement 180
Tops Opportunity Award OR Career Tech Endorsement 160
BESE approved Industry Based Certification OR Tops Tech and Dual Enrollment OR Tops Tech and Articulated Credit 140
Regular HS Diploma 120
GED 90
Skills Certificate/Certificate of Achievement 60
Attendee 30
Dropout 0
Bulletin 111, Section 613
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2007 Baseline SPS Combo Schools

• Calculated using a weighted average of the K-8
  and 9-12 School Performance Scores
• K-8 portion weighted by the number of eligible
  spring testers in grades 3-8
• 9-12 portion weighted by the number of eligible
  spring testers in grades 9-11 plus the number of
  members of the cohort used as the denominator in
  the Graduation Index calculation

Bulletin 111, Section 303
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Inclusion of Schools for 2007 (and Beyond)

• To receive a 2007 Growth SPS, a school must have
  at least 40 testing units in any combination of
  LEAP/GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1 or LAA 2
• To receive a 2007 Baseline SPS, a school must
  have at least 80 units in any combination of
  LEAP/GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1, LAA 2 or Graduation Index
  cohort membership
• Each Grad Index cohort member will count as 4
  units for this determination

Bulletin 111, Section 519
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Pairing and Sharing Data

• Pairing data will no longer be necessary
• For the 2007 Growth SPS and the 2007 Baseline
  SPS, schools that have no testing grade will
  share one grade of testing data from a school
  into which its students feed

Bulletin 111, Section 521
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Pairing and Sharing Data

• Any school enrolling only 12th grade students
  will share data with a school or schools
  containing grades 9-11 from which the majority of
  its students are sent
• Used to define the schools cohort for the
  Graduation Index
• SPS will be based solely on the schools
  Graduation Index

Bulletin 111, Section 521
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Pairing and Sharing Data

• Any school with a K-2 and 9-12 configuration will
  receive an SPS based solely upon the 9-12 data

Bulletin 111, Section 521
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Subgroup Component Changes
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Subgroup Component Inclusion of Students

• In 2007, the Subgroup Component Proficiencies
  will use test (LEAP, GEE, iLEAP, LAA 1 and LAA 2
  tests) results from ELA and math for grades 3-8
  and grade 10 for both the Proficiency AMO
  analysis and Safe Harbor decrease in
  Non-Proficiency analysis

Bulletin 111, Sections 701 and 707
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Subgroup Component - 2007 Additional Academic
Indicator

• For schools with a 12th grade, the 2007 Subgroup
  Component analysis will include a cohort
  Graduation Rate to replace the Non-Dropout Rate
  as the school Additional Academic Indicator
• The cohort for this Graduation Rate is defined in
  the same way as the cohort for the Graduation
  Index
• For 2007 only, the Safe Harbor AAI growth will
  continue to use non-dropout rates

Bulletin 111, Section 701
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Label and RemedyChanges
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2007 Growth Labels

• Schools with a Performance Label of Three Stars
  and a Baseline SPS gt 105 will not receive a
  negative Growth Label
• In 2005, the bar was 100

Bulletin 111, Section 1101
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2007 Growth Labels

• Exemplary and Recognized Academic Growth Criteria
  change
• No longer calculating a full Subgroup Performance
  Score (GPS) for all subgroups
• Calculating a weighted Subgroup Assessment Index
  (SAI) for the Economically Disadvantaged and
  Students with Disabilities subgroups
• Assessment Index with grade-subject weighting for
  the students in each of these subgroups

Bulletin 111, Sections 903 and 1301
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2007 Growth Labels

• Exemplary and Recognized Academic Growth Criteria
  change
• For Exemplary Academic Growth (EAG), a school
  must
• Make its Growth Target, and
• Economically Disadvantaged and Students with
  Disabilities SAI must grow by at least 2 points,
  and
• The school must not be in AUS or SCF

Bulletin 111, Sections 903 and 1301
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2007 Growth Labels

• Exemplary and Recognized Academic Growth Criteria
  change
• For Recognized Academic Growth (RAG), a school
  must
• Make its Growth Target, but
• Economically Disadvantaged and Students with
  Disabilities SAI does not grow by at least 2
  points, and/or
• The school is in AUS and/or SCF

Bulletin 111, Sections 903 and 1301
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Academically Unacceptable Schools/Subgroup
Component Failure/Academic Assistance Changes
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Academically Unacceptable School (AUS) Status

• A school with a Baseline SPS of less than 60.0
  enters AUS 1 if the school was not labeled AUS
  the previous year
• Schools progress to more serious levels of AUS
  based on the number of consecutive years a school
  has been labeled AUS.

Bulletin 111, Section 1601
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Academically Unacceptable School (AUS) Status

• In 2007-08, all schools labeled AUS shall
  implement remedies/sanctions based on the number
  of years they have been labeled AUS.
• Schools exit Academically Unacceptable School
  status when their Baseline SPS are 60.0 or
  greater.

Bulletin 111, Section 1601
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Waiver of AUS Requirements

• For 2007 only, schools with a 12th grade that are
  Academically Unacceptable, have a 2007 Baseline
  SPS lt60, but had a 2006 Baseline SPS gt 60 and a
  2007 Growth SPS gt 60, AUS requirements will be
  waived for the 2007-08 school year.

Bulletin 111, Section 1503
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Waiver of AUS Requirements

• Schools identified as AUS with a 2006 and a 2007
  Baseline SPS of 55.0 or greater and the
  Recognized Academic Growth label in 2007, for the
  2007-08 school year will
• Continue previous years remedies/sanctions
• Implement no additional remedies/sanctions

Bulletin 111, Section 1601
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Academically Unacceptable Schools
AUS 1 Revised School Improvement Plan to open academic year School Choice Scholastic Audit Write new SIP for remainder of the current year and the next 2 years based on the Audit
AUS 2 Implement SIP based on Scholastic Audit Quarterly Implementation Reports Title I schools offer Supplemental Educational Services Non-Title I schools add a remedy from Corrective Action List Eligible for Turn-Around Specialist
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Academically Unacceptable Schools cont.
AUS 3 Add from Corrective Action List Develop Reconstitution Plan Eligible for DE
Submit Reconstitution Plan (Type 5 Charter School
Proposals submitted at the same time)
AUS 4
Implement Reconstitution Plan
AUS 5
Implement Reconstitution Plan
AUS 6
Eligible for Recovery School District (RSD)
AUS 6
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School Improvement Plan (SIP) Requirements

• As a result of AUS identification, new SIPs are
  intended to get the school out of trouble before
  AUS 4. Accordingly, in their revised SIPs,
  schools must plan to move to AUS 2 and AUS 3 over
  the following two years.

Bulletin 111, Section 1601
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Subgroup Component Failure (SCF)

• Schools are now assigned Subgroup Component
  Failure (SCF) labels independent of AUS labels
• The labels are the same as those for federal NCLB
  Act School Improvement (SI) 1(failing the same
  subject area for 2 consecutive years), SI 2 (3
  years), Corrective Action (CA) 1 (4 years) and CA
  2 (5 years), and Restructuring (6 years).

Bulletin 111, Sections 1605 and 1607
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Subgroup Component Failure (SCF)

• Any school that fails to meet Subgroup AYP in the
  same subject or in the Whole School AAI for two
  consecutive years enters Subgroup Component
  Failure 1 (SCF 1).
• Schools in any level of Subgroup Component
  Failure remain at the same level if they pass
  Subgroup AYP for 1 year in the subject that
  caused them to originally enter.

Bulletin 111, Sections 1605 and 1607
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Exit from Subgroup Component Failure (SCF)

• A school exits SCF when it passes the Subgroup
  AYP for two consecutive years in the subject that
  caused them to originally enter Subgroup
  Component Failure.

Bulletin 111, Section 1605
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Subgroup Component Failure
SI 1 New 2-year SIP (must incorporate remedies for SI 2) School Choice (for Title I schools only)
SI 2 Supplemental Ed. Services (Title I schools)
CA 1 Add a remedy from Corrective Action List Eligible for Turnaround Specialist
CA 2 Scholastic Audit Develop Alternate Governance Plan (Title I schools) or Focused Reconstitution Plan (non-Title I schools) based on the Scholastic Audit
Restructuring Alternate Governance (Title I) Implement Focused Recon. Plan (non-Title I)
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Entry into Academic Assistance

• Beginning in 2007, schools with new Growth
  Targets greater than 7.0 points enter Academic
  Assistance level 1 (AA1).
• In 2010, this value decreases to 6.0 points, and
  in 2013, to 5.0 points.

Bulletin 111, Section 1403
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Movement in and Exit from Academic Assistance

• Schools move one level higher in Academic
  Assistance when their newly calculated Growth
  Target exceeds 8.0 SPS points (a school in AA 1
  moves to AA 2).
• Schools exit Academic Assistance when their new
  Growth Targets are 5.0 or fewer points.
• Schools remain at the same level of Academic
  Assistance when they do not advance or exit
  Academic Assistance.

Bulletin 111, Section 1405
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Waivers from AA Status

• Districts may submit requests to the State
  Superintendent of Education for waivers from AA
  status if
• 1.The total number of Academically Unacceptable
  Schools (AUS), schools in Subgroup Component
  Failure, and schools in Academic Assistance
  exceeds 30 of the non-alternative schools in the
  district.

Bulletin 111, Section 1403
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Waivers from AA Status

• Waiver requests based on this 30 limit must be
  for individual schools and can only serve as a
  means to establish a reasonable number of schools
  on which to focus resources.

Bulletin 111, Section 1403
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Waivers from AA Status

• Districts may also submit requests to the State
  Superintendent of Education for waivers from AA
  status if
• 2. The school or schools for which a district is
  requesting waivers implemented reforms or
  innovations that should show substantially
  improved student achievement the following year.

Bulletin 111, Section 1403
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Waivers from AA Status

• Any waiver request based on 2 must be
  accompanied by documentation that shows
  implementation of the reforms/innovations in the
  previous year.
• The documentation must include classroom
  observations. A school cannot receive a waiver
  for 2 consecutive years based on 2.

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SPS Component Disaster Policy
Bulletin 111, Chapter 45
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Disaster Accountability
New School
Elementary
Disaster year no scores released Year 1 (2007)
Assessment Index only no labels assigned Year
2 (2008) Baseline SPS Performance Labels Year
3 (2009) Fully Accountable
Bulletin 111, Chapter 45
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Disaster Accountability
New School
High School
The cohort to calculate the Graduation Index must
be re-established.
Bulletin 111, Chapter 45
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Disaster Accountability
New School
High School
Disaster Year no scores released Year 1 (2007)
Assessment Index only no labels assigned Year
2 (2008) Baseline Assessment Index
Performance Labels Year 3 (2009) Fully
Accountable as a 9-11 school (Assessment Index
only)
Bulletin 111, Chapter 45
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Disaster Accountability
New School
High School
Year 5 (2011) Graduation Index calculated,
Fully Accountable
Bulletin 111, Chapter 45
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Subgroup Component - Disaster

• The displaced students will not be considered a
  separate subgroup for the 2006-07 academic year

Bulletin 111, Section 4527
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Disaster Accountability
Additional Information
Displaced students will not be counted as
dropouts in their receiving schools if they drop
out prior to the first day of school the
following academic year.
Bulletin 111, Chapter 45
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Where to get
Current Bulletin 111 Policy (and all
bulletins) http//www.doe.state.la.us/lde/bese/104
1.html Proposals passed by BESE for Notice of
Intent (this is for all agencies in the
state) http//doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/register.h
tm
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Questions?

• Kevin.Stansbury_at_la.gov
• Thomas.Spencer_at_la.gov
• Josh.Posey_at_la.gov

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