1. Going Local with Standards and Accountability Patty Dineen & Gail Eagan ACSA Annual Conference November 3, 2006

2. Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District Sonoma County Sonoma County 1 hour north of San Francisco 1 hour north of San Francisco Sonoma State University Sonoma State University K-12 K-12 15 schools 15 schools 5 Title I schools 5 Title I schools 7,000 students 7,000 students 62% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Other 62% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Other 16% English Learner 16% English Learner 22% Free and Reduced 22% Free and Reduced

3. John Reed Elementary School 430 students K-5 430 students K-5 59% Hispanic, 30% White, 11% Other 59% Hispanic, 30% White, 11% Other 47% English Learners 47% English Learners 61% Free and Reduced 61% Free and Reduced Title I School Title I School PI in 2003-2005 PI in 2003-2005

4. John Reed Elementary School API increases : API increases : Met AYP past two years Met AYP past two years School-wide School-wide All Significant Subgroups All Significant Subgroups 20022003200420052006 607674696713720

5. We are all unique and diverse! Ms. Kelly’s 2 nd Grade

6. Local Accountability System California Content Standards California Content Standards NCLB NCLB John Reed as Program Improvement John Reed as Program Improvement

7. Local Accountability System District Vision and Board Goals District Vision and Board Goals Equity Equity Edusoft and WestEd Edusoft and WestEd

8. Administer Fall, Winter and Spring Benchmark Assessments Use Edusoft to score and analyze the Benchmark Assessment results Use Benchmark Assessment results to identify instructional strategies to address the needs of students Evaluate the validity and reliability of the Benchmark Assessments Identify Essential Standards and Benchmark Periods Cotati-Rohnert Park Local Accountability System

9. Language Arts and Math Essential Standards K-12 team K-12 team Administrators and Teachers Administrators and Teachers Essential Standards Essential Standards Align with blue prints Align with blue prints Have: Endurance, Leverage, and Readiness Have: Endurance, Leverage, and Readiness

10. Language Arts and Math Essential Standards Student-friendly language Student-friendly language Benchmark Periods Benchmark Periods 3 per year 3 per year

11. Benchmark Assessments Purpose Purpose Developing Assessments Developing Assessments valid valid reliable reliable balanced balanced

12. Benchmark Assessments Pilots Pilots Continuous monitoring and review Continuous monitoring and review

13. Standards-based Instruction Analyzed Local Benchmark Data Analyzed Local Benchmark Data Provided time to design standards based lessons Provided time to design standards based lessons Data bank of shared lessons Data bank of shared lessons

14. Administer Fall, Winter and Spring Benchmark Assessments Use Edusoft to score and analyze the Benchmark Assessment results Use Benchmark Assessment results to identify instructional strategies to address the needs of students Evaluate the validity and reliability of the Benchmark Assessments Identify Essential Standards and Benchmark Periods Cotati-Rohnert Park Local Accountability System

15. Challenges Inclusion Inclusion Inviting vs. involving all staff Inviting vs. involving all staff Math and English Language Arts Math and English Language Arts Retroactive Retroactive History/Social Science History/Social Science Proactive Proactive

16. Challenges Test Writing vs. Assembling Test Writing vs. Assembling Multiple Choice Multiple Choice Short answer Short answer Essay/writing sample Essay/writing sample Clerical Time Clerical Time

17. Challenges Union Union Change Change Time Time

18. Benefits Changing Instructional Practice Changing Instructional Practice Common professional discourse across the district Common professional discourse across the district Focused Professional Development Focused Professional Development

19. Benefits Higher expectations Higher expectations Students Students Teachers Teachers Improved student achievement Improved student achievement

20. Next Steps Springboard Schools Leadership Network Springboard Schools Leadership Network Standards Based Report Card Standards Based Report Card Continuous Cycle Continuous Cycle

21. Next Steps Instructional Practice Instructional Practice Terminating ineffective efforts Terminating ineffective efforts

22. For More Information WestEd WestEd http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/serv/83 http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/serv/83 http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/serv/83 Edusoft Edusoft www.edusoft.com www.edusoft.com www.edusoft.com Springboard Schools Springboard Schools www.springboardschools.org www.springboardschools.org www.springboardschools.org

23. For More Information Mike Schmoker Mike Schmoker “Results” “Results” Doug Reeves Doug Reeves “Making Standards Work” “Making Standards Work” Jim Collins Jim Collins “Good to Great” “Good to Great” Robert Marzano Robert Marzano “What Works in Schools” “What Works in Schools”

24. For More Information Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District www.crpusd.org www.crpusd.org www.crpusd.org Gail Eagan Gail Eagan gail_eagan@crpusd.org gail_eagan@crpusd.org Patty Dineen Patty Dineen patty_dineen@crpusd.org patty_dineen@crpusd.org