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Watertown Public Schools Assessment Reports 2010

Watertown Public Schools Assessment Reports 2010. Ann Koufman-Frederick and Administrative Council School Committee Meetings Oct, Nov, Dec, 2010. Part I – October 18, 2010 MCAS, AYP Part II – November AMOA, SAT, AP Part III – December MAP. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Watertown Public Schools Assessment Reports 2010

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  1. Watertown Public Schools Assessment Reports 2010 Ann Koufman-Frederick and Administrative Council School Committee Meetings Oct, Nov, Dec, 2010 Part I – October 18, 2010 MCAS, AYP Part II – November AMOA, SAT, AP Part III – December MAP

  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS • Introduction • Purposes of Educational Assessment • Part I • MCAS % Proficient or higher: Watertown compared to State, Spring 2010 • MCAS Changes in Performance, 1998 - 2010 • MCAS Student Growth Percentile, Spring 2010 • Adequate Yearly Progress, Spring 2010 • What have we learned? • Part II • AMOA, Spring 2010 • SAT, Spring 2010 • AP, Spring 2010 • Part III • MAP, Measures of Academic Progress, Ongoing

  3. Educational Assessment • Diagnostic • used to identify a student’s academic, cognitive, or behavioral strengths and weaknesses • used to identify teacher performance • Instructional • used to modify and adapt instruction to meet students’ needs • progress monitoring • Predictive • used to determine the likelihood that a student or a school will meet a predetermined goal • Evaluative • used to determine the outcome of a particular curriculum • often compared a predetermined goal or objective

  4. MCAS Purposes Evaluative • Measure individual student performance and make sure that every child has adequate knowledge and skills by the time they graduate from high school • Measures performance based on the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework learning standards • Tests all public school students in Massachusetts, including students with disabilities and students with limited English proficiency • Reports on the performance of individual students, schools, and districts Accountability • Assess and publically release school and district performance ratings, holding school systems accountable for student achievement • Used to hold schools and districts accountable, on a yearly basis, for the progress they have made toward the objective of the No Child Left Behind Law that all students be proficient in Reading, Mathematics, and Science by 2014 (State assessment used to determine AYP) • Students must pass the grade 10 tests in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics and Science as one condition of eligibility for a high school diploma (in addition to fulfilling local requirements)

  5. MCAS% Proficient and higherWatertown compared to StateSpring 2010 • Scores are from 200-280 • Advanced 260-280 • Proficient 240-258 • Needs Improvement 220-238 • Warning 220-218

  6. Grades 3 to 5% Proficient and higher

  7. Grades 6 to 10% Proficient and higher

  8. All Grades ELA(including outplacements)

  9. All Grades Math (including outplacements)

  10. Grade 10 Mathematics English Language Arts

  11. High School Science Biology Introductory Physics

  12. MCASChanges in Performance1998-2010

  13. 1998 to 2010

  14. Grade 10 Math and English% of Students Scoring Proficient and higher

  15. Grade 10 Math% of Students Scoring Proficient and higher

  16. Grade 10 English% of Students Scoring Proficient and higher

  17. MCASStudent Growth Percentile2010

  18. Why a new statistic? • The MCAS is a criterion based test. • SGP is an attempt to establish a basis of comparison from year to year. • The SGP can provide a way to indicate that low achieving students are “making progress”. • Race to the Top participation requires a metric to show student growth. • SGP available for an individual student; Median SGP for schools and districts.

  19. Student Growth Percentile

  20. WPS SGP Math

  21. WPS SGP ELA

  22. AYPAdequate Yearly ProgressSpring 2010

  23. WPS AYP 2010 • Accountability Status • The District has “no status” because we have met Adequate Yearly Progress targets as an aggregate. Unlike districts who have status, we have no required district-wide actions to take. • Performance Rating • High in ELA • High in Math. • Improvement Rating • On Target in ELA • Improved Below Target in Math

  24. AYP District History

  25. AYP by Grade Spans

  26. Grade 10 Math and English% of Students Scoring Proficient and higher

  27. MCAS: What have we learned? • Watertown Public Schools continues to make progress on MCAS. • Over the past 5 years, progress is steady at the Elementary and Middle Schools, and in particular by 10th grade we are overtaking the State averages. • We continue to use MCAS student and school results to help plan improvements and make adjustments in curricular and instructional programming. Examples: • Early reading curriculum to be scaled to intermediate grades • Writing curriculum developed in Elementary grades • Fine-tune our instruction with the Think Math curriculum • ELL curriculum more focused work on math • Impact Math curriculum implementation is being fine-tuned • Middle grades English and science are identifying gaps in curriculum alignment and instruction • Expectation is to be much more above the State average • MAP implementation is being scaled up through Middle School

  28. Questions about MCAS? http://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/wps/assessment.html

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