GOAL 1: Highest Student Achievement

Outcome A: Student Performance and Assessment

All students will achieve or exceed proficiency levels aligned to clearly defined program and curricular performance standards. Individual student progress will be continually measured using multiple local and system-wide performance-based assessments.

1A Outcome Milestones

July 2011

• All students will perform "At the Standard" level or higher on system-wide, criterion-referenced assessments aligned to the Reading/English/Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Technology performance standards:
• Grades 4, 8 in Math
• Grades 5, 7, 9 in Reading/English/Language Arts (Writing).
• Grades 9-11 in End-of-Course Assessments (Algebra I, Biology, U.S. History)
• Annual targets will be established based on school improvement plan data.
• Seventy-five percent of all students in grades 3-11 will perform "At the Standard" level or higher (the top two quarters) on a system-wide, norm- referenced assessment. Seven percent or less will perform "Below the Standard" level (the bottom quarter).
• All students will perform "At the Standard" level or higher in reading (at grade level) by the end of grades 3, 6, and 9.
• All Pre-K-2 students will perform "At the Standard" or higher on developmentally appropriate measures.

1A Measures

DoDEA will use a systemwide, norm-referenced assessment for students in grades 3-11 that measures performance in reading, language arts, math, science, and social studies. [For additional detail, please see the Assessment Matrix.]

DoDEA will use annual, systemwide, criterion-referenced assessments for selected grades 3-12 in selected subject areas (reading, language arts, math, science, and social studies). [For additional detail, please see the Assessment Matrix.]

DoDEA will use annual, systemwide, criterion-referenced assessments for Pre-K-2 in selected subjects.[For additional detail, please see the Assessment Matrix.]

An Internet based delivery system will be utilized to provide online training modules for assessment for learning.

All DoDEA educators will be trained and use local assessments for learning.

All students will participate in the DoDEA systemwide assessment program either through the identified systemwide assessments or alternate assessments.

Systemwide student data will be reported using the following performance categories:

• Above the Standard
• At the Standard
• Partially Met the Standard
• Below the Standard

1A Implementation Milestones

March 2007

• Systemwide, norm-referenced assessments will be purchased and implemented based on the CSP Cycle.
• Criterion-referenced assessments are developed and implemented as part of the Curriculum Renewal Cycle. (See Assessment Development Matrix)

June 2007

• Revised alternate assessments will be developed and used with all students unable to participate in the identified DoDEA systemwide assessments.

July 2007

• DoDEA will implement a revised Curriculum Renewal Process that incorporates an expanded professional development component and focuses on assessment for learning.
• A systemwide, grade 9 reading assessment will be identified and implemented.
• Each level of the organization will develop a plan to achieve the CSP goals using relevant aggregated and disaggregated data.
• School Improvement Plans will be aligned with accreditation requirements and include annual growth targets.
• Student assessments for technology will be identified and implemented at the identified grade levels.

July 2008

• DoDEA will implement a systemwide, criterion-referenced, developmentally appropriate assessment or measure for selected grades and subject areas for grades Pre-K-2.
• The Quality Indicator Map will be reviewed and refined as necessary.

Outcome B: Opportunities to Learn and Citizenship

All students will have access to varied and challenging learning opportunities and appropriate interventions and/or modifications to meet the standards and foster lifelong learning and productive citizenship.

1B Outcome Milestones

July 2011

• All students will have equal access to and be encouraged to take advantage of challenging learning opportunities. Accommodations, modifications, and enrichment will be provided to support the success of every student.
• All middle/high school students will be given the opportunity to demonstrate productive citizenship.
  • 100% of students participate in at least one extra curricular/co-curricular activity in middle/high school.
  • Leadership opportunities will be available in all schools, e.g. Honor Society, Student Council/Student Government, JROTC.
  • Positive student behaviors will be demonstrated by a reduction in student incidents as reported in student and data management systems.
  • Unexcused absences will be reduced.

1B Measures

All levels will annually measure student access to, and success in, learning opportunities through:

• School schedules (secondary)
• Student schedules/Course Enrollment (secondary)
• Grade reports
• Assessment for learning (local)
• Assessment of learning (systemwide)

DoDEA will annually measure student citizenship through a review of student and data management systems.

1B Implementation Milestones

July 2007

• DoDEA will ensure that policies, resource allocation practices, and staff development promote high student achievement of the DoDEA performance standards (e.g., Reading/ELA/Math support, AVID, Advanced Placement, Honors).
• DoDEA will implement a policy for schools to annually enter student curricular/co-curricular and leadership, incident data in student and data management systems.