Springfield School Superintendent Daniel Warwick's Presentation to School Committee

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Superintendents Year-in-Review

School Committee

Mr. Daniel J. Warwick

October 3, 2013

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The Springfield Promise:A Culture of Equity and Proficiency

Vision A Culture of Equity and Proficiency

Core Values

Every student by name, learning in a safe environment with a promise to graduate college and career ready

All stakeholders are valued and treated with dignity, courtesy and respect

Open honest two way communication internally and externally

Instructional excellence Equity

Accountability

Trust

Teamwork

Kindness

Theory of Action

IF there are highly effective, knowledgeable, and diverse principals and teachers in every

school who can create a learning environment of respect and mutual accountability, use data to

differentiate instruction and convince each student to achieve,

THENall students will graduate College and Career Ready in A Culture of Equity andProficiency.

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How it fits together: the essential piecesto raising student achievement

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Effective

instruction in

every class,

every day

Shared, high

expectations

for all students

Students

achieve grade

level

proficiency

Students

graduate ready

for college and

career

Coach, develop and

evaluate educators

based on a clear vision

of strong instruction

Implement a

consistent, rigorous

curriculum built on

common standards

with common unitassessments

Deploy data that is

timely, accurate andaccessible to make

decisions for

students, schools

and the district

Strengthen social,

emotional andacademic safety nets

and supports for all

students and families

The work


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Local Context 2013-2014

2nd largest district in New England

54 Schools (including 9 Alternatives)

26,049 Students

19.2% Special Education 16.9% Limited English Proficient (LEP)

87.5 % Free/Reduced Lunch

2,523 teachers (Unit A) and over 4,700

employeesCity-wide unemployment rate of 8.7% (state

7.2%)

FY-2014 annual budget of $429M (all funds)4


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District Performance Year-in-Review

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2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Trend

Dropout Rate 10.5% 11.7% 10.0% N/A

Student Attendance

Total 90.4% 90.8% 91.8% 92.2% +

% of Students Chronically Absent N/A 25.1% 21.6% 22.5% -

% of Students Severly Chronically Absent N/A 6.4% 6.2% 6.7% -

Truancy 5.4% 5.1% 4.4% 3.8% +

College and Career Readiness

Graduation Rate 53.0% 52.1 56.6 N/A

SAT Participation 604 611 555 625 +

PSAT Participation 2,402 2,293 2,161 2279 +Total Enrollment in AP courses 706 793 818 877 +

Advanced Placement (AP) Qualifying Score 160 139 223 235 +

Advanced Placement (AP) Exams Taken 639 736 758 850 +

Student Achievement

Academic Proficiency Overall (Grades 3-8 and 10) 29% 32% 32% 34% +

Academic Proficiency Reading/English Language Arts 37% 41% 41% 40% -

Academic Proficiency Mathematics 27% 28% 28% 32% +

Academic Proficiency Science and Technology 19% 22% 21% 23% +

CPI Reading/English Language Arts 70.8 71.8 70.7 71.3 +

CPI Mathematics 58.2 59.1 58.7 60.7 +

CPI Science and Technology 56.1 56.5 55.9 58.1 +Student Growth Percentile English Language Arts 39.0 40.0 39.0 40.5 +

Student Growth Percentile Mathematics 37.0 37.0 36.0 36.0

Teacher Quality

Core Academic Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers 91.2% 95.8% 95.9% N/A

Teacher Attendance 93.8% 94.6% 95.7% 94.6% -

School Climate and Culture

In-School Suspensions 3,193 2,971 4,400 3,512 +

Out-of-School Suspensions 7,928 6,189 6,649 5,583 +

Arrests of Students 375 360 305 191 +

Bullying 443 250 184 167 +

Student Persistence


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MCAS Results All Students EnglishLanguage Arts

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73.6

66.0 67.4

60.8

68.6

74.8

88.0

70.772.7

66.2

72.2

61.368.1

71.2

90.5

71.3

83.3

78.9

84.785.1

88.490.1

96.9

86.8

0.0

20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

100.0

120.0

3 4 5 6 7 8 10 All

CompositePerformanceIndex

2012 District 2013 District 2013 State


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MCAS Results All Students Math

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69.866.4

63.1

54.0

44.2 44.4

69.9

58.7

76.1

70.067.8

52.4

42.946.0

69.7

60.7

84.3

80.2 80.6 80.3

74.476.0

90.2

80.8

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

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MCAS Results All Students Science

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63.7

41.9

63.0

55.9

67.1

43.1

65.5

58.1

78.5

71.0

88.0

79.0

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

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MCAS Results - ELL Students EnglishLanguage Arts

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63.2

51.649.4

40.1

47.0

48.3

63.4

51.3

61.257.2

55.0

44.6

48.6 47.9

72.7

54.6

61.7

53.5

57.8

53.8

57.956.2

74.6

58.6

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

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MCAS Results - ELL Students Math

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61.9

54.2

46.5

38.9

29.726.9

44.0 44.1

66.462.5

51.6

40.6

32.030.6

44.4 47.5

67.8

61.157.1

54.6

42.3

45.7

55.2 56.6

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10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

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MCAS Results - ELL Students Science

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45.7

25.4

42.1

38.3

51.2

28.2

45.5

41.7

48.8

34.6

54.5

45.5

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10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

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MCAS Results - Students with DisabilitiesEnglish Language Arts

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MCAS Results - Students with DisabilitiesScience

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MCAS Results - Hispanic/Latino StudentsEnglish Language Arts

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69.4

63.2 62.5

55.8

63.6

71.6

85.4

66.768.6

62.4

69.1

56.8

6466.7

89.3

67.669.9

64.2

71.970.5

76.578.3

91.5

74.2

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MCAS Results - Hispanic/Latino StudentsMath

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MCAS Results - Hispanic/Latino StudentsScience

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MCAS Results - African American StudentsEnglish Language Arts

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MCAS Results - African AmericanStudents Math

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MCAS Results - African AmericanStudents Science

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SAT Participation of College Bound Seniors

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PSAT Participation

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42

780

335

724

170

351

2402

44

763

313

692

174

307

2293

59

723

304

519

185

371

2161

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803

351

564

159

379

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Alternative Schools Central Commerce Putnam Renaissance Sci-Tech Springfield

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013


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Number of AP Exams taken and Numberof AP Exam with Qualifying Score forCollege Credit

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Total Enrollment in AP Courses

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Student Attendance by Level

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Student Truancy by Level

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5.4%

3.1%

4.2%

10.2%

5.1%

2.1%

5.4%

10.9%

4.4%

2.2%

4.7%

8.7%

3.8%

1.8%

3.9%

7.8%

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

District Elementary Middle High

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013


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Suspensions


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Number of Arrests


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Bullying Incidents


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Accountability Level Changes2012 to 2013

Zanetti (4 to 1)

Gerena (4 to 3)

Homer (4 to 3)

Freedman (3 to 1)Glenwood (3 to 2)

Harris (3 to 2)

Beal (2 to 1)

Brunton (2 to 3)

Milton Bradley (3 to 4)

HS of Science and

Technology (3 to 4)


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Summary of Highlights

In all subject areas, SPS made larger CPI gains between 2012 and 2013

than the state and the average for the 25 largest urban districts.

Significant progress was made on closing the achievement gap for ELL

students between SPS and the state; with ELL students achieving a higher

CPI in 2013 than in 2012 in nearly every grade level and subject.

SPS students with disabilities had larger increases in CPI from 2012 to

2013 than students with disabilities statewide.

Hispanic/Latino students narrowed the achievement gap considerably, with

increases in CPI from 2012 to 2013 larger than gains made by

Hispanic/Latino students across the state.

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Summary of Highlights (cont.)

African-American students CPI in almost every elementary grade

surpassed that of the state

Average daily attendance rose to 92.2 percent, up from 90.4 percent three

years ago.

Truancy rates have dropped by nearly a third, from 5.4 percent in 2009-

2010 to 3.8 percent in 2012-2013.

Out-of-school suspensions are down by 19% from 2012.

Number of arrests are down by 37% from 2012.

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