Policy & Advocacy What’s Happening in Washington?
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POLICY & ADVOCACY WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON?CEC Convention April 2013
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Today’s Agenda 9-10:20am
Election, ESEA, Waivers, Teacher Evaluation, CCSS Tests
10:20 – 10:30am BREAK
10:30-12pm School Safety and Mental Health, Teacher Preparation
Accountability, Early Learning, Research, Gifted, IDEA, WIA, Budget
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ELECTION 2012: WHAT DID WE LEARN?The times they are a changing…3
Overview of 2012 Election Demography
Race and GenderWomen: Obama 55%LGBT: Obama 76% African American: Obama 93%Hispanic: Obama 71%Asian: Obama 73%White: Romney 59%
Obama’s share of the white vote shrank, but the overall number of
white voters also shrank.
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EDUCATION LEGISLATION
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ESEA IDEA Workforce Investment Act (WIA) CCDBG (17 years overdue!!) Education Sciences Reform Act Higher Education Act
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ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT (AKA NCLB)
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CEC’s ESEA Guiding Principles
Supporting a Well Prepared Successful Educational Workforce Meaningful Systems that Encourage Collaborative and Supportive Measurement, Evaluation, and Reward of Professional Performance Strengthening Assessment and Accountability for ALL
Developing Improved Strategies that Create Positive School Reform Providing Full Funding to Execute the Goals and Provisions of ESEA
Meeting the Unique Needs of Gifted Learners Improving Outcomes for All Children Through the
Collaboration of All Educators
2007…2008…2009…2010…2011…2012
ESEA Reauthorization10
American Association of Administrators, Policy Insider Oct 2011
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White House Announces Waivers September, 2011
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Congress Acts!
Eliminated AYP Required new
teacher eval systems
Cut funding for 43 programs
Changed funding to block grant
Turnaround?
Eliminated AYP Encouraged new
teacher eval systems
Eliminated 2% Modified Tests
Codified 1% Alternate Tests
7 Turnaround Models
House Ed CommitteeSenate Help Committee
JavitsGrants
Jan 2012Oct 2011
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ESEA WAIVERSSo, waivers are our ESEA reauthorization(At least for now …)
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ESEA Waivers Remove 2014 AYP
deadline
Funding Flexibility
Changes to Accountability
Flexibility for HQT Plans
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ESEA Waivers 4 Conditions:
Adopt College & Career Ready Standards
Develop Assessments that Measure Student Growth
Develop Differentiated Accountability System
Develop Guidelines for Local Teacher and Principal Evaluations Based on Effectiveness
ESEA WaiversTo receive an ESEA waiver, states had to
develop new guidelines for teacher/principal evaluation that: “take(s) into account data on student growth
in significant part” in determining teacher/principal performance” levels.” Measures of Student Growth in untested grades
and subjects include: “pre-tests, end-of-course tests, and objective
performance-based assessments, student learning objectives and other measures of student achievement that are rigorous and comparable across schools within
an LEA”
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ESEA Waivers Blue States Have Waivers Green States are Under Review Plus, TX, WY,
PN, + 9 CA Districts
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Waiver Concerns
No 2 State applications are the same. . .
MONITORING:• Every 3 Months?• New TA?• Amount of revisions? • New staffing needed?
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TEACHER EVALUATION
Waiver concerns and beyond…20
Policymakers: A Shift in Focus
Highly Qualified
Highly Effective
InputsOutput
s
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Policy Movers …
Race to the Top
41 State Applications Proposed Changes to Teacher Evaluation
systems
Now States are working it out.
Gates Foundation
: MET Study
Private Investment of $45 Million in Several Pilot Districts
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System ComponentsComplex Role
Measure Evidence-Based PracticeRecognize ProfessionalismIncorporate Research
Components of Special Education Teacher Evaluations
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Evaluations must clearly identify and be based on a special education teacher’s specific role and responsibilities during a given school year.
Evaluations must take into account the population of children and youth and their range of exceptionalities that special education teachers instruct.
Evaluations must be conducted by evaluators with expertise related to evidence-based service delivery models and individualized teaching practices and interventions in special education.
Teacher Evaluation Systems Shall:
Identify the Complex Role of the Special Education Teacher
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Evaluations must be based on multiple reliable measures and indicators that support valid measurement of special education teacher effectiveness.
Evaluations should never be based solely on student growth.
Statistical models that estimate a teacher’s contribution to student growth, such as value-added models, should not be applied to any teacher until there is a general consensus among researchers that the model provides a valid estimate of a teacher’s contribution to student growth.
Teacher Evaluation Systems Shall:
Measure the Use of Evidence-Based Practices
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Value Added Measurement
(VAM)
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Use of IEP
•Multiple indicators of special education teacher effectiveness may include … IEP development and implementation.
•Evaluations should not use a student’s progress on their goals, objectives, and benchmarks in the IEP as a measure of a special education teacher’s contribution to student growth.
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CCSS & THE FUTURE OF TESTING
New assessments, adaptive assessments, & racing to the top28
Race to the Top Assessment Contest29
$330 Million
Aligns with Common Core Standards
Two Consortia for 1% of students with significant cognitive disabilities
Two Consortia for 99% of students
1% Dynamic Learning Maps
Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment Program (DLM) – Kansas University $22 million 13 States - Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,
Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
Accessibility - keyboard, drag-and-drop, touch-screen, and compatible with a variety of assistive technologies commonly used by students.
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1% National Center & State Collaborative
19 States: Alaska, Arizona Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wyoming
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99% Assessment Consortia: PARCC
Computer Based
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99% Assessment Consortia: Smarter Balanced
Computer
Adaptive
TIMELINE 2012-13 School Year: First year pilot/field testing
and related research and data collection Fall 2012 – Small Scale Trials – 500 schools in 23 states February April
2013-14 School Year: Second year pilot/field testing and related research and data collection
2014-15 School Year: Full operational administration of PARCC assessments
Summer 2015: Set achievement levels, including college-ready performance levels
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How long will it take students to take the test?
7.5 -8 Hours Over 5-9 Student Days Schools will deliver 2 x a year and have
a 20 day window to complete each session
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Computer Adaptive Tests Definition: A test that uses the information it
receives during the test to determine which question to present the test-taker with next.
Several states use them (HI, OR, DE, UT) Only Oregon is approved for NCLB Purposes
Concerns: Is every student tested on the full range of grade
level content? Is every student seeing a similar mix of questions
that measure cognitively complex skills?
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Get online and check them out!!
http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.htm
http://www.parcconline.org/sample-assessment-tasks
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Accommodation Possibilities … Oregon – Braille Adaptive as of this
school year Refreshable displays
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Accommodation Possibilities … Signing Avatars Not used as an accommodation in any state; Concerns about use for high stakestesting.
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NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN GIFTED EDUCATION POLICY
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Federal initiatives Senate: TALENT
ActSen. Grassley (R-IA)
Sen. Mikulski (D-MD)
Sen. Casey (D-PA)
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TALENT Act
Supporting
Educator Developm
ent to Ensure
Academic Growth
Confronting and
Addressing the
National Excellence
Gap
Continuing Research
and Dissemination on Best Practices in Gifted
Ed
Providing Public
Transparency of
Student Achievement Data
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The TALENT Act:Is a Pragmatic
Approach
Seeks to Raise Public
Awareness to GT Population
Weaves Gifted/High Ability into
Existing ESEA Structure
Is a Conversation
Starter43
IDEA2020????44
Total # Served by IDEA Part B is Decreasing
- 4.8%45
Total # with Autism Spectrum Disorder is Increasing
+ 10 % - 17%Annually
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New Part B Consent (Medicaid) Rules!
New Regulations – Clearer, Easier Process NEW PROCESS = Before beginning services:
Provide parents written notification that Explains the protections available to parents Fully informs them of their IDEA rights
Obtain 1 time parent consent to access benefits
DONE!!March 18,
2013
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IDEA/ESEA Equitable Services
March 14, 2013 Guidance Letter from USDOE To establish better public/private
relationships USDOE will : Host conf calls 2x/yr with state directors Facilitation public/private communication Encourage states to create state level private
school working groups Identify examples of promising practices Host Webinars to improve stakeholder
understanding
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INCLUDING SWDSCHOOL SPONSORED SPORTS
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GAO: Good news! Students with Disabilities are well
represented in PE classes both general PE classes and specialized opportunities when needed!
Based on its findings, and projections from its findings, the
GAO determined that almost 100% of students with disabilities are
taking advantage of adaptive and general PE through the country!
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Creativity & Open Minds Prevent: Discrimination Train CoachesEnsure: Accommodations SWD – Hearing Impairment –visual cue or interpreter SWD - Learning Disability – allowed to
use indicator other than grades SWD – Diabetes –provide trained staff
to administer insulin, just as during the school day
Act: Talk to your Athletic Director/ Reach out to the Community
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FEDERAL BUDGETWhat can we expect??52
The Federal Budget
U.S. Department of Education
= 1.32%
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Budget: What does Congress Do?
Congress Funds the Federal Gov. for the Federal fiscal year
10/1-9/30Continui
ng Resoluti
on“CR”
Keep things
the same!!
Manages Debt
Debt Ceiling
Other Spending Cuts…
Sequestration
House & Senate Agree to a
Budget
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FY 2012 US DOE Budget
FY 2012: Where did we end up?
IDEA Part B $11,577,86 Increase of $78 Million
IDEA Part BSection 619 $372,645 Level
IDEA Part C $442,710 Increase $5 Million
IDEA Part D $242,508 Level
Javits $0 EliminatedSpEd
Research $49.9 million Level
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After ATRA
(Aug 2011) Budget Control Act
SuperCommittee(FAILED Nov 2011)
Sequestration (Jan. 2, 2013)
Why do we have sequestration?
$1.2T
American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) (Jan 2, 2013)
8% 5% (March 1)
(Nov 2010) Elections Tea Party
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Where are we now? Continuing Resolution59
FY 2012 Levels – 5% Sequestration Cut =
IDEA Part B $10,998,260 Decrease $580 Million
IDEA Part BSection 619 $353,900
Decrease of $18,750 Million
IDEA Part C $420,439 Decrease of $23 Million
IDEA Part D $242,508 Decrease of $12 Million
Javits $0 EliminatedSpEd
Research $47 million Decrease of $2.5 Million
Sequestration = Full Funding Plunges to
14.5%
What happens next???? Have to decide how to fund next year’s
(FY2014) budget by Sept. 30 … Have to decide whether to AGAIN raise
the debt ceiling by May 19 … Have to decide how to deal with
sequestration cuts over the next 10 years …
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CNN Poll conducted by ORC International during November 16-18, 2012
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COMBAT UNCERTAINTY!!!1. STAY INFORMEDCEC PI Blog and Twitter63
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