Closing the Achievement Gap In Indiana

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Closing the Achievement GapIn Indiana

• Data Analysis and Assessment Conference
• Oakwood Inn
• 11/16/ 2004
• Gary Wallyn
• Director of School Data Reporting
• Indiana Department of Education

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Topics For Discussion

• Is the Achievement Gap Closing in Indiana?
• Differences Between Percent Passing / Scale Score
• Disaggregated ISTEP Scale Score Data
• Discussion of the Gap Within the Gap
• Two Indiana Success Stories
• Charity Dye Elementary
• Indian Village Elementary
• What levels of improvement will be needed to meet
  the 2014 goal of 100 proficiency for all groups
  of students?
• Projecting Improvement Levels

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Is the Indiana Achievement Gap Closing?
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Differences Between Percent Passing and Scale
Score

• Both Can Give You Valuable Information In
  Assessing Student Achievement

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Percent Passing

• Percent passing is the measure required by NCLB
  and the Indiana Accountability Law
• (PL 221)
• The greatest impact on improving the percent
  passing rate occurs primarily within the band of
  students closest to the cut score.
• Students who barely pass and those students
  scoring at high levels have equal impact on the
  percent passing rate.

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Scale Scores

• Scale scores can measure improvement of all
  students including those that have already
  passed.
• Scale scores can show you how far above or below
  a student might be from the passing score
• A school can have 100 of its third grade
  students pass mathematics and still have a mean
  scale score of 393 that would be well below the
  state average. How?
• You could also have only 50 passing and have a
  mean scale score of 506 which would be one of the
  states highest scores. How?

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ISTEP English / Language Arts Mean Scale Score
Results By Group2002 2003
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Definitions

• Scale ScoreStudent achievement levels relative
  to the Indiana Academic Standards are reported by
  ISTEP as scale scores. These three-digit,
  interval scores are expressed on unique scales by
  subject (English/language arts and mathematics).
  ISTEP scale scores typically range from about
  300 to 850.
• MeanThe mean is the arithmetic average of a
  group of scores. It is calculated by adding the
  scores and dividing the sum by the number of
  scores.

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ISTEP Mathematics Mean Scale Score Results By
Group2002 2003
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The Gap Within the Gap
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Delving Deeper Into the Disaggregated Data

• Each student group can be further disaggregated
  to gain deeper knowledge.
• It also highlights the challenge facing our
  students and educators.

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Two Indiana Success Stories
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Two Indiana Blue Ribbon Schools

• Charity Dye School 27
• Indianapolis Public Schools

• Indian Village Elementary
• Fort Wayne Community Schools

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Charity Dye School 27
Ethnicity
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Charity Dye School 27
Economically Disadvantaged
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Charity Dye School 27
Gender / Enrollment
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Charity Dye School 27
ISTEP Results
Charity Dye Elementary has improved from an
average passing both English/Language Arts and
Mathematics of 27.6 in 1997-98 to 85.9 in
2003-04.
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Charity Dye School 27
ISTEP English/ Language Arts
ISTEP Mathematics
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Charity Dye School 27
English/Language Arts Results Disaggregated -Then
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Charity Dye School 27
English/Language Arts Results Disaggregated -Now
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Charity Dye School 27
Mathematics Results Disaggregated -Then
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Charity Dye School 27
Mathematics Results Disaggregated -Now
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Charity Dye School 27
Comparative Schools with Similar Demographics
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What Charity Dye Teachers Said Made a Difference

• High expectations for all students
• Collaboration teams that work across grade level
• Student-by-student analysis
• Benchmark testing for real time data
• Accept no excuse for a child not learning

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Indian Village Elementary
Ethnicity
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Indian Village Elementary
Economically Disadvantaged
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Indian Village Elementary
Gender / Enrollment
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Indian Village Elementary
ISTEP Results
Indian Village Elementary has improved from an
average passing both English/Language Arts and
Mathematics of 50.0 in 1999-00 to 83.3 in
2003-04.
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Indian Village Elementary
ISTEP English/ Language Arts
ISTEP Mathematics
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Indian Village Elementary
English/Language Arts Results Disaggregated -Then
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Indian Village Elementary
English/Language Arts Results Disaggregated -Now
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Indian Village Elementary
Mathematics Results Disaggregated -Then
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Indian Village Elementary
Mathematics Results Disaggregated -Now
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Indian Village Elementary
Comparative Schools with Similar Demographics
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What Indian Village Teachers Said Made a
Difference

• No excuse school
• Grade level planning and collaboration time built
  into each day
• Family atmosphere
• Instruction aligned with state standards
• Disaggregate the data to effectively tailor
  instruction and remediation for all students

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Indiana Department of Education ASAP Website

• Where Can You Find School Level Data?

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www.asap.state.in.us
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Other Success Stories
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What levels of improvement will be needed to meet
the 2014 goal of 100 proficiency for all groups
of students?
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Points to Think About

• If we continue to improve at the current rate,
  will that percentage be enough to make AYP every
  year for all groups?
• The improvement of one student may improve
  multiple groups.

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Gary WallynDirector of School Data
ReportingIndiana Department of
Educationgwallyn_at_doe.state.in.us317-233-3716