state test data spring 2012 report to ssd school board

STATE TEST DATASPRING 2012

Report to SSD School Board

Considerations

Annual Measurable Objectives are the same as last year: Language Arts AMO: 82.88% Math AMO: 74.57%

10th grade HSGQE and SBA results are separated even though the test is the same

Subgroups require 25 students before results are shared

AMO: Annual Measurable Objective – the percent ofstudents that must be Proficient to meet AYP

Annual Yearly Progress (AYP)

Baranof/Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary Schools (Level 3) and REACH made AYP

Blatchley Middle School (Level 4) Language Arts: Alaska

Native, Low Income, and Special Education

Math: Alaska Native, Asian, Low Income, and Special Education

Sitka High School (Level

2) Math: Alaska Native

and Low Income

Pacific High School

(Level 2) Language Arts:

>25 Math: >25

Level 1: Alert / Levels 2 & 3: School Improvement Status / Level 4: Corrective Actions

Standards Based Assessment (SBA)

SBA SSD Compared to State

Reading % Proficient

Except for a 2% difference in grade 9, a higher number of SSD students scored Proficient-Advanced in Reading than the number of students from around the state.

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

SSD

0.906

0.909

0.835

0.793

0.883

0.868

0.821

0.832

State

0.801

0.771

0.804

0.777

0.794

0.828

0.836

0.793

5%15%25%35%45%55%65%75%85%95%


Writing % Proficient

Except for a 1-2% difference in grades 6 and grade 9, a higher number of Sitka students scored Proficient-Advanced in Writing than the number of students from around the state.

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

SSD

0.85 0.807

0.816

0.703

0.806

0.758

0.718

0.842

State

0.751

0.766

0.755

0.709

0.744

0.75 0.741

0.724

5%15%25%35%45%55%65%75%85%95%


Math % Proficient

A higher number of Sitka students scored Proficient-Advanced in Math at the elementary and 8th grade level than the number of students from around the state.

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

SSD

0.841

0.818

0.816

0.563

0.621

0.714

0.538

0.586

State

0.745

0.739

0.702

0.695

0.662

0.689

0.634

0.61

5%

15%

25%

35%

45%

55%

65%

75%

85%

95%


Science % Proficient

Except for 10th grade, a higher number of Sitka students scored Proficient-Advanced in Science than the number of students from around the state at all grade levels.

4 8 10

SSD 0.659 0.733 0.57

State 0.499 0.566 0.628

5%15%25%35%45%55%65%75%85%95%

BES/KGH: SBA % Proficient/Advanced

R W M0

20406080

100

Gender

FemaleMale

R W M0

20406080

100

Low Income

Low IncomeNot Low Income

R W M0

20406080

100

Ethnicity

Alaska Na-tive / Amer-ican IndianCaucasian

BMS: SBA % Proficient/Advanced

R W M0

20

40

60

80

100

Gender

FemaleMale

R W M0

20

40

60

80

100

Low Income

Low In-comeNot Low Income

SHS: SBA % Proficient/Advanced

R W M0

20406080

100

Gender

FemaleMale

R W M0

20406080

100

Low Income


R W M0

20406080

100

Ethnicity


SSD: SBA % Proficient/Advanced

R W M0

20406080

100

Gender

FemaleMale

R W M0

20406080

100

Low Income


R W M0

20406080

100

Ethnicity


2011-2012: % Proficient/Advanced

In all content areas, the same or a higher number of SSD students scored Proficient –Advanced than the number of SSD students from the previous year.

R W M S0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

7874

69

57

8679

69 65

20112012

High School Graduation Qualifying Exam (HSGQE)

HSGQE SSD/Alaska: % Proficient

In all areas, an equal or higher number of SSD 10th grade students scored Proficient than 10th grade students who were Proficient from around the state.

R W M

SSD 0.9 0.871 0.778

State 0.842 0.744 0.775

5%15%25%35%45%55%65%75%85%95%

HSGQE: % Proficient

R W M0%

20%40%60%80%

100%

Gender

MaleFemale

R W M0%

20%40%60%80%

100%

Ethnicity

Alaska Na-tiveCaucasian

R W M0%

20%40%60%80%

100%

Low Income


2011-2012 HSGQE: % ProficientIn all areas, a higher %age of 10th grade students scored Proficient in 2012 than the %age of 10th grade students who scored Proficient in 2011.

R W M

2011 0.869 0.694 0.75

2012 0.9 0.871 0.778

5%15%25%35%45%55%65%75%85%95%

HSGQE: Trend Data (2005-2012)

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

R 0.765 0.798 0.913 0.924 0.898 0.912 0.869 0.9

W 0.853 0.981 0.911 0.889 0.844 0.863 0.694 0.871

M 0.701 0.785 0.825 0.825 0.815 0.816 0.75 0.778

5%15%25%35%45%55%65%75%85%95%

An Examination of Low Income Status and Academic Achievement

During the 4-year period from 2009/10 to 2012/13, SSD showed an increase of 86 Low Income students

BES KGH BMS SHS PHS

2009-10 0.325 0.312 0.3113 0.2401 0.6154

2010-11 0.3542 0.3508 0.3086 0.2568 0.7105

2011-12 0.369 0.384 0.3837 0.2582 0.9143

2012-13 0.3744 0.4005 0.3597 0.2676 0.8857

5%15%25%35%45%55%65%75%85%95%

Low Income 2009/10 to 2012/13

Low Income 2009/10 to 2012/13

BES KGH BMS SHS PHS0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

36% 36% 34%26%

78%

Average Percentage with Average Number of Students

70 146 93

91

29

National Center for Children in Poverty

Age 4: Children below poverty line are 18 months below peers, and gaps still present at 10 years old

3rd Grade: Low-income/under-educated parents = 4,000 words High-income/well-educated parents = 12,000 words

Not Stereotypical Families: A significant number of families face economic

hardships even if short-lived Average low income parent is a single, working

parent with 1-3 children

Low academic achievement is closely correlated with low income status

Low Income 2012

Reading Writing Math0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100Average of 3rd - 10th Graders Below/Far

Below Proficient


Perc

en

t of

Stu

den

ts

Low Income Trend (2006 to 2012)

2006 2009 20120

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

23

33 35

14 16 15

Percent of Students Below/Far Be-low Proficient


In SSD Low Income status is negatively impacting academic progress of our students, and the trend is increasing over time.

STATE TEST DATASPRING 2012

Report to SSD School Board

state test data spring 2012 report to ssd school board

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