Mr. Charles F. Mahoney
Executive Director / Fayette-Greene-Washington
THE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 11 Intermediate Unit Drive
Coal Center, PA 15423
Telephone 724-938-3241 Fax 724-938-3665

9/2017

Superintendents, CCC & Principal Agenda

Other Items:

1.2017 Spring PSSA

September 19, 2017 - Individual Student Reports arrive at districts/schools

October 9, 2017 - Data Interaction available

October 20, 2017 - District and School Summary Reports available

2.ELA Blast with ELA PSSA information

3.Update from Brian Campbell, Director Bureau of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction, PDE

  1. ESSA has completed the Public Comment period, the draft has been revised and is being reviewed, and will be submitted on 9/19/17. There were some ‘tweaks’ and added details, but most has remained the same. See proposed plan highlights on Wiki.
  2. The Future Ready PA Index is still in development, with ‘still’ screenshots being shared by November. It will take the place of SPP as the public document, however SPP will still remain due to Educator Effectiveness. More information, including an overview, can be found at the PDE website,
  3. 3 Components – State Assessment Measures, On-track Measures, College and Career Readiness Measures
  4. Percent Advanced will be not be used for extra credit, but in another section of the Index.
  5. On-track Measures include Grade 3 Reading Indicators of Success, Grade 7 Mathematics Indicators of Success, English Language Proficiency, Chronic Absenteeism
  6. Career Readiness Measures – Jenny Lent
  7. Future Ready will go into effect next Fall…
  8. PSSA testing has been reduced to begin this year. The tests have been reduced proportionally by recording category and DOK. For ELA, the standalone writing prompt has been eliminated, Multiple Choice Language questions have been rduced and they are making an effort to have equal number of fiction and non-fiction TDA questions. Short constructive response is still in the test. There will be writing resources on the SAS Portal, including the Assessment Builder.
  9. Testing windows will remain the same for this year, with Districts making a local decision as to where they will give the test within the window (since the test was shortened). In 2018-19, the calendar will be built differently, with a speed-up in the return of scores (with a make-up window removed to help speed up score return).

4.CPE update…Local Council

  1. Send course proposals electronically for review
  2. Local Council would determine whether the course was worthy of moving to the PAIU level or needed revised.

5.IU 1 District Induction – please see attached flyer on the Wiki page. 19 Districts and CTS’s participating, with 49 year 1 and 46 year 2 teachers.

6.Project-based assessments – no change as of now, you make the decision from a local perspective

Intermediate Unit 1 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, ancestry or any other legally protected classification in its educational programs, activities or employment practices