Title: GROTONDUNSTABLE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MCASAYP Presentation
1GROTON-DUNSTABLE REGIONAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTMCAS/AYP Presentation
- Presented by
- Dr. Susan A. Rübel
- November 1, 2006
2MCAS Testing
-- What was tested in 2006 -- Results
in 2006 for the first time -- Tryout
tests only - no results in 2006
32006 District ELA Results
Percentage of Students Adv, Prof, NI Warning
42006 District Math Results
Percentage of Students Adv, Prof, NI Warning
5District MCAS PerformancePercent
Advanced/Proficient in ELAfrom 2002 - 2006
6District MCAS PerformancePercent Needs
Improvement/Warning in ELAfrom 2002 - 2006
7District MCAS PerformancePercent
Advanced/Proficient in Mathfrom 2002 - 2006
8District MCAS PerformancePercent Needs
Improvement/Warning in Mathfrom 2002 - 2006
9Tracking ELA Performance by ClassPercent of
Students in Adv/Prof
10Tracking Math Performance by ClassPercent of
Students in Adv/Prof
11MCAS 2006 Strengths
- Elementary
- Gr. 4 math - proficient improved in 4/5 strands
- Gr. 4 math - improved open response question
performance - Understanding fiction, writing conventions
- Middle School
- Math - data analysis
- Understanding text, identifying genres, writing
conventions - High School
- 95 competency determination
- Steady increase of Adv/Prof in ELA Math
- Math open response mean score rose from 2.90 to
3.17 - Composition English conventions
12MCAS 2006 Areas for Improvement
- Elementary
- Multi-step problems (math), open response
questions - Geometry
- Vocabulary, English structure, style in text,
poetry - Examine differences across elementary schools
- Middle School
- Multi-step problems, open response questions
- Patterns/relations/algebra
- English structure, style in text
- High School
- Geometry strand a relative weakness
- Short answer questions in math
- Reading intro material, footnotes citations
- Vocabulary definitions, synonyms/antonyms
13District Analysis Next Steps
- Elementary
- Monitor 60-70 mins daily math instructional time
- Additional Investigations unit PD
- Supplementary geometry unit implementation, grs.
3-4 - TOA consulting coaching
- Collaborative lesson planning and sharing results
- Ongoing assessment of student progress
- Middle school
- Yr. 2 phase-in of standards-based math program
(CMP 2) - Training to support each new unit introduced -
classroom sped - Title I services in ELA Math rearranged
- Examining delivery of sped services
- Developing uniform core assessments
- Reading writing workshop courses
14District Analysis Next Steps
- High school
- Areas of focus
- Revision of curriculum to align w/ new standards
- Looking at student work (benchmark assessments)
- Test-taking strategies instruction
- Continue to improve MS - HS transition
15District 2006 AYP Results
16Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)How is it
calculated?
A (B or C) D AYP A Participation rate
95 or gt in MCAS/MCAS-Alt B Performance 80.5
or gt CPI in ELA 68.7 or gt CPI in Math C
Improvement meet/exceed cycle IV improvement
target D Attendance/Competency Determination
Grs. 3-8 - 92 or gt attendance rate HS 70 or
gt pass both ELA Math gr. 10 MCAS
17Steps to Improve AYP
- Middle school - identified for improvement, year
2 - School improvement plan revised
- Supplemental educational services for low income
students - Weekly practice in identified areas of weakness
- Examining ways of providing support to students
w/in school day - After school tutorials in math, funded by Title I
MS budget - District-wide
- MCAS analysis by grade subject during in
service time - Local assessments to drive instruction monitor
progress - Warning students - in-depth assessment,
analysis intervention - Revised ISSP protocol for students in
warning/failing category - Curriculum specialist consults w/ sped
classroom teachers - 3-tiered approach of support
- In-class - differentiated instruction
- Gen ed - supplemental instructional support
- Sped - changing model using best practices
18Steps to Improve AYP (cont.)
- Math
- New program implementation - Investigations,
Connected Math 2 - Before/after-school tutorial programs for
struggling math students - Professional development
- Training in use of new units by book/topic
- Elem collaborative lesson planning and
examination of data - MS in service time developing core math
assessments - K-12 study group using math assessments to
inform instruction - ELA
- Full implementation of Sitton spelling
program - Professional development
- K-2 phonemic awareness running record
assessment training - MS - content area reading strategies work
continued - K-2 reading writing workshop study groups
- 3-12 - reading and writing 36-hour courses
- Share elem/MS instructional resources to
bridge gap for life skills class