DOE Rule 6A1'09981

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School Performance Grades

• DOE Rule 6A-1.09981
• for 2006-2007

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Overview of Rule
Schools will be graded by earning points based on
the percentage of students who reach specific
criteria in each measure. Each percentage point
is worth one point on the grading scale for the
following 8 measures.
Percent of students scoring

• Level 3 and above in reading (grades 3-10)
• Level 3 and above in math (grades 3-10)
• Percent 3.5 and above in writing (grades 4, 8
  and 10)
• Level 3 and above in science (grades 5, 8 and 11)

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Percent of students in grades 4-10 retained 3rd
graders who

• demonstrate annual learning gains in reading
• demonstrate annual learning gains in math
• score in the lowest 25 and make annual
• learning gains in reading
• score in the lowest 25 and make annual
• learning gains in math

Retained students scores will count for learning
gains. For example, a retained 3rd grader with 2
years of FCAT scores will be counted for
assessment of learning gains. First time 3rd
grade students do not count toward learning gains.
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Specifics on Writing

• 2007 School grade will be based on essay
  portion of writing test only
• 2007 DOE will assign achievement levels for
  writing
• 2008 School grade will be based on essay and
  multiple choice questions

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How Are Learning Gains Defined?

• A student demonstrates a learning gain by
• Improving from one FCAT Achievement Level to the
  next Level (example Level 3 to Level 4)
• Maintaining FCAT Achievement Level within Levels
  3, 4, or 5
• Remaining within FCAT Levels 1 or 2 and achieving
  more than one years growth on the FCAT
  developmental scale, as determined by the DOE

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Specifics on Learning Gains

• Students who drop a level (level 4 to 3 or level
  5 to 4) will not be counted as learning gains
• Retained students who are Level 1 or Level 2 must
  go up at least one level in order to be counted
  as making learning gains

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Requirements for Adequate Progress for A
Schools

• The minimum criteria for adequate progress for
  the bottom 25 must be met in reading and math
  
• (50 of students in the bottom 25 must
• demonstrate learning gains in reading and
  math)
• This adequate progress should not be confused
  with Adequate Yearly Progress in NCLB

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Requirements for Adequate ProgressB and C
Schools

• At least 50 of students in the schools bottom
  25 must demonstrate adequate progress (annual
  learning gains) in reading and math
• Only students at or below Level 3 can be counted
  in the bottom 25
• The bottom 25 requirement in math becomes
  effective in 2006-07

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Requirements for Adequate ProgressB and C
Schools

• In a school not showing adequate progress, the
  SAC shall include a component (objective) in the
  SIP for meeting the adequate progress requirement
  by the next school year
• If the school does not meet the adequate progress
  requirement for two years in a row, the
  Performance Grade designation will be reduced by
  one letter grade

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Additional Requirements

• Students must be present during the October and
  February FTE count period to be included in the
  school grade calculation
• H.S. Graduation Requirement Students must score
  300 or above on the 10th Grade FCAT Reading and
  Math Test

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School Grade ComputationWho Counts?

• Included for all components
• Standard Curriculum Students.
• ESE Gifted, Hospital/Homebound, Speech Impaired.
  
• LEP Enrolled in a ESOL program for more than 2
  years prior to testing.
• Other ESE and LEP categories used in percent
  tested and learning gains.
• Students identified in October and February FTE
  counts.

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Details of Rule

• All schools will receive a school grade during
  the first year data are available, including new
  schools
• All students (all standard curriculum students,
  all students with disabilities, and all LEP
  students) will be included in the calculation of
  learning gains and the percent tested

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Calculating the School Grade 2006-2007
At or Above Level 3 Reading (A)
At or Above Level 3 Math (B)
At or Above 3.5 Writing (C)
With Learning Gains Reading (E)
With Learning Gains Math (F)
Bottom 25 With Learning Gains Reading
At or Above Level 3 Science (D)
Bottom 25 With Learning Gains Math
Data
(G)
(H)
Total
Grade 4, 8 or 10
Grade 5, 8 or 11
Grades 3-10
Grades 3-10
If a school tests 30 or fewer students in Writing
or does not have grade 4, 8 or 10, the District
average score for Writing will be substituted.
Scores for Retained students with 2 years of FCAT
scores will be used in learning gains
calculations.
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Calculating the School Grade
Point Criteria for School Grade
Add Columns
A
School Grade
B
Points
C
A
525 and Over
D
E
495-524
B
F
C
435-494
G
D
395-434
H
F
394 and Below
Total Points
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New School Grade Scale
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School Grade ComputationCase 1
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School Grade ComputationCase 2
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Bonus Points for High Schools

• High Schools will be eligible for 10 bonus points
  added to their total school grade points, if at
  least half the 11th and 12th grade students in
  the school retaking the FCAT meet the graduation
  requirement (score of 300).
• At least 50 of students retaking FCAT
  reading and 50 retaking FCAT math must meet the
  graduation requirement (score of 300) to earn the
  ten bonus points

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FCAT Reading Achievement Levels
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FCAT Mathematics Achievement Levels
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FCAT Science Achievement Levels
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Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)NCLB

• Ethnic/Economic Subgroup Performance
• Students With Disabilities/LEP Subgroup
  Performance
• Levels of Performance (Level 3 above)
• 2006 Math 50 Reading 44
• 2007 Math 56 Reading 51
• Percent Tested (95)
• Includes all students who took the FCAT

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Measuring Adequate Yearly Progress
Safe Harbor
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Correlation Between School Grades and AYP

• School Grades and AYP are based on separate
  computational methods.
• For the past two years, Provisional AYP status
  was awarded to schools that do not meet AYP
  criteria, but earned an A or B designation.
  These schools still have same consequences as
  schools that do not meet AYP.
• D or F schools cannot make AYP, even if all
  AYP criteria are met.

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