Tuscola ISDThursday, January 26, 2012

Thank you for attending! Thank you to Tuscola 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

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

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

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

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

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