NECAP Results

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NECAP Results

• Ellis Middle School
• February 12, 2008

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The Connection
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NECAP History Each Grade

• Look at history of each grade
• Notice percentage growth
• Compare to state percentages
• One snapshot in the photo album.
• Use to evaluate our programs.
• Students have already moved on from here.
• What we did last year

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5th Grade ReadingStudents Proficient
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6th Grade ReadingStudents Proficient
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7th Grade ReadingStudents Proficient
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8th Grade ReadingStudents Proficient
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Overall

• 7/8 grades close to state percentages
• 7/8 showed more growth than state
• 5/6 both decreasedwhy?
• 5/6 far below state percentageswhy?

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5th Grade MathStudents Proficient
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6th Grade MathStudents Proficient
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7th Grade MathStudents Proficient
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8th Grade MathStudents Proficient
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Overall

• Steady increase in all grades.
• All grades grew more than the state.
• 7/8 grade closer to state percentages.
• 5th is below state proficient level.
• 6th grade is higher than state percentage.

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5th Grade WritingStudents Proficient
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8th Grade WritingStudents Proficient
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Writing Overall

• Increases in both 5 and 8.
• 8th grade above state percentage
• Both grew more than state.

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Celebration!

• Students have shown record growth!

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Why?

• Middle School Vision to guide decisions
• Middle School designed for adolescents--scheduling
  
• PBISlearning environment
• Curriculum
• aligned with GLEs.
• Planning with Understanding by Design
• Instructionbest practices
• Reader and Writers Workshop
• Language Arts together as one class
• Language Arts across the curriculum
• Everyday Math
• Application of learning, not just rote
  memorization

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Why?

• Assessment
• Use of standardized test scores to inform
  instruction and evaluate programs.
• Better at assessing in the classroomproviding
  feedback to students specific to the GLEs.
• Use the information for instruction and
  individual learning.

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Why?

• Staff
• Each role has been focused on their part in
  student learning.
• Made changes in curriculum, instruction,
  assessment, and learning environment.
• Learned and implemented.

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Next steps

• Writing
• Look at reading decreases
• Further analyze results and other assessments
• Keep doing what works

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Challenges/Needs

• Space
• Resourceslook at how we are using
• School calendartime for teacher training and
  student learning
• Curriculum/Assessment position to coordinate from
  grades K through high school.
• District education plan based on data
• District responsibilitiesAYP, RTI, Literacy
  Plan, Master Staff Development Plan, and soon to
  come Mathematics Plan