Accountability Updates

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Accountability Updates
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New for 2006

• Augmented NRT (A/NRT)
• Who? - NCLB
• What? NRT (parts 12) KCCT (part 3)
• When? - 2006 only
• Why? reporting AYP
• Where? - Grades 3-8

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A/NRT Accountability

• Grades 3 and 6 Reading and Math
• Grades 3 and 6 - parts 1 2 NRT index, 5 of
  CATS accountability
• Grades 4 and 7 Math only
• Grades 5 and 8 Reading only
• Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 - part 3 1 2 Core
  Content items NCLB reporting???

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Participation Rate

• Must test ALL students
• 95 participation rate ave. of 3 yrs. if needed
• Must answer 4 MC on Reading and Math OR respond
  to 1 Open Response question to participate

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Full Academic Year

• Accountability determined by any 100 days of
  enrollment from first day of school through the
  first day of testing window
• Student may be accountable to a school, a
  district or the state or excluded from
  accountability
• Medical Exemption vs. Medical Emergency

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Accurate STI Student Data

• Assessment Roster
• Pre-coded labels, fewer discrepancies
• Accountability data NCLB
• Data clean-up
• SSID new this year

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One-Hundred Day Rule Writing Portfolios

• Student must have a Writing Portfolio for any 100
  instructional days in any combination of KY
  schools
• Accountability determined by Full Academic Year

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Limited English Proficient Students

• 1st year 10 months of US school completed
• Take Language Proficiency Assessment (LAS)
• Must take Math test (4 MC or 1 OR minimum) with
  accommodations if needed
• Not accountable
• 2nd year
• Must take all parts of state assessment
• Writing Portfolio not required
• Accountability determined by Full Academic Year
• 3rd year
• Must take all parts of state assessment
• Writing Portfolio required
• Accountability determined by Full Academic Year

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State Assessment Administration Highlights

• All state assessments must be completed within
  the testing window, April 17 -28, 2006

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(No Transcript)
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KCCT Administration

• Grades 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12
• Must be administered first in order as designated
  in Test Administrator Manual (TAM)
• Test booklets distributed in shrink-wrapped order
• Extra pages are not allowed NO highlighters
• Answers are limited to the one page in test
  booklet
• Any part of answer written outside the boxed area
  will not be scored

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KCCT Administration

• Computer generated responses behind front cover
  write NSR with pencil in response area of test
  booklet
• Damaged test booklets or Large Print test
  booklets answers must be transcribed into new or
  regular size test booklet of the same form
  change lithocode on Roster
• Follow instructions in Manuals

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A/NRT Administration

• One form of A/NRT
• Grades 3, 4, 6 and 7 must have calculator
• Calculators used ONLY on Parts 2 and 3 of Math
  test
• Cannot share calculators cannot alter rulers
• Grade 7 will use Math Reference sheet
• May keep rulers and Math Reference sheet after
  testing
• Protractors and Angle Rulers should be available
  to students

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A/NRT Administration

• NO highlighters, do not make notes or stray marks
  in test booklet
• Scratch paper and 2 pencils ONLY
• Answers limited to the 1 page
• Adhere to time limits on parts 1 2 part 3
  extended time is available (KCCT-like test)
• A/NRT Scoring Guides
• Follow instructions in Manuals

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Grade 9 NRT Administration

• Terra Nova, Second Edition Survey, Form D
• Book contains Math and Reading/Language Arts
  mandated tests also Science and Social Studies
  non-mandated tests are included
• DO NOT administer the Science and Social Studies
  test!
• Pre-coded slip sheet place behind front cover
• Must write student name on answer sheet

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Rulers

• Different for each grade
• Different for each test
• May NOT be altered
• Students should know how to use the given ruler

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Writing Portfolio Alternate Portfolio

• Last day to work on Portfolios April 17th (SLHS
  April 21st)
• Writing Portfolio Score Forms due to TCC April
  28th
• I will contact FMD teachers with materials needed
  for Alternate Portfolio scoring.

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Questions/Concerns/Comments

• Illness during testing
• DR. appt. during testing
• Clean desks
• Prompting/Cueing Notebooks
• K-2 testing at working level

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Looking Ahead

• Administration Guidelines for Writing Instruction
• Assessment 2007
• Ethical CATS preparation
• Core Content 4.0/ updated Program of Studies
• 2006 Accountability Reports
• Planning

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Law of the Scoreboard
The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John
Maxwell
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Significance of the Scoreboard

• When the game begins, the plan is important, and
  the scoreboard means nothing.
• As the game goes on, the game plan means less and
  less, and the scoreboard becomes more and more
  significant
• The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John
  Maxwell

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Underscoring the Scoreboard

• The game is constantly changing.
• The game plans tells you what you want to happen.
• The scoreboard tells what is happening.
• The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John
  Maxwell

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Why the Scoreboard

• No team can win if they ignore the reality of the
  situation.
• If a team is to accomplish its goals, it has to
  know where it stands.
• The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John
  Maxwell

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The Scoreboard is Essential to Understanding

• In sports, the scoreboard is visible to players,
  coaches and fans. They understand the importance
  of the scoreboard.
• The scoreboard provides a snapshot of the game at
  any given time (even if you arrive late to the
  game).
• The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John
  Maxwell

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The Scoreboard is Essential to Evaluating

• Growth Change
• Change alone is not enough.
• You must change in the right direction
• Evaluate yourself
• Evaluate teammates
• Incorporate feedback from the scoreboard
• The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John
  Maxwell

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The Scoreboard is Essential to Decision Making

• Once you have evaluated, you are ready to make
  decisions
• Football the quarterback uses information from
  the scoreboard to decide what play to call.
• Baseball the scoreboard helps the manager know
  when to bring in a relief pitcher.
• Basketball the scoreboard can be used to know
  when to call a timeout.
• The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John
  Maxwell

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The Scoreboard is Essential to Adjusting

• Making key adjustments is the secret to winning.
• The scoreboard helps you see where adjustments
  need to be made.
• The higher the level on which you and your team
  are competing, the smaller the adjustments become
  to achieve your best.
• The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John
  Maxwell

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The Scoreboard is Essential to Winning

• Nobody can win without the scoreboard.
• How do you know
• When the game is on the line?
• When time is running out?
• When its cruise time or crunch time?
• The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John
  Maxwell

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Scoreboard

• Some organizations view the scoreboard as a
  necessary evil.
• Others try to ignore it.
• Some organizations make checking the scoreboard
  such a huge part of their culture that they are
  able to recognize and seize opportunities leading
  to huge success.
• The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John
  Maxwell

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Law of the Scoreboard

• Increase student achievement by making data-drive
  decisions

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Good Luck on CATS!