California's Evolving School Improvement System

MEASURING SCHOOL SUCCESS: How is My School Doing? How do We

Help Schools Improve?

California State PTA Convention April 28, 2017

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We’ll try to answer these questions today – and any others you might have

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How is Sunshine Elementary School doing?

Single Score - API 790

based on Statewide tests

School Climate

Multiple Measures

Access to a Broad Course of Study

Basics

Pupil Outcomes

Implementation of State Academic

Standards

Pupil Engagement

Pupil Achievement

Parent Engagement

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California is moving to a new system of accountability focused on school improvement. • A single system that tells us

more about how are schools are doing

• Meets state and federal requirements

• Uses multiple measures

• Includes all EIGHT state priorities

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www.caschooldashboard.org

New Accountability: Part of California’s Evolving School Improvement System

• Equity: funding based on student needs. Expectation that all succeed.

• Continuous improvement process uses reports to identify LEAs for assistance or intervention.

• Accountability reports with state and local indicators, identifying strengths and areas in need of improvement.

• Local control over spending plus responsibility to address state priorities.

Work in progress – still building and refining.

Accountability Continuous

Improvement Local

Control EQUITY

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Remember those 8 LCFF state priorities? Now there is accountability…

Performance Indicator

1. BASICS

2. IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE ACADEMIC STANDARDS

3. PARENT ENGAGEMENT

4. PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT

5. PUPIL ENGAGEMENT

6. SCHOOL CLIMATE

7. ACCESS TO A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY

8. PUPIL OUTCOMES

Implementation of State Academic Standards (Local)

Basics (Local)

Parent Engagement (Local)

ELA Assessment (State) Math Assessment (State)

English Learner (State)

Graduation Rate (State) Chronic Absenteeism (State)

Suspension Rate (State) School Climate (Local)

College & Career (State)

College & Career (State)

State Priority

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State Performance Indicators: Available Data

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Chronic Absenteeism (not ready yet) X X X X X

Suspension Rate X X X X X

English Learner X X X X X

Graduation Rate X X X

College & Career (not ready yet) X X X

ELA Assessment X X X X

Math Assessment X X X X

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Local Performance Indicators: Available Data

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Basics (Williams Settlement) X X X X

Implementation of State Standards X X X X X

Parent Engagement X X X X X

School Climate X X X X X

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What is in the new California DASHBOARD?

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Sample Dashboard

Layout

Dashboard = Online Portal to Data

Click where you want more detail

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State and Local Performance Categories

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Sample Dashboard—Top Level

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Where do the colors come from?

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Where do the colors come from?

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Both status and change factor into the color levels.

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Sample Indicator Color Chart

NOTE: Each indicator has its own reference chart.

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Dig Deeper to Know More

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Photo credit: David Burn, https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidburn/23037146790

Dashboard--Equity Information

Specifics of student group performance = “one click away”

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List of all student groups

State indicators

Dashboard--Equity Information

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Data Details You’ll Be Able to See

Data will be broken down by

District

School

Student Group

Indicator

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HOW the System is Designed to Improve Schools

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Continuous Improvement The expectation of California’s new accountability is that it will support continuous improvement

Engage

Plan Act

Review Engage

Plan Act

Review Engage

Plan Act

Review

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What indicators will be in the dashboard and when?

Included 2017

Graduation Rates

Suspension Rates

Math Scores (Gr 3-8)

English Language Arts Scores (Gr 3-8)

English Learner Indicator

Coming Later

College Career Indicator

Chronic Absenteeism

NGSS Scores

Local Indicators Basics Implementation of Standards School Climate Survey* Parent Engagement* *Additional work underway for future years

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Timeline

SBE May 2017

CDE recommendations for transition plan to support the use of the English Learner Indicator Discussion of options for ESSA state plan

SBE Sept. 2017

Adoption of ESSA state plan

SBE Sept. 2017

Possible revision of the evaluation rubrics--any updated data elements and indicators based on stakeholder input CDE presents recommendations to the SBE on the use of school climate measures

FALL 2017 Release of more complete Dashboards

2018-19 New technical assistance, support, and interventions under LCFF and ESSA are implemented

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Local Efforts to Improve Schools

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Advantages of detailed information being available to all parts of the school community and to the public:

• Improvement work within the education system is starting from shared, commonly defined information.

• Members of the public can “see for themselves.”

• Shared information is the basis for constructive conversations.

Transparency

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Informing the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)

Data within the dashboard can identify problem areas, find bright spots, and start conversations. • This student group has much lower graduation rates • Math achievement seems to be a district-wide problem • School X is having the best results with English learners

Data helps your district and school create specific goals and measure progress toward goals • Reduce suspensions by 10% per year for 3 years • Raise college and career readiness by 5% per year

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LCAP Cycles & Data

START WITH THE PLAN

• Define areas of need

• Engage stakeholders

• Create a plan to address those needs

• Define specific goals to measure progress

IMPLEMENT, REVIEW, IMPROVE

• Implement plans

• Check progress

• Revise plans if necessary

• Implement revised plans

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What are we asking you to do?

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LOOK at your District Dashboard

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Look at your District Five-by-Five Placement Reports

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GET ENGAGED -- Right where you are!

Local Control and Accountability Plan

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Questions???

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www.capta.org www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/cm/

www.ccee-ca.org

Patty Scripter pscripter@capta.org

Mary Perry mperry@capta.org

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