tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post5075838565521894417..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: Don’t Like the Results? Change the Scale!Patrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-48923539732616352592008-11-16T22:59:00.000-05:002008-11-16T22:59:00.000-05:00Here are the changes DOE made. The conversion is ...Here are the changes DOE made. The conversion is listed in the fourth bullet from the bottom, apparently to adjust for other changes DOE made?<BR/><BR/>Final High School Progress Report Changes<BR/>High schools<BR/><BR/>The following is a list of changes that will be made for the 2007-08 high school Progress Reports:<BR/><BR/>• Peer index – Modify the peer index to incorporate two school-level demographic factors: the percentage of special education students and the percentage of students who start high school over-age by 2 or more years. This approach changes each school’s existing peer index (the average student proficiency based on 8th grade ELA and math test scores) by subtracting from that number the school's percentage of special education students (weighted twice) and its percentage of over-age (2+ years) students:<BR/><BR/>Average student proficiency – (2 x percentage of Special Education students) – (percentage of over-age students)<BR/><BR/>Example for a school with an average student proficiency of 3.38, 12% Special Education students, and 5% over-age students (2+ years): 3.38 – 2 (0.12) – 0.05 = 3.09<BR/><BR/>• Graduation<BR/><BR/>o Calculate a school's graduation rate using a methodology similar to the one the state uses, minus the state's 5-month rule<BR/><BR/>o Provide new graduation weights in the “Weighted Diploma Rates” (new graduation codes have been added to ATS to enter this information; see the announcement in last week’s Principals' Weekly):<BR/><BR/>§ A 1.0 weight (equivalent to a Local Diploma) for IEP diplomas for special education students who qualify for the New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA)<BR/><BR/>§ An additional 0.5 weight for the following graduation distinctions: Career and Technology Education-endorsed diplomas, Regents Diplomas with Advanced Designation through the Arts, and Associates Degrees<BR/><BR/>o Double the weight of any graduation distinction (Local Diploma or higher) for any special education student or any student who starts high school over-age by 2 or more years<BR/><BR/>• Additional credit<BR/><BR/>o Lower the minimum number of students required for additional credit eligibility from 20 to 15 so that more schools qualify<BR/><BR/>o Introduce three new additional credit measures:<BR/>§ The percentage of students in the lowest third citywide who score 75 or higher on the ELA Regents (75 is the CUNY cut-off to exempt students from taking remedial college classes)<BR/><BR/>§ The percentage of students in the lowest third citywide who score 75 or higher on the math Regents<BR/>§ The percentage of students in the lowest third citywide who graduate with a Regents Diploma or higher<BR/><BR/>Schools can earn up to two points for each additional credit measure.<BR/><BR/>• Weight of Peer and City Horizons – Each school’s results are compared to other high schools in its peer group and citywide. Currently, a school’s results compared to its peer group are weighted twice as much as its results compared to the city. The weights are changing so that a school’s results compared to its peer group are weighted three times as much as its results compared to the city.<BR/><BR/>• Category Weights – use the following weights for each category:<BR/>o School Environment (15 points) (currently 15 points)<BR/>o Student Performance (25 points) (currently 30 points)<BR/>o Student Progress (60 points) (currently 55 points)<BR/><BR/>• Progress Measures – Associate the lowest third progress measures with credit accumulation, not the “Weighted Regents Pass Rates.”<BR/><BR/>• Time Period of Measurement – Evaluate graduation, credit, and Regents measures on a September to August school year calendar. Summer 2008 results would count on this year’s Progress Report.<BR/><BR/>• Letter Grades by Progress Report Category – Add letter grades (A-F) for each section of the Progress Report (School Environment, Student Performance, and Student Progress)<BR/><BR/>These changes will have the following effects on next year's Progress Report:<BR/><BR/>• Grade Cutoff Scores: Grade cutoff scores will be adjusted to coincide with what the grade distribution would have been for 2007-08 using the 2006-07 Progress Report rules.<BR/><BR/>• Peer Groups: Schools will be assigned new peer groups for next year based on the new peer indexing methodology.<BR/>• Peer and City Horizons: Peer and city horizons will be updated to take into account the new peer groups, the revised metric definitions, and an additional year of data.<BR/><BR/>• Targets: The 2006-07 rules will be used to determine whether a school met its pre-existing target; going forward, new targets will be based on the 2007-08 rules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com