Understanding the Goals of ESSA Boot Camp
Delve into the core objectives of the ESSA Boot Camp event held in October 2016 at Omni Houston Hotel, Westside Houston, Texas. Explore essential questions regarding accountability systems, assessment criteria, and the impact of student performance on school ratings. Gain insights into tweaking existing systems and enhancing educational outcomes for diverse student groups.
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SUBTITLE October 20 21, 2016 Omni Houston Hotel at Westside Houston, Texas ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Working Session: State is tweaking its ratings ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Goals for our time together Identify a core set of questions for assessing a current state accountability system Apply those questions to current systems Discuss possibilities for tweaking these systems ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Key Questions to Ask Are ratings based largely on measures of student academic achievement and attainment? Are the expectations for performance on the measures ambitious and achievable? Do they expect more progress from groups starting further behind? Does the performance of each group of students matter in the ratings? Is a school s rating impacted if the school is consistently underperforming for one or more groups of students? Is a school s rating impacted if fewer than 95% of students overall or for any group participate in the assessment? ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
A few notes as we dig in These systems can be profoundly complex. We re not going to dig into every detail, but rather focus on the most important questions. Some of the answers are objective. Others will be subjective. Sometimes the answer is We need more information. ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Are ratings Are ratings based largely on measures of based largely on measures of student academic achievement and student academic achievement and attainment? attainment? ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Reminder: What does ESSA require? States must annually rate schools based on the following indicators, all of which (except #3) have to be broken down by student group: 1. Academic Achievement a. Proficiency on annual assessments b. May include growth for high schools 2. Other Academic Indicator a. For high schools graduation rate b. For non-high schools growth or another valid, reliable, statewide academic indicator 3. Progress toward English language proficiency for English learners 4. Other valid, reliable, comparable and statewide measure of school quality ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Are Are the expectations for the expectations for performance on the measures performance on the measures ambitious and achievable? ambitious and achievable? Do Do they expect more progress from they expect more progress from groups starting further behind? groups starting further behind? ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Reminder: What does ESSA require? States set long-term goals on at least tests and graduation rates. These goals must be set for all group of students, and must expect more progress from the groups that are further behind. ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Does Does the performance of each group the performance of each group of students matter in the ratings? of students matter in the ratings? ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Reminder: What does ESSA require? States must rate schools annually based on the performance of all groups of students students from major racial/ethnic groups, low- income students, students with disabilities, and English learners on all of the indicators ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Is Is a schools rating impacted if a school s rating impacted if the school is consistently the school is consistently underperforming for one or more underperforming for one or more groups of students? groups of students? ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Reminder: What does ESSA require? Ratings must make clear when any group of students students students from major racial/ethnic groups, low-income students, students with disabilities, and English learners is consistently underperforming. ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Is Is a schools rating impacted if fewer a school s rating impacted if fewer than 95% of students than 95% of students group group participate in the assessment participate in the assessment? ? overall or for any overall or for any ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Reminder: What does ESSA require? States must provide a clear explanation for how they will factor the 95 percent participation requirement, overall and by student group, into the school accountability system. ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Key Questions to Ask Are ratings rating based largely on measures of student academic achievement and attainment? Are the expectations for performance on the measures ambitious and achievable? Does the performance of each group of students matter in the ratings? Is a school s rating impacted if the school is consistently underperforming for one or more groups of students? Is a school s rating impacted if fewer than 95% of students overall or for any group participate in the assessment? ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Another state ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
Key Questions to Ask Are ratings rating based largely on measures of student academic achievement and attainment? Are the expectations for performance on the measures ambitious and achievable? Do they expect more progress from groups starting further behind? Does the performance of each group of students matter in the ratings? Is a school s rating impacted if the school is consistently underperforming for one or more groups of students? Is a school s rating impacted if fewer than 95% of students overall or for any group participate in the assessment? ESSA Boot Camp | October 2016
