1. 2014 State Superintendent’s Conference For updates & more details visit: http://oea/dpi.wi.gov 2014-15: The Year of New Assessments Preparing for Assessment Transitions and the Implications for Accountability

2. Today Context: accountability results summary Assessment overview Looking ahead Your turn

3. Wisconsin schools perform well Nearly 9 out of 10 (88%) rated schools meet expectations or better.* Only 3% fail to meet expectations. Accountability Rating for Wisconsin Schools (2013-14 results) *Excludes schools that did not receive an overall accountability score.

4. Wisconsin districts perform well 98% of districts with scores meet expectations or better.* Only 1 district fails to meet expectations. Accountability Rating for Wisconsin Districts (2013-14 results) *Excludes districts that did not receive an overall accountability score and single-school districts.

5. Students are in fewer districts Change Student Membership (2001-2012) In 2001, 1/3 of districts were in declining enrollment. By 2012, over 2/3 of districts were in declining enrollment. Today, 75% of our students are located in just 30% of our districts. Wisconsin FRL Rate Doubles 2001: 21% 2012: 43% Cumulative EnrollmentPercentile # of Districts % of District 209,53525%82% 419,38750%4111% 626,83475%11430% 871,551100%424100% Source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. School Finance Maps. http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/maps.html http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/maps.html

6. So rural districts have fewer kids and higher rates of economic need Wisconsin FRL Rate Doubles 2001: 21% 2012: 43% Source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. School Finance Maps. http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/maps.htmlhttp://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/maps.html

7. …and Wisconsin is increasingly diverse Source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction & University of Wisconsin –Madison, Applied Population Laboratory. Raw Data Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2009. http://nces.ed.gov/ http://nces.ed.gov/

8. Poverty is growing in WI… Change in Free & Reduced Lunch (2001-2012) Source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. School Finance Maps. http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/maps.html http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/maps.html In many rural districts, more than half the students are eligible for free-and- reduce lunch. Wisconsin FRL Rate Doubles 2001: 21% 2012: 43%

9. And poverty impacts achievement (2012-13 Report Card Data) There is a very strong correlation between poverty and school performance. Avg. FRL HIGH-poverty, LOW-performing schools LOW-poverty, HIGH-performing schools Source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. School and District Report Cards http://reportcards.dpi.wi.gov/http://reportcards.dpi.wi.gov/

10. What does this all mean? Planning Ahead for Accountability in Wisconsin  Tasks:  Incorporate measures of college and career readiness – in a FAIR, VALID, and RELIABLE WAY  Provide results that are FAIR, VALID, and RELIABLE during a major transition to new assessments  Goals:  Open communication and transparency  Technical accuracy  Continued improvement of the accountability system as a whole  Connecting schools around promising practices and promising outcomes

11. Measuring College and Career Readiness (CCR)  What measures come to mind? (To name a few…)  WorkKeys  CTE concentration  Postsecondary enrollment  Challenges  Schools and districts vary greatly across the state…  How do we incorporate new measures in a way that reflects the import of CCR while accounting for local decisions and access/opportunity?  …and still measure the “same thing” in schools across the state

12. Provide results that are FAIR, VALID, and RELIABLE during the assessment transition DPI consults with our Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)  Challenges:  We can put forth recommendations, but best practice and common sense dictate that we use data to inform any changes.  We won’t have any new assessment data until the assessments are administered!  Result:  This will be an ongoing process throughout the 2014-15 school year (and probably into the summer of 2015)

13. THE YEAR OF NEW ASSESSMENTS 2014-15:

14. On your mark, get set,… In the midst of all the back-to-school hustle and bustle…some things to keep in mind:  Upcoming assessment windows  September 15-October 10 = PALS (grades 1-2)  October 6-24 = Aspire Early High School (grade 9)  October 13-31 = DLM Early High School (grade 9)  October 13-November 7 = PALS (4K-K)  October 27-November 7 = WSAS Science & Social Studies

15. Why Test? To help answer a big question: How do we get from here......to here? All students leave high school college and career ready Common Core State Standards specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness...and how can an assessment system contribute to this effort?

16. A balanced assessment system is integral to this work The purpose of balanced assessment: To provide students, educators, parents and the public with a range of information about academic achievement, and to determine the best practices and policies that will result in improvements to student learning.

17. Balanced Assessment  Characteristics of balanced assessment:  Range of assessment types (i.e., multiple data points)  Driven by data needs (i.e., critical questions)  Types of assessments:  Screener: used to plan for instruction and/or intervention  Formative: immediate feedback to adjust teaching and learning  Benchmark: evaluate skills relative to a specific set of learning targets; can be used for classroom and school-wide planning  Summative: evaluate cumulative learning; occurs after instruction

18. Wisconsin’s Balanced Assessment System  S creeners  PALS  ACCESS for ELLs (2.0*)  Formative  SBAC Digital Library* (3-8)  Dynamic Learning Maps* (3-11)  ACCESS for ELLs (2.0*)  Interim  SBAC Interim* (3-8)  Dynamic Learning Maps* (3-11)  ACCESS for ELLs (2.0*)  ACT ASPIRE (9-10)  Summative  NAEP*  ACT ASPIRE* (9-10)  ACT (11)  WorkKeys* (11)  Dynamic Learning Maps* (3-11)  ACCESS for ELLs (2.0*)  WSAS Science and Social Studies (4, 8, and 10) * Online

19. Smarter Balanced  We have a vendor!  Education Testing Service (ETS)  Standard Setting  To determine achievement performance levels (i.e., proficiency): October- November 2014  Formative Digital Library  Available this fall  Interim Assessments  Optional  Available in 2015 (after the standard setting)  More information from the Office of Student Assessment:  Twitter: http://oea/dpi.wi.gov/assessment  Google+ Communities  Bi-weekly updates from OSA Director (“Tea with Troy”)  Purpose/content: provide brief time-sensitive updates.  DAC Monthly Webinar  Purpose/content: provide DACs a direct channel of communications to OSA  Visit the registration form for more information: DAC Monthly Webinar Invitation  All updates are here: OSA Website

20. Aspire Early High School, ACT, WorkKeys  Timeline  Fall 2014  ACT Aspire 9 th grade  Spring 2015  ACT Aspire 9 th grade  ACT Spire 10 th grade  ACT Plus Writing 11 th grade  ACT WorkKeys 11 th grade  Format  ACT Aspire = online  ACT Plus Writing = paper & pencil  ACT WorkKeys = paper & pencil  More Information  http://oea.dpi.wi.gov/assessment/ACT  http://www.act.org/aap/wisconsin/index.html  Training  https://actaspire.tms.pearson.com/Account/ Login?ReturnUrl=%2f  http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actasp ire/Home

21. LOOKING AHEAD FOR ASSESSMENT & ACCOUNTABILITY 2014-15…is just the start

22. Looking ahead for assessment DAC support Single sign on Adjusting for issues which arise ACT Expansion and Online Peer Review ACCESS 2.0 Legislative support

23. Looking ahead for accountability  ESEA Flexibility  DPI will again apply for a waiver  Opportunities:  further integrate accountability and support  collect more input on the system  incorporate changes into accountability  Possible State Legislation  Could specify changes to report cards  Using data to connect schools

24. Your Turn Assessments  How is your district preparing for the new assessments?  How are you planning to use the data from these assessments?  What do you want DPI to know about the assessment transition? Accountability  What questions do you have about the accountability transition?  What recommendations do you have for the accountability system? (i.e., what’s working and what’s not?)  What do you want DPI to know about the accountability system?

25. THANK YOU! Troy Couillard, Director, Office of Student Assessment Laura Pinsonneault, Director, Office of Educational Accountability Reach us at 608-267-1072