Minnesota’s New Accountability System

1. Minnesota’s NewAccountability System “Leading for educational excellence and equity. Every day for every one.”

2. How does accountability work in Minnesota? education.state.mn.us • MMR system provides a fair and accurate measurement of schools: • Uses multiple measures • Focuses on closing the achievement gap • Promotes high growth for all students • Statewide system of support • Identification of Title I school that need the most support • Provide schools with data and tools to assess needs and achieve meaningful improvement

3. Multiple Measurement System RatingsWhat Are They? education.state.mn.us • ALL schools will be given two ratings every year 1- Multiple Measurements Rating (MMR) • Proficiency • Growth • Achievement gap reduction • Graduation ( high schools only) 2- Focus Rating (FR) • Focused proficiency • Achievement Gap Reduction

4. Multiple Measurement System Overview education.state.mn.us • The MMR ratings will be the primary driver of recognition, accountability and support in Minnesota. • Low performing Title I schools may be identified as a Priority or a Focus school. • Priority ratings use the four MMR components • Focus ratings use the two FR components • New lists of Priority and Focus schools are released once every three years. • Schools may exit the list if they meet exit criteria • High performing schools based on the MMR components will be identified as Reward Schools • Beginning in 2012-13 Continuous Improvement and Celebration schools will be identified based on MMR ratings

5. Multiple Measurement RatingHow does the MMR work? education.state.mn.us Each domain is worth 25 points. The MMR is generated by dividing the total number of points earned by the total number of points possible. For most elementary and middle schools, 75 points possible. For most high schools 100 points possible. The MMR is a 0-100 percentage for all schools.

6. Priority SchoolsHow are they identified? • The five percent most-persistently low-performing schools in the statebased on ratings in up to four areas: • Proficiency • Student Growth • Achievement Gap Closure • Graduation Rate (for high schools) • They are identified in one of two ways: • Their status as a SIG School • The lowest MMRs in their grade classification group (elementary, middle school, high school, other) • They are required to collaborate with MDE and the statewide system of support to develop a school turnaround plan based on the federal turnaround principles.

7. Focus RatingHow does the FR work? • Each of two domains is worth 25 points. • The FR is generated by dividing the total number of points earned by the total number of points possible. • For most schools, 50 are points possible. • The FR is a 0-100 percentage for all schools.

8. Focus SchoolsHow are they identified? • The ten percent of Title I schools making the biggest contribution to the state’s achievement gap. • Minority students ( black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian) • Special populations( SpEd, FRP, EL) • These schools will be identified in one of two ways: • Lowest Focus Ratings in their grade classification group (elementary, middle school, high school, other) based on: • Focused proficiency • Achievement gap reduction • Graduation rates of less than 60 percent.

9. Locating Your Results education.state.mn.us

10. Locating Your Results

11. Multiple Measurement System – Results Page Focus Rating. “How are we doing on the Achievement Gap?” Final Multiple Measurement Rating Was the school given a designation? education.state.mn.us

12. Summary Results - MMR Multiple Measurement Rating How many points could the school have earned? Which year is being measured, initial is a combination of 2010 and 2011 Did your school have sufficient data to be measured? How many total points did the school earn?

13. Summary Results – Focus Rate Focus Rate How many points could the school have earned? Did your school have sufficient data to be measured? How many total points did the school earn?

14. Summary Results – Proficiency Domain Proficiency Domain How many students were included in the measurement? What was the weighted percentage of subgroups that hit their AYP target? What is the school's percentile rank among other schools in the same grade range? How many MMR points did we earn in this domain? (Percentile Rank x 25)

15. Summary Results – Growth Domain Growth Domain What is the school's percentile rank among other schools in the same grade range? How many MMR points did we earn in this domain? (Percentile Rank x 25) How many students were included in the measurement? What was the average growth score in the school?

16. Summary Results – Achievement Gap Domain Achievement Gap Domain How many students were included in the measurement? What was our Achievement Gap reduction score? (Negative score is good.) What is the school's percentile rank among other schools in the same grade range? How many MMR points did we earn in this domain? (Percentile Rank x 25)

17. Summary Results – Graduation Rate Domain Graduation Rate Domain What was the weighted percentage of subgroups that hit their AYP target? What is the school's percentile rank among other schools in the same grade range? How many MMR points did we earn in this domain? (Percentile Rank x 25) How many students were included in the measurement?

18. Focused Proficiency Domain Focused Proficiency Domain How many students were included in the measurement? What was the weighted percentage of subgroups measured for AGR that hit their AYP target? What is the school's percentile rank among other schools in the same grade range? How many MMR points did we earn in this domain? (Percentile Rank x 25)

19. Proficiency Proficiency domain uses AYP index model. Schools earn points based on a weighted percentage of subgroups making AYP. Weighting is based on the size of subgroups. Unlike in AYP calculation, in MMR Proficiency, groups can’t make AYP through Safe Harbor.

20. Proficiency Results – Timberwolves Elementary 2011 • Which subgroups hit their target? • “A” = good • “B” and “S” = bad • “Z” = too small to count How many kids were in the subgroup? education.state.mn.us

21. Growth Growth measures ability of schools to get students to exceed predicted growth. Growth predictions based on students’ last assessment result. Predictions generated by looking at two cohorts of students, where they scored one year and where they scored the next year. Student growth score based on being above or below prediction. School growth score is average of student growth scores.

22. Growth Results – Timberwolves Elementary 2011 How many kids were counted? • What were the school’s growth scores in each subject? • Positive = above average • Negative = below average education.state.mn.us

23. Achievement Gap Reduction Measures the ability of schools to get higher levels of growth from lower-performing subgroups than statewide average growth for higher-performing subgroups. Growth of individual subgroups of students of color compared to growth of white students, Els compared to non-Els, FRPs compared to non-FRPs, SPED compared to non-SPED. Subtract schools’ growth scores for lower-performing groups from statewide averages of higher-performing groups. Negative score indicates success.

24. Achievement Gap Results – Timberwolves Elementary 2011 How many kids were in each subgroup? • Are we closing Achievement Gaps? • Negative = good • Positive = bad *SQRT = square root, which is used in weighting subgroup scores.

25. Graduation Rate Uses same methodology as Proficiency domain. Looks at the percentage of subgroups that made AYP in graduation rate. Current AYP grad rate targets are 85%. Targets are changing next year. Groups can only get credit for meeting the target, not through year-to-year improvements.

26. Graduation Rate Results – Twins Senior High 2011 How many kids were counted? • Which subgroups hit the target? • “A” = good • “B” and “A-INP” = bad

27. Focused Proficiency • Like Proficiency Domain, Focused Proficiency uses AYP index model. • Schools earn points based on a weighted percentage of subgroups making AYP – but excludes the All Students subgroup and the White subgroup. • Weighting is based on the size of subgroups.

28. Focused Proficiency Results – Timberwolves Elementary 2011 Same as Proficiency, but without “All Students” and “White Students” How many kids were in each subgroup? • Which subgroups hit their target? • “A” = good • “B” and “S” = bad • “Z” = too small to count

29. Exit Criteria Priority Schools: Two consecutive years out of the bottom 25 percent on the MMR (‘13 & ‘14). Focus Schools: Two consecutive years out of the bottom 25 percent on the FR (‘13 & ‘14). SIG Schools: Opportunity to exit at end of grant (‘13) if out of bottom 25 percent on MMR that year. Priority or Focus: Immediate exit if a Reward School after any year starting in ‘13.

30. Current 25thPercentiles and Reward Schools Elementary Schools: MMR 33.81%; FR 42.55%; Lowest Reward MMR 73.30% Middle Schools: MMR 18.68%; FR 42.96%; Lowest Reward MMR 79.05% High Schools: MMR 22.05%; FR 31.99%; Lowest Reward MMR 76.15% Numbers will be different every year. This is just an example.

31. MMR and Designation Release Timeline MDE released initial MMR data and accountability designations in May. The first MMR and designations were based off of data from 2010 and 2011. Districts will receive embargoed 2012 data on August 27. Data goes public on August 30. There will be new Reward, Celebration and Continuous Improvement Schools but Priority and Focus will be the same schools.

32. Reports for School Improvement Teams

33. Reports for School Improvement Teams

34. More Information and Help Visit http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Welcome/AdvBCT/NCLBWaiver/index.html for FAQ, Glossary, Summaries, etc. Email mde.nclbwaiver@state.mn.us with questions.