BOWDON HIGH SCHOOL 20082009 AYP Report

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BOWDON HIGH SCHOOL2008-2009AYP Report
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AYP Results Adequate Yearly Progress

• Bowdon High School made AYP!
• One of two high schools in Carroll County that
  made AYP
• One of 183 high schools in Georgia to make AYP
  (out of 390 --- 47)
• 3rd year in a row that BHS has made AYP ---
  classified as a distinguished school

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Georgia High School Graduation Tests

• Main focus is on our junior class
• Two GHSGT count towards AYP academically --- Math
  and ELA

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Groups and subgroups

• We have three groups / subgroups
• All students
• White students
• Economically disadvantaged students (F-R)
• Must have at least 40 students to count as a
  subgroup
• Must be a Full Academic Year student to count
  towards AYP

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Making AYP Adequate Yearly Progress

• High Schools in Georgia are assessed in three
  areas
• Test Participation
• Academic Performance
• Second Indicator

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Test Participation

• Must have 95 of all students (Juniors --- 1st
  time test takers) and other subgroups take the
  High School Graduation tests in Math and English
  Language Arts

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Bowdons Test Participation Data

• More than 95 of each group and subgroup took
  both the Math and ELA GHSGT

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Academic Performance

• Must meet the AMO in English and Math --- Annual
  Measurable Objective --- set by the Georgia
  Department of Education
• AMO in Math was 74.9 --- at least 74.9 of each
  subgroup that Bowdon has, must meet and exceed
  test expectations (for 2010, stays the same)
• AMO in English Language Arts was 87.7 --- at
  least 87.7 of each subgroup that Bowdon has,
  must meet and exceed test expectations (for 2010,
  stays the same)

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Bowdons Academic Performance

• Math --- 74.9
• All students 73.9
• White students 81.9
• English / Language Arts --- 87.7
• All students 89.9
• White students 93.2
• Econ. Disadv. 85.0

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Bowdons Academic Performance

• 3 out of our 5 counting subgroups hit the mark
  --- hit the target
• 2 subgroups were close enough to hit the academic
  goal with a safety net called confidence interval
  --- standard deviation

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Can a school still make AYP if a subgroup does
not hit the AMO?

• Three Safety nets that are available for schools
• Confidence interval --- standard deviation ---
  how close is this subgroup from reaching the AMO?
• Multiyear average --- look at the average of the
  subgroup for three years does that average hit
  the AMO?
• Safe harbor --- must show a 10 decrease from
  the previous year in the percentage of students
  who did not meet expectations

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Graduation Rate

• Must have 75 of all students who are supposed to
  graduate, graduate
• For 2010, the percentage increases to 80

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Bowdons Graduation Rate

• 89.1 of all students who were supposed to
  graduate, graduated

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BHS graduation test data comparisons

• ELA 87 (3rd in system) --- GA 90
• Math 93 (1st in system) --- GA 94
• Science 86 (3rd in system) --- GA 88
• Social Studies 87 (1st in system) GA 87
• Writing 94 (1st in system) --- GA 91
• Graduation rate 89.1 (1st in system) --- GA
  77.8

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Bowdons End of Course test data compared to
state averages

• Algebra I --- 47 (GA not published)
• Geometry --- 54 (GA not published)
• 9th grade lit --- 78 (GA 76)
• American lit --- 76 (GA 86)
• Biology --- 62 (GA 64)
• Physical Sci --- 53 (GA 67)
• US History --- 49 (GA 60)
• Economics --- 80 (GA 68)