ISTEP From Information to Next Steps

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ISTEPFrom Information to Next Steps

• Report of Results from
• Fall 2005 ISTEP Administration

Presented to the School Board of Richmond
Community Schools January 25, 2006
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What can we learn from ISTEP?

• Taxpayers, parents, and educators ask many
  questions about instructional programs as Indiana
  strives to build a brighter future by providing
  the best possible education for its young people.
  Questions such as the following are commonly
  asked
• Are all of our students attaining the skills
  they need to succeed?
• What kind of individual instruction would
  help my child?

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Sharing ISTEP Data with Students and Parents

• School discussions focus on how students,
  parents, and teachers might work together to
• Understand what students already know and are
  able to do.
• Understand what students do not yet know or are
  not yet able to do.
• Develop plans for learning new knowledge and
  skills and for practicing what is already
  mastered.

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RCS District Results, Fall 2005

• Percent of ALL Students Who Met Indianas ISTEP
  Standards

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Using ISTEP Data to Improve Student Achievement

• ISTEP is the way that Richmond Community Schools
  is judged against Indiana standards.
• We are using best educational practices. Our
  ISTEP scores are showing that these practices
  are making a differenceaverage percentages of
  RCS students meeting the Indiana ISTEP standard
  are increasing at a greater rate than are the
  Indiana averages.

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Changes in Percentage Pass Rates, Fall 2000 to
Fall 2005
Richmond Community Schools Compared with Indiana
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RCS Results Compared with Indiana Averages

• In Richmond Community Schools our ultimate goal
  is that every student passes BOTH ISTEP
  English/Language Arts AND Mathematics.
• The superintendent has established an incremental
  goal that the pass rate for RCS students passing
  BOTH English/Language Arts and Mathematics be 87
  of the Indiana average by 2006.

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Using ISTEP Data to Improve Student Achievement

• RCS principals and teachers are continually
  updating classroom practices to ensure that each
  student reaches his or her potential.
• ISTEP data indicate that improved classroom
  practices are helping low-achieving students
  achieve at higher levels as well as encouraging
  high-achieving students to reach beyond their
  current achievement levels.

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Using ISTEP Data to Improve Student Achievement

• ISTEP data indicate that using research-based
  classroom practices is making a positive
  difference in student achievement.
• Elementary SchoolAll-day kindergarten for all
  students Literacy Collaborative Reading
  Recovery Everyday Math Wayne County Reads
• Middle SchoolTeaming increased time for core
  academic classes corrective reading
  reallocation of resources for students with
  exceptional learning needs
• High SchoolAdvanced Placement/dual credit
  courses increased focus on algebra for all
  students career center 9th grade academy
  11th grade interdisciplinary courses

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Richmond Community Schools a
System on the Move

• We know what needs to be done and we are doing
  what needs to be done to meet the vision,
  mission, and goals for all of Richmonds
  learners!
• The students, parents, and community that are
  Richmond Community Schools can be rightfully
  proud of our efforts to be a system on the move
  and striving to be the best!!