NCA Day - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

NCA Day

October 18, 2006

7:25 – 10:25 am

Facilitator: Kyla Gurganus

• Staff Introductions
• Overview of the NCA Process
• Next Step: School Profile
• Data and Information
• Brainstorming Sessions

• Your Name
• Your Subject/Department/Focus
• Your Room Number/Location
• Fascinating fact/dream travel location?

REFLECTION ON LAST NCA CYCLE

• What is NCA?
• What is its process?
• What’s new?
• How will I be involved?
• Proposed Timeline

• North Central Association
• accredits schools in the north-central part of the US and the Department of Defense’s military installation schools.
• The NCA standard is for each member school to maximize the proportion of its graduates who are self-directed learners and are prepared to make successful transitions from school to career.

• Combines No Child Left Behind, Education YES, and the new Michigan School Improvement Framework requirements with its own quality standards and expectations to streamline paperwork and effort.

• meet high standards
• engage in a continuous improvement process (required by MI law since 1990)
• have on-site reviews at least once every 5 years

• should be continuous
• should NOT be an event (like an NCA day ☺)
• should NOT just be an act of compliance!
• is a way to “fight back” against negative press (show we know what’s happening and are trying to do something about it)

• VISION AND PROFILE
• PLAN
• IMPLEMENT
• RESULTS
• ACT
• REPEAT

• Make/renew commitment to NCA/school improvement
• Get started
• Compile and analyze data (Write a school profile)
• Select appropriate goals and measures based on the profile

• No more peer reviews
• Assessments do not need to be of the same kids or at the same time every year
• No set time line (but usually 5 years)
• No affective goals needed
• No set number of goals
• Include state, federal, and district goals in NCA goals

How will I be involved?

• School Improvement Committee/NCA Steering Committee (need leaders)
• Profile data gathering
• Profile report writing
• Goal selection (all staff)
• Goal committees (need chairpersons)
• Implementation!

2006-2007:

• Focus on preparing for the new HS graduation requirements

2007-2008:

• Write School Profile
• Choose school improvement goals based on the profile’s data

2008-2009:

• Choose assessments
• Collect baseline data
• Decide on strategies/interventions/PD related to goals
• Begin implementing strategies/interventions/PD

2009-2010:

• Continue implementing strategies/interventions/PD
• Check progress
• Administer assessments
• Refine strategies/interventions as needed

2010-2011:

• Continue implementing strategies/interventions/PD
• Check progress
• Administer assessments
• Refine strategies/interventions as needed
• Collect and analyze final data
• Write final report

• for ourselves, not the shelf!
• data needed to make wise decisions (not just hunches, anecdotes, or feelings)
• first profile takes lots of effort; after that, it should be easy to update!

• Basic data
• what our community is like, who our students are, GPA, MEAP, ACT, attendance, graduation rates
• Interpretations/implications of the data
• Courses taught, initiatives, instructional techniques, tutorials, remediation
• Strengths!! Points of pride!!
• from every program, subject, and department
• Graduate follow-up data

• New Michigan High School Graduation Requirements
• New Michigan Merit exam
• Where are we now?
• Current MEAP and ACT scores
• Graduation Rates
• Where do we go from here?

• Start with this year’s 8th graders (next year’s freshmen)
• Each required course has lengthy content expectations associated with it
• See Michigan Department of Education website for details

• 4 credits English language arts
• 4 credits mathematics (1 in senior year)
• 3 credits science
• 3 credits social studies
• 1 credit physical education/health
• 1 credit visual/performing/applied arts
• Online course/experience required

• Not yet approved by the US Dept of Ed!
• If not approved, MEAP will still be administered
• Based on the ACT, WorkKeys test, and several other MEAP-like components
• This fall’s senior re-testing will be the MEAP

• ACT part administered on March 13th to all Michigan juniors
• March 14: WorkKeys and mathematics
• Mar. 14/15/16: science and social studies
• ACT and WorkKeys scores may be used for college admissions and job applications
• One re-test will be paid for by the state
• Home-schooled students may participate at their local high school

• Very controlled conditions
• All students must face the same direction
• Minimum 3 feet apart
• Assigned seating
• Uninterrupted testing
• Bells, PA turned off
• Testing rooms separated from regular school activities

• Very controlled conditions
• No food or drink in room (students OR proctors)
• Testing must be the first activity of the day
• Testing must start no later than 9 am
• Quiet part of the building
• Tests timed; time remaining may NOT be posted

• MME English Language Arts score will be based on:
• ACT Reading (MC), English (MC), and Writing (constructed response)
• WorkKeys Reading for Information test (MC)
• Michigan Social Studies constructed response item (rubrics available on-line)

• MME Mathematics score will be based on:
• ACT Mathematics (MC)
• Selected ACT Science items (MC)
• WorkKeys Applied Mathematics test (MC)
• Michigan supplemental items (about 13 MC)

• MME Science score will be based on:
• ACT Science (MC)
• Michigan supplemental items (53 MC)

• MME Social Studies score will be based on:
• Michigan supplemental items (57 MC and 2 constructed response)

MEAP SCORES

• higher in every subject area the first time out (as compared to the class of 2006)
• Increases over the previous year’s scores:
• Reading + 5%
• Writing + 7%
• ELA + 5%
• Mathematics + 4%
• Science + 4%
• Social Studies + 53%

• Reading – Abovethe state by 5% (last year below 4%)
• Writing – Belowthe state, but only by 1% (last year below 9%)
• ELA – Abovethe state by 2% (last year below 8%)
• Mathematics – Belowthe state by 5% (last year below 9%)
• Science – Even with the state average (last year below 1%)
• Social Studies – Belowthe state, but only by 1% (last year below 7%)

• LHS made AYP in English Language Arts
• Total 11th grade cut scores (includes MI-Access students) were above the 52% threshold (by 34%)
• All sub-groups met the participation rate and cut scores needed to make AYP in ELA
• LHS did not make AYP in mathematics
• Total 11th grade cut scores (includes MI-Access students) was above the 44% threshold (by 22%)
• All sub-groups met the participation rate and cut scores needed to make AYP in math except students with disabilities
• They were only 14.3% proficient, and they missed safe harbor by 5%

• Less than half of the students are “passing” the math portion
• Overall ELA scores are falling because of low writing scores
• Science scores lower than they could be because not all students take earth science

• Break out in groups of 10
• Use list of questions to initiate discussion of school improvement
• Have one person record/summarize responses
• Reconvene at 10:00 am to report

• What are your reactions/responses to the MEAP and ACT scores?
• How are we meeting (or not meeting) the needs of our students? How do we know?
• What changes (if any) need to be made in the courses I/we teach to meet the new graduation requirements? What resources are needed to make those changes?
• What changes need to be made in the courses I/we teach in order to improve our students’ standardized test scores? What resources are needed to make those changes?
• What changes need to be made in our overall school in order to have the greatest impact on the current and future success of our students?
• What should be our #1 focus of improvement in the next two years? Why?