The school board meeting document discusses the district's finances and student achievement results. It notes that the district is in strong fiscal condition with $2.6 million in cash and other reserves. It also summarizes the district's performance on the new state report cards, which recalibrate scores to be comparable to national NAEP standards, with most grades showing over 50% of students proficient or advanced in math and over 30% in reading. The document looks ahead to increasing elementary expectations and focusing on middle grades STEM.
2. Year End June 30,2012
• Strong fiscal condition
$1,972,266 Fund 10 Cash Balance
Operations basically break even
• Fully funded OPEB
$615,787 in Fund 73
• Fund 10 and Fund 73 reserve total
$2,588,053
6. Confluence of more pressures, new
initiatives, growing expectations
• More challenges than almost any time in the
history of public education in our nation.
• Greater accountability and assessments are
converging on local school districts requiring
attention and implementation.
– Educator and principal effectiveness
– “NAEPizing” of the WKCE
– New Student Information System
– Smarter Balance
– Public ratings and competition
7. Another New Accountability Era
This is the base year of the new
School Report Cards (SRC)
Still embargoed as only in draft format
DPI will release later this month
Next slides are not the report card
The NAEP recalibrated scores
(base year)
8. SRC Student Achievement: All Data
recalibrated to NAEP
New higher Goals (NAEP adjusted)
Reading
1. 60% Proficient and Advanced across all tested
grades (we were meeting/closing on old goal 90%)
2. Above State average across all tested grades
Math
1. 60% Proficient and Advanced across all tested
grades (we were meeting/closing on old goal 90%)
2. Above State average across all tested grades
9. Math Proficient and Advanced
NAEPized WKCE Data
60.0 PdC Public School Goal is to increase to 60% Adv + Prof across all grade levels
Excellent improvement/trendline as we move through the grades
55.0
52.7
51.5
50.0 49.2
48.3
45.0
42.8
40.0
35.0
30.0
25.0
20.0
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grades 5,6 Grades 7,8 Grade 10
10. Reading Proficient and Advanced
NAEPized WKCE Data
60.0
PdC Public School Goal is to increase to 60% Adv + Prof across all grade levels
55.0
50.0
Excellent improvement/trendline as we move through the grades 46.3
45.0
40.0
35.1
35.0
32.9
30.6
30.0
25.0 24.3
20.0
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grades 5,6 Grades 7,8 Grade 10
11. Math: PdC (blue) State (red)
54
52.7
52 51.5
50
49.2
48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1
48
46 45.5
44
42
40
Bluff View Elem. School (3) Bluff View Middle School Bluff View Junior High School PdC High School
12. Reading: PdC (blue) State (red)
50
46.2
45
40
35.8 35.2 35.8 35.8 35.8
35 32.8
30
27.3
25
20
15
10
5
0
Bluff View Elem. School (11) Bluff View Middle School (1) Bluff View Junior High School (4) PdC High School
13. SRC Student Growth (base year):
(2)
How much knowledge changes from
year to year.
*Point credits for students
moving to higher performance
levels
*Negative credit for students
declining below proficiency.
14. SRC Closing Gaps (base year):
(3)
Need to lift all students – show
gaps are closing.
*Students with disabilities
*Economically disadvantaged
students
15. School Report Card
(4)
College and Career Ready Milestones
• Graduation Rate (high School)
• Attendance Rate
• Grade 3 Reading (elementary)
• Grade 8 Math (junior high)
• ACT participation and
performance (high School)
Note ACT may become hs test
16. Looking Forward: SRC
Elementary Student Achievement
• Elementary increased reading/math expectations
– Common Core (Quasi National Standards) Smarter Balanced test
– State K Reading Test / Third grade Reading Test
• Readying for increased Elementary expectations
– PK to grade 4 updated elementary math
– Grade 1 piloting new reading series; possible study of that
Reading adoption across the elementary
– The Engineering is Elementary® (EiE) project
• Fosters engineering and technological literacy
• Research-based, standards-driven, and tested
• Integrates engineering and technology concepts and skills with
elementary science
17. Looking Forward: Report Card
Middle Grades STEM
• Focus on Grade 8 Math Achievement
• Middle and Junior High Math updates
– New grade 5 to 8 Math series under study for next
year
• SRC Grade 8 Math Achievement is a breakout
– Grade 8 Integrated Math 1 moving toward being
the basil math
– Grade 8 Algebra-Based-Physics being developed
18. Looking Forward
• College and Career Ready – All students
educated to high level; not just a select few
• College/career ready work in High School
– Advanced Placement level is new floor (adding)
– Career Technical programming will need to be
continuously updated
• AG - added science level classes
• Bus - added computer programming, looking at second
class
• FCE - added science level classes
• Tech Ed - PLTW
