Message: EOC Parent Letter.pdf

EOC Parent Letter.pdf
FromDickey, KelliDate  Friday, September 1, 2017 1:46 PM
To
Vandeven, Margie
Cc
Coffman, Robin
SubjectEOC Parent Letter.pdf

Please let me know your updates.

 

 

Dear Colleague:

 

During the webinar on Wednesday, it was recommended that the Department provide a letter of explanation for parents of students who took the Algebra I and/or English II End-of-Course assessment during the 2016-2017 school year.  NEED TO ADD MORE INFORMATION

 

 

Margie

 

(KED will add your tag line)


September 1, 2017 Dear Parents: A top priority of 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. We want to inform you about some developments resulting from the 2017 End-of-Course assessments in Algebra I and English II. The technical advisory committee (TAC) retained by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to review assessment results each year determined that the 2017 Algebra I and English II assessments are not suitable for establishing assessment performance trends. Upon the recommendation of the TAC, DESE will exclude data from these assessments in school district and charter school annual performance reports (APRs). The APRs that we provide to school districts and charter schools look at multiple factors, including state assessments in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; a host of college and career readiness indicators; attendance rates; and graduation rates. For each of these indicators, multiple years of data are used. Your child’s class grades and any local decisions about A+ eligibility, as it pertains to these two assessments, are not at risk. I appreciate your understanding as we work through this unfortunate event. Thank you for supporting Missouri public education and your local school district. Sincerely, Margie Vandeven Commissioner of Education