CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education UpdateCISI Spring Workshop
May 26, 2015
Sue Burr, Member, California State Board of Education
CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Begin with the End in Mind: Common Goal
Ensure that students learn what they need to know and do to be successful in life, having been well-taught by competent professionals in adequately resourced schools that are responsive to student needs.
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Transformative Initiatives Underway
• Implementation of California Common Core Standards – Curriculum Frameworks, Instructional Materials
• Administration of Smarter Balanced Assessments, Ongoing review of all state tests, including English Learner exams, High School Exit Exam
• Overhaul of Finance System Aligned to State Educational Priorities
• Development of Shared Local/State Accountability System
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Collective Local and State Accountability
• Student accountability• Parent responsibility• Teacher and leader accountability• Elected school board accountability• Higher education accountability• Educator preparation provider accountability• State accountability
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Transitioning to a New Accountability System
• What are the primary goals and purposes of the new accountability system?
• What local and state multiple measures and data are available, valid, reliable, and useful as we phase in a new accountability system?
• What technical issues and additional analyses will need to be addressed in developing a valid set of indicators?
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Transitioning to a New Accountability System
• How will data from multiple measure reflecting the state priorities be combined to differentiate the schools and districts needing technical assistance?
• How will the accountability system provide status and growth information?
• How will information on how well schools and districts are performing and making satisfactory progress be determined?
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Key Purposes of New Accountability System
• Support continuous improvement by LEAs• Provide well-timed and actionable data for
use by educators, parents, community members and policymakers to strengthen local accountability.
• At the state level, differentiate the performance of districts and schools that need support and technical assistance.
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Local Control Funding Formula Principles
• The LCFF fundamentally changed how California funds Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) and holds them accountable for student success.
• California now funds school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education equally per student with adjustments based on grade levels and student characteristics.
• LCFF replaces complicated, restrictive system with local flexibility, equity, transparency, and performance.
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LCFF Accountability Components• Districts develop, adopt and implement 3-year
Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs) to improve student performance.
• Beginning in 2015, districts provide annual updates on progress toward student goals.
• Concurrently, CA adopted a new system of support and technical assistance for districts and counties, guided by evaluation rubrics.
• Builds on a continuous improvement model of accountability.
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Local Control and Accountability Plans
• Tightly connected finance and student outcome system
• Continuum of Connections: Needs Assessment Goals Resource Alignment Services Student Outcomes
• Situated in a developing, new accountability system for California
• State priorities are the foundation for the LCAP
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8 State Priorities and Related Data ElementsNeeds Assessment Goals Resource Alignment Services Outcomes
Student Achievement Performance on
assessments Academic Performance
Index College and Career
Readiness English learners becoming
reclassified and proficient Advanced Placement
Exams passage Prepared through Early
Assessment Program Basic Services Rate of teacher mis-
assignments Student Access to
standards-aligned instructional resources and materials
Facilities
Course Access Student access and
enrollment in courses of study
Student Engagement School attendance rates Chronic absenteeism rates Middle School dropout
rates High School dropout rates High School graduation
rates
School Climate Student
suspension rates
Student expulsion rates
Other local measures
Implementation of State Standards Implementation results for
all students, including English learners
Parental Involvement Efforts to
seek parent input
Promotion of parental participation and leadership
Other Student Outcomes Other indicators of student
performance in courses of study. May include performance and other exams.
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Local Control and Accountability Plans:
Guiding Principles• Performance-focused – relationship among
plans, funding use, outcomes for students• Simplicity and transparency• Student-focused – local identification of
needs, provide equitable opportunities• State priorities – define metrics, but rely on
local determination of measurement• Stakeholder engagement – parents, students
educators, broader community
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Continuous Planning and Evaluation System
District/County LCAP
Development & Updates
LCAP Adoption & COE
Approval
LCAP Implementation
Assessment of District
Performance
COE Support as Needed
LAO Report January 20, 2015 13
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LCAP Challenges
District Board and COE approved
LCAP, 3-year plan
All students leave high
school college and career ready;
English Learner, high poverty, foster
students, successfully served.
How do we get from here … to here?
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Key Principles for Evaluation Rubrics Design Process
• Align to LCFF design principles: student focused; equity, transparency and performance-based.
• Serve as a resource that LEAs find useful to guide reflections and provide helpful ideas to support students.
• Support continuous improvement process focused on student-level outcomes.
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Evaluation Rubrics Statutory Requirements
• To assist local education agencies to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas that require improvement
• To assist County Offices of Education to identify school districts and charter schools in need of technical assistance
• To assist the State Superintendent in identifying school districts for which intervention is warranted
• To reflect a holistic, multidimensional assessment of school district and individual school site performance and include all of the state priorities
• To include standards for school district and individual school site performance and expectation for improvement in regard to each of the state priorities
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State Technical Support and Assistance
• CA Collaborative for Educational Excellence Established to Help Districts: – Improve student outcomes as defined by
the state priorities– Address the needs of priority student
populations– Help achieve LCAP goals
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CA Collaborative for Educational Excellence
Members:– State Superintendent - Tom Torlakson
– SBE Appointee – Sue Burr– County Superintendent (Senate Rules)
• Michael Watson – Santa Cruz COE– District Superintendent (Governor)
• Sandy Thorstenson – Whittier Union HS– Teacher (Speaker)
• Tim Sbranti – Dublin
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CCEE Work to Date
• Commenced work in February, 2015• Completed Initial strategic planning• Heard presentations by Michael
Fullan and Linda Darling-Hammond• Initiatied Recruitment for Executive
Director• Website: ccee-ca.org
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Long Term Work In Progress• Fully Funding LCFF – almost there!• Review of LCAPs and Annual Updates• Adopt Evaluation Rubrics• Set Baseline Proficiency and Growth Targets
for Smarter Balanced Assessments• Implement new EL and special education
assessments • Continue review of components for an
improved Academic Performance Index • Create coherent state accountability system
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Resources
• State Board of Education Agendas http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/index.asp
• LCFF – WestEd Channel http://lcff.wested.org/
• CDE LCFF http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/lc/
• CDE Common Corehttp://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/
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