Trends in Kansas Education 2005

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Trends in Kansas Education2005

• At-Risk Council
• Dr. Alexa Posny

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Kansas Trends

• Scoring second highest in the nation in math on
  the NAEP for 4th graders
• Scoring 10th highest in the nation on math on the
  NAEP for 8th graders
• Scoring a grade of 99 for the proportion of
  students who go on to college, the 2nd highest
  score in the country
• Being one of the top 6 states in the percentage
  of high school graduates going on to college

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Kansas Trends

• Being one of the top 9 states in the proportion
  of high school graduates with scores in the top
  20 nationally on either the ACT or SAT
• Rising ACT college entrance examination scores
  since 1994, five times faster than the national
  average
• Having the 8th highest average Advanced Placement
  (AP) exam scores in the nation

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Kansas Trends

• Having 70 of public high school students taking
  AP exams earning a score high enough to qualify
  for college credit
• Improving graduation rate (87)
• Decreasing dropout rate (2 or less)
• Increasing significantly the number of students
  taking advanced mathematics and science classes

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Kansas Trends

• Sustaining high attendance rate (95)
• Increasing dramatically the number of schools
  reaching the standard of excellence
• Narrowing the achievement gap, especially in the
  last five years yet significant gaps still exist

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2005 Assessment Results Executive Summary

• Performance results are up again
• Participation rate is still high
• The gap has narrowed significantly at the
  elementary and middle school levels
• The percent of highly qualified teachers remains
  high
• This is the last year of only Title I schools
  being identified as in need of improvement
• This is the last year of this form of the state
  assessments

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Participation Rates
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One Year Increases in Reading
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Five Year Increases in Reading
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Assessment HighlightsFive Year Gap
Figuring the Gap In 2000, the gap was 32.1 In
2005, the gap is 22.7 Subtracting the two
(32.1 22.7) means the gap has been reduced
by 9.4

• 2000
• White 72.8
• Black 40.7
• 32.1
• 2005
• White 81.4
• Black 58.7
• 22.7

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Gap
Gap
22.7
32.1
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Assessment HighlightsReading (cont.)

• The percent of students at the proficient level
  or above and who qualify for Free or Reduced
  Price lunches as compared to those who dont
  over five years has increased

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Assessment HighlightsReading (cont.)

• Over five years, the gap between whites and
  African Americans and Hispanics has narrowed by

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One Year Increases in Mathematics

• All IEP ESL Ethnic Poor
• B H
• 4th 5.0 6.7 3.8 12.4 10.1 6.6
• 7th 3.3 4.8 9.3 3.3 5.3 5.4
• 10th 1.1 3.0 -0.1 2.8 0.0 2.5

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Five Year Increases in Mathematics

• All IEP ESL Ethnic Poor
• B H
• 4th 22.6 38.3 36.3 7.9 12.1 34.5
• 7th 13.9 28.2 26.6 7.0 10.1 21.3
• 10th 8.6 19.3 5.0 -0.5 -1.4 10.0

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Assessment HighlightsMathematics (cont.)

• The percent of students at the proficient level
  or above and who qualify for Free or Reduced
  Price lunches as compared to those who dont
  over five years has increased

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Assessment HighlightsMathematics (cont.)

• Over five years, the gap between whites and
  African Americans and Hispanics has narrowed by

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Assessment Highlights Alternate Assessment

• The percentage of students with significant
  cognitive disabilities (172) at age 10 in the top
  three performance levels increased by 5.4
• The percentage of students with significant
  cognitive disabilities (188) at age 13 in the top
  three performance levels decreased by 1.7
• The percentage of students, age 16 (180), in the
  top three performance levels also decreased by
  0.6 students.

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Two Year Increases in History/Government

• All Ethnic Poor
• B H
• 6th 3.9 5.1 5.3 5.1
• 8th 3.8 5.6 6.9 5.9
• 11th 3.8 3.3 3.7 4.9

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Five Year Increases in History/Government

• All Ethnic Poor
• B H
• 6th 7.5 11.6 13.5 10.4
• 8th 7.3 12.5 11.9 11.3
• 11th 5.6 4.9 3.1 5.6

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Assessment HighlightsHistory/Government (cont.)

• Over five years, the gap between students who
  qualify for free or reduced price lunches and
  those who do not has narrowed for most

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Assessment HighlightsHistory/Government (cont.)

• Over five years, the gap between whites and
  African Americans and Hispanics has narrowed in
  6th and 8th grades by

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Two Year Increases in Science

• All Ethnic Poor
• B H
• 4th 4.4 8.7 5.9 7.3
• 7th 3.1 2.8 6.8 6.0
• 10th 3.6 7.2 4.0 4.9

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Five Year Increases in Science

• All Ethnic Poor
• B H
• 4th 9.5 16.1 11.4 14.7
• 7th 5.4 9.9 11.2 10.0
• 10th 6.4 9.7 5.3 7.7

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Assessment HighlightsScience (cont.)

• Over five years, the gap between students who
  qualify for free or reduced price lunches and
  those who do not has narrowed for most

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Assessment HighlightsScience (cont.)

• Over five years, the gap between whites and
  African Americans and Hispanics has narrowed in
  most of the grades by

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AYP Caveats

• AYP and schools on improvement are not one and
  the same
• Schools on improvement are only Title I schools
• Not making AYP does not necessarily mean the
  school is on improvement
• AYP could be determined by at least 40 indicators
• Most schools/districts will look at eight
• Others may make 39 out of 40 indicators and still
  not make AYP

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AYP Caveats

• Assessment results and AYP results are not
  exactly comparable
• AYP includes graduation rate, attendance rate as
  well as assessment results
• Migrant and gender are not part of AYP
• AYP calculations include specific targets
• Many of the schools not making AYP are
  secondary, alternative schools, special purpose
  schools, dropout recovery schools
• Revised accountability plan included some changes
  to AYP calculations

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Projected Schools on Improvement
 
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Actual Schools on Improvement
 
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AYP State Profile Districts
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AYP State Profile Schools
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Profile of 121 Schools
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What is NAEP?

• Nations Report Card
• The Nations only monitor of what students know
  and can do in various subject areas.
• A survey assessment designed to produce national
  and state level results it does NOT produce
  results at the school or student levels.
• In each state, approximately 2500 students are
  assessed per grade level and subject (60 students
  per school)
• Some students in each sampled school participate
  in each subject
• Students with Disabilities (SD) English
  Language Learner (ELL) students are included with
  accommodations since 1996

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Achievement Levels NAEP and Kansas
NAEP Achievement Levels
Kansas Achievement Levels
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The NAEP in KansasItem Allocation Mathematics
(NAEP and Kansas 2005 information)
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NAEP Results 4th Grade Math
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NAEP4TH Grade Mathematics
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NAEP 4th Grade Math
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NAEP 4th Grade Math
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NAEP Results 8th Grade Math
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NAEP8TH Grade Mathematics
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NAEP 8th Grade Math
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NAEP 8th Grade Math
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NAEP Results 4th Grade Reading
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NAEP4TH Grade Reading
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NAEP 4th Grade Reading
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NAEP 4th Grade Reading
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NAEP Results 8th Grade Reading
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NAEP8TH Grade Reading
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NAEP 8th Grade Reading
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NAEP 8th Grade Reading
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HQT for 2004-05

• Second year highly qualified teacher data
  reported
• Data reported is teacher data (95.6)
• Report card data is classes taught data (93.0)
• In the past, assignment data was reported
• To be highly qualified, must demonstrate subject
  matter competence
• Kansas uses the following to demonstrate
  competence
• Content major
• Rubric (content hours, content workshops,
  experience and other professional development
  activities related to the content area)
• Primary difference were elementary certified
  (K-9) staff teaching middle school content courses

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Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers
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Highly Qualified Teachers

• Kansas has 39,859 teachers
• Of these, 26,267 teach at least one core content
  class
• Of these, 25,110 or 95.6 are highly qualified

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Highly Qualified Teachers
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Standard of Excellence Mathematics
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Standard of Excellence Reading
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Standard of Excellence History/Government
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Standard of Excellence Science
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