2011 County Results Riverside County Assessment Network Wes

2011 County Results Riverside County Assessment Network Wes Scott Key Data Systems 1

2011 Results • Important Data elements • County-wide data • Deadlines 2

Important Data Elements • STAR • CAHSEE • Graduation/Dropout Information – CALPADS/CSIS • CELDT 3

STAR • County-Wide (22 Districts) – 305, 323 STAR records • • • Exclude STS and Unmatched records CAPA – 3449 (approx 1. 1%) CAM ELA – 17834 (approx. 5. 8%) CMA Math – 13723 (approx 4. 5%) CMA Science – 5998 (approx. 2%) Unmatched CMA Grade 8 and 11 - 70 4

STAR (Cont. ) • Not Tested – Absent ELA – 1243 – Parent Exempt ELA – 233 – Medical Emergency ELA – 73 – Refused Accommodations/Modifications ELA-177 – Cheat ELA – 7 – Cheat Math – 24 5

STAR (Cont. ) • Accommodations/Modifications – ELA – 226 • • Most are Read Aloud Manually coded English or ASL – 9 Assistive device – 2 Unlisted – 4 – Math – 65 • • • Calculator – 27 Manipulatives – 22 Unlisted – 12 Math Table – 4 Assistive Device - 2 6

STAR (Cont. ) • Errors or warnings – – – – – Blank English Proficiency – 461 EL’s with blank EL Date Enrolled – 318 RFEP with blank RFEP Prof/Adv 3 times – 252 Blank Parent Education – 484 Blank NSLP – 997 Blank District CBEDS – 328 Blank School CBEDS – 312 Blank Hispanic - 251 Hispanic=N or blank, No Race – 2422 7

STAR Corrections • Update Window: September 22 -October 28 • Send in Form & Purchase order by October 6 – Form in STAR Post-Test Guide or www. Startest. org • Batch Mode update required for correcting: – Special Testing Conditions – Accommodations/Modifications • Can update one at a time for other corrections 8

CAHSEE • Looking at Grade 10 only • Census Only – February – 5516 – March – 26378 • More errors (as a %) in March 9

CAHSEE (Cont. ) • Modifications – ELA – 116 • Dictionary – 94 • ASL – 5 • Oral Presentation-84 – Math – 176 • Calculator – 168 • Something else - 8 10

CAHSEE (Cont. ) • Errors and Warnings – Missing English Proficiency – 246 • EL/No EL Date Enrolled – 18 • RFEP/No RFEP Prof/Adv 3 times – 38 – – – Missing Parent Education – 79 Missing NSLP – 182 Missing School CBEDS – 73 Missing District CBEDS – 76 Missing Hispanic – 72 Hispanic=N/Missing – No Race - 114 11

CAHSEE (Cont. ) • CAPA – Marked to be assessed with CAPA – 427 (1. 3%) • But with ELA or Math Scores – 233 – AYP – ELA/Math scores ignored – treated as CAPA • Leaves only 194 ‘real’ CAPA (. 65 %) • Should have score code of ‘Z’ • Score Code Z (no items attempted) but not CAPA – 44 – Means student was there but did not attempt any items – For Make-up, non-tested content area, use ‘T’ 12

CAHSEE (Cont. ) • Duplicates – Duplicate records for grade 10 Census records on local student id/district– 116 • Some bad student id’s (different name, same code) • Students with two records – Often a hand-bubbled answer document and an unused pre-id document – These will lower AYP Participation rate – Duplicates can be deleted with appropriate documentation, CDE approval, ETS charges $100 per student deleted. 13

CAHSEE Corrections • • Update window closes September 30 No ETS charge for demographic changes Can update one at a time or batch mode Changes to score codes – Requires CDE approval – ETS charges $100 per student 14

Graduation Rates • NCES Graduation Rate (used for 2011 AYP) – Numerator • Number of Grade 12 Graduates – Includes SWD Waivers and Exemptions – Denominator • Number of Grade 12 Graduates plus • Number of dropouts for graduating class over the past 4 years – Not part of the calculation • GED • CHSPE • Other non-graduating completers 15

4 -Year Graduation Rate • 4 -year Cohort Graduation Rate – Districts first held accountable in 2012 AYP. – Class of 2010 rate used to set graduation rate growth targets for 2012 AYP • Currently available on Dataquest – Rate is the number of graduates (2010) divided by then number in the 4 -year Cohort (2006 -2010) • Definition of Graduate differs from NCES definition 16

4 -Year Graduation Rate Targets Same Growth target scheme as 2011 AYP – Target is 90% – Fixed growth target is 10% of the difference between 90% and the 2009 AYP Graduation Rate • E. g. 2009 rate of 72%. Fixed rate is. 1 * (90%-72%) = 1. 8%. 2011 target is 72% +1. 8% + 1. 8% = 75. 6% – Variable growth target is the difference between 90% and the previous years actual rate divided by the number of years until 2019 • E. g. 2010 AYP rate is 72%. Growth target is (90%-72%) / 9 = 2%. 2011 AYP target is 72% + 2% = 74% – Target is the lowest of the above 3 options 17

4 -Year Cohort • New students who were first time 9 th graders (data element in CALPADS) from. . . – 2006 -2007 9 th graders – 2007 -2008 10 th graders – 2009 -2009 11 th graders – 2010 -2011 12 th graders • Subtract students with approved exit codes 18

4 -Year Cohort Exit Codes • Transfer to another CA Public School (codes T 160, T 165, T 167) – Determine school of last exit (using SSID) • If a different CA public school – out of cohort • If lost transfer – stay in cohort • If Re-enrolled dropout – out of cohort 19

4 -Year Cohort Exit Codes (cont. ) Graduates Transfers/Removes E 230/100 – Graduated – Standard diploma E 130 – Died E 230/106 – Graduated – CAHSEE Waiver T 180 – Transfer to private school E 230/108 – Graduated – CAHSEE Exemption T 200 – Transfer to School outside California E 230/250 – Adult Ed high school diploma T 240 – Transfer out of the U. S. E 230/330 – Passed CHSPE T 260 – Transfer to an Adult Ed program T 280 – Transfer to College T 310 – Transfer to a health facility T 370 – Transfer to non-educational institution with diploma program T 460 – Transfer to home school program N 470 – No show other (first time pre-register) 20

4 -Year Cohort – Special Cases • Graduates – Include students graduating in less than 4 years – Excludes • GED • Non-graduating completers • 5 th or 6 th year graduates – NCLB says can be done if state chooses – State method must be approved by USDE – No current CDE business rules on this issue 21

Other Important Issues • CALPADS Update window closes September 19 • Can make corrections to all 4 years worth of data – Corrections to older data requires contacting CALPADS help desk • District CALPADS person should be aware of this. See latest Update Flash #48. 22

Take with You • CALPADS – 2007 -2008 9 th graders. Be sure ‘date first entered 9 th grade’ data exists and is accurate • This defines the beginning of the class of 2011 cohort – Be sure to get ‘date first entered 9 th grade’ for all incoming students at all high school grade levels – Rigorous tracking of all exits 23

CELDT • 99, 328 CELDT records (22 districts) – 18283 Initial Assessment – 80572 Annual Assessment – 401 late Annual Assessment • Sent in for scoring after Annual window • Not included in AMAO if test date after 10/31/2010 – 72 Unknown test purpose • Excluded from AMAO 24

CELDT (Cont. ) • Missing or Bad Test Date – 1247 – CDE defaults to September 1, 2010 for AMAO • Missing or Bad EL Date Enrolled – 199 – CDE defaults to Student entered US school in Kindergarten • Number of years receiving English Language Instruction is difference of the above two dates. • Missing or Bad Previous Assessment Information – – Previous Date – 408 Previous Grade – 400 Previous Overall score – 491 May impact AMAO 1 25

CELDT (Cont. ) • Missing Hispanic Indicator – 9 • Non-Hispanic, no race – 166 • Top Ethnicity/Race in CELDT – Hispanic – 93284 – Asian - 3287 – White – 1362 – Filipino - 400 26

CELDT • Looking forward to 2011 -2012 – Must hand-bubble Date Testing Completed. Must be complete date (Box 11). Need a bubble in all columns. – Be sure to have a date first entered a US School (Box 12) – Be sure hand-bubbled documents have a Test Purpose (Box 10) – Expect a data corrections window in February, 2012 27

CELDT • Pre-id reminders – Pre-id order and purchase order to EDS by September 23 – Pre-id deadline is September 30 – Late pre-id October 3 -21 • Cost is 6 cents more per student • If Late pre-id is the first pre-id, setup fee is $250 – Can include parent addresses this year 28

QUESTIONS? Wes@Key. Data. Sys. com 951 -245 -0828 x 212 29