1. Prepared for Quincy Schools – November 2013
Understanding Your Top from Your Bottom: A Guide to Michigan’s Accountability System 
Prepared for Quincy Schools – November 2013
Mitch Fowler

2. Agenda Scorecard Overview Scorecard Components Top to Bottom Overview
Understanding Z-Scores
How close to Focus are we?

3. Outcomes Participants will:
Identify Scorecard Components and Scoring Guidelines
Complete an Audit to Identify Areas of Concern
Understand Top to Bottom Components and Scoring Guidelines
Complete a Top to Bottom Audit to Identify Areas of Concern
Identify Resources from BAA (TTB Lookup Tool, BTO Look Up Tool, Focus Achievement Gap Tool)

4. Yellow = Met Safe Harbor
Scorecard
Green = Met Target
Yellow = Met Safe Harbor
Red = Missed Target

5. Scorecard Components Proficiency Participation Completion Rate
Based on Annual Measurable Objectives
Must be at 85% Proficient by 2022 in ALL Areas and Subgroups
Participation
Must Test 95% of Students
Completion Rate
Graduation / Attendance Rate
Other Factors
SIP / DIP
Educator Evaluations

6. Scorecard Components - Proficiency
Annual Measurable
Objectives (AMO)

7. Scorecard Mathematics 4.88 36.18 41.06 45.94 Reading 2.53 59.73 62.26
Content Area
Annual
Increment
Base Target
Target
Target
Mathematics
4.88
36.18
41.06
45.94
Reading
2.53
59.73
62.26
64.78
Science
7.44
10.62
18.06
25.50
Writing
6.12
23.76
29.88
36.01
Green = Met Target
Red = Missed Target

8. Top to Bottom Availability
Available via the BAA Look Up Tool
(On the BAA Website Here)
Available on MI School Data (Public or Secure)

9. Top to Bottom Ranking
Schools are compared to other schools in the state by utilizing z-scores (a statistical measure that describes how far you are from the middle of the pack).
Z-scores that are positive, show that you are above the 50th percentile when compared to the state. Z-scores that are negative, show that you are below the 50th percentile when compared to the state.

10. Z-scores (Standard Deviations)
Z-scores are centered around zero or the “state average”
Positive is ABOVE the state avg.
Negative is BELOW the state avg.
Top 1/3
> +0.5
Middle 1/3
Between
-0.5 & 0.5
Bottom 1/3
< -0.5
State Average
Z-score = Zero -3 -2 -1 1 2 3
-0.5
0.5 2%
16%
32%
50%
68%
84%
98%
Percentile
State Average
Slide courtesy of Doug Greer, Ottawa ISD

11. Top to Bottom Report (MI School Data)
Overall Rank
Subject Area Z-Scores

12. How Close to Focus Are We?
Achievement Gap Z-Scores
Focus Cut Off
School’s Location

13. Mitch Fowler School Data Consultant fowlerm@calhounisd.org
Thank You Questions?
Mitch Fowler
School Data Consultant