2010 CLASS Results from Tillamook and Sherwood

1. CLASS Project Empowering Educators, Raising Student Achievement Results 2010

2. Sherwood School District

7. Math and reading gains in Sherwood exceeded comparator district gains. Sherwood math gains also exceed state-level math gains.

8. In 2008, 2009 and 2010 Sherwood School District staff completed a questionnaire concerning their perceptions about their school staff as a learning organization, rating each topic on a scale of 1 to 5, with a “5” indicating a high degree of development in the school. The graph above outlines the average percentage of 4 and 5 scores in the 2008-2010 surveys for all Sherwood schools. Number of participants : 2008 = 232 2009 = 236 2010 = 212 School Professional Staff as Learning Community (Hord, 1996)

10. Tillamook School District

15. Since the implementation of the CLASS Project, the share of Tillamook students meeting or exceeding the state math benchmark has increased nearly three times the increase for the state as a whole and 3.5 times the increase for a group of demographically similar comparison districts. The increase in Tillamook students meeting or exceeding the reading benchmark was nearly as strong, and again nearly three times the increase for the state and more than four times the increase for the comparison districts.

16. The CLASS innovation grant process is a good use of professional development funds: 91% either agreed or strongly agreed. Tillamook Feedback