DPS MCAS 2019 - duxbury.k12.ma.us...grammar and conventions 78% meeting or exceeding +9% from 2018 and +6% from 2017 Continued growth in “exceeding” category SGP 67, +14 from 2018

2019 MCAS Report

Duxbury Public Schools

The mission of the Duxbury Public Schools is to provide

each student with the opportunity to achieve personal and academic excellence.

INTRODUCTION

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AGENDA

District PerformanceAchievement and Growth

Alden Elementary School

Duxbury High School

Duxbury Middle School

2019 Official Classification

Alden Elementary

Not requiring assistance or intervention. Meeting or exceeding targets

Duxbury Middle

Duxbury High

Not requiring assistance or intervention. Moderate progress towards targets

Not requiring assistance or intervention. School of recognition, high growth

District

Not requiring assistance or intervention. Substantial progress towards targets

ACCOUNTABILITY

Met or Exceeded Target

All Students Non-High School

All Students High School

Lowest Performing Students Non-High School

Lowest Performing Students High School

ELA

ACCOUNTABILITYExceeded TargetAll Students High School &Lowest Performing High School No change from prior yearAll Students Non-High School Improved but below targetLowest Performing Students Non-High School

MATH

Exceeded Target:All Students High School Decline of more than 0.5All Students Non-High School

SCIENCE

DISTRICT GROWTH

Met or Exceeded growth targets for:All students Non-High SchoolLowest Performing Non-High SchoolAll Students High SchoolLowest Performing Non-High School

ELAExceeded target for:

Improved but below target:

All students High SchoolLowest Performing High School

All students Non-High SchoolLowest performing Non-HighSchool

MATH

Alden- Accountability percentile breakdown

85% Meeting or exceeding targets

Overall progress towards improvement targets set by the state for Alden School.

79%

89%

77%

96%

All Students

High Needs

Economically Disavantaged

Students with Disabilities

92%

67%

76%

87%

All Students

High Needs



50%

62%

76%

72%

All Students

High Needs



92%

75%

80%

89%

All Students

High Needs



97%

90%

99%

All Students

High Needs



97%

92%

91%

97%

All Students

High Needs



A percentile between 1 and 99 is an indication of the school's performance relative to other schools in the same accountability category

ELA MATH SCIENCE GROWTH ELA GROWTH MATH OVERALL

n/a

Alden - ELA 3-5

67% meeting or exceeding

Overall +6% from 2017

Strength: Selected Response, fiction,

character analysis

Lucy Calkins Units have prepared

students well for text analysis

Working on strengthening essay,

grammar and conventions


+9% from 2018 and +6% from 2017

Continued growth in “exceeding”

category

SGP 67, +14 from 2018

Strength: Constructed and Selected

Response


students well for text analysis across

all standards


grammar, and conventions


Overall, -2% from 2017

SGP 49.5

Strength: Selected Response


students well for text analysis

across all standards


grammar, and conventions

Alden Math 3-5


Good progress in reducing NM category

Strength: Place value, properties, multi-

digit arithmetic, measurement/data

Areas for greatest growth: fractions,

geometry, operations algebraic thinking

Created geometry lessons to add to

each math topic throughout the year


Continued progress in increasing

“exceeding” category

Continual growth from 2017 (67%)

SGP 61, +3 from 2017

Strength: operations and algebraic thinking

Areas for continued growth: decimal

notation and comparison of fractions

Created geometry lessons to add to each

math topic throughout the year


SGP 58

Strength: Geometry, graphing on

coordinate plane, patterns and

relationships

Areas for greatest growth: multiplying

and dividing fractions

Created geometry lessons to add to

each math topic throughout the year

Alden Science 5

First-year for everyone in online test


Cannot be compared to legacy 2018

Strength: tech and engineering, some earth and physical

Students have benefitted from Makerspace and STEM units

Performed well on new standard assessed “Technological systems”

Areas for greatest growth: energy, waves, information transfer

New Science program was in year one last year - difficult to determine effects given that this

is a year without comparison across the state

DMS- Accountability percentile breakdown

44% Moderate progress towards targets

Overall progress towards improvement targets set by the state for Duxbury Middle School.

24%

35%

50%

48%

All Students

High Needs



60%

50%

83%

74%

All Students

High Needs



16%

8%

15%

13%

All Students

High Needs



66%

44%

74%

72%

All Students

High Needs



31%

49%

53%

All Students

High Needs



68%

42%

67%

65%

All Students

High Needs





n/a

DMS ELA 6-8

Continued growth in the number of

students exceeding expectations

Strong performance overall, especially in

writing and comparative analyses of

multiple passages

Students benefit from focused instruction

in grammar and vocabulary in writing

classes and text analysis in reading classes

Some students still struggle to meet

expectations

Continued growth in the number ofstudents exceeding expectationsVocabulary and context clues arestrengths for all studentsAll students would benefit fromadditional instruction in identifyingcentral idea of a textStudents benefit from focused readinginstruction in Critical Reading classes,especially with regard to physicalattributes of a text (section headers,supporting figures, e.g.)Some students still struggle to meetexpectations

A slight shift away from exceeding

expectations toward meeting expectations

relative to 2018

Students would benefit from additional

instruction in identifying point of view and in

differentiating between facts and unproven

claims

Special education students consistently

scored above state average (relative to

cohort) in all aspects of writing; non-special

education students scored at or below the

state average (relative to cohort) in idea

development and marginally above state

average in conventions.

Some students still struggle to meet

expectations

DMS Math 6-8

Pushing back test date was beneficial.

Up 11.1% from last year (state average

went up 4%)

Only 3 questions below state level (vs. 6

last year)

Equivalent expressions is an area of focus

for grade 6 teacher goals this year

Honors meeting/exceeding up

6.8%

Non-honors meeting/exceeding

up 7.2%·

3 questions below state average

vs. 13 from prior year·

Real-world problem-solving is an

area of focus for grade 7 teacher

goals this year.

Geometry Area of Weakness (10 of 13 below

state level)

>15% more geometry questions in 19 vs 18

Demonstrates the need for the program of

studies change

Geometry unit is an area of focus for grade

8 teacher goals this year

Added 2 teachers into grade 8 this year

(geometry grade 7 teacher and geometry

grade 9 teacher)

DMS Science 8

First-year of Next Generation MCAS 2.0 computer-based testing (baseline year)First-year of new science curriculum 6-8 and framework shiftingAddressing question topics (forces, energy) with low scoresEnsuring all MA STE frameworks are addressed for grades 6-8

DHS- Accountability percentile breakdown

87% Meeting or exceeding targets

Overall progress towards improvement targets set by the state for Duxbury High School.

99%

99%

99%

All Students

High Needs



96%

80%

94%

All Students

High Needs



97%

95%

98%

All Students

High Needs



97%

96%

98%

All Students

High Needs



97%

98%

97%

All Students

High Needs



96%

99%

96%

All Students

High Needs





School of Recognition: High Growth

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

DHS ELA 10

First-year of MCAS 2.0 for 10th grade

Strong performance for all students on all components of the test

More than a quarter of students exceeded expectations

Students scored above state average on all components of the test

Identification of literary techniques and writing were strengths for all students

Some students still struggle to meet expectations

DHS Math 10

4 out of 4 points in student growth for all students

4 out of 4 points in student growth for lowest performing students

SWD (67.2) and high needs students (66.9) had higher student growth than all students (65.0)

Only 1 question below state average – algebra 2 concept that some students had not seen with

previous program of studies (sophomores in geometry)

DHS Science 10

Last year of Legacy MCAS testing in high school science2018-19 school year focus was on writing in open response questionsImprovement on open response question scores

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DPS MCAS 2019 - duxbury.k12.ma.us...grammar and conventions 78% meeting or exceeding +9% from 2018 and +6% from 2017 Continued growth in “exceeding” category SGP 67, +14 from 2018