1 Reporting Section Update North Carolina Accountability Conference February 11-13, 2008 Greensboro, NC

2 Reporting Updates Agenda Introduction to the Reporting Section Reporting Section Mission Statement Reporting Timeline ABCs/AYP End of Year Processing: SIMS and NCWISE Race/ethnicity & unique IDs—Karl Pond Reporting in and beyond

3 Reporting Section MISSION The Reporting Section's mission is to collect and analyze accountability data in order to produce professionally rigorous, educationally sound, and statistically appropriate reports that inform stakeholders about State, LEA, school, and student achievement.

ABCs/AYP Anticipated Reporting Timeline June 30: Data Submissions to DPI completed July: LEAs release School AYP (math only) results & inform parents of school choice Mid-August—early September: Reading scales & cut scores available October SBE meeting at the earliest : Full ABCs/AYP results released November SBE meeting: Corrections to the ABCs/AYP

5 Expected Documentation April 1. 95% review 2. Audit Control Table May 1. End of Year Data Reminders 2. Disaggregated Data File Explanation June 1. Cohort Graduation Rate Checklist 2. Cohort Graduation Rate Audit Process 3. One Percent Exceptions and Waiver Request 4. Two Percent Exceptions July 1. ABCs/AYP Report Explanation: “ aypabcdpireport”

ABCs and AYP ABCs growth model pending SBE discussions based on Blue Ribbon Commission Report AYP calculations pending SBE discussions regarding AMOs for Reading, Algebra I and English I ABCs awards categories remain the same Delayed release to accommodate new EOG Reading tests

7 ABCs Awards and Recognition Categories Performance Level Based on Percent of Students’ Scores at or above Achievement Level III Academic Growth Schools Making Expected Growth or High Growth Schools Making Less than Expected Growth 90% to 100% Met AYP- Honor Not met –School of Excellence No Recognition 80% to 89%School of Distinction 60% to 79%School of Progress 50% to 59%Priority School Less than 50%Priority SchoolLow-Performing

8 End-of-Year Processing Processes not finalized at this time Working with ATeam Details will be forthcoming

9 Update from Karl Pond NC DPI Senior Data Manager New federal requirements for Racial/ethnic coding Unique identifier

10 § 115C ‑ 12. Powers and duties of the Board generally. (19) Duty to Identify Required Reports and to Eliminate Unnecessary Reports and Paperwork. – Prior to the beginning of each school year, the State Board of Education shall identify all reports that are required at the State level for the school year. The State Board of Education shall adopt policies to ensure that local school administrative units are not required by the State Board of Education, the State Superintendent, or the department of Public Instruction staff to (i) provide information that is already available on the student information management system or housed within the Department of Public Instruction; (ii) provide the same written information more than once during a school year unless the information has changed during the ensuing period; or (iii) complete forms, for children with disabilities, that are not necessary to ensure compliance with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the State Board may require information available on its student information management system or require the same information twice if the State Board can demonstrate a compelling need and can demonstrate there is not a more expeditious manner of getting the information.

11 Possible Changes to Accountability Workbook (for ) Intentions of considering changes expressed to USED by February 15, 2008 Some items discussed by Compliance Commission for Accountability (January 18, 2008) Draft minutes of Compliance Commission meeting sent to SBE members

12 Possible Changes to Accountability Workbook 1.Reset AMOs for Algebra I and English I 2.Use 5 years as the “standard number of years” for cohort graduation rate 3.Science Tests in Grades 5 & 8 4.Science Testing at the High School level

13 Possible Changes to Accountability Workbook (continued) 5.Hold harmless for Reading EOG Results in Grades 3-8 for AYP in

14 Vision for Reporting Section Streamline and reduce number of data collections—G.S. 115C-12(19) June 30 deadline for final annual data submissions Pre-specified time period for corrections to the Accountability results

15 Vision Continued Improve coordination of business needs in light of “Authoritative Sources” Focus on the Reporting Section mission Actively support the LEAs in their efforts to comply with state and federal accountability requirements

16 Questions?