Transcript QSAC Presentation 6 1 11

New Jersey Quality Single
Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC)
Recommendations for Change
June 1, 2011
Current QSAC Process
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Three-year district-wide monitoring cycle that focuses on almost
every aspect of State and Federal code requirements and best
practices
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Five District Performance Review (DPR) sections:
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Instruction and Program
Fiscal Management
Operations
Personnel
Governance
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Districts must meet 80% of requirements in all five DPR sections to
be “high performing” and receive State Board certification.
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Districts below 80% in one or more DPR sections must develop and
implement district improvement plans (DIP), with periodic county
office reviews of progress.
Review of QSAC Process
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Committee of DOE and district staff reviewed QSAC
process after three years of implementation and
concluded the following:
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Overall purpose of QSAC is necessary for improvement
Opportunity for districts that are not “high performing” to
develop and implement a DIP, to assist them in increasing
student achievement and identified areas of need.
Current process is cumbersome (334 indicators)
Many indicators are duplicative
Many indicators do not address DOE’s core mission of student
achievement and teaching and learning and therefore, should
not be monitored through QSAC.
Summary of Proposed Changes
Narrow the Focus of District Performance Reviews (DPRs)
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Instruction and Program
Fiscal Management
Governance
Streamline Indicators
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Reduce the number of indicators by 70%
Eliminate duplication and redundancy
Consolidate related indicators
Create a Statement of Assurance (SOA)
Instruction and Program DPR
Focus on the essential elements of teaching and learning
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Student Performance
Curriculum
Instruction
Monitor five critical content standards for career and
college readiness:
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Language Arts Literacy
Math
Science
Social Studies
World Languages
Proposed Change in Monitoring Student Performance
Through State Assessments (NJASK and HSPA)
Current
Proposed
Achieve 95%
proficient (total
population)
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Achieve 75%, 85%,
or 95% proficiency
OR
5% increase in
proficiency (total
population)
5% decrease in
“gap”
Explanation of Proposed Calculation for
District Progress on State Assessments
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District acquires points based on the gap between 95%
proficiency and district’s current percentage of
proficiency.
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Attainment of points depends on the district
percentage of proficiency
>=95%
>=85-94.9
>=75-84.9
< 75% but progress made*
10 points
8 points
6 points
5 points
*Progress is based on a 5% decrease in the gap (current percentage of district and the goal of 95% proficiency)
Numerical Snapshot of 2010: Scores and the Impact of
Proposed Student Performance Proficiency Levels
QSAC CURRENT METHOD
QSAC PROPOSED METHOD
# of DIST (W/O CHARTERS)
LAL
Met 95%
MET PROGRESS 5%
# of DIST (W/O CHARTERS)
LAL
26
7
Met 95%
26
Met 85% - 94.9
108
Met 75% - 84.9
165
MET PROGRESS 5% gap
16
RECEIVE POINTS
33
RECEIVE POINTS
315
DON’T RECEIVE POINTS
533
DON’T RECEIVE POINTS
251
TOTAL DIST
566
TOTAL DIST
566
MATH
MATH
Met 95%
16
Met 95%
16
Met 85% - 94.9
171
Met 75% - 84.9
205
MET PROGRESS 5%
45
MET PROGRESS 5% gap
55
RECEIVE POINTS
61
RECEIVE POINTS
447
DON’T RECEIVE POINTS
505
DON’T RECEIVE POINTS
119
TOTAL DIST
566
TOTAL DIST
566
Fiscal Management DPR
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Hold districts accountable for financial and budgetary
controls, grants management and annual audit
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Eliminate the efficiency indicators because they are
contained in the annual audit
Governance DPR
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Ensure that the district board of education is held
accountable for the general oversight and management of
the school district
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Focus on critical areas of statutory and regulatory
compliance, budgetary priorities and administrative
oversight
Statement of Assurance (SOA)
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Provides a formative tool for districts to achieve and
maintain code compliance;
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Completed annually by the Chief School Administrator
(CSA) and signed by the CSA and the Board President
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Linked to the Governance DPR as an indicator
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Reviewed once every three years as part of QSAC
monitoring
Numerical Summary Streamlined Indicators
Current QSAC Indicators
Number
Proposed QSAC Indicators
Number
Instruction and Program
77
Instruction and Program
23
Fiscal Management
86
Fiscal Management
20
Governance
56
Governance
5
Operations
56
Personnel
59
TOTAL
334
Operations DPR indicators were
combined with Instruction and
Program but the majority are
found in the SOA.
Personnel DPR indicators were
combined with Instruction and
Program and found in the SOA .
TOTAL
48
Statement of Assurance
49