USING RICAS TO DEFINE A YEAR’S WORTH OF LEARNING Damian Betebenner, Center for Assessment RIDE Conference Call February 17, 2021 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

A year’s worth of learning 1. No established definition of what “a year’s worth of learning”. 2. Stakeholders often have very different understandings of what it means to say a student had a year’s worth of learning 1. Norm-referenced: Some people think it means they made typical progress. 2. Criterion-referenced: Some people think it means they made adequate progress to reach a desired outcome (i.e., growth to standard). UT TAC Accountability Discussion

RICAS 1. Does not have a vertical scale. 2. Scale score subtraction not support. But people will subtract/compare scores from one year to the next if given the data. 3. Looking at growth data by grade and content area shows substantial number of students “decline” in scale score even though they demonstrate typical growth. 4. Given Rhode Island’s growth index cut at 35, the most “natural” place to establish the “year’s learning” threshold is 35. 5. This would not be sufficient growth to low students up to proficiency which doesn’t align well with the commissioner’s goal to accelerate learning. 6. However, it’s possible to communicate that low achieving students need substantially more than a year’s worth of growth to catch up. UT TAC Accountability Discussion

ELA Grade 3 to 4 Growth Equal Probability Year's Growth Curves: ELA Grades 3 to 4 550 15th percentile growth 20th percentile growth 25th percentile growth 540 30th percentile growth 35th percentile growth 50th percentile growth Catch−Up/Keep−Up Target Grade 4 Score Grade 3 Score UT TAC Accountability Discussion

ELA Grade 4 to 5 Growth Equal Probability Year's Growth Curves: ELA Grades 4 to 5 550 15th percentile growth 20th percentile growth 25th percentile growth 540 30th percentile growth 35th percentile growth 50th percentile growth Catch−Up/Keep−Up Target Grade 5 Score Grade 4 Score UT TAC Accountability Discussion

ELA Grade 5 to 6 Growth Equal Probability Year's Growth Curves: ELA Grades 5 to 6 550 15th percentile growth 20th percentile growth 25th percentile growth 540 30th percentile growth 35th percentile growth 50th percentile growth Catch−Up/Keep−Up Target Grade 6 Score Grade 5 Score UT TAC Accountability Discussion

ELA Grade 6 to 7 Growth Equal Probability Year's Growth Curves: ELA Grades 6 to 7 550 15th percentile growth 20th percentile growth 25th percentile growth 540 30th percentile growth 35th percentile growth 50th percentile growth Catch−Up/Keep−Up Target Grade 7 Score Grade 6 Score UT TAC Accountability Discussion

ELA Grade 7 to 8 Growth Equal Probability Year's Growth Curves: ELA Grades 7 to 8 550 15th percentile growth 20th percentile growth 25th percentile growth 540 30th percentile growth 35th percentile growth 50th percentile growth Catch−Up/Keep−Up Target Grade 8 Score Grade 7 Score UT TAC Accountability Discussion

Mathematics Grade 3 to 4 Growth Equal Probability Year's Growth Curves: Mathematics Grades 3 to 4 550 15th percentile growth 20th percentile growth 25th percentile growth 540 30th percentile growth 35th percentile growth 50th percentile growth Catch−Up/Keep−Up Target Grade 4 Score Grade 3 Score UT TAC Accountability Discussion

Mathematics Grade 4 to 5 Growth Equal Probability Year's Growth Curves: Mathematics Grades 4 to 5 550 15th percentile growth 20th percentile growth 25th percentile growth 540 30th percentile growth 35th percentile growth 50th percentile growth Catch−Up/Keep−Up Target Grade 5 Score Grade 4 Score UT TAC Accountability Discussion

Mathematics Grade 5 to 6 Growth Equal Probability Year's Growth Curves: Mathematics Grades 5 to 6 550 15th percentile growth 20th percentile growth 25th percentile growth 540 30th percentile growth 35th percentile growth 50th percentile growth Catch−Up/Keep−Up Target Grade 6 Score Grade 5 Score UT TAC Accountability Discussion

Mathematics Grade 6 to 7 Growth Equal Probability Year's Growth Curves: Mathematics Grades 6 to 7 550 15th percentile growth 20th percentile growth 25th percentile growth 540 30th percentile growth 35th percentile growth 50th percentile growth Catch−Up/Keep−Up Target Grade 7 Score Grade 6 Score UT TAC Accountability Discussion

Mathematics Grade 7 to 8 Growth Equal Probability Year's Growth Curves: Mathematics Grades 7 to 8 550 15th percentile growth 20th percentile growth 25th percentile growth 540 30th percentile growth 35th percentile growth 50th percentile growth Catch−Up/Keep−Up Target Grade 8 Score Grade 7 Score UT TAC Accountability Discussion

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Using RICAS to Define a Year’s Worth of Learning — Rhode Island Department of Education, February 17, 2021.

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