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The guidance covers why the threshold matters for transparency and equity, how schools are notified when participation falls below 95%, and which years of data are used. 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What is the basis for the requirement that at least 95 percent of eligiblestudents participate in state accountability assessments?  \nThe Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which was signed into law in 2015, reauthorized the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the country’s national education law and longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students. ESSA, a law that has bipartisan support, tasks individual states to create a plan to ensure every child is learning and on the path to college and career. It includes the requirement of universal participation in state accountability assessments and defines universal participation as at least 95 percent of eligible students.  \nQ-2. Aside from ensuring compliance with federal law, why is achieving and maintaining 95 percent student participation important?  \nThe 95 percent participation threshold supports student learning in two ways:  \n• Transparency--The results give parents and families comparable data to understand how their child is progressing and if they are on track for college and career. Our state assessments measure how well students know the rigorous Illinois Learning Standards through complex tasks that require strategic reasoning and extended investigation to solve problems. This transparency allows for a stronger partnership between parents and teachers to proactively address any causes of concern.  \n• Equity--Standardized assessments allow schools, districts, and states to compare student performance against a common standard. Ensuring at least 95 percent of students participate allows schools, districts, and ISBE to identify trends for different groups of students that might otherwise go unnoticed. This critical data empowers us to ensure all students have the support they need to thrive and to modify our supports and instruction accordingly. The greater the number of students who participate, the more accurate the trend.  \nQ-3. When will schools be notified of participation rate status and which data collection year will be used for calculations?  \nSchools will be notified beginning in the 2018-19 school year if they have any subgroups (one or more) that fall below the 95 percent threshold for participation, including the all student group.  \nThe three consecutive years of data used for identification of schools for Targeted Supports and Interventions will be spring 2018, 2019, and 2020 participation data for identification in the 2020-21 school year.  \nQ-4. What assessments are subject to the 95 percent participation rate?  \nPer ESSA, participation rates on the English language arts (ELA) and mathematics assessments, both the regular and alternate versions, will be used to identify schools for Targeted Supports and Interventions. The assessments identified below will factor into a participation rate for each subject and for each school, district, and the state.  \n\n| Grades Tested | Assessments Used in 2018 |\n| --- | --- |\n| 3-8 | PARCC, DLM-AA |\n| 11 | SAT and DLM-AA |\n\nThese assessments have and will continue to improve over time, with any future changes representing improvements in content and usability for teachers, administrators, and parents/caregivers. Given that all state accountability assessments must align to the state’s academic learning standards, the level of rigor and expectations should not change drastically from year to year to maintain stability for comparability.  \nEach student is required to take only one ELA and math assessment per grade level and is counted once per subject. Participation in ELA and math are calculated separately to account for the fact that there are a very small number of students who are only required to take one subject (i.e., homeschool students who receive instruction in just math or English) .  \nStudents who take the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment (DLM-AA) and choose to take the regular assessment as well ","cbCaib4An8yhVpOw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib4An8yhVpOw","pdf",209159,"English","# Q-1 Basis for 95 percent participation requirement\n# Q-2 Importance of maintaining 95 percent participation\n# Q-3 Notification of participation status and data year used\n# Q-4 Assessments subject to the 95 percent participation rate\n# Q-5 Whether students can opt out and impacts","[{\"question\":\"What legal basis defines the 95 percent universal participation requirement?\",\"answer\":\"The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed into law in 2015, reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and defines universal participation as at least 95 percent of eligible students.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is achieving and maintaining 95 percent participation important?\",\"answer\":\"It supports transparency for families by providing comparable results, and it supports equity by enabling more accurate identification of trends across student groups against a common standard.\"},{\"question\":\"When will schools be notified about participation rate status, and which data years are used?\",\"answer\":\"Schools will be notified beginning in the 2018-19 school year if any subgroup falls below 95 percent. 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