VERMONT STATE PLAN OVERVIEW SESSION 1: INTRODUCTION TO EQR, ESSA AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT What is EQS? What is ESSA? How will life be different under ESSA? Continuous Improvement vs Accountability CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS 1
Continuous Improvement 2016 ESSA replaces NCLB Accountability 2
VERMONT EDUCATION POLICY AND LAW ◼ State: Education Quality Standards (EQS) and Act 77 ◼ Appeared in 2014 and 2013, respectively ◼ Includes new requirements for personalization of learning, proficiency-based learning Vermont Education Quality Standards available at the VT AOE website 3
PIECE #1—EDUCATION QUALITY STANDARDS Education Quality Standards EDUCATION QUALITY REVIEWS (EQRs) EDUCATION (EQS) is Vermont’s QUALITY definition of what all schools STANDARDS (EQS) are responsible for providing State and federal Collaboratively Provides a policy Addressing school and LEA processing data to baseline when recommendations performance data to all of their students identify strengths identifying data through action and points planning recommendations 4
The Education Quality Standards can be broken into five domains demonstrating the diversity of the work done in schools and EQS’s concern PIECE #1—EQS with development of the whole child. Academic Proficiency 5 Domains Personalization CSD of Education Safe, Goals Quality Healthy Schools Standards High Quality Staffing Investment Priorities 5
PIECE #2—ANNUAL SNAPSHOT Annual Snapshots provide schools yearly data to schools on a wide variety of measures reflecting the 5 domains of the EQS Academic Proficiency Addressing Personalization recommendations through action planning Safe, the other Healthy Schools four High Quality Staffing 6 Investment Priorities
WHAT ARE THE OTHER INDICATORS OF EDUCATION QUALITY? Same as under No Child Left Personalization Safe, Healthy Schools Behind: 1. Student Participation in 1. Disciplinary Exclusion • These measures are currently Flexible Pathways 2. School Climate collected for other purposes 2. Flexible Pathways Offerings A. Student Survey 3. Personalized Learning Plans B. Staff Survey New Under Vermont EQR and ESSA: High Quality Staffing Investment Priorities New Data Collection: Staff • 1. EQS Staffing Ratios 1. Licensed Teachers and Student Climate Survey 2. Per Student Expenditure 2. Education Staff Stability will be administered to 3. Return on Investment 3. Staff Satisfaction assess these items. A. Professional Development 7 B. Evaluation
PIECE #3—INTEGRATED FIELD REVIEWS Integrated Field Reviews are site visits allowing school systems to show local implementation of EQS Addressing to a team of visiting peers. They recommendations through action occur every three years. planning 8
PIECE #4—CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS CONTINUOUS The Continuous Improvement (CI) Process IMPROVEMENT PROCESS uses data gathered through the Annual Snapshot and Integrated Field Review to determine a school’s greatest needs and outlines a plan to result in improved Addressing recommendations outcomes for all students. through action planning 9
PUTTING THE FOUR PIECES TOGETHER - THE PROCESS EDUCATION QUALITY REVIEWS (EQRs) CONTINUOUS EDUCATION QUALITY ANNUAL SNAPSHOT INTEGRATED FIELD STANDARDS (EQS) IMPROVEMENT REVIEWS (IFRs) PROCESS State and federal Collaboratively FRAMES Provides a policy P R O Addressing INFORMS D U C E S school and LEA processing data to baseline when recommendations performance data identify strengths and identifying data through action recommendations points planning 10
EQR MEASURES Important Changes in Practice Five EQS Domains Smarter Balanced Scale Scores a) Academic Proficiency a) Replace Proficiency Benchmarks Personalization b) High School Smarter Balanced Change b) Safe, Healthy Schools c) from 11 th grade to 9 th High Quality Staffing d) New NGSS-aligned Science c) Assessment (5 th , 8 th , 11 th ) Investment Priorities e) New PE Assessment (4 th , 7 th , 10 th ) d) CCR and Post-graduation Measures e) 11
EQS CURRICULUM CONTENT AREAS AND ACCOUNTABILITY Snapshot Data: Examined within an Statewide Assessment and Grade(s) EQS Content Area Integrated Field Review Administered (state accountability model) (used for ESSA) English Language Arts Smarter Balanced & DLM: 3-8, 9 Yes Mathematics Smarter Balanced & DLM: 3-8, 9 Yes Science New NGSS Assessment: 5, 8, 11 Yes Global Citizenship No assessment Yes Physical Education Fitness Gram: TBD Yes Health Education No assessment Yes Fine Arts No assessment Yes Transferable Skills No assessment Yes 12
Annual Snapshot IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE Measure 2017-18 2018-19 Academic Proficiency English Language Arts Yes Yes Mathematics Yes Yes Science Pilot Yes Physical Education Pilot Yes English Language Proficiency Yes Yes Graduation Rate Yes Yes Career/College Ready Assessment Pilot Yes Post-Secondary Outcomes Pilot Yes 13
ANNUAL SNAPSHOT: KNOW YOUR ICONS Academic Proficiency Bull’s Eye Personalization On Target Safe, Healthy Schools Near Target High Quality Staffing Off Target Investment Priorities Please note that this a sample report card ONLY , presented here to demonstrate the concepts we intend to address. The actual 14 product remains in development and will look substantially different than this version.
BURNT ROCK MOUNTAIN SUPERVISORY DISTRICT (PK-12) Performance Change Academic Proficiency Personalization Safe, Healthy Schools High Quality Staffing Investment Priorities Please note that this a sample report card ONLY , presented here to demonstrate the concepts we intend to address. The actual 15 product remains in development and will look substantially different than this version. Bull’s Eye On Target Near Target Off Target
MINIMUM N -SIZE What is Vermont proposing? A minimum N -size of: • 11 for reporting student data • 25 for accountability determinations over three years • Applies to all student groups. • Appropriate school staff will be able to see student data for groups fewer than 11. 16
HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED STUDENT GROUP Historically Marginalized Student Group • Student group data (racial/ethnic groups, students with disabilities, English learners, and students in poverty) is often suppressed due to small school size • Historically Marginalized Student” (HMS) group is the aggregation of all student groups historically underserved by educational institutions • As an aggregated group, schools can report much more data. 17
BURNT ROCK MOUNTAIN SUPERVISORY DISTRICT (PK-12) Performance Change Equity Index Equity Change Academic Achievement Personalization Safe and Healthy N/A N/A Schools High Quality Staffing N/A N/A N/A N/A Financial Efficiency Please note that this a sample report card ONLY , presented here to demonstrate the concepts we intend to address. The actual 18 product remains in development and will look substantially different than this version. Bull’s Eye On Target Near Target Off Target
Integrated Field Review (IFR): EDUCATION QUALITY REVIEWS (EQRs) CONTINUOUS EDUCATION QUALITY ANNUAL SNAPSHOT INTEGRATED FIELD STANDARDS (EQS) IMPROVEMENT REVIEWS (IFRs) PLANS State and federal Collaboratively F R A M E S Provides a policy P R O Addressing INFORMS D U C E S school and LEA processing data to baseline when recommendations performance data identify strengths and identifying data through action recommendations points planning 19
WHAT CATEGORIES INFORM THE IFR ◼ All categories are examined Academic Proficiency ◼ Reports include findings, 1-2 commendations and 1-2 Personalization recommendations ◼ School Systems should identify high Safe, Accountability Healthy Schools domains within priority recommendations to an Integrated Field address in Continuous Improvement High Quality Staffing Review Plans ◼ Schools so far, have positive Investment Priorities feelings/reports about the process 20
WHAT GETS MEASURED IN THE IFR? Local Data Review Observation Interviews Artifact Review Integrated Field Integrated Field Integrated Field Integrated Field Review teams review Review teams visit Review teams talk Review teams review data provided by the schools and observe with students, published documents SU that reflects local instruction, buildings, families, and all types that illuminate the assessments or other materials, etc. to see of educators to hear efforts being made to data that illuminate first hand how EQS is about the efforts implement EQS. the efforts being being implemented being made to made to implement in schools. implement EQS. EQS. 21
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