Student Achievement Fall, 2016

1. Student Achievement Fall, 2016

2. Celebrations

3. Celebrations

4. Celebrations

5. Trends – Grades 3-11

6. Digging into the data Matched Cohort – How to Read the Chart Diagonal (same color) – Reading diagonal, down, then right, shows you the results of students using matched cohort data (i.e. same student ID numbers). This shows how the same group of students performed from year to year. Across (different colors) – Reading across, from left to right, compares the performance of different students in the same grade level from year to year (i.e. 3rd grade one year to 3rd grade the next year).

7. Digging into the data Reading Matched Cohort Data: 2008 - 2016 ^First year of Iowa Assessments. *Number of students testing in 2015-16 who have tested in UCSD each year since third grade.

8. Digging into the data Mathematics MatchedCohort Data: 2008 - 2016 ^First year of Iowa Assessments. *Number of students testing in 2015-16 who have tested in UCSD each year since third grade.

9. Digging into the data Science MatchedCohort Data: 2008 - 2016 ^First year of Iowa Assessments. *Number of students testing in 2015-16 who have tested in UCSD each year since third grade.

10. NCLB Information • NCLB has been replaced by ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) • We are in an 18 month transition period that began in the spring of 2016 • SINA & DINA statuses are frozen (remain the same as last year) regardless of school or district’s performance – per state of Iowa transition plan

11. NCLB Information • Reading • Year two District in Need of Assistance (DINA 2) • One elementary (Jensen) is a year one School in Need of Assistance (SINA 1) • Karen Acres is on Delay status after meeting AYP in 2014-15 (previously SINA 3)

12. What we are Doing in the Classroom • Early Literacy Initiative – Grades K – 3 • Effective August 1, 2014 • Screening assessments (FAST) three times per year (Grades K – 5); intended to identify students who do not meet pre-determined targets for accuracy and fluency • Progress monitoring and documented interventions for students who are not meeting the targets – consistent interventions and expectations are now available and defined • Students assessed online and data housed in state database

13. What we are Doing in the Classroom • Benchmark Data – Reading Comprehension • Collected three times per year • Used to manage differentiated instruction for students (match their individual needs) • Data collected in classroom and data housed in HEART database (local, not state) • Reported to parents along with FAST data

14. What we are Doing at the school level • Strategic Improvement Plans and Data Days • Focused on building needs as defined by student performance (Data Days at elementary buildings) • Action plan cycles (one per trimester) with reading goals, data points, and professional development plan (all schools)

15. What we are Doing at the district level • Literacy Curriculum Implementation– Grades K-5 • Year two of consistent materials to support instruction • New “reporting topics” and data collection/analysis methods • Year one of implementation of consistent intervention materials for most struggling learners • Year one of consistent, district-wide Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) process • Instructional Coaches supporting Professional Learning Community (PLC) model in every school

16. What we are Doing • Middle School Professional Learning Communities • Consistent MTSS process with appropriate interventions for struggling learners • Data wall showing student progress on assessments • Scheduled collaboration time for analysis of data and instructional planning • Strategic improvement plan with reading goal • Implementation of FAST assessments (to measure and monitor progress) for struggling readers • Instructional Coach supporting PLC model

17. What we are Doing • High School Focus on Reading • Professional learning around reading strategies in all content areas • Year one of identification process for struggling learners with instructional support • Year two of implementation of new language arts courses with updated resources and assessments • Instructional Coaches supporting PLC implementation

18. Mathematics Improvement Strategies • Grades K-5 • Identification of “Reporting Topics” for each grade • Alignment of resources (Everyday Math) to Reporting Topics • Alignment of assessment evidence to Reporting Topics • Data collection regarding student proficiency

19. Mathematics Improvement Strategies • Grades 6-8 • Identification of “Reporting Topics” for each grade • Alignment of resources (Glencoe) to Reporting Topics • Alignment of assessment evidence to Reporting Topics • Data collection regarding student proficiency • Pilot of ALEKS resource for most struggling students

20. Mathematics Improvement Strategies • Grades 9-12 • Implementation of aligned instructional materials in Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus, including ALEKS tool for additional instruction and intervention • Identification of “Reporting Topics” for each grade • Alignment of resources (Glencoe) to Reporting Topics • Alignment of assessment evidence to Reporting Topics • Data collection regarding student proficiency

21. Science Improvement Strategies • K-12 • Alignment of K-12 standards to recently adopted Next Generation Science Standards • Adoption of new instructional materials for grades 6-12 (this year) and K-5 (in two years) • Creation of aligned instructional units and assessments

22. Questions?? • Crista Carlile • carlilec@urbandaleschools.com • 457-5001