Preview the information prior to the meeting on February 26, 2016. With the new ESSA under the New Jersey Department of Education, Lakeside Middle School will host a night to review the progress made over the past few years, and plan for next year.

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Identification as a School in Need
of Targeted Support and
Improvement:
Starting Community Conversations
Lakeside Middle School
Dr. Cook, Principal, February 2018

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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This presentation will cover the following topics:
• Background information about the Every Student
Succeeds Act (ESSA)
• How schools are identified for support and
improvement
• Next steps for our school and collaboration
Presentation Overview

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• On August 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Education approved
New Jersey's ESSA State Plan, which was developed in
collaboration with stakeholders from across New Jersey.
• The plan emphasizes New Jersey’s collective expectation that
all students have equal access to high-quality educational
experiences so they may all reach their greatest potential.
• To fulfill this promise to our students, the New Jersey
Department of Education (NJDOE) is obligated by federal law,
and New Jersey’s ESSA State Plan, to identify schools in need of
comprehensive and targeted support and improvement.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

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ESSA School Accountability: Overview
School accountability in ESSA is just one of the New Jersey accountability systems meant to
improve student access to high-quality education programs. Its role is to identify our schools
most in need of support and improvement.
School
Accountability
(ESSA)
School and
District
Reporting
District
Accountability
(QSAC)
School
Accountability
(ESSA)

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How Was Our School Identified?
• New Jersey’s ESSA school accountability system
provides a formula to determine a performance
score, which is based on various measures of
progress (accountability indicators).
• Our school has been identified based on its relative
low performance using these measures.

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• Schools performing at or below fifth percentile of all
Title I schools
• High schools with a graduation rate less than 67%
What is a Comprehensive School?

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• Schools with a subgroup performing at or below the
bottom 5% threshold of Title I schools
Subgroups include different racial and ethnic
groups, English Language Learners, students with
disabilities, and economically disadvantaged
students
What is a Targeted School?

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What are ESSA’s Accountability
Indicators?
The accountability indicators in the ESSA State Plan
measure the progress of schools as they prepare
students for a successful life after high school.
Stakeholders, including NJ parents and educators
statewide, provided input into New Jersey’s ESSA State
Plan.

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Guide to ESSA Accountability Indicators
Academic Achievement: Percent of students in the school who meet/exceed
grade-level standards on each required annual statewide assessment, such as
PARCC.
Academic Growth: Metric that measures students’ growth on the annual
statewide assessment compared to other students in their academic peer
group.
Graduation Rate: Percentage of students who graduate in 4 years and the
percentage of students who graduate in 5 years.
English Language Proficiency: All English learners must demonstrate growth
of approximately one level on the ACCESS for ELLs test per year for a
maximum of 5 years.
Chronic Absenteeism is used as a measure of school quality or student
success. This is the percent of students who are not present 10% or more of
their total enrolled school days.

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Academic Achievement
Academic Progress
(Elementary/Middle Schools)
and Graduation Rate (HS)
Additional Measure of School
Quality or Student Success
Progress Towards English
Language Proficiency
Accountability Indicators: Weighting (2016-2017)
PARCC/DLM Proficiency
Student Growth Percentile/
Graduation Rate
Chronic Absenteeism
Progress to English Language
Proficiency (ELP)
NJ State Plan IndicatorESSA Requirement
*Accountability for Progress towards English Language Proficiency will begin with the
calculations in 2017-2018.
Weighting*
+
+
=
+
100%
0%
15%
50%
35%
Each indicator is weighted to determine a summative score for the school.

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Academic Achievement
Academic Progress
(Elementary/Middle Schools)
and Graduation Rate (HS)
Additional Measure of School
Quality or Student Success
Progress Towards English
Language Proficiency
Accountability Indicators: Weighting
PARCC/DLM Proficiency
Student Growth Percentile/
Graduation Rate
Chronic Absenteeism
Progress to English Language
Proficiency (ELP)*
NJ State Plan IndicatorESSA Requirement Weighting*
+
+
=
+
100%
20%
10%
40%
30%
Each indicator is weighted to determine a summative score for the school.

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Accountability Indicators: Subgroup Weighting
PARCC Proficiency
All Students (50%)
SGP/Graduation Rate All Students
(50%)
Chronic Absenteeism
All Students (50%)
Progress to English Language
Proficiency (ELP)
Summative Score
PARCC Proficiency
Subgroups (50%)
SGP/Graduation Rate
Subgroups (50%)
Chronic Absenteeism
Subgroups (50%)
Within each indicator, student groups and total population are weighted equally to
determine the school’s summative score

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Accountability Indicators: Subgroup Weighting
White: 16.7%
Black or African American: 16.7%
Economically Disadvantaged: 16.7%
All Students: 50%
Example of School Subgroup Weighting: Math Proficiency
50%
The below example illustrates how the subgroup weighting works. All subgroups are counted equally. Note that
students can be in more than one subgroup (e.g. White and Economically Disadvantaged).
TOTAL POPULATION 1000
All Students White 700
Black/African
American
300
SUBGROUPS
All Subgroups Economically
Disadvantaged
Students
150
White Students 700
Black/African
American Students
300

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What Happens Next?
Schools identified for support and improvement work in
partnership with their education community of parents, families,
educators, and community members throughout the year to:
✓ Assess needs related to the areas of weakness
✓ Identify strategies and resources that can impact
improvement
✓ Create an Annual School Plan that will outline specific steps
✓ Outline a timeline for completion of those steps
✓ Understand the steps needed to be removed from status

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LMS Data 16-17 ESSA

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LMS Data 17-18
Goal 1 - LAL
- All students have taken
SRI - Growth targets are
set for year
Goal 2 - Math
- Math Benchmarks
- Data is being reviewed in
CPT by teachers

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LMS Data 17-18
Goal 3 - Culture/Climate
- 100% of students will
know behavioral
expectations for first cycle
- Training is set for teachers
and students on
Mindfulness
- 29 students with more than
5. Goal is be under 70 for
year
Goal 4 - Chronic Absenteeism
- 15 % at end of first
reporting cycle

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How Can I Get Involved?
• Reach out to your school and district to find out about
opportunities for how parents, families, and educators will
work together to improve their schools.
• Schools and districts are required to engage with parents,
families, educators, and community members throughout the
year to assess needs related to the areas of weakness, identify
strategies and resources that can impact improvement, create
an improvement plan and timeline for completion.
• See NJDOE’s Stakeholder Engagement Guide for detailed
descriptions of these requirements.

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How Can We Learn More?
Detailed school information will be publicly available on the
NJDOE website in School Performance Reports:
www.state.nj.us/education.
School Performance Reports:
• Provide families, educators and the public a picture of overall school
performance.
• Include valuable information across many elements, including
schoolwide academic achievement and progress, demographics,
school climate, chronic absenteeism, and college and career
readiness.
• Can be used to start local conversations by asking questions such as:
How is our school doing relative to other schools? Are all of our
students making progress from last year?

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• How does this impact the school curriculum for the rest of this school year and
beyond?
• Will our teachers and administrators remain here at the district? Will others
be brought in?
• How will the content and curriculum of WHAT my children learn and HOW
they are learning change?
• Will they get more tests? How will the state measure progress?
• How does this impact juniors and seniors in high school who are applying to
colleges?
• How can our children get on track to learn what they need to succeed,
according to the state’s parameters?
• How soon can we have this designation removed and what are the steps?
How Will This Impact Our Children?

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• Attend the February 26, 2018 Parent Night at 6:00 PM
• Visit NJ’s ESSA State Plan website:
www.state.nj.us/education/ESSA
• Visit our district website for updates
http://www.millville.org/
• Email questions:
• spike.cook@millville.org
• NJ Department of Education ESSA team:
essa@doe.state.nj.us
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