Academic Progress Update 2013- 2014

Valley View School District 365U

Board of Education Information Report

August 11, 2014

Academic Progress Update

• —Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

• Reading and Mathematics Assessments

• Computer-based, adaptive assessment used to gather data to best meet

student needs through informed decision making

– inform instructional practices and programming

– gain valuable insights into each student’s college readiness

– view grade-independent academic growth

• —Administration in VVSD

• Began in 2011-2012 Grades K-8

• Expanded in 2012-2013 to include grades 9 and 10

• Yearly=Fall, Winter & Spring for Grades K-8

• Yearly=Fall & Spring for Grades 9-10

Assessment Overview

Assessment Overview • Children’s Progress Academic Assessment(CPAA)

• Reading and Math Assessment

• 2012-2014 Bilingual K-2

•Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State (ACCESS)

• Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Literacy

• All English Language Learners (ELL) learners K-12

Assessment Overview • Illinois State Achievement Test (ISAT)

– Grades 3 - 8

– Included 100% Common Core aligned questions, previously only 20% of questions were aligned to Common Core

• Prairie State Achievement Test (PSAE)

– ACT + Workkeys and Science Assessment

– Grade 11

Important Terms Term Definition

Achievement Attaining a designated level of performance, i.e. Meets or Exceeds on ISAT

Growth Improvement, either within a year or between school years

RIT Score •Consistent, equal interval scale used to measure student instructional growth over time •“Rausch Unit”

Typical Growth •Standard measure of growth on MAP •Growth seen by 50% of students across the country at each fall RIT score in each grade

College and Career Readiness Currently this District Benchmark is measured by the 65th Percentile on the MAP assessments in grades K-10 This score is aligned to the skills deemed necessary for College and Careers

Student Progress 2014

National Average

National Average

Student Progress 2014

National Average

Average Reading Growth 2014

Average Math RIT Growth 2014

Grade Level Trends: MAP Reading in Comparison to District Benchmark

Grade Level Trends: MAP Math in Comparison to District Benchmark

College and Career Readiness: Three Year Cohort Trend

College and Career Readiness: Three Year Cohort Trend

Special Education Spotlight Year over Year Comparison

Special Education Spotlight Year over Year Comparison

Bilingual Education Grades K-2 Progress on Children’s Progress Academic

Assessment (CPAA)

*CPAA Research is based on a study of over 1,000 students in over 100 different schools

Bilingual Education Progress on MAP

Limited English Proficiency Students Gains on the ACCESS for ELLs Assessment

Limited English Proficiency Students

Positive Trends • Valley View students in grades K-8 have exceeded the national average for typical growth in both

reading and math at all grade levels for the second year in a row. In reading, nearly all grades levels improved on previous gains in 2013, while math saw more mixed results.

• For the second year in a row all groups are higher than the national average. Most groups also met

or surpassed their previous rates from 2013 in reading and math.

• For the second year in a row, in both reading and math the actual growth for Valley View students

has outperformed their projected growth for all grades K-8.

– 6 grades in reading (K and grades 4-8) surpassed their previous average growth seen in 2013, as did

4 grades in math (K, 5, 6, and 8).

• With the exception of 2nd grade, all grades have consistently made progress over the last three years

towards reaching the CCR cut score in reading. Kindergarten and first grade are the only grades to

reach this benchmark at this time.

Areas for Continued Focus Elementary

• Increased focus on the core curriculum and utilizing curricular resources in alignment with the increased block time of 80 minutes daily for mathematics and 170 minutes daily for literacy.

• Addition of rigorous tasks to the curriculum map that embed technology, are performance based and require more in depth reasoning of grade level concepts.

• Increased reading strategy and literacy PD for all staff including collaboration with Literacy Leaders.

• Grade 2 math screener implementation and professional development

• Pre/post assessments for grades 1-5 are embedded into the math curriculum

maps to assist with flexible grouping and targeted instruction.

Areas for Continued Focus

Middle & High School

• Tighter linkage between identified Power Standards and use of district

common assessment data.

• Creation of database of resources for enhancement teachers that is

connected to identified CCSS Power Standards for ELA

• Integration of a more rigorous Common Core resource into the

mathematics courses

• Implementation of mathematics resources to better support mathematics

interventions

2014 Illinois State Achievement Test (ISAT) and

Prairie State Achievement Exam (PSAE) Results

ISAT- Important Information

The State of Illinois has made changes to the assessment over the last three years: ● In 2011-2012, previous Illinois Learning Standards were utilized to assess

student progress on the assessment ● In 2012-2013, increased student achievement expectations were introduced to

begin the alignment with the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) including 20% of test items on the ISAT aligning to CCSS

● In 2013-2014, 100% of test items were aligned to CCSS. This alignment provides data on student performance regarding the transition to the PARCC assessment and places in context the information we will be sharing about our student progress as it relates to the ISAT over the last three years.

District Trends- ISAT

ISAT 3 - 5 and 6 -8 Three Year Comparison

Elementary ISAT Reading 3 Year Trend by Building

Elementary ISAT Math 3 Year Trend by Building

Middle School ISAT 3 Year Trend by Building

District Trends- PSAE

PSAE 3 Year Comparison By Building

Closing/Questions?

• Closing Remarks –Changing state level assessment system

•Positive trends/identified areas of growth

–Continued focus on growth and improvement •Continued use of multiple sources of data to drive decisions at all levels

•Positive trends on consistent measure of growth

Closing/Questions?

–Transition to PARCC Assessment •Town Hall Q & A +Parent “cafe” on PARCC assessment folowing Tuesday, September 30th at 6:30 pm.

•Questions?