Kentucky’s New Assessment and Accountability System

What to Expect for the First Release of Data

What does Kentucky’s new Assessment and Accountability System Look Like?

Achievement

Gap

Growth

College/CareerReadiness

Graduation Rate

OverallScore

PercentileRank

Distinguished 90th Percentile & higher

Proficient70th - 89th Percentile

Needs Improvement Below 70th Percentile

OVERALL CATEGORY

Elementary Middle High

Achievement 30% 28% 20%

Gap 30% 28% 20%

Growth 40% 28% 20%

Readiness for College/Career

n/a 16% 20%

Graduation Rate n/a n/a 20%

What tests do students take? K-PREP – grades 3 through 8; reading, math,

science, social studies and writing; also writing in grades 10 and 11

ACT – grade 11 EXPLORE – grade 8 PLAN – grade 10 End-of-Course Exams – high school; English, U.S.

History, Algebra, Biology Advanced Placement Exams – high school NAEP Assessments – 4th and 8th grades

Labels Applied to Schools Distinguished

Proficient

Needs Improvement

Schools of Distinction

High-Performing Schools

High-Progress Schools

Priority Schools

Focus Schools

Other Labels Applied to Schools6

Tools to Help Schools Meet Accountability

A set of aspirational Delivery Targets for:Achievement, Gap, College/Career Readiness and Graduation RateTargets will help schools stay on track to improve overall scores and meet AMOs.Reported publicly.

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Grade Range

Achieve-ment

Gap Growth College/Career

Grad Rate

Total

Shown as percentages

Elem 30 30 40 100

Middle 28 28 28 16 100

High 20 20 20 20 20 100

69.0 13.8 25 5 50.5 10.1 64 12.8 81 16.2 57.9

Weighted Score comes from Achievement, Gap, Growth, College/Career Readiness and Graduation points multiplied by the weights in the chart. Weighted Score Summary comes from adding the weighted scores for each area.

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Estimated Changes in ProficiencyREADING

Percent Proficient or Higher

Elem. Middle High

MATHEMATICSPercent Proficient or

HigherElem. Middle High

36% met ACT CPEMathematics Benchmark in 2011

KCCT 2011 State Scores KCCT 2011 State Scores

40% met ACT CPE Reading Benchmark in 2011

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6573

6570

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Estimated Drop in Proficiency -36 -30 -25

Estimated Drop in Proficiency -37 -29 -10

Science and social studies data are based on the 2007 Kentucky Core Content for Assessment 4.1, therefore,

distributions of proficiency will be similar to the 2011 profile.

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How K-PREP Scores Will Be Reported

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57.9 71 Proficient

57.9 3.0 60.9 YES

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How the AMO Is CalculatedState Average for Elementary Schools: 50Standard Deviation: 21

Elementary School A’s 2012 Overall Score: 29Difference Between School A and State Average: 21 (one standard deviation)

School A’s Required Improvement Over Five Years: 7 points (one-third of the standard deviation)

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How Gap Data Will Be Reported

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How Achievement DataWill Be Reported

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How Growth DataWill Be Reported

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How College/Career Readiness Data Will Be Reported

• Number of Graduates- Students with High School Diploma or Certificate of Attainment

• Number College-Ready• Number Career-Ready Academic• Number Career-Ready Technical• Number Career-Ready Total • Non-Duplicated Total• Total number of graduates (high school diploma or certificate

of attainment) College- and/or Career-Ready• Percentage of graduates (high school diploma or certificate of

attainment) College- and/or Career-Ready • Accountability Points with Bonus

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How Graduation Rate DataWill Be Reported

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What Does It All Mean?Senate Bill 1, passed in 2009, required new

standards for core subjects. Standards are the basis for content that is taught in subjects like reading and mathematics.

Kentucky and other states developed common standards for reading and math, so there would be consistency nationwide.

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What Does It All Mean?Kentucky’s focus is college and career

readiness for all students.

The new standards will help teachers prepare students for a changing world and connect education with the economy and employment.

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What Does It All Mean?They will help principals with leadership,

planning and making decisions that are best for students.

The new Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) tests are connected to the new, tougher standards.

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What Does It All Mean?K-PREP replaces the Kentucky Core

Content Tests, which were given under the old CATS system.

The tests are more challenging and are directly tied to college/career readiness.

Students will experience more rigorous curriculum, instruction and tests.

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Questions? Send them to lisa.gross@education.ky.gov.

Kentucky’s New Assessment and Accountability System

What to Expect for the First Release of Data