DISCUSSION/ACTION Office of the Superintendent of Schools MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland October 10, 2016 MEMORANDUM To: Members of the Board of Education From: Jack R. Smith, Superintendent of Schools Subject: Final Approval of the Comprehensive Master Plan Under the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act of 2002 (BTE), enacted by the Maryland General Assembly in 2002, Local Education Agencies (LEAs) in Maryland are required to submit a Comprehensive Master Plan (Master Plan) that links school finance to decisions concerning school improvement annually. BTE is a standards-based approach to public school financing. BTE requires the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) to set academic content and student achievement standards, ensure that schools and students have sufficient resources to meet those standards, and hold schools and school systems accountable for the performance of all students and all racial/ethnic and special services groups. By design, the legislation requires school systems to integrate state, federal, and local funding and initiatives into the Master Plan. Background The BTE legislation provides a framework for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and other LEAs to increase student achievement and close the achievement gap. The legislation increased state aid for public education and required each LEA to develop a Comprehensive Master Plan that is updated each year. The Master Plan describes the goals, objectives, and strategies that will be used to improve student achievement. In addition, the Master Plan includes detailed summaries of the alignment between our current Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget, the FY 2016 actual budget, and the Master Plan goals and objectives. Following submission of the 2016 Master Plan to MSDE on October 17, 2016, MCPS will receive feedback from MSDE as well as from peer review teams composed of representatives of other LEAs. Following edits and updates from this review, the final submission of the Master Plan will be transmitted to MSDE on November 17, 2016. Changes to the Comprehensive Master Plan Earlier this year, the Maryland General Assembly passed House Bill (HB) 999, Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, and HB 412, Education – Assessments – Administration and Provision of Information. Specifically, HB 999 outlines the reporting structure of the BTE Master Plan Annual Update for submission in both 2016 and 2017. HB 999 revises the requirements that need to be reported in the submission for these two particular years. Based on HB 999, the Master Plan Annual Update shall only include the goals, objectives, and strategies regarding the performance of three categories of students. These include: 1) students requiring special education, as defined in Section 5-209 of the Education Article; Members of the Board of Education 2 October 10, 2016 2) students with limited English proficiency, as defined in Section 5-208 of the Education Article; and 3) students failing to meet or failing to make progress toward meeting state performance standards, including any segment of the student population that is, on average, performing at a lower achievement level than the student population as a whole. HB 999 also requires MSDE to report by October 1, 2017, to the Maryland State Board of Education, the General Assembly, and the commission created by the bill on what information should be included in future Comprehensive Master Plans and whether they should be completed in digital form that periodically can be updated. The other bill, HB 412, outlines assessment reporting details specified in the new Education Article Section 7-203.3 for each assessment administered in the school district and the information that shall be provided in the Master Plan Annual Update for each administered assessment. For each assessment, MCPS and other LEAs are required to provide the following information: 1) the title of the assessment; 2) the purpose of the assessment; 3) whether the assessment is mandated by a local, state, or federal entity; 4) the grade level or subject area, as appropriate, to which the test is administered; 5) the testing window of the assessment; and 6) whether accommodations are available for students with special needs and what are those accommodations. In addition to these changes in this year’s Master Plan Annual Update, the structure of the Master Plan has been revised. Part II of previous Comprehensive Master Plan submissions reflected budget narrative and details of federal grant-titled programs including Title I, Parts A and D; Title II; Title III, Part A; as well as the State Fine Arts Grant Program, and other reporting requirements. This budget section has been separated from the rest of the Master Plan Annual Update and will now be submitted separately as the Federal and State Grant Applications and other Reporting Requirements; it has its own submission schedule distinct from when the Master Plan Annual Update is due to MSDE. Final submission of Title I, Part D, to MSDE occurred on September 16, 2016, and Title I, Part A, on September 30, 2016. Other components of the Federal and State Grant Applications and Other Reporting Requirements are due on either October 17, 2016, or November 17, 2016. The following is a summary of the contents of the MCPS 2016 Master Plan Annual Update. Content of Submission Executive Summary Maryland’s Goals, Objectives, and Strategies • Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) English Language Arts Literacy Grades 3–8 and Grade 10 • PARCC Mathematics for Grades 3–8 • Maryland School Assessment—Science • High School Assessment—Biology • High School Assessment—Government 2016 Bridge to Excellence Master Plan Assessments Requirements 2016 Bridge to Excellence Master Plan Assessments Requirements Template Members of the Board of Education 3 October 10, 2016 Recommended Resolution WHEREAS, The Maryland General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 856, the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act of 2002, on April 4, 2002, and on May 6, 2002, Governor Parris N. Glendening signed the Act into law; and WHEREAS, The Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act of 2002 requires local school systems to submit annual updates of their five-year Comprehensive Master Plan to the Maryland State Department of Education, to include prior-year revenues and expenditures with the annual update; and WHEREAS, House Bill 999, the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, passed by the Maryland General Assembly in 2016, revised the submission structure for the 2016 and 2017 Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act of 2002—Master Plan Annual Update; and WHEREAS, The Montgomery County Public Schools submission for the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act of 2002—Master Plan Annual Update for 2016 fulfills all of the required components, including strategies and supporting documentation; and WHEREAS, The United States Department of Education granted Maryland a waiver from certain requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; now therefore be it Resolved, That the Board of Education approve the Montgomery County Public Schools’ Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act of 2002—Master Plan Annual Update for 2016 and the Federal and State Grant Applications and Other Reporting Requirements; and be it further Resolved, That Montgomery County Public Schools staff submit the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act of 2002—Master Plan Annual Update to the Maryland State Department of Education on or before October 17, 2016. JRS:ND:SS:jp Attachment 2016 Bridge to Excellence Annual Update Montgomery County Public Schools TABLE OF CONTENTS BRIDGE TO EXCELLENCE ANNUAL UPDATE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 2 BUDGET NARRATIVE .................................................................................................................... 7 GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES ............................................................................................. 9 ASSESSMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 14 FINANCE............................................................................................................................. 19 GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES ................................................................................ 23 PARCC ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY GRADES 3-8, 10 .......................................................... 25 PARCC MATHEMATICS GRADES 3-8, ALGEBRA 1 ............................................................................. 32 MSA SCIENCE .......................................................................................................................... 38 HSA BIOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 42 HSA GOVERNMENT ................................................................................................................... 45 ASSESSMENTS .................................................................................................................... 48 APPENDIX A –ALLOCATIONS ............................................................................................... 54 FEDERAL