Message: EOC parent letter

EOC parent letter
FromPreis, StaceyDate  Friday, September 1, 2017 10:43 AM
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Vandeven, Margie
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Dickey, Kelli
SubjectEOC parent letter

Here is the EOC letter to parents with changes we discussed. I had to smooth out a couple of places where were adding new language and what we had word-for-word didn’t quite flow right.

 

Stacey


September 1, 2017

Dear Parents,

Our top priority as educators is to help prepare Missouri children for success, not only in school but also for life after graduation. We know you are proud of your children, and we are too. That is why we want to inform you about some developments resulting from the 2017 End-of-Course assessments in Algebra I and English II.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has decided to exclude data from these assessments in school district and charter school annual performance reports (APRs). Your student’s class grades and any local decisions about A+ eligibility, as it pertains to these two assessments, are not at risk.

The APRs that we provide to school districts and charter schools look at multiple factors, including state assessments in English language arts, mathematics, and science, and we use multiple years of data. The technical advisory committee (TAC) retained by DESE to review assessment results each year determined that 2017 Algebra I and English II assessments are not suitable for establishing assessment performance trends. We are excluding the results of those two tests for this purpose only.

Thank you for supporting Missouri public education and your local school district.

Sincerely,

Margie Vandeven

Commissioner of Education