EHT State TEST RESULTS Spring 2012

1. EHT State TEST RESULTSSpring 2012 Making a write turn…

2. Great news! • Swift met all LAL and Math Progress Targets! • Slaybaugh met all LAL and Math Progress Targets! • EHT High School met all LAL and Math Progress Targets! • Davenport met all Progress Targets for LAL and Math (except for one math target)!

3. challenges • Miller, Alder and Fernwood – Increasing the Number of Progress Targets Met in LAL and Math • Fernwood and the High School are Focus Schools

4. Let’s review. State tests are… • Given in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 • Measure reading, writing and math • Measure science in grade 4 and grade 8 • Called the ASK (grades 3 – 8) or HSPA

5. NCLB/ESEA Waiver – Changing the Rules… Again!

6. ESEA WAIVER Changes Annual Progress Targets • Specific for each school • Specific for each subgroup in the school • Calculated for LAL and Math • Identifies specific LAL and Math targets for the next six years

7. What does this mean for 2012-2013? • Annual Progress Targets: The NJDOE will calculate progress targets for schools based on the goal of closing the achievement gap by half within six years. • The Progress Targets are annual equal increments toward a goal of reducing by half the percentage of student in the “all student” group and in each subgroup who are not proficient within six years

8. Annual Progress Targets • The “all students” group has a proficiency rate of 40%, so there is a 60% point gap between 100% proficiency and the current rate. • (100 - 40 = 60) • Divide the gap in half to determine the target for the sixth year – a gain of 30 percentage points. • (60/2 = 30) • Divide the 30 percentage point gain into six equal increments to set annual targets • (30/6 = 5) • The school begins with a 40% proficiency rate, and obtain proficiency rates of 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65% and finally 70% in each of the following years of the six year period.

9. School Status under ESEA • Not in Status • Priority • Reward • Focus

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24. Strategies moving forward • On-going data analyses • District level • Building level • Department level • Teacher/student level

25. Data analyses • NJ ASK Analysis Report • List of teacher’s last year students, showing how they performed on the test compared to the prior year. • Breaking down individual clusters to note areas of strength and weakness

26. Data analyses Indicates past student’s scale score gain/loss

27. Data analyses • 2-Year NJ ASK Comparison Report • List of teacher’s current students, showing how they performed on the test compared to the prior year. • Breaking down individual clusters to note areas of strength and weakness, enabling easier “targeting” for differentiated instruction.

28. Data analyses Areas highlighted in yellow indicate where current students did not meet JPM

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31. StrategiC Interventions 12-13 • Align LAL and Math curriculum to the Common Core Standards • LAL and Math pacing guides-meet during school year • Teacher evaluation system • Focus on writing • K-3 Empowering Writers • Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)

32. Aligning curriculum TOCOMMON Core standards • Language Arts Literacy • Change from NJCCCS to Common Core Standards K-12 for 2012-2013 school year. • Mathematics • Change from NJCCCS to Common Core Standards • Grades K-2 effective September 2011 • Grades 3-5 and High School effective September 2012 • Grades 6-8 effective September 2013

33. Thank you!