Illinois State Board of Education Assessment and Accountability Technical Advisory Committee met Nov. 17 & 18.
Here is the agenda provided by the committee:
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
9:00 INTRODUCTIONS AND ISBE UPDATES
ISBE will provide an update to the TAC covering significant developments since the previous meeting related to assessment and accountability.
Materials
01. TAC Agenda November 2022 (This document)
02. TAC Meeting Summary September 2022
9:30 INDICATOR REVIEW
During this session, the Center for Assessment will provide an analysis of indicators based on 2022 accountability results. Analyses will address:
• Relationship between indicators and total score
• Relationship to percentage from adequacy
• Student group performance
• Characteristics of outlier schools
Focus questions for the TAC:
• What are the implications of these analyses for school support initiatives?
• What additional steps should ISBE consider to further monitor, document, and evaluate the design and implementation of the accountability system?
Materials:
• TBD
10:45 BREAK
11:00 CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM
Following up on TAC recommendations in September, the Center will present additional information about the chronic absenteeism indicator to include:
• Chronic absenteeism rates by school and grade
• Overall accountability results with chronic absenteeism removed from the model
This information will help the TAC discuss whether and how ISBE might improve the chronic absenteeism indicator for future years.
Questions for TAC:
• To what extent is the approach for calculating chronic absenteeism and incorporating it into the overall accountability results appropriate and defensible?
• What modifications may be appropriate and why?
Materials:
• TBD
12:00 LUNCH
1:00 COLLEGE AND CAREER READY INDICATOR
The Center is preparing some descriptive data related to the components of the college and career ready (CCR) indicator. These analyses will help ISBE better understand the data that is available and brainstorm some alternatives to help ISBE incorporate CCR in the accountability system.
Questions for TAC:
• What insights do these analyses provide about approaches for developing a CCR indicator for the ISBE system?
• What analysis plan will help ISBE and the TAC evaluate promising practices?
Materials:
• TBD
2:30 BREAK
2:45 FUTURE INDICATORS
ISBE will provide a preview of indicators planned for inclusion in the accountability system in the future. These include:
• P-2
• Additional Elementary and Middle School SQSS indicator(s)
• Fine arts
These indicators are still in development, and ISBE seeks TAC’s ongoing guidance for establishing operational definitions, implementation guidance, and validation plans.
Questions for TAC
• What are some promising practices for defining, implementing, or reporting these or related indicators in other states or districts?
• What analyses should be prioritized for near or longer term to inform ISBE’s work?
• What guidance does the TAC have to help shape an initial validation plan which can be revisited in December?
4:15 PUBLIC COMMENT
4:30 ADJOURN DAY 1
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
9:00 ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
At previous meetings the TAC was informed about ISBE’s work to elicit stakeholder feedback about approaches to improve the Illinois state assessment program. This culminated in the recommendations outlined in the Center’s report available here.
The TAC will focus on the recommendations related to the summative assessment which include:
• Reduce the footprint of the summative assessment
• Improve the reporting of IAR results
TAC is asked to provide advice to inform strategies to streamline the assessment without sacrificing strong content alignment or technical defensibility. The TAC will also discuss how the quality and utility of reports can be improved.
Materials:
• 06. ELA Grade 3-5 Blueprint
• 07. ELA Grade 6-11 Blueprint
• 08. Math IAR Blueprint
• 09. IAR Testing Times
11:00 BREAK
11:15 TAC PLANNING SESSION
Prioritize topics for future meetings.
11:45 PUBLIC COMMENT
12:00 ADJOURN
https://www.isbe.net/Documents_TAC/202211-Agenda.pdf
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