1. Assessment and Accountability Update Chun-Wu Li, Ph.D. Assessment and Accountability Services Riverside County Office of Education January 24, 2014

2. Accountability Update

3.  Technical Design Group (TDG) and Public School Accountability Act (PSAA) Advisory Committee recommended to the State Superintendent that the 2014 Growth API for high schools not be produced.  The State Superintendent supports the PSAA Advisory Committee’s findings and may bring the recommendation to the May SBE meeting.  The first operational Common Core assessment will be given in the spring 2015. The CDE will use these results to produce a 2015 Base API. 3 High School API

4.  AYP will be calculated for high schools. CDE is in negotiation to remove API from AYP components for high schools. Regulations only require one additional indicator. CA uses graduation rate as an additional indicator. 4 High School AYP

5.  The 2013 API Statewide and Similar Schools Ranks will be produced this spring.  The CDE will also report out the 3-year average API score for districts and schools.  No 2013 Base API scores or 2013- 2014 Growth Targets will be set up. 5 2013 API Statewide and Similar Schools Ranks

6.  The preliminary 2013-2014 Title III AMAO 1 and AMAO 2 data will be released to LEAs for preview on February 13, 2014 (2013- 2014 CELDT Data Review Module opens).  The CDE is working on new targets for AMAO1 and AMAO 2 (current targets end in 2013-2014).  The new AMAO 1 and AMAO 2 targets will be discussed at the May or July SBE meeting. 6 Title III Accountability

7.  SARCs are required to be completed by February 1, 2014.  The CDE has provided three ways for schools/LEAs to complete SARCs. 1.Use the CDE Developed SARC Web Application http://www.sarconline.org http://www.sarconline.org 2.Use the CDE Developed Word Template 3.Use a Locally Developed or Vendor SARC Application  The CDE has prepared a 9 minute training video, which can be found at http://www.sarconline.org/Training/Player.html. http://www.sarconline.org/Training/Player.html 7 School Accountability Report Card (SARC)

8. 2012-2013 Suspension/Expulsion Data  LEAs Preview Date: January 23, 2014  Public Release Date: January 28, 2014  There were approximately 100,000 less suspensions from 2011-2012. Of the 100,000 few suspension, 81,000 were defiance-related. 8 2012-2013 Suspension and Expulsion Data

9. California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Update

10.  CAASPP Assistance for LEAs during 2013- 2014 school year California Technical Assistance Center Phone: 1-800-955-2954 Email: caltac@ets.orgcaltac@ets.org Website: http://californiatac.org/http://californiatac.org/ California Technical Assistance Center 10

11.  Smarter Balanced Field Test  There is no “waiver” for participating in the Field Test. If a school/charter school/district does not have the technology to deliver the Field Test, the LEA should contact California Technical Assistance and will be assisted in scheduling their students for testing.  Students within the same grade level at the same school will take the same SBAC Field Test Performance Task.  No SBAC Field Test reports will be generated.  Access to live and archived training modules for LEA test and technology coordinators available online at http://www.startest.org/workshop.html. http://www.startest.org/workshop.html  Test administration manual expected to be available in February. Smarter Balanced Field Test Update 11

12. National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC)

13.  Grades 3 – 8 and 11 English Language Arts and mathematics  Registration is currently open for schools until January 24, 2014  Requesting additional LEAs to participate in the Phase 1 Pilot/Field Test  Test administration to occur online, self-paced, and accessed for understanding  Spring pilot has been pushed back – possibly April/May (previously February/March)  CDE has not determined whether or not to move forward with NCSC NCSC Pilot Test 13

14.  NCSC Wiki is available at https://wiki.ncscpartners.org/mediawiki/index.php/M ain_Page. https://wiki.ncscpartners.org/mediawiki/index.php/M ain_Page  Join the CDE NCSC electronic mailing list by sending a blank email to subscribe-ncsc- update@mlist.cde.ca.gov.subscribe-ncsc- update@mlist.cde.ca.gov  NCSC external Web page at http://www.ncscpartners.org/. http://www.ncscpartners.org/  Frequently Asked Questions for the NCSC Pilot http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/cc/ncscfaq.asp. http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/cc/ncscfaq.asp NCSC Resources 14

15. English Learner Performance Assessment Consortium (ELPAC)

16.  On January 9, 2014, the governor released his proposed budget for 2014-2015. $7,550,000 for the development of and transition to the ELPAC  Continue to administer CELDT in 2013-2014, 2014-2015 and 2015-2016  Reuse the 2013-2014 CELDT forms for 2014-2015  Plan to have the two new assessments ready for 2016- 2017 ELPAC Update 16

17. CALPADS Update

18.  “Pull-data” dates for the SBAC Field Test will be posted on http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sp/cl/ http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sp/cl/  CALPADS intends to upload data on a daily basis during the SBAC Field Test window  First “pull-date” will be February 14, 2014  Name, SSID and grade level are most critical CALPADS Update 18

19.  TIDE cannot be used to update student demographics, only universal tools, designated supports and accommodations  LEAs will be able to do batch uploads of Universal Tool info  Fall 1 amendment window closes February 7, 2014  Fall 2 deadline February 21, 2014 – This includes EL services data that will impact LCFF funding counts  Fall 2 amendment window closes March 28, 2014  Who checks/reviews “Warnings” CALPADS Update 19

20.  CDE is working through the data sets provided by the Department of Social Services  Only an aggregate count of Foster Youth will be provided, not student specific data in 2013-2014  LEAs may see their Foster Youth aggregate count within 4 -6 weeks Foster Youth 20

21. Assessment and Accountability Related Items

22.  Reorganization of Assessment Office on January 1, 2014  CAASPP: Jessica Valdez  CAHSEE and PFT: John Boivin  CELDT, ELPAC and NCSC: Lily Roberts  Psychometrics and Technology: Eric Zilbert  Outreach Coordinator: Deborah Baumgartner Reorganization of Assessment Office 22