Gering Public Schools School Improvement Profile Report 20052006

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Gering Public SchoolsSchool Improvement Profile
Report 2005-2006
School Improvement Goals All students will
improve their reading vocabulary and
comprehension in all areas across the curriculum.
All students will improve their math computation
and measurement skills in all areas across the
curriculum.
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DISTRICT INFORMATION
Enrollment (September 30, 2005) 2000-2001
1788 2001-2002 1878 2002-2003
1879 2003-2004 1896 2004-2005
1928 2005-2006 2008 (includes
preschool)
Gering Public Schools District Enrollment
Number of Students
Enrollment Demographics Gender Female
996 49.60 Male 1,012 50.40
Race/Ethnicity White/Not Hispanic 1,366 68.03
Asian/Pacific Islander 61 3.04
American Indian 20 1.00 Black/Not
Hispanic 29 1.44 Hispanic
532 26.49
Updated October 31, 2006
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Students Learning the English Language











Attendance Rate















Mobility Rate
















Updated October 31, 2006
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Students Eligible for Free and Reduced Meals
Students Receiving Special Education
Services (Disabilities served include autism,
behavior disorder, hearing impairment,
mild/moderate mental handicap, severe/profound
mental handicap, multiple impairment, orthopedic
impairment, other health impairment, specific
learning disability, speech/language impairment,
traumatic brain injury, developmental delay, and
visual impairment.)
Updated October 31, 2006
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High School Dropout Rate
High School Graduation Rate
Updated October 31, 2006
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EXPLORE The EXPLORE assessment is administered to
all 8th grade students in Gering Public Schools.
Scores on this assessment range from 1 to
25. How does our students performance compare
with that of students in the national norming
study?
EXPLORE Scores
Updated October 31, 2006
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EXPLORE The EXPLORE assessment is administered to
all 8th grade students in Gering Public Schools.
Scores on this assessment range from 1 to
25. How does our students performance compare
with that of students in the national norming
study?
EXPLORE Scores
Updated October 31, 2006
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EXPLORE The EXPLORE assessment is administered to
all 8th grade students in Gering Public Schools.
Scores on this assessment range from 1 to
25. How does our students performance compare
with that of students in the national norming
study?
EXPLORE Scores
Updated October 31, 2006
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EXPLORE (8th Grade) Are our students achieving
similarly across racial/ethnic groups?
Explore Scores
EXPLORE Scores
Updated October 31, 2006
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EXPLORE (8th Grade) Are our students achieving
similarly across racial/ethnic groups?
Explore Scores
Are our students achieving similarly across
gender groups?
EXPLORE Scores
Updated October 31, 2006
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PLAN The PLAN assessment is administered to all
10th grade students in Gering Public Schools.
Scores on this assessment range from 1 to 32.
How does our students performance compare with
that of students in the national norming study?
PLAN Scores
Updated November 10, 2006
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PLAN The PLAN assessment is administered to all
10th grade students in Gering Public Schools.
Scores on this assessment range from 1 to 32.
How does our students performance compare with
that of students in the national norming study?
PLAN Scores
Updated November 10, 2006
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PLAN The PLAN assessment is administered to all
10th grade students in Gering Public Schools.
Scores on this assessment range from 1 to 32.
How does our students performance compare with
that of students in the national norming study?
PLAN Scores
Updated November 10, 2006
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PLAN (10th Grade) Are our students achieving
similarly across racial/ethnic groups?
PLAN Scores
Gering Public Schools did not have any
American-Indian students enrolled in 10th grade
in Fall 2005.
PLAN Scores
Updated November 10, 2006
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PLAN (10th Grade) Are our students achieving
similarly across racial/ethnic groups?
PLAN Scores
Are our students achieving similarly across
gender groups?
PLAN Scores
Updated November 10, 2006
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PRACTICE ACT The PRACTICE ACT assessment is
administered to all 11th grade students in Gering
Public Schools. Scores on this assessment
range from 1 to 36.
How do the Practice ACT Assessment scores of our
students relate to the Standards for Transition
score ranges? Fall 2005 Class of 2007
Percent of students scoring in each Practice ACT
score range
In October, 2005, the Practice ACT format for
reporting was different than in years past.
In previous years, the Practice ACT format for
reporting included six score ranges (1-15,
16-19, 20-23, 24-27, 28-32, and 33-36). Now, the
format includes seven score ranges (1-12, 13-15,
16-19, 20-23, 24-27, 28-32, and 33-36).
Fall 2006 Class of 2008
Percent of students scoring in each Practice ACT
score range
Updated November 10, 2006
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PRACTICE ACT The PRACTICE ACT assessment is
administered to all 11th grade students in Gering
Public Schools. Scores on this assessment
range from 1 to 36.
How do the Practice ACT Assessment scores of our
students relate to the Standards for Transition
score ranges? Fall 2003 Class of 2005
Percent of students scoring in each Practice ACT
score range
Fall 2004 Class of 2006
Percent of students scoring in each Practice ACT
score range
Updated November 10, 2006
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READINGPercent of Gering Students Meetingor
Exceeding College Readiness Benchmarks on
EXPLORE (15),PLAN (17), and PRACTICE ACT (21)
Percent of Students reaching Benchmark
Updated October 31, 2006
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MATHPercent of Gering Students Meetingor
Exceeding College Readiness Benchmarks on
EXPLORE (17), PLAN (19), and PRACTICE ACT (22)
Percent of Students reaching Benchmark
Updated October 31, 2006
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SCIENCEPercent of Gering Students Meetingor
Exceeding College Readiness Benchmarks on
EXPLORE (20), PLAN (21), and PRACTICE ACT (24)
Percent of Students reaching Benchmark
Updated October 31, 2006
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ACT 4-year Trend for Gering, State, and Nation

• Chart above compares Gering, Nebraska, and
  National ACT Averages. Areas highlighted in red
  indicate lowest average. Areas highlighted in
  green indicate highest average. Areas
  highlighted in yellow indicate average that falls
  in the middle on this comparison.
• The two columns on the right provide the
  percentage of times Gering scored equal to or
  above the state and national averages during this
  four year period.

In August, 2005, the ACT format for reporting was
different than in years past. In previous
years, the ACT reporting included divisions for
Core and Noncore Curriculum. The core and
noncore curriculum areas are no longer available
for ACT reporting.
Percent of Gering High School Graduates Taking
The ACT
Updated October 31, 2006
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GHS Graduation Requirements (Years of Reading)
Gering High requires 4 years of reading
coursework. In order to graduate from Gering
High School, a student must accumulate 230
semester hours which must include the
following 40 credits of English 30 credits of
Math beginning with the class of 2009 20 credits
of Math for the classes of 2007 and 2008 30
credits of Social Studies 20 credits of
Science 20 credits of Visual Performing Arts
and/or Vocational Education 20 credits of Foreign
Language and/or Vocational Education 15 credits
of Physical Education 65 credits of Electives
Senior Exit Survey Gering attempts to gather
information from graduating seniors regarding
their experience at the Gering High School,
enrollment demographics, and their future plans
using Life Track Services. Eighty-seven percent
(123 out of 142) of the 2006 graduating
seniors completed the survey. Thirty-seven
percent of the students who completed the survey
indicated that they planned to attend a four
year college and forty-one percent of the
students who completed the survey indicated that
they planned to attend a two year college.
Students could be included in both groups as they
were able to mark multiple responses, therefore
actual percentage of students with plans to
attend college is unavailable. Sixty-four
percent of the students completing the survey
stated that Gering offers enough elective classes
to explore different career opportunities.
Ninety-three percent of the students completing
the survey believed they could easily find a job
to support themselves. Ninety-one percent of the
group felt they had a positive learning
experience at the Gering High School.
Updated October 31, 2006
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Gering Public Schools Senior Exit Survey 4-Year
Trend
Updated October 31, 2006
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Percent of Students Demonstrating Proficiency on
State Standards Required state reporting
Updated October 31, 2006
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Percent of Students Demonstrating Proficiency on
State Standards Required state reporting
Updated October 31, 2006
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Percent of Students Demonstrating Proficiency on
State Standards Required state reporting
Updated October 31, 2006
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Gering High School
Updated October 31, 2006
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4th GRADE STATEWIDE WRITING3-Year Trend
Percent of Students Proficient
8th GRADE STATEWIDE WRITING3-Year Trend
Percent of Students Proficient
Updated October 31, 2006
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11th GRADE STATEWIDE WRITING3-Year Trend
Percent of Students Proficient
Updated October 31, 2006
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Terra Nova Tests
The state of Nebraska requires that a nationally
normed standardized test be given to certain
grades. Gering Public Schools has traditionally
used the test from the nationally recognized
testing company, CTB-McGraw/Hill. The test
format that is taken now is called Terra Nova.
It is given to students in Grades 3-11. These
tests, usually referred to as achievement tests
are in a multiple choice format. Results of
these tests compare students nationally to others
in the same grade that take the same test. The
national average is 50th percentile.

Reading
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Math

Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
05-06 Info.
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Terra Nova Tests
The state of Nebraska requires that a nationally
normed standardized test be given to certain
grades. Gering Public Schools has traditionally
used the test from the nationally recognized
testing company, CTB-McGraw/Hill. The test
format that is taken now is called Terra Nova.
It is given to students in Grades 3-11. These
tests, usually referred to as achievement tests
are in a multiple choice format. Results of
these tests compare students nationally to others
in the same grade that take the same test. The
national average is 50th percentile.

Social Studies
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Science
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile

Grade
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Terra Nova Tests
The state of Nebraska requires that a nationally
normed standardized test be given to certain
grades. Gering Public Schools has traditionally
used the test from the nationally recognized
testing company, CTB-McGraw/Hill. The test
format that is taken now is called Terra Nova.
It is given to students in Grades 3-11. These
tests, usually referred to as achievement tests
are in a multiple choice format. Results of
these tests compare students nationally to others
in the same grade that take the same test. The
national average is 50th percentile.

Reading/Class of 2007
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Math/Class of 2007

Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Updated October 31, 2006
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Terra Nova Tests
The state of Nebraska requires that a nationally
normed standardized test be given to certain
grades. Gering Public Schools has traditionally
used the test from the nationally recognized
testing company, CTB-McGraw/Hill. The test
format that is taken now is called Terra Nova.
It is given to students in Grades 3-11. These
tests, usually referred to as achievement tests
are in a multiple choice format. Results of
these tests compare students nationally to others
in the same grade that take the same test. The
national average is 50th percentile.

Reading/Class of 2008
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Math/Class of 2008

Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Updated October 31, 2006
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Terra Nova Tests
The state of Nebraska requires that a nationally
normed standardized test be given to certain
grades. Gering Public Schools has traditionally
used the test from the nationally recognized
testing company, CTB-McGraw/Hill. The test
format that is taken now is called Terra Nova.
It is given to students in Grades 3-11. These
tests, usually referred to as achievement tests
are in a multiple choice format. Results of
these tests compare students nationally to others
in the same grade that take the same test. The
national average is 50th percentile.

Reading/Class of 2009
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Math/Class of 2009

Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Updated October 31, 2006
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Terra Nova Tests
The state of Nebraska requires that a nationally
normed standardized test be given to certain
grades. Gering Public Schools has traditionally
used the test from the nationally recognized
testing company, CTB-McGraw/Hill. The test
format that is taken now is called Terra Nova.
It is given to students in Grades 3-11. These
tests, usually referred to as achievement tests
are in a multiple choice format. Results of
these tests compare students nationally to others
in the same grade that take the same test. The
national average is 50th percentile.

Reading/Class of 2010
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Math/Class of 2010

Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Updated October 31, 2006
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Terra Nova Tests
The state of Nebraska requires that a nationally
normed standardized test be given to certain
grades. Gering Public Schools has traditionally
used the test from the nationally recognized
testing company, CTB-McGraw/Hill. The test
format that is taken now is called Terra Nova.
It is given to students in Grades 3-11. These
tests, usually referred to as achievement tests
are in a multiple choice format. Results of
these tests compare students nationally to others
in the same grade that take the same test. The
national average is 50th percentile.

Reading/Class of 2011
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Math/Class of 2011

Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Updated October 31, 2006
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Terra Nova Tests
The state of Nebraska requires that a nationally
normed standardized test be given to certain
grades. Gering Public Schools has traditionally
used the test from the nationally recognized
testing company, CTB-McGraw/Hill. The test
format that is taken now is called Terra Nova.
It is given to students in Grades 3-11. These
tests, usually referred to as achievement tests
are in a multiple choice format. Results of
these tests compare students nationally to others
in the same grade that take the same test. The
national average is 50th percentile.

Reading/Class of 2012
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Math/Class of 2012

Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Updated October 31, 2006
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Terra Nova Tests
The state of Nebraska requires that a nationally
normed standardized test be given to certain
grades. Gering Public Schools has traditionally
used the test from the nationally recognized
testing company, CTB-McGraw/Hill. The test
format that is taken now is called Terra Nova.
It is given to students in Grades 3-11. These
tests, usually referred to as achievement tests
are in a multiple choice format. Results of
these tests compare students nationally to others
in the same grade that take the same test. The
national average is 50th percentile.

Reading/Class of 2013
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Math/Class of 2013

Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Updated October 31, 2006
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Terra Nova Tests
The state of Nebraska requires that a nationally
normed standardized test be given to certain
grades. Gering Public Schools has traditionally
used the test from the nationally recognized
testing company, CTB-McGraw/Hill. The test
format that is taken now is called Terra Nova.
It is given to students in Grades 3-11. These
tests, usually referred to as achievement tests
are in a multiple choice format. Results of
these tests compare students nationally to others
in the same grade that take the same test. The
national average is 50th percentile.

Reading/Class of 2014
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Math/Class of 2014

Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Updated October 31, 2006
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Terra Nova Tests
The state of Nebraska requires that a nationally
normed standardized test be given to certain
grades. Gering Public Schools has traditionally
used the test from the nationally recognized
testing company, CTB-McGraw/Hill. The test
format that is taken now is called Terra Nova.
It is given to students in Grades 3-11. These
tests, usually referred to as achievement tests
are in a multiple choice format. Results of
these tests compare students nationally to others
in the same grade that take the same test. The
national average is 50th percentile.

Reading/Class of 2015
Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Math/Class of 2015

Percent of students scoring above 50th percentile
Grade
Updated October 31, 2006
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3rd GRADE TERRA NOVA5-Year Trend
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
3rd Grade Reading
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
3rd Grade Math
05-06 Info.
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4th GRADE TERRA NOVA5-Year Trend
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
4th Grade Reading
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
4th Grade Math
05-06 Info.
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5th GRADE TERRA NOVA5Year Trend
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
5th Grade Reading
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
5th Grade Math
05-06 Info.
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6th GRADE TERRA NOVA5-Year Trend
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
6th Grade Reading
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
6th Grade Math
05-06 Info.
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7th GRADE TERRA NOVA5-Year Trend
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
7th Grade Reading
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
7th Grade Math
05-06 Info.
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8th GRADE TERRA NOVA5-Year Trend
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
8th Grade Reading
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
8th Grade Math
05-06 Info.
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9th GRADE TERRA NOVA5-Year Trend
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
9th Grade Reading
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
9th Grade Math
05-06 Info.
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10th GRADE TERRA NOVA5-Year Trend
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
10th Grade Reading
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
10th Grade Math
05-06 Info.
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11th GRADE TERRA NOVA5-Year Trend
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
11th Grade Reading
Percent of Students Above The 50th
Percentile Based on National Norms
11th Grade Math
05-06 Info.