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Proficiency Based Graduation Requirements and the Implications for Students with Special Needs J. David Sienko RIDE – Office of Special Populations

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Proficiency Based Graduation Requirements and the Implications for Students with Special Needs J. David Sienko RIDE – Office of Special Populations. Goal of this session. Provide an overview of the RI High School Regulations - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Proficiency Based Graduation Requirements and the Implications for Students with Special Needs

Proficiency Based Graduation Requirements and the Implications for

Students with Special Needs

J. David Sienko

RIDE – Office of Special Populations

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PBGR & Special Populations 5/11/06

Goal of this session

• Provide an overview of the RI High School Regulations

• Provide an overview of the RI Performance Based Graduation System also called the RI Diploma System

• Summarize some of the opportunities in this system for exceptional learners

• Questions & Answers

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Rhode Island High School Regulations

• Board of Regents, January 2003 (www.ride.ri.gov)

• Literacy

• Graduation By Proficiency

• Personalization

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Rhode Island High School Regulations

• Literacy– Assessment of all students– Interventions

• Content Area Literacy• “Ramp-Up” Intervention• Intensive Intervention (Personal Literacy Plan)

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Rhode Island High School Regulations

• Personalization– Implementation strategies to improve personalization

by January 2005– Includes:

• Advisories• Schools within Schools• Academies• Individual Learning Plans• Flexible schedules• Dual enrollment• Grade level teaming• Comprehensive Counseling

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Rhode Island High School Regulations

• Personalization– Common planning time

• School Improvement Plans must include common planning time organized around students especially those with highest needs

– Professional Development• 15 hours annually focused on the areas of:

– Literacy– Graduation by Proficiency– Personalization

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Rhode Island High School Regulations

• Graduation By Proficiency– “demonstration of student proficiency that

involves multiple measures of performance”– must be demonstrated through at least two of

the following: • departmental end of course exams• Certificate of Initial Mastery• Portfolios• extended "capstone" projects• public exhibitions• the use of technological tools

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Rhode Island High School Regulations

• Graduation By Proficiency– Role of State Assessment

“Individual student results on state assessments should be used in some manner by the school to determine the students programming, and may be used in some manner as one of the components for graduation.”

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Performance Based Graduation System (PBGR) or RI Diploma System

• RIDE Guidance– every student leaving RI public schools is well

prepared for college and work.– require districts to establish proficiency-based

graduation requirements (PBGR) for all students beginning with the 2008 graduating class.

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Performance Based Graduation System (PBGR) or RI Diploma System

• Proficiency Based on Statewide Standards– Grade-Level and Grade-Span Expectations

(GLE’s-GSE’s) • identify the content knowledge and skills expected

of all students for the state-wide assessments in reading, writing, and mathematics that will be used to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind

– Evaluated Through State & Local Assessment

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Performance Based Graduation System (PBGR) or RI Diploma System

• RIDE Guidance– Schools must provide students multiple

opportunities over multiple years to develop the identified proficiencies and provide students feedback as to their progress toward the desired level of performance.

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Performance Based Graduation System (PBGR) or RI Diploma System

• Three Components– State Assessment– Earned Carnegie Units (Credits)– Local Proficiency Assessment

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State Assessment

• Districts may count student performance in State Assessment for up to 10% in their Diploma System– Assessment Includes

• English Language Arts• Mathematics• Science (in 2008)

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Earned Carnegie Units (Credits)

• Districts must require a minimum of 20 credits in their diploma system

• English Language Arts (4 units)• Mathematics (4 units)• Science (set by district)• Social Studies (set by district)• Arts (set by district)• Technology (set by district)

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Local Proficiency Assessment

• The intent of local proficiency based assessments… is to measure deep content knowledge, to foster student interest, to cultivate the active use of knowledge, and … prepare students for success in college and work.

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Local Proficiency Assessment

Content KnowledgeKnowledge of core concepts, big ideas, and driving questions in ELA, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, and technology

Applied Learning SkillsCommunication, problem solving, critical thinking, research, personal/social responsibility, and interpersonal skills across all disciplines and courses

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Local Proficiency Assessment

• Methods– Exhibitions

• Capstone Projects• Certificate of Initial Mastery• Senior Project

– serve as a summative assessment of a student’s mastery

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Local Proficiency Assessment

• Methods– Portfolios

• designed to collect evidence aligned with the school’s requirements

• serve as formative and summative assessment of a student’s progress

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Local Proficiency Assessment

• Methods– Common Tasks

• Task that are commonly scored with a team of teachers used to assess students and promote professional collaboration on curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

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Local Proficiency Assessment

• Methods– Departmental End-of-Course Exams

• offer a viable way to ascertain student’s proficiency• are purposefully designed to include proficiency

based measures of performance • are mapped back to the individual courses and

appropriate Grade-Level / Grade-Span Expectations.

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PBGR Summary

• Up to 10% State Assessment

• 20 Carnegie Units (Credits)

• Local Assessments– End-of-Course Exams– Common Tasks – Portfolios – Exhibitions

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RI High School Regulations

• Opportunities for Special Populations– Literacy & Improved Academic Performance

• Individualized learning plans• High quality instruction Performance-based

assessments • Rigorous programs for ALL students • Ensure equitable opportunities to learn for ALL

students

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RI High School Regulations

• Opportunities for Special Populations– Literacy & Improved Academic Performance

• Scaffolded literacy including PLPs• Focus on “Ramp-Up” interventions• Improved strategic alignment of literacy

interventions

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PBGR & Special Populations 5/11/06

RI High School Regulations

• Opportunities for Special Populations– Literacy & Improved Academic Performance

• Special Ed Staff assisting/advising in curriculum for universal design and Access

• Collaborative teaching – modeling diversification of instruction

• Common Planning of Instruction – modifying before delivery

• Common Planning of Assessment – modifying before assessment

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RI High School Regulations

• Opportunities for Special Populations– Personalization

• Strategically Addressing Social & Emotional Learning

• Strategies for Progressive Levels of Intervention• Utilization of Clinical Expertise• Functional Behavior Analysis• Transition Planning & Vocational Assessment

– Comprehensive School Counseling focused on outcome (Connection to ASCA Standards – Academic, Career, Emotional Development)

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RI High School Regulations

• Opportunities for Special Populations– Graduation by Proficiency

• Portfolio, Exhibitions, Senior Project– Link to Transition Portfolio/Planning & Transition Folder

• Applied Learning Opportunities– Credit for Out of School Learning

» Work Based Learning

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RI High School Regulations

• Emerging Challenges– Students who do not meet Proficiency

• Based on Grade 9-10 GLE’s• Locally Determined• Multiple Opportunities• Multiple Methods

– Students on IEP’s • remain eligible until they graduate with a regular

diploma or turn age 21

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RI High School Regulations

• Emerging Challenges – Students who are proficient in the alternate

assessment • Counts up to 10%• Meet Alternate GSE’s (presentation here today)• Meet Local PBGR System based on Alternate

GSE’s

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RI High School Regulations

• Emerging Challenges– Students new to the district

• Align from previous school to local PBGR system• Provide instruction and opportunities to meet local

requirements not already met by the student

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RI High School Regulations

• Next Steps– Peer Review completed– Commissioners Review underway– Feedback to Districts – this Spring/Summer– Ongoing Training

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RI High School Regulations

Questions & Answers