Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6A - State Board of Education › Chapter 6A-1 - FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION › Section 6A-1.09981 - School and District Accountability

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to provide the definitions and policies
				for school and district grades accountability systems.
(2) Definitions. For the purpose of this
				rule, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Full-year-enrolled student" means a
				student who is present for both the second and third period full-time
				equivalent (FTE) student membership surveys as specified in Rule
				6A-1.0451, F.A.C., and who is
				still enrolled at the time of statewide standardized testing.
(b) "Learning gains" means that the student
				demonstrates growth from one (1) year to the next year sufficient to meet the
				criteria below. Learning gains may be demonstrated in English Language Arts and
				Mathematics.
1. Students with two (2)
				consecutive years of valid scores on the end-of-year comprehensive progress
				monitoring assessments or the mathematics end-of-course assessments may
				demonstrate learning gains in four (4) different ways.
a. Students who increase at least one (1)
				achievement level on the end-of-year comprehensive progress monitoring
				assessments or the mathematics end-of-course assessments in the same subject
				area.
b. Students who scored below
				Achievement Level 3 on the end-of-year comprehensive progress monitoring
				assessments or the mathematics end-of-course assessments in the prior year and
				who advance from one subcategory within Achievement Level 1 or 2 in the prior
				year to a higher subcategory in the current year in the same subject area.
				Achievement Level 1 is comprised of three (3) equal subcategories, and
				Achievement Level 2 is comprised of two (2) equal subcategories. Subcategories
				are determined by dividing the scale of Achievement Level 1 into three (3)
				equal parts and dividing the scale of Achievement Level 2 into two (2) equal
				parts. If the scale range cannot be evenly divided into three (3) equal parts
				for Achievement Level 1 or into two (2) equal parts for Achievement Level 2, no
				subcategory may be more than one (1) scale score point larger than the other
				subcategories; the highest subcategories shall be the smallest.
c. Students whose score remained at
				Achievement Level 3 or 4 on the end-of-year comprehensive progress monitoring
				assessments or the mathematics end-of-course assessments in the current year
				and whose scale score is greater in the current year than the prior year in the
				same subject area. This does not apply to students who scored in a different
				achievement level in the prior year in the same subject area.
d. Students who scored at Achievement Level 5
				in the prior year on the end-of-year comprehensive progress monitoring
				assessments or the mathematics end-of-course assessments and who score in the
				same Achievement Level in the current year in the same subject
				area.
2. Students with
				two (2) consecutive years of valid Florida Standards Alternate Assessment
				scores may demonstrate learning gains in four (4) different ways.
a. Students who increase at least one (1)
				achievement level on the Florida Standards Alternate Assessment in the same
				subject area.
b. Students who
				scored below Achievement Level 3 on the Florida Standards Alternate Assessment
				in the prior year and who advance from one subcategory within Achievement Level
				1 or 2 in the prior year to a higher subcategory in the current year in the
				same subject area. Achievement Level 1 is comprised of three (3) equal
				subcategories, and Achievement Level 2 is comprised of two (2) equal
				subcategories. Subcategories are determined by dividing the scale of
				Achievement Level 1 into three (3) equal parts and dividing the scale of
				Achievement Level 2 into two (2) equal parts. If the scale range cannot be
				evenly divided into three (3) equal parts for Achievement Level 1 or into two
				(2) equal parts for Achievement Level 2, no subcategory may be more than one
				(1) scale score point larger than the other subcategories; the highest
				subcategories shall be the smallest.
c. Students who scored at Achievement Level 3
				on the Florida Standards Alternate Assessment in the prior year and who
				maintain the same Achievement Level 3 subcategory or move from the lower
				subcategory to the higher subcategory. Subcategories are determined by dividing
				the scale of Achievement Level 3 into two (2) equal parts. If the scale range
				cannot be evenly divided into two (2) equal parts for Achievement Level 3, then
				the highest subcategory shall be the smallest.
d. Students who scored at Achievement Level 4
				in the prior year on the Florida Standards Alternate Assessment and who score
				in the same Achievement Level in the current year in the same subject
				area.
(c)
				"Passing" means that the student must attain a statewide standardized
				assessment score of Achievement Level 3 or higher.
(d) "School grade component" means the areas
				listed in paragraphs (4)(a), (4)(b), (4)(c), and (4)(d) of this rule.
(e) "School grades school year" means the
				fall, winter, spring, and the preceding summer for the purposes of the school
				grades calculation.
(f) "Statewide
				standardized assessments" means the assessments required in Section
				1008.22(3),
				F.S., including the comprehensive statewide assessments, the end-of-course
				assessments, and the alternate assessments.
(g) "Students in the lowest twenty-five (25)
				percent" means current year full-year-enrolled students whose prior year
				assessment scores are in the lowest performing twenty-five (25) percent on the
				statewide standardized assessments in the subject areas of English Language
				Arts or Mathematics for each school.
(h) "Subject areas" means the four (4) areas
				of English Language Arts (English Language Arts in grades 3 through 10),
				Mathematics (Mathematics in grades 3 through 8, Algebra 1, and Geometry),
				Science (Science in grades 5 and 8, and Biology 1), and Social Studies (Civics
				and U.S. History).