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Watertown Public Schools Assessment Reports 2010

Ann Koufman-Frederick and Administrative Council School Committee Meetings

Oct, Nov, Dec, 2010

Part I – October 18, 2010

MCAS, AYP

Part II – November

AMOA, SAT, AP

Part III – December

MAP

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Introduction

• Purposes of Educational Assessment

Part I

• MCAS % Proficient or higher: Watertown compared to State, Spring 2010

• MCAS Changes in Performance, 1998 - 2010

• MCAS Student Growth Percentile, Spring 2010

• Adequate Yearly Progress, Spring 2010

• What have we learned?

Part II• AMOA, Spring 2010• SAT, Spring 2010• AP, Spring 2010

Part III• MAP, Measures of Academic Progress, Ongoing

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Educational Assessment• Diagnostic

– used to identify a student’s academic, cognitive, or behavioral strengths and weaknesses

– used to identify teacher performance

• Instructional– used to modify and adapt instruction to meet students’ needs– progress monitoring

• Predictive– used to determine the likelihood that a student or a school will meet a

predetermined goal

• Evaluative– used to determine the outcome of a particular curriculum– often compared a predetermined goal or objective

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MCAS PurposesEvaluative• Measure individual student performance and make sure that every child has

adequate knowledge and skills by the time they graduate from high school– Measures performance based on the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework

learning standards – Tests all public school students in Massachusetts, including students with

disabilities and students with limited English proficiency– Reports on the performance of individual students, schools, and districts

Accountability• Assess and publically release school and district performance ratings,

holding school systems accountable for student achievement– Used to hold schools and districts accountable, on a yearly basis, for the

progress they have made toward the objective of the No Child Left Behind Law that all students be proficient in Reading, Mathematics, and Science by 2014 (State assessment used to determine AYP)

– Students must pass the grade 10 tests in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics and Science as one condition of eligibility for a high school diploma (in addition to fulfilling local requirements)

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MCAS% Proficient and higher

Watertown compared to StateSpring 2010

Scores are from 200-280Advanced 260-280Proficient 240-258Needs Improvement 220-238Warning 220-218

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Grades 3 to 5% Proficient and higher

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60

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80

90

LA 3 M 3 LA 4 M 4 LA 5 M5 S&T5

Watertown State

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Grades 6 to 10 % Proficient and higher

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90

LA 6 M 6 LA 7 M 7 LA 8 M 8 S&T8 LA 10 M 10 S&T10

Watertown State

All Grades ELA(including outplacements)

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40

60

80

100

Watertown State

Watertown 14 55 22 8

State 16 52 24 8

Advanced Proficient N.I. Warning

All Grades Math (including outplacements)

0

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40

60

80

100

Watertown State

Watertown 27 33 25 15

State 26 33 27 15

Advanced Proficient N.I. Warning

Grade 10

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20

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80

100

Watertown State

Watertown 83 12 5

State 75 17 7

Proficient + N.I. Warning0

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80

100

Watertown State

Watertown 88 9 2

State 78 18 4

Proficient + N.I. Warning

English Language Arts Mathematics

High School Science

Introductory Physics Biology

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20

40

60

80

100

Watertown Physics State Physics

Watertown Physics 48 43 10 0

State Physics 16 39 30 14

Advanced Proficient N.I. Warning0

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40

60

80

100

Watertown Biology State Biology

Watertown Biology 4 60 31 5

State Biology 17 46 23 13

Advanced Proficient N.I. Warning

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MCASChanges in Performance

1998-2010

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1998 to 2010

 

 

% of Students scoring Proficient and higher

 

1998 2005 2009 2010

Change, Change,

 2009 to

20101998 to

2010

Watertown High School              

English Language Arts 35 72 85 88 3 53

Mathematics 23 73 80 83 3 60

Statewide - Grade 10                

English Language Arts 38 65 81 78 -3 40

Mathematics 24 62 75 75 0 51

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Grade 10 Math and English% of Students Scoring Proficient and higher

0102030405060708090

100

'98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10

English Math

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Grade 10 Math% of Students Scoring Proficient and higher

0102030405060708090

100

'98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10

Massachusetts Watertown

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Grade 10 English% of Students Scoring Proficient and higher

0102030405060708090

100

'98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10

Massachusetts Watertown

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MCASStudent Growth Percentile

2010

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Why a new statistic?

• The MCAS is a criterion based test.• SGP is an attempt to establish a basis of

comparison from year to year. • The SGP can provide a way to indicate that low

achieving students are “making progress”.• Race to the Top participation requires a metric to

show student growth.• SGP available for an individual student; Median

SGP for schools and districts.

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Student Growth Percentile

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WPS SGP Math

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WPS SGP ELA

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AYPAdequate Yearly Progress

Spring 2010

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WPS AYP 2010

Accountability Status

• The District has “no status” because we have met Adequate Yearly Progress targets as an aggregate. Unlike districts who have status, we have no required district-wide actions to take.

Performance Rating

• High in ELA

• High in Math.

Improvement Rating

• On Target in ELA

• Improved Below Target in Math

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AYP District History

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AYP by Grade Spans

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Grade 10 Math and English% of Students Scoring Proficient and higher

0102030405060708090

100

'98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14

English Math

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MCAS: What have we learned?

• Watertown Public Schools continues to make progress on MCAS.

• Over the past 5 years, progress is steady at the Elementary and Middle Schools, and in particular by 10th grade we are overtaking the State averages.

• We continue to use MCAS student and school results to help plan improvements and make adjustments in curricular and instructional programming. Examples:

• Early reading curriculum to be scaled to intermediate grades• Writing curriculum developed in Elementary grades• Fine-tune our instruction with the Think Math curriculum• ELL curriculum more focused work on math• Impact Math curriculum implementation is being fine-tuned• Middle grades English and science are identifying gaps in curriculum alignment and instruction• Expectation is to be much more above the State average• MAP implementation is being scaled up through Middle School

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Questions about MCAS?

http://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/wps/assessment.html