Hillsborough County Public Schools Information and Technology
Information Item

DATE: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

The Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) allows Hillsborough County Public Schools to Make National Comparison of Student Achievement with State and Large Urban Districts Using the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The NAEP is administered uniformly across the nation and provide a snap shot of student performance grouped by state overall and by demographic groups.

For the 2009 NAEP assessment in Florida, only Miami-Dade had been selected as a Trial Urban District and received district-level results. However, Hillsborough County has now been selected to participate in the Trial Urban District Assessment. Beginning with the 2011 NAEP assessment, the District will have district-level results reported. Since the District no longer uses a national norm-reference test across all grades, the NAEP results will allow district personnel to compare students in grades 4 and 8 to the nation in reading, math, and possibly science. The District will also be able to compare its results to other states and to 20 other large urban districts. The content areas measured by the NAEP assessment are included in the attached tables.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

* Demonstrate consistent and effective teaching methods, * Challenge and support all students with an appropriate curriculum

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: No)

No district expense other than district-level personnel time needed to coordinate with the DOE.

EVALUATION

Results of NAEP assessment will be compared to other states and 20 other large urban districts.

SUBMITTED BY:

Samuel R. Whitten
Assistant Director, Assessment and Accountability
(813) 272-4341 		David J. Steele, Ph.D.
Chief Information and Technology Officer and Project Director, Empowering Effective Teachers Grant
(813) 272-4600
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