MEMBERS PRESENT

Jeanne Morris Berrien County ISD
Jim Bembenek Berrien County ISD
Ron Morley Clare-Gladwin RESD
Sheryl Presler Clare-Gladwin RESD
Dennis Stanek Delta-Schoolcraft ISD
Johanna Ostwald Dickinson-Iron ISD
Sally Vaughn Livingston ESA
Linda Brown MDE, Office of Field Services
Olga Moir MI Association for Supervision &
Curriculum Development
Gayle Green Macomb ISD
Carol Klenow Oakland ISD
Diane Szalka Wayne RESA
William Miller Washtenaw ISD

CALL TO ORDER

The regular meeting was called to order by William Miller at 11:00 a.m.

TOPICS

1. MDE Field Services Report – Linda Brown, MDE

This report was moved to the front of the agenda.

• Numerous issues/problems were reported with the SRSD data used for AYP reports.
• 2 major problems created by SRSD data being used for calculations included:
     1. unpopulated fields for the school change calculation
     2. attendance errors that impacted the participation rate and not including non-standardized tests in the participation rate figures.
• 3 major programming errors have also led to inaccuracies in calculations for AYP and “Education YES!” results.
     1. Small schools (any schools in 2002-03 with less than 30 students) had system-wide programming errors.
     2. Subgroup AYP was not considered if the entire school made AYP…meaning that more schools may not be making AYP that the date release indicated.
     3. No provisions were made for mobility, mobile students were suppose to be left out of the calculations.

Due to these problems, the November 5, 2003, appeal deadline may be extended.

For the Title I schools, the status is not yet known.
The following recommendations were made by the committee:

1. MAISA supports public school accountability and state accreditation models based on accurate measures of student achievement data. The current stakes are very high and any judgment of school quality much be based on accurate data.

2. The Michigan “Education YES!” accreditation school report system is based on data from the SRSD that is inaccurate and incomplete. In addition, there are numerous programming errors that impact the current school report release and that has resulted in numerous inaccuracies in the report, therefore, MAISA recommends that:

   a. The school report not be released until all appeals have been finalized.
   b. The MAISA legislative committee work to extend the legislatively imposed deadline for appeal.
   c. Statewide AYP be calculated to satisfy the federal requirement, but that school grades be deferred for one year due to inaccurate and incomplete data.
   d. MDE is being responsive to dealing with appeals, but hundreds of schools are being impacted by programming errors and SRSD inaccuracies necessitate the need to address serious problems with the “YES!” system before moving ahead with full implementation.

Highly Qualified Teachers

An alternative professional development plan and portfolio option will be developed by the end of 2005-06.

MDE Reorganization

Yvonne Caamal Canul will be heading the new office of school improvement that includes:

• Field Services
• Accountability
• Curriculum Resources
• Partner Educators

2. MASA Partnership with Canter and Associates, Kim Hirsch

Received a presentation on an on-line Master’s degree program for aspiring administrators through Walden University.

3. Mi Plan Update – School Improvement Template – Gayle Green, Carol Klenow

Heard a report on MI-Plan training. Three training sessions will be held. The original 50 participants will continue to be involved. December 1st is the target date for the live website.

4. Member Organization Reports

MASB

Numerous training/inservice opportunities are being implemented.

Michigan Staff Development Council

No report.

Special Education

MI-ACESS and the highly qualified teacher issue are being worked on.

Michigan Virtual University/Michigan Virtual High School

No report.

REMC

MCoda, Screen Net and Freedom to Learn initiatives are underway.

Mathematics and Science Center

No report.

Career and Technical Education

No report.