Two Accountability Systems This Year NCLB AZ Learns Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Yes / No Excelling, Highly-Performing, Performing, Underperforming

Student Inclusion Criteria AYP AZ LEARNS 30 Student Minimum Yes* Yes Include Exempt** ELL Students No Include Out of Level Students Include Mobile Students * AYP aggregates these students into larger totals ** Students in an ELL program for less than 4 years starting in 1st grade

AZ LEARNS Revised Model + = 0 or 1 Points Up to 40% of Max Points Total Baseline /Growth Points 0 - 2 Points OR Adequate Yearly Progress MAP/Ext Writing Elem/Middle Dropout/ Grad Rates H. S. 1 to 6 Points for Each Subject/ Grade Level Total School Points 3 S/G = 0-27 6 S/G = 0-52 9 S/G = 0-77

Changes to AZ LEARNS from 2002 Positive Changes Two-year baseline: will help school with a very high or low initial year 70/30 weighting: the higher of your baseline or growth is weighted 70% Mobile students excluded Added evidence (MAP/Ext. Writ) theoretically given more weight for elementary / middle schools Statutory language rewritten to allow for more excelling schools

Changes to AZ LEARNS from 2002 Negative Changes 70/30 weighting tends to flatten school differences, resulting in narrow cut score ranges “Added” evidence is in fact an integral part of cuts AYP—only 1 point regardless of # of Subject/Grades Exceeding threshold criteria needed to keep a “Highly Performing” or “Excelling” label are perhaps too rigorous

Interpreting Your Schools AZ-Learns Reports

Over All School Designation AIMS Baseline /Growth Points for Each Subject/Grade School Designation Added Evidence Total Points Exceeds Average Needed to Keep Highly Performing or Excelling Designations Total Points Needed for Each Designation

2 yr Baseline Mastery Rate Baseline Grouping Cuts 3rd Grade Reading 2 yr Baseline Mastery Rate 2yr Baseline FFB Rate Last 3yr Mastery Rate Last 3yr FFB Rate 70% / 30% Weighting Total Growth Points Baseline Grouping Cuts Growth Grouping Cuts

3rd Grade Math Total Points

3rd Grade Writing Total Points

Added Evidence 3-yrs of OYG (Stanford 9) for Reading and Math 3-yrs of AIMS Extended Writing Scores 24 or Greater Weighted Percentage Added Evidence Point Table Total Added Evidence Points = 75% OYG + 25% Extended Writing

Over All School Designation AIMS Baseline /Growth Points for Each Subject/Grade School Designation Added Evidence Total Points Exceeds Average Needed to Keep Highly Performing or Excelling Designations Total Points Needed for Each Designation

Tucson Unified School District--Overall Excelling 10 Highly Performing 11 Performing 61 Underperforming 12

AZ LEARNS—2 Year Comparison Designation 2002 2003 Excelling 1 10 Highly Performing / (Improving) 34 11 Performing / (Maintaining) 45 61 Underperforming 21 12 Total 101 94* *Due to changes in the model, several smaller TUSD elementary schools did not receive ratings in 2003

AZ LEARNS—TUSD Talking Points 2/3 (14/21) of Underperforming schools in 2002 Performing in 2003 43% decrease in Underperforming Schools 900% increase in Excelling Schools Only 2 schools which did not make AYP are Underperforming 7 Schools have two straight years of Underperforming

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