Transcript Graduation Alternatives for High School Counselors

Graduation
Alternatives for High
School Counselors
Amanda Mount, COE Operations Specialist
Laurel Nanke, CAA Options Specialist
This webinar is designed to provide high school counselors with
current information on the assessment graduation alternatives:
Collection of Evidence, GPA Comparison, College Admissions, and
Transfer Student Options. We will cover procedures, policies and
timelines for the alternatives. There will be ample time for questions
and answers.
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COLLECTION OF
EVIDENCE
Amanda Mount, COE Operations Specialist
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Collection of Evidence
Topics covered
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Counselors role with the COE
Calendar
Eligibility
Policies
Procedures
Forms
Information Sources
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 Who can
What do
counselors
need to know
about the
COE?
 compile a COE
 submit a COE
 How do students access the COE
 Can COE scores be appealed
 Where can I find COE information
 Who can I ask for help
www.coe.k12.wa.us
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 Recommend students for COE class
Counselors
Role in the
COE
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 Identify students who are eligible to submit
 Provide assistance for students to become eligible to submit
 Problem solve eligibility issues
 Submit necessary forms on a students behalf
 Designee for principal: tracking student collections
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Collection of Evidence Submission Dates 2014-2015
Submission Date
COE
Submission
Calendar
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Content
Who May Submit
Scores on WAMS
January 28, 2015
Reading, Writing,
Mathematics and
Biology
Students in the 2015 March 25, 2015
or earlier graduation
cohort who have
attempted the state
assessment one
time.
All score appeals.
April 29, 2015
Reading, Writing,
Mathematics and
Biology
Subsequent
May 29, 2015
submissions for
students in the 2015
or earlier graduation
cohort
June 10, 2015
Reading, Writing,
Mathematics and
Biology
All students who
meet the eligibility
requirements
All score appeals..
July 24, 2015Reading and Writing
August 14, 2015 Mathematics and
Biology
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COE
Policies
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A student may submit one full COE per content area (reading,
writing, mathematics and biology) and subsequent COEs as needed.
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 Any student who has attempted the state test one time
COE
Eligibility
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 Transfer students who meet the criteria for Direct Access
 Students who have been authorized to complete a subsequent
COE
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Reading/Writing:
 All high school students must have completed two or more years of
high school English in order to work on a COE.
COE
Policieseligible to
compile and
submit
Mathematics:
 Math Year 1: Students are eligible to work on a mathematics year 1
COE if they have taken or are currently enrolled in a high school
algebra 1 or integrated 1 mathematics course.
 Math Year 2: Students are eligible to work on a mathematics year 2
COE if they have taken or are currently enrolled in a high school
geometry or integrated 2 mathematics course.
Biology:
 Students are eligible to work on a biology COE if they have taken or
are currently enrolled in a high school biology course.
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http://www.coe.k12.wa.us/Page/109
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Any student may compile a COE
Only eligible students may submit a COE
Compile vs
Submit
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 COE online system indicates student status:
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Y-yes, student is eligible
N-no student is not eligible
A-student already met standard in the content area
W-not eligible for January submission (not in 2015 or earlier
graduation cohort group)
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Subsequent
COE
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Students have an opportunity to submit a subsequent COE after not
meeting standard on a previous one. A subsequent COE must follow
similar protocols for submission as those for original COEs in terms
of using inclusion bank tasks, meeting sufficiency requirements and
submitting the collection during the submission windows published
by the state.
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Standard
Subsequent
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 Standard Subsequent COE: If a student’s original COE score is
above 50% of the proficient cut-score the student is limited to a
subsequent COE with exactly four new work samples. It is
recommended that at least one of the four new samples be
completed as an on-demand task. If the decision is not to include a
new on-demand task, the student’s previous on-demand tasks will
be included in deriving a new total score.
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Expanded
Subsequent
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 Expanded Subsequent COE: An expanded subsequent COE may
be submitted if the student’s full collection has a score that is less
than or equal to 50% of the proficient cut-score for the content
area (e.g., Year 1 Math proficient cut-score is 24 and the student’s
submission is scored 12 or less). An expanded subsequent
collection contains 5 or 6 new work samples with two on-demand
tasks required.
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http://www.coe.k12.wa.us/Page/109
Form
COE Forms
Eligibility Checklist
Used by administrators to verify student eligibility
Extenuating
Circumstance Form
Used when a situation has interfered with a student’s
submitted collection being scored
Individual Irregularity Testing irregularity forms
Group Irregularity
Math Submission
Checklist
Used by teachers and administrators to ensure a
sufficient mathematics submission
Sample Letter for
Parents
Sample letter for districts to use with COE score
reports to parents
COE Score Appeal
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Purpose
For parents to appeal student scores on COE
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http://www.co
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http://www.coe.k12.wa.us/Page/115
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COE Teacher Training
 DAC Training PowerPoint
COE Teacher Training
COE
Training
 Checklist for Training
 COE Guidelines
 Test Security Acknowledgement- updated 9/16/14
http://www.coe.k12.wa.us/domain/14
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COE website: www.coe.k12.wa.us
COE OSPI staff:
 Lesley Klenk, COE ELA Specialist
 [email protected] (360) 725-6330
COE
Information
Sources
 Kim Andersen, Mathematics COE Specialist
 [email protected] (360) 725-6237
 Scott Killough, Science COE Specialist
 [email protected] (360) 725-6316
 Amanda Mount, COE Operations Specialist
 [email protected] (360) 725-6037
COE Technical Support: [email protected] or (360)464-6708
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CAA / CIA Options
Laurel Nanke, CAA Options Specialist
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What is a CAA /
CIA?
• A CAA is the Certificate of Academic Achievement; a CIA
is the Certificate of Individual Achievement (specific to
students with IEPs).
• To graduate with a CAA or CIA a student must earn either
by:
• Passing the applicable WA high school assessments
required for the student’s graduation year, OR
• Meeting standard on one of the CAA or CIA Options
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 The CAA / CIA Options are alternative ways to fulfill the
state assessment graduation requirements, other than by
passing the main state tests.
Why CAA / CIA
Options?
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 These options have been mandated by the Washington
state legislature, and OSPI oversees implementation of
each.
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• CAA options are content area specific
• Students must be ELIGIBLE to use the CAA Options
Eligibility for
CAA / CIA
Options
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• There are two means to gain eligibility
• A student has taken the main state assessment in a
content area and generated a scale score, OR
• A student transfers into a Washington public school in the
11th or 12th grade from out of state or from an in-state
private school or home school situation
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College Admission, AP and IB tests
ACT, SAT and certain Advanced Placement and
International Baccalaureate tests
THREE CAA
options
GPA Comparison
Collection of Evidence (COE)
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1. College
admission, AP
& IB tests
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Allow a student’s ACT, SAT, AP or IB test scores to be used to meet
the reading, writing and math high school graduation test
requirements. Also, AP or IB test scores may be used to meet the
Biology high school graduation requirement.
 Test scores may be earned before or after taking the applicable
state assessment.
 Scores can be uploaded in the state’s Options database to be
“banked” until a state assessment score is generated.
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Scores that meet standard for CAA Options
College
Admission
tests
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ACT
SAT
 Reading
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350
 Writing
15
380
 Math EOC 1
16
390
 Math EOC 2
17
400
 Biology EOC
None
None
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Act writing
score: a
reminder!
• Students must take the “ACT Plus Writing” test to generate a
score that correlates to the HSPE Writing score
• The score is shown on the score report as “English/Writing”
• The regular “ACT” test does not generate a Writing score
equivalent to the Writing HSPE test
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Important:
Options for the
biology EOC!
• At present there is no SAT or ACT option for the state’s science
testing requirement (Biology EOC ).
• Both AP and IB options are available as an alternative for the
Biology EOC test.
• Additionally, the Collection of Evidence (COE) and the GPA
Comparison provide options to the Biology EOC.
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Students qualify for the Math or Science portion of a CAA if scoring at
least a 3 on the grading scale of 1 to 5 on one of the following
Advanced Placement tests:
AP tests:
Math & biology
alternatives
For Mathematics the applicable tests are:
• Calculus
• Statistics
For Biology the applicable tests are:
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Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Environmental Science AP tests
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Students qualify for the Reading or Writing portion of the CAA if
they score at least a 3 on the grading scale of 1 to 5 on one of the
following Advanced Placement tests:
For Reading the applicable tests are:
AP tests:
Reading & Writing
alternatives
• English Literature and Composition
• World History
• United States History
• United States Government and Politics
• Comparative Government and Politics
• Psychology
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics AP tests
For Writing the applicable test is:
• English Language and Composition
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Students qualify for the Math or Science portion of the CAA if they score
at least a 4 on one of the following Higher Level (HL) International
Baccalaureate tests:
IB tests: Math &
biology
alternatives
For Mathematics the applicable tests are:
• Mathematics
• Further Mathematics
For Biology the applicable tests are:
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
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 Students qualify for the Reading or Writing portion of the CAA if
they score at least a 4 on one of the following Higher Level (HL)
International Baccalaureate tests:
• For Reading the applicable tests are:
IB tests:
Reading &Writing
alternatives
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Language A: Literature
Language A: Language and Literature
Business and Management
Economics
Geography
History
Information Technology in a Global Society
Philosophy
Psychology
Social and Cultural Anthropology
• For Writing the applicable test is:
• Language A: Language and Literature
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GPA Comparison
(Formerly WASL/Grades
Comparison)
• Compares a student’s grades in applicable courses with the grades
of other students (i.e., the cohort) who took the same courses and
where the cohort met or exceeded the applicable content
standard
• The applying student’s grade point average is equal to or greater
than the mean grade point average of the cohort
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Student must be in the 12th grade
GPA
Comparison
Eligibility
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Student must have taken the HSPE or EOC in that content
area at least once, generated a score and not met
standard
Student must have a cumulative grade point average of
3.2 or higher
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• A district representative or designee shall determine the
comparison cohort and complete the calculation
GPA
comparison
• Credits generated by the courses must equal two annual high
school credits and include the most recent courses taken
• Or for EOC tests, the one course from the EOC
• The application can be run using the GPA Comparison tool in the
CAA Options database in EDS and then be submitted there
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Four
CIA Options
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Basic Level (L2) - HSPE Basic and EOC Basic
2.
The Collection of Evidence (COE) Basic (refer to later notes under
COE topic)
3.
Off-Grade Assessment - Developmentally Appropriate
Proficiency Exam (DAPE)
4.
Locally Determined Assessment (LDA)
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 For purposes of fulfilling graduation requirements the state has
established a second score for students on IEPs
 L2 cut-score or “Basic Level” is acceptable, if determined appropriate by
Basis level
(l2)
HSPE-EOC
Basic
the student’s IEP team.
 Applying the L2 or Basic is content area specific
 The L2-Basic can be applied retroactively based upon an earlier testing
experience; to submit a “Retro-Basic” request use the form located at:
 http://www.k12.wa.us/TestAdministration/Data/default.aspx
 Transition to ELA exit exam in Spring 2015, will allow use of Basic
Level on this assessment.
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Determined by an IEP team, a student may sit for an off-grade assessment
The DAPE is content area specific
Developmentally
Appropriate
Proficiency
Exam (DAPE)
{aka Off-grade
Assessment}
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The state has established an elementary and middle-school level off-grade
test experience for access; specifically the tests are:
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Reading – grades 3 and 6
Writing – grades 4 and 7
Math – grades 3 and 6
Science – grades 5 and 8
OSPI is planning for students to sit for off-grade assessments in math
and English language arts using Smarter Balanced assessment
beginning in Spring of 2015.
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 To provide more flexibility for schools and districts, in 2008 OSPI
established access to a Locally Determined Assessment (LDA) option.
 The LDA option employs off-the-shelf testing instruments (e.g.,
Woodcock-Johnson Achievement Test, Wechsler Individual Achievement
Test or WIAT, etc.)
Locally
Determined
Assessments
(LDAs)
 The selected assessment is administered and scored at the district level and
evidence of performance is submitted to OSPI with the appropriate
documentation.
 The student’s IEP team must determine that the LDA is appropriate
 Access to the LDA is content area specific
 Student may access one or more of the content areas (mathematics,
reading or writing) based upon areas of special education services.
 NOTE: Currently there is no LDA for Science; OSPI is exploring possible
solutions for implementing in the 2014-2015 school year.
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Transfer Options
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TWO transfer
options
• Direct Access
• Out of State Waivers
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 Direct Access to the CAA Options allows a student to use the CAA
Options without having to take the state assessment in that content
area first.
Direct access
 Students who transfer from out of country, out of state, or from instate private schools or home schooling may be eligible for Direct
Access.
 Students transferring into a Washington public school in the 11th or
12th grade from outside the Washington public school system
become eligible for Direct Access upon submission of a Direct
Access request made by the district on behalf of the student.
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Direct Access
for NNEP
students
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 Additionally, Direct Access is available to Non-Native English
Proficiency (NNEP) students in the 11th and 12th grades who were
exempt from assessing in Reading, Writing or English language
arts during 10th grade state testing because the testing fell in the
first year of schooling in the United States.
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• Currently this is NOT an automatic status or process!
Eligibility
procedure for
direct access
• Direct Access must be applied for - the school must submit a
Direct Access application online in the CAA Options database in
EDS
• The application is reviewed for eligibility and approved by OSPI for
each student .
• This applies to all applicable transfer students before access is
granted to the CAA / CIA options.
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• The initial CEDARS upload for the school year occurs on October
15
Important
reminder
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• Therefore, transfer students will not be in the system or the CAA
Options database in EDS prior to this date, thus submission of
Direct Access or Out of State Waiver applications cannot be made
before that time.
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Out of State
Transfer Waivers
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 Submitting an Out of State Waiver can serve two purposes for a
student:
Out of state
transfer
waivers
• It can waive the state graduation testing requirement in a content
area when accompanied by documentation that the student met
standard on state tests from one of the 49 other states or the
District of Columbia.
• It can also provide Direct Access to the CAA Options for any
content areas in which the student did not receive a Waiver.
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Out of State
Transfer
waivers
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• IMPORTANT: The Out of State Waiver does NOT grant a CAA to a
student. It only waives the requirement that a student pass state
high school tests in order to graduate.
• However, if the student submits the Waiver, and later meets the
cut score for the COE or one of the other CAA Options in all
content areas, then a CAA will be granted.
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Out of state
transfer
waivers
• Students who transfer into a Washington public school in the 11th or 12th
grade are eligible to use high school test scores from another state to
waive any or all required Washington high school graduation tests.
• More information follows applicable to EOC requirements.
• Students seeking a Waiver must have met standard on a test given by
another state to meet that state’s graduation requirements or to meet
federal assessment accountability for that state.
• Out of state Transfer Waivers are submitted online in the CAA Options
database in the EDS system.
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Out of state
waivers: New
change
 A new transfer eligibility rule is now in place for students who have
met standard on another state’s Algebra I, Geometry or Biology
end-of-course (EOC) test.
 Students may now use those test results for Waivers, regardless of
the year they transfer into Washington, and regardless of the year
they took the test, if:
 The student received high school credit for the course.
 The test was part of the previous state’s federal accountability program or
used as a state high school exit exam requirement.
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 A transfer before 11th grade does not provide Direct Access to the
CAA Options.
What the
change does
not provide
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 The change does not apply to Reading, Writing or English Language
Arts (ELA) tests; transfers before 11th grade must take Washington’s
tests.
 This change does not allow for acceptance of another state’s Math
or Science test other than assessments corresponding to Algebra I
(or Integrated I), Geometry (or Integrated II) or Biology (or other life
science) if the student transfers prior to 11th grade.
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Out of state
transfer
waivers
• The best documentation of meeting standard on another state’s
test is either the student’s score report for the test or the out of
state transcript that includes the student’s score or the statement
“Passed” or “Met Standard” for that test.
• When in doubt as to whether a student’s score meets standard for
that state - submit the documentation. (You may enter notes in
applicable sections of the entry form as found in EDS).
• OSPI staff will review the documentation; if more information is needed,
OSPI will make contact.
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For information regarding Direct Access, Transfer Student Waivers,
CAA / CIA Options other than the COE, and the CAA / CIA Options
database in EDS contact:
Contact
information
Laurel Nanke at (360) 725-6223 or [email protected]
For general assessment questions, contact:
Assessment Operations at (360) 725-6348 or
[email protected]
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