1. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level AzMERIT Update Wendy Davy, Director of Research August 27, 2015

2. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Background 2010 State Board of Education adopted the Arizona College and Career Ready Standards (ACCRS) November, 2014 State Board of Education (SBE) adopted Arizona’s Measurement of Educational Readiness to Inform Teaching (AzMERIT) New state-wide assessment aligned to ACCRS Spring, 2015 First administration of AzMERIT Both computer-based and paper-based

3. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Cause for Change New assessment means: New performance levels Impact for cut scores Formally referred to as Standard Setting Impact on Move on When Reading (MOWR) requirements

4. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Old Performance Levels - AIMS Falls Far Below Approaching Meets Exceeds

5. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level New Performance Levels - AzMERIT Minimally Proficient Minimal understanding, highly likely to need support to be ready Partially Proficient Partial understanding, likely to need support to be ready Proficient Strong understanding, likely to be ready Highly Proficient Advanced understanding, highly likely to be ready

6. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level State Board Adoption August 14, 2015 Officially adopted proposed AzMERIT performance levels (cut scores)

7. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Process for Establishing Cut Scores Eighty-one Arizona educators participated in the AzMERIT Standard Setting Workshop Using the Bookmark method, these panelists recommended performance standards (cut scores) for AzMERIT utilizing various group formations Standards were compared to International, National and Consortium tests ACT National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Commonly referred to as the Nation’s Report Card SMARTER BALANCE Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) International assessment Consistency and reliability in scores were the results

8. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level New Expectations AzMerit is a criterion-referenced assessment This measures what students should know and be able to do; a measurement of our standards AIMS was also a criterion-referenced assessment As opposed to a norm-referenced assessment such as: Stanford 10

9. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Percentage of Students at Each Performance Level based on Final Recommended Performance Standards – AzMERIT ELA *Projected percentage of Arizona’s overall performance by grade level

10. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Percentage of Students at Each Performance Level based on Final Recommended Performance Standards – AzMERIT Math *Projected percentage of Arizona’s overall performance by grade level

11. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level AzMERIT is not Equivalent to AIMS "The story is not that scores dove, it is that expectations soared. This is the moonshot.“ Dr. Joe O’Reilly Executive Director of Student Achievement Mesa Public Schools

12. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Timeline of Results Student scores and district data will be made available end of October 2015, first of November 2015 Annual Measureable Objectives and statewide results will be available January 2016

13. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Move on When Reading Cut scores were presented to SBE on August 14, 2015 Aligned to the Falls Far Below category from 2014 AIMS SBE tabled the item Some indication that the bar was set too low We will keep you updated as this is brought back to the SBE for action

14. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Communication Plan Website Numerous resources available here for parents Social Media Newsletters Parent Dinners Peoria United Parent Council (PUPC) Parent/Teacher Conferences Information sent home with students

15. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Questions?