Governor's Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Team

Aloha,
 
On April 15, 2016, Governor David Ige announced that he was forming the "Governor's ESSA Team" to do the following:
 
(1) to conduct an assessment of the Hawaii public education system
(2) to identify the opportunities provided through ESSA
(3) to plan an education summit and community town hall meetings to collect input from all stakeholders
(4) to create a blueprint to transform public education in Hawaii
 
The purpose of this teacher survey is to collect important input and information for the Governor's ESSA Team to create a blueprint for public education.

Thank you for taking the time to respond to these questions and for providing your input and recommendations for the Governor's ESSA Team. 


 

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* 1. Please indicate the stakeholder group(s) that you represent:

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* 2. How many years of experience do you have as a teacher?

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* 3. Is your school a public charter school?

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* 4. Please indicate your school's geographic area:

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* 5. Please indicate your school's complex area:

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* 6. The HIDOE Strive HI Accountability Index to rate schools is fair and incorporates the right indicators and weights of those indicators

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* 7. Most of the students in the HIDOE schools are receiving an excellent education

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* 8. Most of the students in my school are receiving an excellent education

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* 9. Background for the next statement:  Governor Ige has expressed support for more “school empowerment” and has said that he supports increasing the percentage of Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE) funding allocated by Weighted Student Formula (WSF) to 75%.  Please indicate whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the following statement:  

The share of HIDOE funding covered by the Weighted Student Formula (WSF) should be increased to 75% or higher.

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* 10. HIDOE schools as a whole are currently “empowered” to an appropriate degree

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* 11. School-level personnel should be able to have input on how statewide standards and policies are achieved

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* 12. My school community currently has sufficient control over the curriculum decisions that directly affect our students

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* 13. The students at my school would benefit if my school community has more control over the educational decisions that affect our students

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* 14. An essential piece of a school empowerment framework is that the school principal is collaborative, transparent, adaptive, and skilled in building relationships, trust, and a supportive culture for teaching and learning.

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* 15. The Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) should continue to be used in the Educator Effectiveness System (EES) for teacher evaluation in Hawaii in school year 2016-2017.

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* 16. EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT (ESSA)
Congress has just passed a new law that provides greater flexibility for each state to set its own direction for public education. 

For Hawaii, should we continue in the same direction we have been headed in the past 5 years under Race to the Top and state flex waivers, or should we change the direction we are heading?

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* 17. Please indicate whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the following statement: 

I have a clear understanding of the specific changes that are possible for schools through ESSA.

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* 18. And, do you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree that, through ESSA:  

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The HIDOE should consider changes in the Strive HI Accountability system
The HIDOE should consider changes in the Common Core Standards
The HIDOE should consider changes in the Educator Effectiveness System (EES)
The HIDOE should consider changes in the state SBAC testing
The HIDOE should consider changes in having a single state curriculum
The HIDOE should reduce the amount of time required for students to take the annual state test or the Smarter Balanced Assessment
Hawaii should explore standards other than the Common Core
For high school, the HIDOE should explore testing in Grade 9 instead of the current decision to test in Grade 11
The HIDOE should begin to look into the use of authentic, portfolio, or competency assessments in place of SBAC or PARCC tests

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* 19. According to ESSA, states need to incorporate at least four indicators into their accountability systems (HIDOE presently uses StriveHI).  The ESSA menu includes three academic indicators:  (1) proficiency on state tests, (2) English-language proficiency, (3) plus some other academic factor that can be broken out by subgroup, which could be growth of state tests. 

States are required to add at least one (1) additional indicator of a very different kind.  

Of the following possible indicators that could be added, which one (1) would you support the most?

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* 20. According to ESSA, up to seven states can apply to try out local tests for a limited time, with the permission of the U.S. Department of Education.  Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statement:                                       

The HIDOE should apply to be one of the seven states to try out local tests.

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* 21. According to ESSA, states will no longer have to do teacher evaluations through student outcomes, as they did under NCLB waivers.  As a result, the Hawaii State Board of Education reached an agreement with the HSTA to de-link the use of test scores from a teacher’s evaluation.  Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statement: 
 
The use of test scores should be de-linked from use in a principal’s evaluation.

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* 22. In terms of the timeliness and quality of a “blueprint for public education” or an “ESSA plan,” what is of higher priority to you?

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* 23. If changes were made through ESSA:  What, if anything, should be done differently for low performing schools?

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* 24. If changes were made through ESSA: 
What, if anything, should be done differently to further promote and encourage innovation in schools and in each classroom?

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* 25. If changes were made through ESSA:
What, if anything, needs to be done differently to further reduce or eliminate the achievement gap and achieve equity in learning?

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* 26. If changes were made through ESSA:
What other ways can we measure learning other than by the use of test scores?

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* 27. If changes were made through ESSA:
What, if anything needs to be done differently to address the teacher shortage in Hawaii.

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* 28. Do you feel valued as a teacher?

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* 29. Please share any additional comments, concerns, or questions that you may have about any of the topics included or not included in this survey.

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* 30. Verification:   I verify that I am a public school teacher in the Hawaii Department of Education and that I have responded to this survey only once.

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