State Board of Education Achievement and Graduation Requirements Committee January 11, 2016

Agenda Approve Minutes from December 2015 Achievement and Graduation Requirements Committee Discuss and Approve Performance Levels on State Assessments

Discuss Public Comment on Proposed Honors Diploma Options Update on Assessment Committee Discussion Agenda

Performance Level Setting Jim Wright Director Office of Curriculum and Assessment

Set Performance Level Standards for New State Tests Grades 3-8, ELA I and ELA II English Language Arts

Set Performance Level Standards for New State Tests Grades 3-8, Algebra I, Geometry, Math I and Math II Mathematics

Performance Level Setting Tests administered for the first time in the school year Administered in a single testing window Administered on computer and paper

Performance Level Setting Selection of Panelists  Content experts with grade level experience  Reflect the teacher population in Ohio  Included representatives for special populations

Performance Level Setting Timeline for Performance level setting January 2016 – Board approves Performance Levels June 2016 – Board approves validated Performance Levels.

Performance Level Setting Purpose of Performance Level Workshop Recommend four performance standards to differentiate the five performance levels for State Board consideration

Performance Level Setting Training for Panelist  Take the Assessment  Review Student Population  Review Performance Level Descriptors  Discuss concepts of the book mark method  Discuss concept of a student “just barely” in each performance level

Performance Level Setting Ordered Item Booklet  Collection of test items ordered from easiest to most difficult  Each page corresponds to a level of achievement  Panelist used to recommend minimum level of achievement for each level

Performance Level Setting Benchmark Data Provided  Assessment Consortium performance levels (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and PARCC)  NAEP performance standards for grades 4 and 8 and estimated for grade 6  ACT for high school end-of-course tests  Ohio previous OAA and OGT assessments

Performance Level Setting Workshop Panelists  Reviewed and took the test  Received training in performance setting process  Two rounds of performance level setting  Table leaders reviewed vertical articulation  Completed workshop evaluation

PERFORMANCE LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS English Language Arts ExamLimitedBasicProficientAcceleratedAdvanced Proficient or Above Grade 3 English Language Arts 25%3320%4619%5619%6717%55% Grade 4 English Language Arts 27%3819%5020%6319%7314%53% Grade 5 English Language Arts 22%3821%5021%6021%7315%57% Grade 6 English Language Arts 20%3122%4821%6019%7118%58% Grade 7 English Language Arts 24%3522%5022%6318%7114%54% Grade 8 English Language Arts 28%4017%5226%6916%7913%55% English Language Arts I 29%3518%4829%6513%7312%54% English Language Arts II 28%3520%4927%6514%7611%52%

Math ExamLimitedBasicProficientAcceleratedAdvanced Proficient or Above Grade 3 Math 18%3916%4929%6325%7511%65% Grade 4 Math 22%3013%3828%5229%709%66% Grade 5 Math 22%2914%3931%5924%7610%65% Grade 6 Math 21%3117%4631%6918%8113%62% Grade 7 Math 25%3514%4625%6525%8111%61% Grade 8 Math 26%3811%4630%6920%8313%63% Algebra I 28%2714%3822%5822%7613%57% Geometry 25%3316%4821%6323%8015%59% Integrated Math I 28%2714%4022%5822%7813%57% Integrated Math II 28%3917%5220%6723%8113%56% PERFORMANCE LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS

New Options for Honors Diploma Stephanie Siddens Sr. Exec. Director Center for Curriculum and Assessment

Honors Diploma Law  Ohio law ( ) gives the State Board wide authority to set criteria  Minimum requirements: Students must meet the standard graduation requirements Students must also meet all but one of the extra criteria set by the State Board

Honors Diploma  Criteria are established in rule  There can be one or more honors diplomas

Honors Diploma Existing: Academic Honors International Baccalaureate Honors Diploma Career-Tech Honors Diploma Proposed New: STEM Honors Diploma Arts Honors Diploma Social Science and Civic Engagement

New Criteria Student Portfolio Field Experiences

Survey Administered Nov. 24-Dec. 8 1,045 respondents 2,954 comments Purpose to gather input on additional proposed diplomas and criteria to determine next steps

Demographic Breakdown Group Percentage of Respondents Number of Respondents Student1.34%14 Parent6.51%68 Teacher47.27%494 Administrator14.26%149 Citizen3.16%33 Higher Education Representative 0.57%6 School Counselor24.5%256 Other2.39%25

Results: New Honors Diplomas Respondents asked if new proposed honors diplomas: Matched what students excelling in those areas should achieve Would be a benefit to students Increased opportunities for students

New Honors Diplomas Matched Expectations? World languages should be included in all Honors Diplomas Concerns that districts may lack capacity to implement

New Honors Diplomas Benefit? Adding world languages requirements to all honors diplomas would make them more beneficial Little to no external benefit to students Students may be less well rounded by selecting particular honors diplomas early in high school

New Honors Diplomas Increased Opportunities? Adding world languages requirements to all would increase student opportunities Adding more honors diplomas will not necessarily increase opportunities for students

Results: New Criteria Extent field experience was beneficial and attainable Extent portfolio was beneficial and attainable

New Criteria Beneficial and Attainable? Concerns about how districts will implement Concerns with amount of opportunities students will have for field experience Students will not have enough time to complete field experience

Four Year Institutions Any student meeting GPA and ACT/SAT criteria would be admitted and considered for scholarship Added criteria would especially help students not meeting GPA and ACT/SAT criteria for admissions Consider changing to “all but two” criteria Honors diplomas way to motivate students to do more in high school

Next Steps World languages Draft rules Discuss further with committee Public comment

Update on Assessment Jim Wright Director Office for Curriculum and Assessment

Test Dates* *For Ohio’s State Tests, districts will choose dates similar to test window requirements from this year ( ) within the test windows on the following slides There may be differences between online and paper tests requirements for districts

Ohio’s State Tests Summer 2016 Test Dates Grade 3 English Language Arts Summer 2016 July 11-15, 2016 High School End-of-Course Summer 2016 (online only) July 18-29, 2016

Ohio’s State Tests Fall 2016 Test Dates Grade 3 English Language Arts - Fall 2016 November 7-18, 2016 High School End-of-Course - Fall 2016 December 5, 2016 – January 13, 2017

Ohio’s State Tests Spring 2017 Test Dates English Language Arts - Spring 2017 March 13 – April 14, 2017 Math, Science and Social Studies Spring 2017 April 3 – May 12, 2017

Ohio Graduation Test Dates OGT - Fall 2016 October 24 – November 6, 2016 OGT - Spring 2017 March 13 – 26, 2017

Third Grade Alternative Assessments: Assessments Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Iowa Assessments Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) - Measurement of Academic Progress (MAP) Data Recognition Corporation – Terra Nova 3 Renaissance Learning STAR Reading Third Grade Reading Proficiency Assessment

Committee Discussion