1. PVAAS Public Data Release Joint Council January 31, 2011 1

2. Legislative Action November 2010 o HB 101- Amending of Public School Code Requirement of Act 104 Make publicly accessible district and school level value-added assessment data February 01, 2011 January 20112

3. What is Going to be Released District Value-Added Data o Math o Reading o Writing o Science School Value-Added Data o Math o Reading o Writing o Science School Search Help Menus January 20113 NOTE: If grade level has <10 students, PVAAS reporting will be suppressed as per PDE data requirements

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6. Publicly Released Data: School Search Allows users to find and compare the achievement and gain/progress of grade levels of students in all schools in PA (grades 4-8 & 11) o Will display the school’s quintile relative to all schools in Pennsylvania o Can search for “comparable schools” o Similar demographics January 20116

7. Data & Resources PVAAS Communication Packets o Press Release Template o PVAAS Reports Overview o PVAAS Communicating with your School Board o DVD: PVAAS for School Board Members o District Data Packets Public Reports - District & School Value-Added Reports (4 subjects) Available via “PVAAS Predefined Packet” under “Print” feature o PDE PVAAS Website: http://pvaas.sas.com January 20117

8. Reminder! These reports are about district and school effectiveness Teacher Reporting would utilize a different methodology Teacher reporting would require additional student-teacher data linkages January 20118

9. Next Steps Preparing your Board Preparing your Teachers o What do they already know about PVAAS? o Supports needed to use PVAAS data? Staff o What do they need to know about the PVAAS data? o Are they prepared to answer questions? Parents and the Community o Will you provide data sessions? o What types of communications? January 20119

10. Upcoming Webinars The PDE PVAAS Core Team is offering webinars related to the public release of PVAAS data: Communicating to Your School Board PVAAS Faculty Roll-out PVAAS Public Release All sessions will include resources, examples and the opportunity for questions & discussion Check out the flyer on the PVAAS login page for exact dates and times! January 201110