Mary T. Murphy School Improvement Plan

School Improvement Process

•Collaboration•Data Analysis•Commitment to Continuous Improvement

Goal IStudents will improve in their

ability to apply comprehension strategies while reading grade

level text as measured by district assessments and the CMT.

Goal IIStudents will improve in their

ability to independently respond to grade level text orally and in writing as measured by district

assessments and the CMT.

Kindergarten•The percentage of students that will successfully read and retell a grade level text will increase by 10% as measured by the DRA2.•Desired Outcome - 54% in 2006-2007 to 64% in 2007-2008.•Result - 62% at benchmark in June 2008.

Grade 1•The percentage of students that will independently comprehend grade level text will increase by 15% from fall to spring as measured by the DRA2.•Desired Outcome - 43% in September 2007 to 58% in June 2008.• Result - 63% of all 1st grade students were at or above benchmark in June 2008.

Grade 2•The percentage of students that will independently apply comprehension strategies while reading grade level text will increase by 10 percent from fall to spring as measured by the DRA2. • Desired Outcome - 60% in September 2007 to 70% in June 2008.• Result - 77% of students at or above benchmark June 2008.

Grade 3•The percentage of students that will independently respond to grade level text in writing increase by 10% as measured by the CMT.•Desired Outcome - 56% in the 2006-2007 school year to 66% in the 2007-2008 school year. •Result - 59% of students scored at or above goal on 2008 CMT.

Grade 4•The percentage of students that will reach goal on the on the reading portion of the 4th grade CMT will increase 10% from the percentage at goal on last year’s 3rd grade CMT. •Desired Outcome - 56% in grade 3 to 66% in grade 4. • Result – 55% of students scored at or above goal on the 4th grade CMT. •57% of the students that were present in both grades 3 & 4 scored at or above goal. • 45% scored at goal on the 4th grade mastery test in 2007 as compared to 55% in 2008.

Results

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2006-20072007-2008

Reading Comprehension - CMTCMT Grade 3 2006-2007 2007-2008 Change

Reader/Text Connections

39% 59% +20

Content/Structure

29% 56% +27

CMT Grade 4 2006-2007 2007-2008 Change

Reader/Text Connections

23% 51% +18

Content/Structure

35% 52% +17

Goal IIIStudents will improve in their ability to independently respond to mathematical application problems as measured by district assessments and the CMT.

Mathematics Application Strand CMT

CMT Grade 3

2006-2007 2007-2008 Change

Mathematics Application

42% 57% +15

CMT Grade 4

2006-2007 2007-2008 Change

Mathematics Application

34% 71% +37

Additional CMT AnalysisCMT READING PERFORMANCE 2008 (grades 3 & 4)

GROUP # TESTED

BELOW BASIC

BASIC PROF. GOAL ADV.

Whole School

172 22% 8.7% 13.4% 44.8% 12.2%

Hispanic

15 46% 20% 7% 33% 0%

Special Education

21 57% 9.5% 19.0% 14.3% 0%

ELL 11 63.6% 9.1% 9.1% 18.2% 0%

Demographic TrendsDemographic Data

Year 2001-2002

2004-2005

2007-2008

%ELL 3% 11% 10.5%

Minorities 17.2% 21.8% 26.9%

Hispanic 5.4% 4.5% 10.6%% receiving free or reduced lunch

12.8% 20% 22.8

% of students who attended school previous year

95.4% 91% 78.3%

School Improvement Plan2008-2009

Continuation of 2007-2008 School Improvement Plan

Implementation of Reading Workshop Continued implementation of Investigations in grades k-3 and continued focus on

communication and application

Kindergarten Objective The percentage of students at or above a

level 4 on the DRA2 will increase by 10 percentage points

Desired Outcome – from 63% in June of 2008 to 73% in June 2009

Grade 1 ObjectiveThe percentage of students at or above

benchmark on the DRA2 will increase by 15 percentage points from September to June, 52%- 67%.

Grade 2 ObjectiveThe percentage of students at or above

benchmark on the DRA2 will increase by 12 percentage points from September to June, 63% - 75%.

Grade 3 ObjectiveThe percentage of students at or above

benchmark on the DRA2 will increase by 9 percentage points from September to June, 77%-86%.

The percentage of students at or above goal on the reading portion of the CMT will increase by 11 percentage points form last year, 59%-70%.

Grade 4 ObjectiveThe percentage of students at or above

benchmark on the DRA2 will increase by 15 percentage points from September to June, 58%-73%.

The percentage of students at or above goal on the reading portion of the CMT will increase by 10 percentage points from the grade 3 CMT, 59%-70%.

Mathematics Objective The percentage of students in grades 2-4

that will successfully communicate their solutions and reasoning to mathematical application problems will increase by 13 percentage points as measured by the CMT and district assessments.

70% of all students in grades 2-4 will demonstrate proficiency on the end of the year district assessment.

70% of students in grades 3&4 will reach goal on the math application strand of the CMT.

Other ObjectivesContinued implementation of RTI processCollaboratively develop school/parent

compactExtended Day – Enrichment ProgramParent Information Nights

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