2010 Report Card Smith County Schools

1. 2010 Report Card Smith County Schools Fundamental Changes The 2009 achievement scores and all grades connected with these scores are considered the new baseline for future public reporting. The 2009 change has prohibited comparisons to previous years’ data prior to 2009 for achievement reporting including state, district, and school-level scores and grades. The most appropriate and meaningful comparison would be to the district 2008-09 and the 2010 State level data. These new standards should be viewed as the minimal expectation for student academic progress and reflect the current status of educational attainment.

2. 2009-2010 Data Review Source • Data for this presentation has been cited from the State of Tennessee Department of Education Report Card: • http://www.state.tn.us/education/reportcard/index.shtml Click the Report Card Graphic to access the State Report Card

3. AYP- Adequate Yearly Progress • An individual state’s measure of yearly progress toward achieving state academic standards. • “Adequate Yearly Progress” is the minimum level of improvement that states, school districts, and schools must achieve each year.

4. The NCLB Act of 2001 • Challenges the entire educational community, but primarily teachers and administrators, to change the way schools do business • Under this law all public school children, even the most disadvantaged, must perform proficiently on standardized tests in reading and mathematics by the year 2014

5. Disaggregated Databy Subgroups- AYP Race and Ethnicity Socioeconomic Level Disabilities Limited English Proficiency * Migrant Status * Gender

6. Smith County Making the Grade Elementary 3-8 AYP How did Smith County do? 96.2%

7. Smith County Making the Grade AYP Targets- Elementary/ Middle Percentage of StudentsProficient & Advanced

8. Smith County Making the Grade L/A 2011 Target 49% Target 40%Math 2011

9. Smith County Making the Grade High School 9-12 AYP 95.2%

10. Smith County Making the Grade AYP Targets- High School Percentage of StudentsProficient & Advanced

11. Smith County Making the Grade L/A 2011 Target 61% Math 2011 Target 44%

12. Achievement / Value-Added Achievement Value-Added Is how much academic growth students made in one year. 0 Growth represents one year’s learning. • Is a snapshot of a student’s performance against a standard. • The achievement grades are: A, B, C, D, & F. To learn more about Value-Added, Go to: https://tvaas.sas.com/evaas/welcome.jsf

13. 2010 Report Card Smith County Schools TCAP Achievement Grade by Subject by County ( Math, Reading/Language Arts, Social Studies, Science ) C CCC B C B B C C B B B B A A B B A B B BBB B BBB

14. 2010 Report Card Smith County Schools B B A A C CCCCCCC C C B B B C B B C C B B B B A A B B A B B BBB B BBB C B BB A AA B C CCC C CC B D C B B

15. 2010 Report Card Highest Scores

16. Smith County TCAP DATA A three point increase will result in 10 additional A’s on the Report Card

17. 2010 Report Card Smith County Schools

18. Representing “Value-Added” Increases in Student Performance Positive Growth: Actual > Predicted Value Added Predicted Student B 0 Growth: Actual = Predicted Negative Growth: Actual < Predicted Value Added Predicted Student A *Red Lines represent predicted student improvement *Blue Lines represent actual student improvement *Value-Added is the increase over what was predicted for student performance

19. Sample Student Graph A frequent criticism of value-added is that teachers who follow a teacher that had great gains are doomed to have negative gains. The example above shows a phenomenal 6th Grade performance. The line represents a linear regression to a forecast 8th grade data point. Notice that the 54%ile in the 6th grade does cause the next grades to meet a higher bar, but the next teachers do not have to match that 6th grade performance, only meet the prediction.

20. This number is the predicted performance based on past scores The process of determining the predicted percentile or performance of a student or a group of students is much more complex that this example, but should help form a better understanding of how the bar for individual student gains are set. The teacher or teachers in this example deserve a big celebration for being so effective and the teachers who come before and after need to work with this teacher to see what and how they taught this group to squeeze out such a great performance. This collaboration is at the heart of our district effort to form and effectively use Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s).

22. TVAAS DATA

24. Highly Qualified Staff The percent of ‘highly qualified’ teachers teaching core academic subjects For Smith County Schools is 99.9%. The benchmark to meet is 100% • Carthage Elementary School – 100% • Defeated Elementary School – 100% • Forks River Elementary School – 100% • Gordonsville Elementary School – 100% • Gordonsville High School – 100% • New Middleton Elementary School – 100% • Smith County High School – 99.2% • Smith County Middle School – 100% • Union Heights Elementary School – 100%

25. Keys for Continued Success • Literacy Lab in Every K-8 School • Focus on Value Added Data • Identify Student Needs for Growth • Data Driven Instruction • Professional Learning Communities • Use Multiple Assessment Tools • Think Link, A+, Study Island, Academy of Reading • Assessment Leader in Each School • Graduation Coach • Dedicated Administrators, Teachers, and Support Personnel • Focus: • Identify the Need • Schedule: • Make Time • Assess: • Measure Progress