Florida School Grades

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Florida School Grades

• 2003-2004

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To Make an A

• 410 points
• Adequate progress of lowest 25 in reading
• Test at least 95 of eligible students

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To Make a B

• 380 - 409 points
• Adequate progress of lowest 25 in reading within
  two years
• Test at least 90 of eligible students

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To Make a C

• 320 - 379 points
• Adequate progress of lowest 25 in reading within
  two years
• Test at least 90 of eligible students

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To Make a D

• 280 - 319 points
• Test at least 90 of eligible students

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To Make an F

• Fewer than 280 points
• or
• Less than 90 of eligible students tested

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Point System

• A 410
• B 380 409
• C 320 379
• D 280 319
• F fewer than 280

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How to earn pointsLevel of achievement

• One point for
• Each percent of students who score Level 3, 4, or
  5 in reading
• Each percent of students who score Level 3, 4, or
  5 in math
• Percent of students on combined measure of
  writing at Level 3 and at Level 3.5

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How to earn pointsAnnual Learning Gains

• One point for
• Each percent of students making learning gains in
  reading
• Each percent of students making learning gains in
  math

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Annual Learning Gains

• Improve achievement levels from
• 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, or 4 to 5
• Maintain within the levels 3, 4, or 5
• Demonstrate more than one years growth within
  achievement levels 1 or 2

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How to earn pointsAnnual Learning Gains

• One point for
• Each percent of the lowest performing readers
  (lowest 25) who make learning gains from the
  previous year.
• 50 of this group must show learning gains to
  show adequate progress

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Summary of Six Components

• of students at level 3, 4, or 5 in reading
• of students at level 3, 4, or 5 in math
• Average of students scoring 3 and 3.5 on
  writing
• Learning gains in math
• Learning gains in reading
• Learning gains of lowest 25 in reading

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Who Counts 2003-2004

• Students in the same school during the October
  and February FTE week
• ESOL students with more than 2 years in an ESOL
  program

• ESE students
• Speech impaired, gifted
• Hospital/homebound

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Who Counts2004-2005

• Same as last year plus the following students
  included in the Annual Learning Gains component
  of grade
• Students with disabilities (all)
• LEP students (regardless of years in ESOL)

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Deductions to School Grade

• Schools who earned a grade of C or higher
• but do not make adequate progress with lowest
  25 of students in reading
• must prepare a School Improvement Plan to
  address this critical need.

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Deductions to School Grade

• If adequate progress is not demonstrated in one
  of the last two years, the final grade is reduced
  by one letter grade.

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FINAL GRADE

• Total points earned
• Adequate progress
• of students tested
• Half of grade is based on reading!