Accountability Tour Accountability On Ice 2011 2012 AlpenaMontmorencyAlcona

Accountability Tour “Accountability On Ice 2011 -2012” Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona ESD Tuesday, January 10, 2011

Welcome and introductions Thank you for attending! Thank you to Lenawee ISD for hosting us! About us ◦ Evaluation, Research and Accountability Unit ◦ Office of Psychometrics, Accountability, Research and Evaluation (OPARE) ◦ Bios and contact information on your tables Why are we here? ◦ To communicate what we know ◦ To support you in your work

Structure of the Day Very aggressive agenda ◦ ◦ ◦ Rankings (30 minutes) Educator Evaluations (50 minutes) Beating the Odds (20 minutes) AYP (50 minutes) Cut scores (30 minutes) MSDS Reporting Best Practices (20 minutes) In order to cover everything, we need to stick to the times allotted Unanswered questions: use the feedback sheet

Structure of the Day Ask questions during the allotted time for each topic Stop the presenters as they are speaking (within reason) Only one scheduled break Content available online

Pieces of the Accountability Puzzle What remains the same? ◦ Top to Bottom ranking methodology ◦ AYP (for 2011 -2012) What is new? ◦ Top to Bottom methodology to determine Priority and Focus Schools ◦ Cut scores ◦ Educator evaluations: required for all educators What is under development? ◦ ESEA Flexibility—will impact AYP ◦ Accreditation—still in approval process

Challenges in this work Time of rapid change; new initiatives Increasing stakes Balancing the need for complex metrics to capture school performance accurately with the need for transparency Articulating a vision for your work/our work with the quantity of initiatives

How we can help We will tell you what we know; caveat—that may change! We will name the places where there is still confusion We will be an ongoing resource as you navigate this work Accountability is not only about the “stick”— it’s also about using these metrics to diagnose, to work smarter