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Whittier City School District California Standards Test 2011. Report on Progress Board of Education Meeting September 13, 2011. Whittier City School District grew 15 points on the Academic Performance Index (API) from 755 to 770 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Whittier City School DistrictCalifornia Standards Test
2011Report on Progress
Board of Education MeetingSeptember 13, 2011
Whittier City School District grew 15 points on the Academic Performance Index (API) from 755 to 770
Sorensen School made an astonishing 66 points growth on the API!
Jackson School, with the 2nd to the highest % of students on Free and Reduced Lunch in our district, made 39 points growth this year and almost 100 points growth over the past 5 years
More Good News Dexter Middle School made 39 points
growth on the API over the past two years Hoover School grew 37 points on their API
this year Of our schools that are currently in
Program Improvement, 3 of them (Sorensen, West Whittier, and Jackson) met all AYP targets through Safe Harbor
* A school can meet Safe Harbor when it reduces the percentage of students not scoring proficient by 10%
Some specific highlightsStudent Group Increase in
Proficiency Rates
Subject Area
All Students 5.3% Mathematics
English Learners 5.4% Mathematics
English Learners 5.1% English Language Arts
Disadvantaged 5% Mathematics
All students 5% Scored Advanced in ELA
and Mathematics
To What Do We Attribute Growth? The sign of an effective learning
organization is when it can identify clearly why there is improvement
Reasons we believe caused the growth are:• Greater focus on standards • Professional development from =M Math
grant on effective instructional strategies • Professional development in ELD strategies• Emerging work on Common Assessments
Not so great news Three schools did not make progress
on their API (although two of those schools had made growth the previous years)
Only two of our schools have met the 800 target
Four more schools have entered into Program Improvement
No Excuses…but… While the statewide average API score rose 11
points to 778, with all racial groups making academic gains, 4,600 schools from throughout the state are now labeled as failing under the federal No Child Left Behind law
That means that 80% of all Title I schools are now in PI.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has joined leaders in other states in calling for a reprieve from the No Child Left Behind law
“(NCLB's) requirement that 100 percent of students reach proficiency by the 2013-14
school year means a rapidly escalating number of schools and districts are being deemed failures, despite rising test scores
and rankings according to the state's formula…and the federally imposed labels
cease to provide any meaningful information to stakeholders who deserve a more comprehensive understanding of a
school's performance,” California Superintendent of Schools, Tom Torlakson in a
letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
We have work to do! Our goal is for all schools to reach or
exceed 800 on the Academic Performance Index
Our pursuit of Professional Learning Communities will be a critical aspect of that work
We will begin classroom walk-thrus to give feedback on instructional practices as part of our improvement process
“Many schools operate as if their primary purpose is to
ensure that children are taught, PLCs are dedicated to the idea that our schools exist
to ensure that all children learn the essential skills and
knowledge expected” ~ Richard
DuFour
Steps in the PLC Process Focus on learning not just
teaching Create a collaborative culture Identify priority standards Create formative assessments to
frequently measure student learning:• Identify best practices in teaching• Identify students in need of immediate intervention
Steps in the PLC Process Create creative structures for
providing interventions to move students to proficiency
Provide enrichment opportunities for students who learn it the first time
We accept learning as the fundamental purpose of our school and therefore are willing to examine all practices in light of their
impact on learning.