Burlington Public Schools

1. Burlington Public Schools Instruction Report October 2008

2. Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. --William Butler Yeats

3. The Why . . . “You Earn What You Learn.” -- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2004 Annual Report

4. “Education is the best investment .” --Excerpt from Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

5. Average Annual EarningsFederal Reserve of Dallas, 2004 Annual Report

6. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas2004 Annual Report • “We can never know enough in the modern workplace (p. 6).” • “A good education serves as the foundation for productive work (p. 6).”

7. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas2004 Annual Report • “Unemployment data confirms the advantages of education and experience (p. 7).” • Among 25-34 year-olds, only 3 percent of Americans with bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and professional degrees were unemployed in 2003 (about half for the overall economy). • Unemployment rises to nearly 12 percent for high school dropouts (p. 8).

8. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas2004 Annual Report • Postindustrial nations are shifting workers to more sophisticated jobs that require analytical intelligence, imagination and creativity, and the ability to interact with others (p.13).

9. A Whole New Mindby Daniel Pink • We are moving from an economy and a society built on the logical, linear, computer-like capabilities of the Information Age to an economy and a society built on the inventive, empathetic, big-picture capabilities of what’s rising in its place, the Conceptual Age (p. 2).

10. The World is FlatThomas Friedman How did we get from an agricultural-based society to an industrial-based society? “ …on top of the high school movement of the early twentieth century, we added the GI Bill and the modern university system… (p. 289).”

11. The World is FlatThomas Friedman “Tertiary education is more critical the flatter the world gets, because technology will be churning old jobs, and spawning new, more complex ones, much faster than during the transition from the agricultural economy to the industrial one (p. 289).”

12. More than Economics . . . “Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” -- Marian Wright Edelman

13. Take Home Message Burlington graduates will be competing globally. A strong educational foundation for all students will set the stage for lifelong learning, greater employability, higher earnings, and a securer retirement.

14. Who We Are . . . Our Demographics

15. Diverse yet Stable • There are now 19 different languages used by students in the school system; • Of the 254 graduates of the Class of 2008, 231 attended BHS all four years. • The Class of 2008 had 276 members in middle school. Of this number, 260 students attended all three years.

16. Burlington Public SchoolsNCLB Ethnicity Subgroup Information October 20063,529 October 20073,693 The 2008 October Report is not yet complete . BPS grew by 164 students October 2006 to October 2007.

17. Ethnicity Growth Trends from October 2004 to October 2007

18. Burlington Public SchoolsSubgroup InformationFree and Reduced Lunch Count

19. Take Home Message Burlington is becoming more diverse. We view diversity as an opportunity for students to experience locally the global community that they will be experiencing as adults.

20. “When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.” --Chinese Proverb The When . . .

21. When is Now . . . “Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.” - Alan Lakein, writer

22. Take Home Messages • We need to stop planning for the 21st century as we are almost through its first decade. • THE WHEN IS NOW!

23. The What . . .

24. Accreditation

25. Adequate Yearly Progress(AYP)

26. Changes in AYP Benchmarks(Adequate Yearly Progress) • AYP is part of NCLB and is based on MCAS Scores; • The baseline increases from 85.4% to 90.2% in English; and • The baseline increases from 76.5% to 84.3% in Math for 2008-09.

27. ELA AYP State Performance Targets Percent School Years

28. Math AYP State Performance Targets Percent School Years

29. The Nine AYP Subgroupsas Defined by the MA Regulations in response to the NCLB Act • Aggregate (all students) • African American/Black Students • Hispanic Students • White Students • Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students • Low Income • Special Education • Native American • Asian or Pacific Islander Note: • The same student may fall within five of these subgroups and be counted five times. If s/he does not pass an MCAS, it counts against the school and division all five times. • Subgroup populations over 40 contribute to AYP

30. Preliminary District English Language Arts (ELA) AYP 2008-09 (Based on 2007-08 MCAS Results)

31. Preliminary District Mathematics AYP 2008-09 (Based on 2007-08 MCAS Results)

32. Pass Rates (Proficient and Advanced) and Trends in Percentages by Grade Level and Subject Area AYP Data (NCLB)

33. Percentage Passed by SubjectThird Grade

34. Percentage Passed by SubjectFourth Grade

35. Percentage Passed by SubjectFifth Grade

36. Percentage Passed by SubjectSixth Grade

37. Percentage Passed by SubjectSeventh Grade

38. Percentage Passed by SubjectEighth Grade

39. Percentage Passed by SubjectTenth Grade

40. Percentage Passed in Englishby Ethnic Subgroups 85.4% was the AYP English Benchmark

41. Percentage Passed in Mathby Ethnic Subgroup 76.5% was the AYP Math Benchmark

42. Third Grade MCAS Trends2003-2008 Percentage Passed

43. Fourth Grade MCAS Trends2003-2008 Percentage Passed

44. Fifth Grade MCAS Trends2003-2008 Percentage Passed

45. Sixth Grade MCAS Trends2003-2008 Percentage Passed

46. Seventh Grade MCAS Trends2003-2008 Percentage Passed

47. Eighth Grade MCAS Trends2003-2008 Percentage Passed

48. Grade 10English MCAS Trends 2003-2008 Percentage Passed

49. Grade 10 Math MCAS Trends 1998-2008 Percentage Passed

50. Grade 10 Science MCAS Trends 2003-2008