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Merrymount Elementary School2011

“The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on

being a success.”-Irving Berlin

“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on

fire.”-Arnold Glasow

2011MCAS

Results

“Things do not happen. Things are made to

happen.”-John F. Kennedy

GRADE 3 RESULTS

WHERE DO WE STAND?

CITY RANKINGS

Merrymount 3rd Graders placed second in the district in ELA

and in Mathematics.

STATE RANKINGS

ELA436 out of 957

MATH249 out of 957

ELA Performance Rating Graph

A: 15% P: 51% NI: 24% W: 10%

Math Performance Rating Graph

A: 20% P: 59% NI: 15% W: 7%

Grade 3 ELA Annual Comparisons

Grade 3 Math Annual Comparisons

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”

-Theodore Roosevelt

GRADE 4 RESULTS

WHERE DO WE STAND?

CITY RANKINGS

Merrymount 4th Graders placed second in the district in ELA

and in Mathematics.

STATE RANKINGS

ELA228 out of 944

MATH140 out of 943

ELA Performance Rating Graph

A: 5% P: 64% NI: 27% W: 4%

Math Performance Rating Graph

A: 22% P: 45% NI: 27% W: 5%

Grade 4 ELA Annual Comparisons

Grade 4 Math Annual Comparisons

“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher

one.”-Jessica Savitch

GRADE 5 RESULTS

WHERE DO WE STAND?

CITY RANKINGS

Merrymount 5th Graders placed

first in the district in ELA

and third in the district in

Mathematics.

STATE RANKINGS

ELA171 out of 879

MATH293 out of 879

ELA Performance Rating Graph

A: 26% P: 58% NI: 11% W: 5%

Math Performance Rating Graph

A: 31% P: 38% NI: 24% W: 7%

Grade 5 ELA Annual Comparisons

Grade 5 Math Annual Comparisons

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap,

but by the seeds that you plant.”

-Robert Louis Stevenson

StudentGrowth

atMerrymount

HOW IS STUDENT GROWTH MEASURED?

Student Growth Percentile (SGP) answers the question: “How much did a student grow over the previous year

compared to his or her academic peers?”

SPG Ranges1-39 Lower Growth

40-60 Moderate Growth61-99 Higher Growth

Merrymount’s SGP Medians

Grade 4: ELA 42 MATH 58.5Grade 5: ELA 54 MATH 38

Grade 4 ELA Growth Model

Grade 4 Math Growth Model

Grade 5 ELA Growth Model

Grade 5 Math Growth Model

“One way to keep momentum going is to

have constantly greater goals.”

-Michael Korda

A LOOKAT

COMPOSITE SCORE INDEX(CPI)

How is CPI determined?

Advanced and Proficient = 100High Needs Improvement = 75Low Needs Improvement = 50

High Warning = 25Low Warning = 0

Grade 3 ELA CPI Information

Merrymount ELA CPI Average = 84.1

District ELA CPI Average = 79.9

Grade 3 Math CPI Information

Merrymount Math CPI Average = 89.6

District Math CPI Average = 84.2

Grade 4 ELA CPI Information

Merrymount ELA CPI Average = 87.7

District ELA CPI Average = 77.8

Grade 4 Math CPI Information

Merrymount Math CPI Average = 86.8

District Math CPI Average = 76.5

Grade 5 ELA CPI Information

Merrymount ELA CPI Average = 92.5

District ELA CPI Average = 84.2

Grade 5 Math CPI Information

Merrymount Math CPI Average = 85.9

District Math CPI Average = 80.2

Merrymount CPI Information

ELA Aggregate: 88.6Target was: 95.1 Down: -4.8 from 2010

MATH Aggregate: 87.3Target was: 92.2 Down: -4.4 from 2010

“The strength of the team is each individual member…the strength of each member is

the team.”-Phil Jackson

Adequate Yearly Progress

AYP

Merrymount DID NOT make AYP for 2011.

AYP Accountability Status: No StatusPerformance Rating: High

Improvement Rating: Declined

“If you do not know where you are going,

you’ll end up someplace else.”-Yogi Berra

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

We need to establish goals and action steps that address the

unique concerns of Merrymount’s student

population.

“What you get by achieving your goals is as important as

what you become by achieving your goals.”

-Henry David Thoreau

WHO DO WE WANT TO BECOME?