PLAN 2020

PrioritiesALABAMA’S

2020LEARNERS

ALABAMA’S2020

PROFESSIONALS

ALABAMA’S2020

SUPPORT SYSTEMS

ALABAMA’S2020

SCHOOLS/SYSTEMS

Alabama State Board of Education

The VisionEvery Child A Graduate – Every Graduate Prepared

forCollege/Work/Adulthood in the 21st Century

AMO FreezeJune 21, 2012

What Does It Mean?

1. 2011-2012 AYP determinations will be based on AMOs from the 2010-2011 school year.

2. 2012-2013 AYP determinations will be based on AMOs from the 2010-2011 school year and no status assigned – baseline year for new accountability plan.

Bottom line it gives us a two-year window to transition to a new balanced and meaningful accountability system without the threat of sanctions and status and time for implementation of our Alabama specific ESEA Waiver.

Waiver Components1. Do you want to be able to waive AYP for state-developed, ambitious but achievable, annual measureable objectives based

on growth rather than status with a focus on continuous improvement? 2. Do you want to waive School Improvement sanctions and budgetary and programmatic requirements based on the School

Improvement status of the school? **For #1 and #2, replace with a state-developed assessment, recognition, accountability, and support plan 3. Do you want to be able to remove the 40% poverty rate for designating a school as Title I Schoolwide for schools identified

as priority or focus schools? 4. Do you want to be able to flex 1003(a) School Improvement funds to serve any priority or focus school identified as most in

need of additional support? 5. Do you want to be able to utilize Title I Reserve funds to recognize Reward Schools that show high-performance and/or

high-growth progress? 6. Do you want to be able to waive the Highly Qualified Improvement Plan and replace it with a state-developed system of

meaningful evaluation and support focused on informing professional development and improving practice? 7. Do you want to be able to transfer 100% of Title I funding among applicable programs? 8. Do you want to be able to flex 1003(g) School Improvement funds to serve priority schools in the most need of support? Optional—Do you want to be able to flex the use of 21st Century Community Learning funds to support expanded learning time

during the school day?

Conditions to Receive WaiverI would support adopting college- and career-ready standards. I would support developing and administering annual, statewide, aligned, high-quality assessments that measure growth. I would support the development of a state-specific and differentiated Recognition, Accountability, and Support Plan. I would support the development of guidelines for local Teacher and Principal Evaluation and Support System. I would support the reduction of any duplication and unnecessary administrative and reporting requirements from the State Department of Education (SDE). I would support annually reporting the college-going and college credit-accumulation rates for all students and subgroups of students. I would support the development and administration of alternative assessments for the most significantly cognitively impaired students. I would support the development and administration of assessment for English Language Proficiency. I would support reporting to the public a list of Reward, Priority, and Focus Schools based on the state-developed Recognition, Accountability, and Support Plan. I would support annually reporting to the public and to the SDE the aggregate distribution of teachers and principals by performance level. I would support reporting student growth in reading and math for teachers of subjects as required under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund.

Grade Assessment(s)

12 WorkKeys11 ACT w/Writing10 PLAN9 Transition8 EXPLORE7 ARMT+6 ARMT+5 ARMT+4 ARMT+3 ARMT+2 Developmentally Appropriate Assessments(s)1 Developmentally Appropriate Assessments(s)K Kindergarten Screener(s) for all entering Kindergarten students

End-of-CourseEnglish 9, 10, 11, 12Alg. I, Geometry, Alg. II w/Trig, Pre-CalBiology, Chemistry, PhysicsU.S. History

ARMT+ (Reading/ELA, Math, Science and Writing/Social Studies Based) aligned to College and Career Readiness Benchmarks

Formative, Benchmark and/or Interim Assessment Repository with ResourcesGrades 3-12

A pool of aligned items to each standard at each grade level within each assessment content area will be available for teacher, school or system use for formative, benchmark and/or interim assessments to be used to inform instructional practice. Included will also be links to instructional resources aligned to the standards for use by teachers, schools or school systems.

Project-Based AssessmentsGrades 6-12

These assessments are designed to foster research inquiry skills, persistence, independence and intercommunications in ways that are not accomplished with more traditional summative and end-of-course assessments. Project-based assessments are scored based on templates or rubrics that produce rich, multileveled evaluations of student work.

Career Interest/Career Aptitude AssessmentsGrades 6-12

These assessments are designed to inform student, parent, teacher, counselor and principal decisions about appropriate coursework and co-curricular opportunities for students culminating in a comprehensive and annually updated four-year high school plan of study.

All assessments will be offered in online or paper-and-pencil format with a standards-based reporting format that will be immediate. All assessments will be formatted for “through course” or single-setting use.

Alabama College- and Career-Ready Assessment System

School Year Grades K-2 Grades 3-7

Grades 8-12

End-of-Course Assessments

College- and Career- Ready Assessments

2012-13Formative/Interim/Benchmark Assessments(LEA Determined)

ARMT+ (Grades 3-8)

English 9English 10Algebra IGeometryBiology(AHSGE Grades 11-12)

EXPLORE (Grade 8)PLAN (Grade 10)

2013-14Formative/Interim/Benchmark Assessments(LEA Determined)

New

Above assessments plusEnglish 11Algebra IIChemistry(AHSGE Grade 12)

EXPLORE (Grade 8)PLAN (Grade 10)ACT w/Writing (Grade 11)

2014-15Formative/Interim/Benchmark Assessments(LEA Determined)

New

Above assessments plusEnglish 12Pre-CalculusPhysicsU. S. History(AHSGE for exited students)

EXPLORE (Grade 8)PLAN (Grade 10)ACT w/Writing (Grade 11) WorkKeys (Grade 12)

2015-16Formative/Interim/Benchmark Assessments(LEA Determined)

New Above assessmentsEXPLORE (Grade 8)PLAN (Grade 10)ACT w/Writing (Grade 11) WorkKeys (Grade 12)

Alabama College- and Career-Ready Assessment SystemTimeline for Implementation

NOTE: State-provided formative/interim/benchmark assessments aligned to college- and career-ready standards will be available August 2012 for Grades K-12.

Overview of Proposed Alabama Accountability Model

Alabama Learners

• Achievement • Growth• Gap• College and

Career Readiness

• Weight 100

Alabama

Support

Systems • Program

Reviews• Graduation

Rate• Attendance• Participation

Rates• Other

Measures

• Weight 40

Alabama Professionals

• Effective teachers and leaders as measured by EDUCATE Alabama, LEADAlabama, and multiple measures of student performance

• Weight 50

Alabama Schools

and Systems

• Local Indicator(s) from School/System Improvement Plan

• Weight 10

To be implemented in two phases over the next three years.

UNITS OF CREDIT

Advanced Academic

Endorsement “FIRST CHOICE"

Advanced Career & Technical

Endorsement

Career & Technical

Endorsement

Alabama High School

Diploma

Alabama High School Diploma w/Credit-Based

Endorsement

Alabama High School Diploma

w/Work Training Endorsement

English Language Arts 4 4 4 4 4 4Social Studies 4 4 4 4 4 4Mathematics 4 4 4 4 4 4Science 4 4 4 4 4 4Physical Education 1 1 1 1 1 1Health Education 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5Arts Education 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5Computer Applications 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5Foreign Language 2 not required not required not required not required not required

Electives 3.5 1.5 1.5 5.5 4.5 1.5Career and Technical Education not required 3 3 1 2

Community-Based Work Training (non-paid) not required not required not required not required not requiredmax of 120

hours*Cooperative Education Seminar/(Work-Based Experience) or Life Skills Occupational Preparation

1 1 1Online Course or Experience x x x x x xWorkForce Essentials or Transition Services II not required not required not required not required not required 1Additional Requirement*

Total Credit Hours 24 24 24 24 24 24

ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTSPass Graduation Exam (5/5)

Pass Graduation Exam (5/5)

Pass Graduation Exam (5/5)

Pass Graduation Exam (5/5)

Pass Graduation Exam (3/5)

Pass Graduation Exam (3/5 –Credit-Based Endorsement; 4/5 - Alabama High School Diploma (Exception Rule)

DIPLOMA COMPARISONS

AREAS OF STUDY REQUIREMENTS UNITS

English/Language Arts English 9, 10, 11, and 12 or any AP/IB or postsecondary equivalent option of these courses

4

Mathematics

Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or its equivalent Additional units to complete the four credits in mathematics must be chosen for the Alabama Course of Study: Mathematics or CTE/AP/IB designated courses

4

ScienceBiology, and a Physical Science. The third and fourth science credits may be used to meet both the science and CTE elective requirement

4

Social StudiesWorld History, U.S. History x 2, and Government/Economics 4

Physical EducationPersonal Fitness/Life Course (1)One (1) unit of JROTC may be used to meet this requirement

1

Health Education Alabama Course of Study: Health Education 0.5

Computer Applications*possible shift to Financial Literacy

Computer Applications or equivalent CTE coursePersonal Finance/Financial Literacy 0.5

CTE and/or Foreign Language and/or Fine Arts

Students choosing CTE and/or Foreign Language are encouraged to complete two courses in the same sequence.

3

Electives 3

Total Units Required for Graduation 24

ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

This one approach to the Alabama High School Diploma removes the need for endorsements or the Alabama Occupational Diploma. The focus will be on the coursework taken that necessitates a clearly articulated and individualized four-year high school plan built for each student based on the results from the EXPLORE academic and career interest assessment and middle school coursework.