Successfully Transitioning Away from the 2% Assessment:

Georgia Action Plan

Status July, 2014

Planning Team

• Planning team met March, 2014, to develop action plan to support districts

• Team members:– Assessment – Special Education – Curriculum

Using data to understand students participating in CRCT-M

• Examine data for students who transitioned from the CRCT-M back to the standard assessment (CRCT) in 2014

• Examine proficiency by grade bands• Determine range and frequency of the

accommodations provided• Determine districts that exceeded the 2% and

1% thresholds in 2014.

Action Steps

• Develop targeted and tiered technical assistance based upon the analysis of the data.

• Provide training at state conferences targeting strategies for persistently low performing students.

UDL to improve access to instruction

• Promote resources available on GaDOE website and Georgiastandards.org– Formative Instructional Practices (FIP) modules and

monitor use– Universal Design for Learning (UDL) videos and learning

guides • Presentations at state conferences– Dave Edyburn: Keynote at IDEAS Conference (Instruction

Designed for Education of All Students) and presenter at Georgia Association for Curriculum Instruction Specialists/GaDOE Conference

Accommodations for Instruction and Assessment

• Contract has been awarded for the development and administration of the new Georgia Milestones Assessment System (Georgia Milestones) in grades 3 – 8 and high school

• Testing accommodations information and documents will be updated pending necessary amendments to State Board Rule and in keeping with the design of the assessment system.

• Parent brochures – 2% transition brochure has been developed, posted, and

available to LEA’s and parent mentors.– Re: Georgia Milestones brochure in development

Standards Based IEPs

• Professional learning has been updated• Sessions presented at IDEAS conference

regarding Standards Based IEPs procedures, content, and instructional accommodations.

• ASPIRE (Active Student Participation Inspires Real Engagement)

– Student led IEP’s (SPDG project)– Over 90 schools

• Further involvement of general education teachers in development of training

Support to improve outcomes for all students, including AA-MAS participants• Co-teaching– Resources available on GaDOE website

• Webinars, Modules

– Review status, current research, resources• Professional Learning Opportunities to increase

academic performance of all students– ELA and Math Summer Academies

• Gen Ed and Special Ed teachers• GaDOE staff attended to target presenters for IDEAS

– IDEAS conference—Over 700 teachers attended• Encouraging use of technology during instruction

Plans for future

• Applied for CEEDAR grant for Intensive Technical Assistance to impact teacher preparation programs through identified IHE’s

• Developing Teacher Resources through Student Longitudinal Data System (SLDS).– Identify existing lesson plans and develop further

differentiation using scaffolding and strategies for SWD.• Planning team to reconvene in summer – Review and assess what has been accomplished– Review data to inform targeted technical assistance.

Resource Links• FIP modules: http://

www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/GeorgiaFIP.aspx

• UDL Part 1 http://www.gpb.org/education/common-core/udl-part-1 • UDL Part 2 http://www.gpb.org/education/common-core/udl-part-2 • ASPIRE GA http://www.gaspdg.org/aspire• IDEAS presentation handouts: http://

www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Special-Education-Services/Pages/IDEAS-2014.aspx

• Parent Brochure for Transitioning From 2% Assessment• http://

www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/CRCT-M%20Phase%20Out%20Parent%20Flyer%2012.17.13.pdf

• Co Teaching Current Resources: http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Special-Education-Services/Pages/Least-Restrictive-Environment-.aspx

• ELA Summer Academy http://2014elasummerinstitute.wikispaces.com /