keys to closing the gap in florida: accountability, technical assistance, and targeted resources...
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Keys to Closing the Gap in Florida:Accountability, Technical Assistance, and Targeted Resources
Presentation to the National Governors’ AssociationJohn L. Winn, Assistant Secretary
Florida Board of Education
Fundamental Premise
Every child can learn and
no child should be left behind.
Florida’s Emphasis
Accountability Technical Assistance Targeted Resources
Accountability
Measure Annual Student Learning Grade Schools and Report Progress Eliminate Social Promotion
Annual Learning Gains
Measures student progress from year to year
Provides a diagnostic tool for addressing the needs of individual learners
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) Grades 3-10 Assessment program includes both
criterion- and norm-referenced components
Data used to report educational status and annual progress for individual students, schools, districts, and the state
FCAT 1999-2001: Mean Scores
Mathematics
Grade 5 Grade 8 Grade 10
1999 2001 1999 2001 1999 2001
White 318 331 313 325 320 336
Black 273 283 260 276 280 293
Hispanic 292 305 284 296 297 311
Asian 329 346 327 339 331 348
Native Am. 309 320 301 313 308 329
Multiracial 313 323 299 316 309 328
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
1999
2000
2001
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Percentages of Black Students in FCAT Levels 1-5 Grade 5 Mathematics
1999
2000
2001
Level 1 Level 2Level 3
Level 4Level 5
1999
20002001
05
1015202530
3540
45
Grade 5 FCAT Math Achievement Levels for Hispanic Students
1999
2000
2001
FCAT 1999-2001: Mean Scores
Reading
Grade 4 Grade 8 Grade 10
1999 2001 1999 2001 1999 2001
White 306 317 309 315 314 322
Black 255 269 267 264 276 272
Hispanic 273 281 280 275 290 286
Asian 310 318 315 316 315 313
Native Am. 296 302 299 300 301 314
Multiracial 298 313 305 311 306 312
School Grades
Current Performance of Students Annual Student Learning Gains Improvement in the Lowest 25%
Performing Students
2001-2002 School Accountability Report for: All Elementary Schools – Simulation
Data
Draft Report
Grade Component Reading (Gr 3, 4, 5)
Math (Gr 3, 4, 5)
Writing (Gr 4)
Grade Points
% Meeting High Standards 60% 53% 68% 181
% of All Students Making Learning Gains
68% 69% -- 137
Adequate Progress of Lowest 25% in the School?
49% = No -- -- 49
School Grade Points 367
Additional Bonus Points +13
Total Points 380
Total School Grade ?
1999-2001School Grades
2135
41
28 17 13
0
20
40
60
80
100
Percent
A's & B's D's & F's
School Grade Distribution
1999 2000 2001
Elimination of Social Promotion
No student may be assigned to a grade level based solely on age or other factors that constitute social promotion
All students must read by grade 4 or be retained
Technical Assistance
Data Driven School Improvement– School Improvement Plans– School Reports
Use of Diagnostics Sharing of Best Practices
Example of School Improvement:Wimauma Elementary School,
Hillsborough County
School Enrollment99-00
White
15%
Black
5%
Asian/Am.
Ind./Multiracial
1%
Hispanic
79%
93.2% Students Eligible for Free or Reduced-Price Lunch
Schoolwide Title I
Wimauma’s School Accountability ReportGrade Year % in
Lowest Reading Levels
% Level 2 and Above FCAT Reading
% Level 3 and Above FCAT Reading
% Level 2 and Above FCAT Math
% Level 3 and Above FCAT Math
% 3 and Above FCAT Writing
A 2001 .. 82 67+ 85 60+ 96+
D 1999 91 22- 9 77 45 55
State 2001 22 78 61+ 82 55+ 90+
Targeted Resources
Resources– A+ Supplemental Academic Instruction
Fund– One Florida
A+ Supplemental Academic Instruction Fund
2001 Legislature appropriated $676.6 million Must be used to help students gain at least a year
of knowledge for each year in school Districts provided services to 71% of K12 students Most frequent services provided: reading
instruction, math instruction, class size reduction, dropout prevention programs, remedial classes, attendance activities to prevent truancy, counseling, and parent and family contacts
One Florida College Board Partnership Need Based Financial Aid Florida Virtual School Free College Entry Testing College Reach Out Talented 20 Program Expanded College Recruiting Postsecondary Opportunity Alliances Mentoring Programs Equity in Education Task Force
The Talented 20 Percent
This initiative guarantees admission to one of the state universities to the Top 20% of each graduating public high school class in Florida without regard to SAT or ACT scores.
These students are given preference for need-based financial aid.
Expect higher achievement,
support higher achievement,
obtain higher achievement.