12 BLENDED VIRTUAL PROGRAM (BVP) Information about the Blended Virtual Program (BVP) for 2022-2023 was posted on the school system website in May 2022, and shared with families and staff through email, the district webpage, and phone communications as well as multiple posts on district social media outlets. Parents and guardians who preferred to have a student engage in virtual learning for at least the first semester of the 2022-2023 school year applied online by June 30, 2022. In mid-July, parents and guardians were notified that while continuing to be enrolled in Wicomico County Public Schools, they will receive instruction through Wicomico’s Elementary BVP (called the Wicomico Elementary Virtual Academy and serving grades 2-5) or the secondary BVP (grades 6-12), as contracted through the Eastern Shore of Maryland Educational Consortium (ESMEC). Wicomico continues to receive and respond to some requests from parents and guardians regarding virtual learning during the 2022-2023 school year. Students are enrolled following a review of academic and attendance measures to gauge their potential success in the Blended Virtual Program. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS The Office of Assessment and Accountability has developed a comprehensive assessment program through collaboration with content area supervisors to determine and address students’ current performance levels and any learning gaps that may have occurred during the pandemic. Understanding the need to determine a baseline for student performance in our core K-12 content areas, a planwas created to assess students using online testing platforms for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. Formative local assessments that are aligned to state standards will be used in the areas of Science and Social Studies to determine students’ present performance levels. MAP K-12: This measures the percentage of students in each student group who met their Projected Growth targets for MAP. The comparison is from end-of-year 2021-22 to end-of-year 2022-23. Each student target is individually set based on their grade level and beginning of course MAP score. This table includes full-year courses and semester courses where applicable. The goal for each student group is to improve by at least 10 percent from 2021-22 to 2022-23. iReady K-8: This measures the percentage of students in each student group (for grades K-8 only) who met their Projected Growth targets for iReady. The comparison is from end-of-year 2021-22 to end-of-year 2022-23. Each student target is individually set based on their grade level and beginning of year iReady score. This measure is only provided by iReady for grades K-8. The goal for each student group is to improve by at least 10 percent from 2021-22 to 2022-23. iReady 9-12: This measures the percentage of students in each student group (for grades 9-12 only) who scored “On or Above Grade Level” for iReady. This includes students who scored “Early On Grade Level” as well as “Mid or Above Grade Level”. The comparison is from start-of-year 2022-23 to end-of-year 2022-23. The goal for each student group is to improve by at least 10 percent from start-of-year 2022-23 to end-of-year 2022-23. The start-of-year scores are reflecting how students performed against end-of-year standards, thus putting them at a disadvantage. K-12 ELA – i-Ready assessment platform • Grades K – 2 times per year • Grades 1-8 – 3 times per year
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