Message: RE: Quick follow-up question

RE: Quick follow-up question
RE: Quick follow-up question

From | Potter, Sarah | Date Wednesday, August 30, 2017 5:45 PM

To | Taketa, Kristen
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Subject | RE: Quick follow-up question

Commissioner Script for 2017 EOC for News Media.pdf (201 Kb )

Here is the Commissioner’s statement.

Sarah

Sarah Potter, APR | Communications Coordinator | 573‐751‐3469 | dese.mo.gov

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From: Kristen Taketa [mailto:KTaketa@post-dispatch.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 5:34 PM
To: Potter, Sarah
Subject: RE: Quick follow-up question

Thanks Sarah. Apologies again for being late today.

From: Potter, Sarah [mailto:sarah.potter@dese.mo.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 4:57 PM
To: Kristen Taketa
Subject: RE: Quick follow-up question

For 2017 -

English II: 64842

Algebra I: 64852

Sarah Potter, APR | Communications Coordinator | 573‐751‐3469 | dese.mo.gov

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From: Kristen Taketa [mailto:KTaketa@post-dispatch.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 4:39 PM
To: Potter, Sarah
Subject: RE: Quick follow-up question

Also, how many students took the English II and Algebra I EOCs this year?

From: Kristen Taketa
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 4:35 PM
To: 'Potter, Sarah'
Subject: Quick follow-up question

Hi Sarah,

Is DESE calling into question the comparability of results only from 2017 and 2016, or is the comparability now in question for more years back?

Thanks, Kristen

    August 30, 2017

    Script for Media for 2017 EOC News
    Each year the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education administers the Missouri Assessment  Program (MAP) tests to students in our Missouri traditional and charter public schools. This includes  grade-level tests in English language arts and mathematics in grades 3-8, science in grades 5 and 8, and  up to nine End-of-Course tests in high school. Statewide results for the grade-level tests were released  earlier this month. At that time, we indicated that End-of-Course tests were undergoing additional  review. Here is an update on that review.
    Statewide End-of-Course results were delivered to the Department in late July. Upon review, we  immediately alerted our End-of-Course test vendor that additional review was warranted.
    We then pulled together our team of nationally recognized assessment experts – our Technical Advisory  Committee (TAC) – to  review. On August 18, the TAC concluded that two of the nine EOCs, the English II  and Algebra I results, should not be publicly reported and should not be used in statewide accountability  determinations. We concur with that recommendation.
    Things you should know:
    • We are holding the testing vendor, Questar, accountable for not producing usable  assessment results. Our students and teachers work hard throughout the year and are  counting on us to get this right.
    • We secured our testing vendor contract using required Office of Administration (OA)  procurement services. Our assigned OA purchaser and attorney are working with us on this  issue.
    • We are in the process reprogramming the Annual Performance Report (APR) to allow for  exclusion of the Algebra I and English II EOCs. This will result in a slight delay of the final APR  release. Timelines for the release will be available later in September.
    • These tests have been retired. Missouri educators have been developing new EOC exams  based on the new Missouri Learning Standards.
    We applaud the work of our teachers and students for their hard work throughout the school year, and  we must assure them that their work is appropriately represented.