The MDE MICIP team has been hard at work to provide access to MICIP Mindset materials that can support work in the field.  An MDE MICIP Web Page has been created!

On this page you will find a One-Pager to copy and utilize with your colleagues and districts.  Additionally, by pressing on the Professional Learning button, you can access the recording of the MICIP Overview and Mindset Webinar to view on your own or with district partners.  The PowerPoint slides and speaker notes are posted for your use.  There is also a “Contact Us” button at the bottom of the page if you have any questions.

Dr. Cathy Meyer, Jeff Tousley, Dr. Brian Davis, and Dr. Doug Greer presented on the importance of multiple measures and teacher dialogue.  Key to the process for both districts is the dialogue around the data rather than just the data points.  The dialogue focuses on interim and formative assessment that drive instruction through the SLO Process and de-emphasizes the use of state assessments.  Both districts use Adequate Growth with Standard Error as a more teacher friendly growth measure and apply a shared (or group) attribution.  Here is the slide deck to the presentation and the 2019 comprehensive document about shared attribution for student growth at Holland.

MDE is offering a series of professional learning opportunities to assist our shift in mindset around continuous school improvement.  Further into the year MDE will offer more learning around process and platform. The first of these will address the MICIP Mindset, including moving from annual district and school improvement to year-round continuous improvement, focusing on systems, and considering the whole child.  We would like to invite you to a webinar on this topic on Tuesday, September 10 from either 9:30 – 11:00 am or 1:00 – 2:30 pm.  Please feel free to invite anyone from your ISD/ESA who you think could benefit from this information, including any consultants.  The sessions will be identical so staff members need to attend only one. 
 
In addition, we are offering a two other opportunities on Wednesday, September 18 from either 9:00 – 10:30 am or 1:00 – 2:30 pm.  While ISD/ESA personnel could also attend these sessions (they will be identical to those on September 10), we might also encourage you to consider inviting district personnel to view the webinar with you on September 18.  This could then be followed by a conversation with those personnel about what this might mean for them during the 2019-2020 year even prior to the rollout of the actual platform.  Once the webinars are over, we will also be making them available through on-line modules so if none of these sessions work for you, you will also be able to access them that way.

September 10, 9:30 – 11:00 am
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September 10, 1:00 – 2:30 pm
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September 18, 1:00 – 2:30 pm
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from Ben Boerkel email  8/5/19

Embargoed data for school accountability was released on February 11, 2019 for new School Index based on the 2017/18 school year. Anticipate the public release of the School Index to be late February or early March. The methodology for reporting on a 100 point scale remains the same as last year and implies a letter grade on a curved scale.  For example, if your school has 50% of students proficient in ELA and MDE set the target at 60%, then the School Index reports a percentage of 50/60 or 83.3% of the target met.  In other words, instead of reporting 50% proficient, a percentage of the target is reported, 83.3%.  For further support, access any of the following:

• 2019 Guidance from MDE and MISD as an overview.
• New business rules for ATS and TSI schools with comments from MISD.
• A brief document on the relationship between the Parent Dashboard, School Index, and A-F Report Card (PA 601 of 2018).
• In addition, find 2018 podcasts like the one below on the Accountability Support Page to dive deeper into the Index, Growth, and Proficiency.

Hosted by the Ottawa Area ISD to provide brief updates on the topics most important to those present.  The Presentation Slides have an activity around College and Career Readiness in SIP and updates on MI School Data from Dr. Parker-Moore, MISD.  

Collective Teacher Efficacy - John Hattie defines what it is and what it is not (2:03 - 5:41 min)

• Ed Evals with State Data: Anxiety seems to the enemy of efficacy and our system has created a great deal of teacher anxiety requiring student growth and assessment data be a considerable portion of educator evaluations.  Many have found an intuitive and teacher-friendly approach to help reduce or eliminate anxiety, called Adequate Growth with Std. Err. Learn more at the MASA Breakout session (PPT and Handout) or on the support page.
• Comparison to Similar Schools i.e. RNN:  Schools solely  comparing to the state average often find it may cause complacency in low poverty schools or despair in high poverty schools.  By also utilizing a comparison to similar schools, we have seen complacency replaced with urgency and despair replaced with hope.  Learn more at the MASA Breakout session (Presentation) or support pages and other sites, such as RNN Data Tool, Parent Dashboard Support (or direct link), and Mackinac Center Rankings.
• School Accountability:  Past accountability systems have contradicted each other with a single summative score (Ranking: 42nd, Color: Yellow, Label: Reward).  Might it be possible to create one cohesive accountability system that does not produce a summative score but rather has a "Report Card" that would have a few key components or have a more complete dashboard with key components highlighted, such as:
  • Percent Proficient (percent of students reaching proficiency or close enough due to the error in testing)
  • Percent meeting Adequate Growth (see bullet #1)
  • Comparison to similar schools (see bullet #2)
  • Comparison of significant subgroup populations with the same subgroup across the entire state. 

Learn more by reading a brief document (PDF) explaining the difference between the Parent Dashboard, School Index, and A-F Report Card (PA 601 of 2018).  To see an overview of the Parent Dashboard and dive deeper into the School Index, visit the support page.

Gone are the days of Gather, Study, Plan, Do and welcome in the new five phases. The process begins with assessing your needs which should inform a continuous improvement plan that articulates the vital behaviors of implementation for staff to support and monitor throughout the year.  Towards the end of the year, strategies should be evaluated for fidelity and the impact on the whole child.  These phases overlap each other and tend to be more complex and less linear in nature.  See the Continuous Improvement Tab for more information.  

On Monday, Nov. 19, at 2:45 p.m., visit Ballroom 5 for an exploration of updated resources on the Practical School Improvement Timeline. 
The agenda (with live links) will cover four major areas:

1. Assessing Needs with three recommendations
2. Monitoring and supporting implementation of improvement plans
3. Exploring other resources through a BINGO scavenger hunt
4. Question & Answer regarding resources available or coming soon, visit sli.do using event #siTimeline (capitalize the "T").

The SI Timeline has two new data sources available: 1) bit.ly/RNN18 and 2) Adequate Growth. 

1) The new RNN Data Tool in 2018 allows for an online, interactive graph that shows how schools compare to other schools with similar risk factors.  Traditionally, Economically Disadvantaged was the sole risk factor used, however, this year additional risk factors such as absenteeism were considered.  Find out more about the Reading Now Network or simply explore the RNN Data Tools to find similar schools in which to network and learn promising practices.

2) Student growth for Ed Evals using state assessment data has been a hot topic recently with several options for districts to choose.  Many are hearing about EVAAS with the Value-Added Modeling, often known as the 'black box,' as an option to explore this year.  Most seem to be using Student Growth Percentiles, hopefully combined with multiple measures (such as proficiency).  Some are learning about Adequate Growth with SE as a more intuitive and teacher friendly measure.  ​

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is working toward an enhanced whole-child supportive model of needs assessment and planning; however, for this year in partnership with AdvancED, the MDE will continue to keep the ASSIST web-based platform open (MDE Memo 8/23/18) for submission of District Improvement Plans (DIPs), School Improvement Plans (SIPs), and other documents associated with DIPs and SIPs for the 2018-2019 School Year for the 2019-2020 School Year.

All schools in Michigan will be assigned the Improvement Plan Assurance and choose the school improvement plan option as directed by their districts. These options are:

• Goals and Plans
• Abbreviated Template
• Unpacking Tool