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Politics, Policy, and Improving Assessments Geno Flores, Deputy Supt. California Dept of Education

2004 CRESST Conference. Politics, Policy, and Improving Assessments Geno Flores, Deputy Supt. California Dept of Education. Rocky 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Cultural icon, ideal hero Dedicated heart Commitment to success “Do or die,” “win or lose” Constant struggle to succeed. Rambo 1, 2, 3.

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Politics, Policy, and Improving Assessments Geno Flores, Deputy Supt. California Dept of Education

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  1. 2004 CRESST Conference Politics, Policy, and Improving AssessmentsGeno Flores,Deputy Supt.California Dept of Education

  2. Rocky 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 • Cultural icon, ideal hero • Dedicated heart • Commitment to success • “Do or die,” “win or lose” • Constant struggle to succeed

  3. Rambo 1, 2, 3 • Commando, finely tuned • Highly specialized • Fights to win, at all costs • Destroys things in his way to get want he wants

  4. CA Public Schools Accountability Act 1999 • School based index • Combines state test data into single score • Annual school and subgroup targets • Growth model

  5. CA School Growth • 2002 = 70% all schools met targets • 2003 = 90% all schools met targets • 2004 = 64% all schools met targets • Reduction in students scoring at state’s lowest level (FBB) • More students participated than ever before

  6. CA NCLB - AYP • Must meet benchmarks • Fallen short in one or many • 2003 = 54 % all schools met AYP • 2004 = 65% all schools met AYP • In 2004, 317 schools grew 30 API points or more, yet failed AYP • Exemplary districts fail AYP

  7. CA Accountability Workbook • Submitted January 2003 • Conditionally approved June 2003 • Continually amended since to meet federal acceptability • Examples: Schools with less than 100 students • Reporting all AYP elements prior to start of “school year”

  8. Amendments • Graduation rates for schools not intended to graduate students • LEP flexibility but must count first in US schools….poor data element • Parent “opt-outs” • LEA subgroup size - 100 or 15% and 50; to 200 or 15% and 100 • IASA Timeline Waiver

  9. Recent Assessment Changes • Reduced length of CA Exit Exam • Changed item types (not standards) to more instructionally sensitive ones • Released state content standards items - 25% each year, each grade • “Hiatus” for writing in 2005

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