New ESSA Star Framework for DC Public and Charter Schools
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Anonymous
| Has anyone heard about the new 5 star report card for public and Charter schools? It's supposed to be released next week. How does compare with the Tier Rankings and PMF ratings? Now everyone is just going to want to go to 5 star schools. I wonder how my neighborhood school would rank? How are schools ranked anyway? |
Anonymous
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OSSE has held meetings all over the city to get input and feedback on the Star ratings. Here are all the details https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/2018-19%20DC%20School%20Report%20Card%20and%20STAR%20Framework%20Technical%20Guide.pdf
The Washington Post has a good summary of it here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/is-your-school-worth-one-star-or-five-dc-officials-weigh-new-rating-system/2017/03/22/9ed5aea8-0e79-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html?utm_term=.a733ef09b8cc A lot of what is going into the star ratings is in the Tier ratings now, and DCPS gathers the same data and reports on it on the school profile pages (but no rankings/comparisons are made). But this will be the first time we've had an easy apples to apples comparison tool or summary. PARCC scores -- both % of students who reach proficiency (score 4 or 5) and growth (improve year to year) are a big part of the score but not the only factor. |
Anonymous
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From the Post article:
"...The bulk of the proposed D.C. rating formula is based on results from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career exams, or PARCC, which are linked to Common Core standards. For elementary and middle schools, the plan takes into account how many students met or exceeded academic standards as well as how much progress students made compared with the previous school year. For high schools, the rating system will consider only proficiency on PARCC exams. The OSSE said it is working on getting baseline data for academic growth for high schools and will eventually include it in the rating system. Initially, the OSSE proposed that 80 percent of a school’s rating come from PARCC results. But board members and others said that was too high, so the OSSE lowered the weight to 70 percent. Critics of the plan say putting too much emphasis on math and reading test scores will encourage schools to focus most of their resources on those subjects rather than offering a robust curriculum with foreign languages, social studies and science. They also wanted the ratings to include a parent and student school climate survey and track school suspensions. Ruth Wattenberg was one of the board members who voted against the plan. “As it is, it just provides a very narrow view of school quality, and it’s going to encourage schools to just focus on those very narrow issues, Wattenberg said. Leaders of D.C. Public Schools and the D.C. Public Charter School Board said they favored the new rating system. In addition to PARCC results, the OSSE’s plan will also grade schools based on their attendance rates, re-enrollment rates and an “access and opportunities” measure to gauge “well-rounded experiences for students in engaging learning environments.” The OSSE said schools will be able to provide “flexible options for schools to highlight results in this area.” |
Anonymous
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This is what the report card will look like. https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/page_content/attachments/Report%20Card%20One%20Pager_2018%20v11.2.18.pdf
There will be a new website with all of them at DCSchoolReportCard.org |
Anonymous
| After comparing the details from the PMFs of a bunch of the Tier 1 /2 charters to my neighborhood school (EOTP), I kind of think that it’s going to show that the neighborhood school is outperforming the charters. |
Anonymous
| They put race up front “due to parent request.” So there’s that. |
Anonymous
Quite possibly. Many of the Tier 1 charters won't be 5 star schools. With 3 groupings for the PMF and 5 for ESSA/Stars, there will likely be quite a few Tier 1 charters that are spread out to 3, 4 and 5 star schools. My guess is that the DCPS magnet schools are going to be the big 5 star winners along with schools serving relatively low percentages of at-risk, sped and FARMS kids. Neighborhood/ward performance will probably still show huge gaps in performance/stars in Wards 6, 7 and 8. |
Anonymous
| FYI: child care centers are now rated too. Not sure if it's all of them or just the ones that accept subsidy. |
Anonymous
Does any one know if test scores are averaged over a couple of years to get the rating or will be based on year to year scores. I ask because a school can have one off year or score really high for flukey reasons that don't really reflect how well (or not well) the school is teaching. I'm thinking of a year with a small class size or a testing grade with really bright kids. |
Anonymous
The technical guide specifies how the calculations are done. https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/2018-19%20DC%20School%20Report%20Card%20and%20STAR%20Framework%20Technical%20Guide.pdf |
Anonymous
Proficiency metrics (one part of the test-related score) will calculated annually, not averaged (growth is obviously a 2 year metric). The report cards will be issued every year, so a school's rating could go up or down for the reasons you describe. |
Anonymous
| How long before DC stops administering PARCC? I give it another year. Then this metric is all useless but millions of more dollars will be spent to develop a new one that will incorporate the new standardized test that is adopted but still fairly meaningless. Yet for one, maybe two years, everyone will be freaking out about how many stars each schools are awarded. I get the idea of having some type of measurement to compare schools to one another (and also understand that this is federally mandated) but the amount of time and money spent on developing these things and the anxiety it will produce in everyone trying to figure out "the best" schools hardly seems worth it. Ugh. |
Anonymous
| Someone should pull a “swami” and estimate rank the “HRCS” and the popular DCPS schools (that have 100+ WL numbers for any grade). |
Anonymous
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I’m not a swami but, i think the Dcps in the richest neighborhoods come out on top followed by a mixture of DCPS in gentrifying neighborhoods mixed with HRCS. DCPS in the poorest neighborhoods and less regarded charter schools occupy the bottom.
It’s not rocket science. This thing is mostly just going to track wealth. |