February 21, 2014

“Conspiracy, What? Setting the Record Straight in

Kansas?”

KEEN State Education Conference

College and Career Ready means an individual has the academic

preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills,

and employability skills to be successful in postsecondary

education, in the attainment of an industry recognized

certification or in the workforce, without the need for

remediation.

Level of performance on college readiness

exams for full admittance to post-

secondary institutions without the need for

remediation

Achievement of an industry recognized

certification that enables students to advance in a career

pathway

Problem formulation, research,

interpretation, communication, precision and

accuracy

Reading Writing Listening Speaking Math

Decisive Creative Thinking Solves Problems Reasons

Social Awareness Responsible

Decision Making Self-Management

and Self-Awareness

Ability to engage in exploration and

planning relevant to the students

interests, for career preferences leading to post-secondary

success

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KansasESEA Flexibility Waiver

Overview

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Congress hasn’t reauthorized Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Should have been done in 2007

U.S. Department of Education (ED) offered states opportunity for relief from certain provisions of ESEA

In order to improve academic achievement and increase the quality of instruction for all students through state and local reforms

Why Was ESEA Waiver Available?

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To move away from the narrowly defined accountability system in NCLB

To have a new accountability system that uses multiple measures with goals that are unique to each school/district

To have results which are more meaningful measures of the success and progress of Kansas schools

KS is already doing many of the parts, i.e. common core standards

Why Kansas Sought a Waiver?

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1. College- and Career-Ready Expectations for All Students

• Kansas College and Career Ready Standards• New assessments with a CCR benchmark

2. State-Developed Differentiated Recognition, Accountability, and Support

• Multiple views of student performance (4 AMO’s)

3. Supporting Effective Instruction and Leadership • All school districts now have an approved

teacher/leader evaluation instrument

What KS Agreed to- Principles

1. Extend our current ESEA Waiver another year.

2. Respond to our current conditional “high risk” status.

3. Amend items in our Current Waiver.

4. Move the use of using student growth to inform personnel decisions until 2017-18

Waiver Components

State Assessments

Scott Smith, DirectorCareer, Standards and Assessment Services

Transition assessment in Spring 2014 is the same as we have always planned

Spring of 2015, when we would have had SBAC for the first time, we will have an enhanced Kansas assessment.

By Spring of 2016, we will be very close to where we would have been with SBAC with difference due to choices made in Kansas.

But how much is changing, really?

Transition Assessment Delivered on KITE Aligned with Kansas College and Career Ready

Standards for math, reading, and writing conventions

Follows similar blueprint to SBAC, including technology-enhanced items

Machine-scorable items only No performance task No writing prompt No listening items

Spring 2014

The transitional test will serve as the backbone for the new Kansas College and Career Ready Assessment

Enhancements Listening section Writing prompt Math performance tasks

New Development in 2014–2015

The core machine-scorable part of the test will be parallel to what was administered in 2014, but we will refresh the item pool.

We will field test the enhancements. Accountability for 2015 will be based on the

core portion of the test. Schools and districts will receive feedback on

the field-test portions to help gauge student readiness on the full set of standards.

Spring 2015

After analyzing the field-test items, we will create the best form possible that includes all features of our future assessment.

We will set new achievement standards (cut scores and performance level descriptors) based on that form.

Using those new cut scores, KSDE will set new AMOs and communicate the new targets to schools and districts.

Summer 2015

Now we have a fully enhanced test that covers all of the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards.

We should also have sufficient numbers of items to make the test adaptive this year as well.

Spring 2016

The test will be adaptive to allow students to be measured on items close to their ability level.

We are considering stage adaptivity rather than item adaptivity that SBAC uses.

Benefits More reliable estimates Targets assessment to student level Requires fewer items than item-level

Adaptivity

Summary

Core machine-scorable items aligned with KCCRS

Core machine-scorable items aligned with KCCRS

Core machine-scorable items aligned with KCCRS

Spring 2014

Spring 2015

Spring 2016

Listening Items

Complete enhancements (performance task, essay,

listening items)

EssayMath

Perform-ance Task

Adaptivity

Adaptivity should help students who used to take the KAMM. They will be assessed on grade-level, but with easy items.

Many tools are available to all students (e.g., highlighter, notes, calculator)

Accommodations are available electronically (contrast, auto font)

TTS is available in a new and improved voice this year.

Special Education

We want Kansas educator and stakeholder fingerprints all over these new assessments

Design decisions Item writing Item reviewing Range finding Scoring Standard setting

Kansas Fingerprints

Administrators Support teacher involvement Voice in report decisions Cross-content development Kansas Board of Regents High school — we want to ensure that

tests truly predict college readiness Will be involved in design and review of

assessments and setting cut scores

Kansas Stakeholders

Summative assessment ELA (complete in 2016) Math (complete in 2016) History/government (complete in 2016) Science (complete in 2017)

Formative tools Really more like sample items now Developing capacity for teachers to build test

forms using item pool In 2016, we can start building true formative,

instructionally-embedded tests. Will include science and H/G

Full Kansas Assessment Program

Individual Plans of Study (IPS)

KEEN

Topeka

February 21, 2014

What is an IPS?

Multi-year educational plan based on career interests

The Kansas State Department of Education strongly recommends that all districts implement individual plans of study (IPS) for all students in grades 8 through 12.

8th grade – career interest survey, develop individual plan of study (at a minimum, include career interests and all courses 9 – 12 + 1 year of post-secondary plans)

Here’s what we’re facing…

Kansans with “Some Post-secondary”

Some Post-secondary = Credential through Advanced degree

52%

Kansas Class of 2011% Graduates enrolling in Post-secondary

education (2 and 4 year institutions)

76%% Graduates enrolling in Post-secondary education earning 1 year of college credit

49%

*System for Education Enterprise in Kansas (SEEK)

Why an IPS?Student’s Educational Path becomes:

Relevant → Higher Student Engagement Focused → based on Career Interests Efficient → time and $

Not a silver bullet, but an IPS will help a student make better choices and ultimately lead to a higher % of post-secondary completion

Student – Individual Plans of Study (IPS) webpage

Individual Plans of Study

Evaluations & Student Growth

Measures

Bill Bagshaw, Assistant Director

Kayeri Akweks, Education Program Consultant, Teacher

Licensure and Accreditation/Evaluations

Implement teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that:1. Are used for continual improvement of

instruction2. Use at least 3 performance levels3. Use multiple measures including student

growth as significant factor4. Are used to evaluate on a regular basis5. Provide clear, timely, and useful

feedback6. Are used to inform personnel decisions

Federal WAIVER - Principle 3Supporting Effective Instruction and

Leadership

As of June 3, 2013 –

278 districts have submitted their Assurances Form 267 districts have had their Assurances Form approved93 districts will be using the KEEP Repository146 districts will be using vendors46 districts will be using locally created evaluation systemsAs of Feb 17, 2014 –

Districts are completing their D2 Assurances Form online for 2014-2015All Districts must use an evaluation final summative rating for each individual educator evaluationAll Districts must include student growth measures in their evaluations

Evaluation Systems for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015

Things to Know

Kansas school districts will include student growth as a significant factor in the evaluation of classroom teachers and building leaders.

State approved student growth measures will document the specific amount of student growth attributable to the teacher or building leader between two identified points in time.

Multiple measures of student growth (more than one) must be met before an educator can be rated as effective or highly effective.

State assessments are one possible measure and are a required measure for all grade levels and content areas that give them. Commercially purchased assessments and locally developed performance assessments may also be used, once they are approved by the KSDE.

Student Growth Measures:

LEAs should use the commercially purchased and locally developed student growth measures they currently have. State assessments are required as given.

All grade levels across schools in a district should use the same measures.

Local performance assessments should be collaboratively designed, reviewed and used across the district with strict adherence to an inter-rater agreement.

Student Growth Objectives (SGOs) or Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) are to be developed with collaborative districtwide teams.

KSDE Guidance for school districts:

All districts will identify student growth measures to be used and provide them to the KSDE (in a format to be determined) by June 30, 2014.

A “default list” of student growth measures for LEA reference will be available and posted on the web by May 1, 2014.

Next steps:

2014-2015 All Evaluations

KANSAS Final Summative Evaluation Rating

Three Student Growth Measures

Chosen Instructional

Practice Protocol

FINAL Summative Evaluation

Rating

SUMMARY RATING #1

SUMMARY RATING #2

Matrix Works with or Without Percentages

Matrix Used to Determine Summative Evaluation Rating 1-24-2014.jpg

DRAFT Default List of SGMsDRAFT Default List of Student Growth Measures 1-27-2014.pdf

The Draft Default List of SGMS is in progress and will be available by June 1, 2014.

Optional Template

Bill Bagshaw, Assistant DirectorKSDE – TLAbbagshaw@ksde.org785-296-2198

Kayeri Akweks, EPCKSDE – TLA kakweks@ksde.org 785-296-5140

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College and Career Ready means an individual has the academic preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and employability skills to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment of an industry recognized certification or in the workforce, without the need for remediation.

College and Career Ready

At the Forefront of Accreditation Work

Kansas College & Career Ready definition:

Profiles of 21st Century Learner and Learning

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The 5 Rs

• The new model focuses on districts rather than individual schools.

• All stakeholders are involved in supporting all schools within the system.

• All participants are responsible for successes and areas for improvement.

District Accreditation

Differences

All of the R’s are weighted equally.

Relevance, Relationships, Responsive Culture, and Rigor are just as important as Results.

Accreditation is no long just about achievement.

Support Rather than PenalizeDifferences

2:30-2:45 p.m.

The accreditation timeline will be over a span of four years.

The first cycle will include an interim year to allow districts to prepare for change.

Length of Time

Differences

Districts will utilize the rubrics as a needs assessment over a year-long process.

An outside review assists the district in examining areas for change.

Two change goals are identified. Strategies are put into place. Data is collected and analyzed. Results are shared with all stakeholders.

Change GoalsDifferences

Reflection is built into the final data analysis. Districts and KSDE will be able to conduct

meaningful research based on the changes occurring in districts.

We can see how change impacts graduation rates, attendance, drop-out rates, achievement, rural vs urban districts, etc.

Potential for ResearchDifferences

• Field Testing• Rubrics• Definitions• Online Evidence

Repository• Handbook

Work completed over the past year

Accreditation

• Update the web page• Revision of QPA Regulations• Pilot online repository • Develop protocol for change goals and

assembling accreditation teams

Work To Be Completed on Accreditation Model

Accreditation

• Decisions about AMOs are not finalized• ESEA Waiver is still under review• Student academic growth data is

under development• Defining “significant” for educator

evaluation is still under review

Work To Be Completed that Impacts Accreditation

Accreditation

Continue the use of Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs) in place of AYP

In 2014-15, all schools are Accredited.

New Item - QPA Advisory Council Recommendations

Accreditation

2014 Math & ELA assessments are pilots First time teachers and students have

assessed using the new KITE system First time exposed to new test item types

(technology enhanced items) There will not be any cut scores until fall of

2014 Some test items will be “thrown out” after

pilot is complete

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