2015-16 Preliminary School Performance Data September 7, 2016

The Journey to Success

The Journey to Success Breakthrough success never happens in one fell swoop. There are no miracles. Focus on an accumulation of small successes over time. Each step builds momentum. Tactfully manage short term challenges. Each action and decision build up for sustainable and strong results. Breakthrough Build Up

West Charlotte High School Graduation Cohort Rate

West Charlotte High School 4-Year Graduation Cohort Rate 90% Goal 86% 78% 76% 71% 54% Pre-LIFT LIFT Pre-Launch Year 5 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

West Charlotte Graduation Rate: Quality of the Diploma Graduates earned $4.5 million in scholarships in 2016, up from $1.8 million a year earlier. A third of graduating class attending college or going into the military this fall. West Charlotte High School’s graduation rate continues to move closer to the goal of 90%. This year’s data is not official yet, but based on early calculations we are closer to 90% than ever! The graduation rate at WC has been a heavy lift. Just 4 years ago, the grad rate was 56%. This year’s graduating class is a special group of students. 4 years ago, as Project LIFT was launching, they launched into their high school education as freshmen at West Charlotte High School. This is the first group of students to graduate that have been a part of LIFT since it started. The anticipated increase in the graduation rate this year is evidence, that the work we are doing is paying off. Our students are not only graduating in higher numbers. Last year The class of 2016 earned $4.5 million, up from $1.8 million in scholarship dollars a year earlier. About a third of West Charlotte High School’s graduating walked across the stage and received their passports to a future in the military or college as well. Many of these students were first generation college students. Let’s celebrate the amazing work the West Charlotte High School principal, teachers, counselors and staff invested in not only increasing the grad rate but also in ensuring that students leave high school with a post-secondary plan that will give them a good chance to thrive as adults. Now, let’s celebrate you! Graduation starts at the moment a child walks through the doors of your schools as a pre-kindergartener. It takes teachers, counselors, and support staff to usher them through each grade level…each year is an important building block for the next. The graduation rate is just as much about the work done in elementary and middle school as it is about what happens in high school. For those of you who have made contributions to these students lives, thank you!

Grade Level Proficiency and College & Career Readiness

Reading Grade Level Proficiency: 3-Year Trajectory and 2014-15 and 2015-16 Change Percent of Students Grade Level Proficient (Achievement Levels 3, 4 and 5) School 2013-14 Reading Proficiency Composite 2014-15 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to Allenbrook Elementary 36.7% 32.4% -4.3 Ashley Park Pre K-8 30.3% 25.9% 27.2% +1.3 Bruns Academy 24.7% 21.6% 20.7% -0.9 Druid Hills Academy 29.6% 25.5% 31.8% +6.3 Ranson Middle 37.6% 40.8% 42.3% +1.5 Statesville Road Elementary 43.7% 43.8% 43.3% -0.5 Thomasboro Academy 29.0% 28.9% 28.0% Walter G. Byers 28.3% 31.3% +3.0

Math Grade Level Proficiency: 3-Year Trajectory & 2014-15 to 2015-16 Change Percent of Students Grade Level Proficient (Achievement Levels 3, 4 and 5) School 2013-14 Math Proficiency Composite 2014-15 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to Allenbrook Elementary 59.3% 57.3% 55.2% -2.1 Ashley Park Pre K-8 33.6% 22.3% 34.2% +11.9 Bruns Academy 18.5% 12.0% 13.7% +1.7 Druid Hills Academy 28.3% 23.5% 28.4% +4.9 Ranson Middle 25.6% 32.3% 30.5% -1.8 Statesville Road Elementary 48.4% 50.0% 62.4% +12.4 Thomasboro Academy 28.2% 25.7% 29.7% +4.0 Walter G. Byers 26.6% +3.4

Science Grade Level Proficiency: 3-Year Trajectory & 2014-15 to 2015-16 Change Percent of Students Grade Level Proficient (Achievement Levels 3, 4 and 5) School 2013-14 Science Proficiency Composite 2014-15 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to Allenbrook Elementary 46.3% 29.1% 48.5% +19.4 Ashley Park Pre K-8 62.2% 44.2% 50.0% +5.8 Bruns Academy 39.6% 41.7% 39.8% -1.9 Druid Hills Academy 50.9% 40.8% 43.4% +2.6 Ranson Middle 60.1% 77.5% 72.5% -5.0 Statesville Road Elementary 42.2% 85.7% 86.1% +0.4 Thomasboro Academy 58.2% 57.7% 65.0% +7.3 Walter G. Byers 45.1% 41.5% 36.5%

High School Proficiency: 3-Year Trajectory & 2014-15 to 2015-16 Change Percent of Students Grade Level Proficient (Achievement Levels 3, 4 and 5) School 2013-14 Proficiency 2014-15 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to 2015-16 English II West Charlotte High 35.8% 33.9% 33.8% -0.1 School 2013-14 Math I CCR 2014-15 Math I CCR 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to 2015-16 Math I West Charlotte High 28.0% 28.8% 34.9% +6.1 School 2013-14 Biology CCR 2014-15 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to 2015-16 Biology West Charlotte High 21.2% 23.6% 29.6% +6.0

Reading College and Career Readiness 3-Year Trajectory & 2014-15 to 2015-16 Change Percent of Students College and Career Ready (Achievement Levels 4 and 5) School 2013-14 Reading CCR Composite 2014-15 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to Allenbrook Elementary 24.9% 23.0% 22.4% -0.6 pts. Ashley Park Pre K-8 20.0% 15.6% 16.4% +0.8 pts. Bruns Academy 14.8% 12.6% 13.7% +1.1 pts. Druid Hills Academy 19.0% 17.3% 21.9% +4.6 pts. Ranson Middle 26.8% 29.3% 28.1% -1.2 pts. Statesville Road Elementary 29.0% 31.7% 31.8% +0.1 pts. Thomasboro Academy 18.0% 18.5% 18.6% Walter G. Byers 16.5% 19.4% 19.9% +0.5 pts.

Math College and Career Ready: 3-Year Trajectory & 2014-15 to 2015-16 Change Percent of Students College and Career Ready (Achievement Levels 4 and 5) School 2013-14 Math CCR Composite 2014-15 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to Allenbrook Elementary 52.0% 45.2% 43.6% -1.6 pts. Ashley Park Pre K-8 23.6% 14.5% 22.9% +8.4 pts. Bruns Academy 12.8% 8.7% 9.5% +0.8 pts. Druid Hills Academy 20.4% 16.6% 21.9% +5.3 pts. Ranson Middle 19.8% 26.5% 23.8% -2.7 pts. Statesville Road Elementary 37.3% 40.8% 52.7% +11.9 pts. Thomasboro Academy 22.1% 18.3% 22.2% +3.9 pts. Walter G. Byers 17.8% 15.0% 17.2% +2.2 pts.

Science College and Career Readiness: 3-Year Trajectory & 2014-15 and 2015-16 Change Percent of Students College and Career Ready (Achievement Levels 4 and 5) School 2013-14 Science CCR Composite 2014-15 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to Allenbrook Elementary 30.0% 15.2% 39.7% +24.5 pts. Ashley Park Pre K-8 41.7% 32.5% 37.9% +5.4 pts. Bruns Academy 27.8% 26.5% 28.3% +1.8 pts. Druid Hills Academy 39.5% 27.2% 27.4% +0.2 pts. Ranson Middle 47.9% 66.5% 61.3% -5.2 pts. Statesville Road Elementary 26.7% 77.4% 82.3% +4.9 pts. Thomasboro Academy 50.4% 44.4% 51.8% +7.4 pts. Walter G. Byers 29.4% 29.2%

High School College and Career Readiness: 3-Year Trajectory and 2014-15 to 2015-16 Change Percent of Students College and Career Ready (Achievement Levels 4 and 5) School 2013-14 CCR 2014-15 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to 2015-16 English II West Charlotte High 24.4% 21.3% 22.9% +1.6 pts. School 2013-14 Math I CCR 2014-15 Math I CCR 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to 2015-16 Math I West Charlotte High 15.9% 22.2% 24.9% +2.7 pts. School 2013-14 Biology CCR 2014-15 2015-16 Change from 2014-15 to 2015-16 Biology West Charlotte High 15.6% 15.9% 23.7% +7.8 pts.

Evidence of Progress: Proficiency & College and Career Readiness 8 out 9 schools improved in composite college and career readiness. West Charlotte High School: 3.9% increase Ashley Park: 4.2% increase Statesville Road: 4.4% increase Druid Hills: 4.2% increase Thomasboro: 2.9% increase 7 out of 9 schools improved in composite grade level proficiency. West Charlotte: 4.9% increase Ashley Park: 5.8% increase Statesville Road: 4.8% increase Druid Hills: 5.1% increase Thomasboro: 2.4% increase Students performed higher in math in comparison to other tested subject areas. 10% increase in college and career readiness in 3rd grade 11% increase in grade level proficiency in 3rd grade Statesville Road Elementary: 3 years of strong proficiency/college and career readiness improvement

Challenges: Proficiency and College & Career Readiness Progress is not success. Schools are far below the audacious 90% goals established at launch; gains have generally been incremental over time. Despite intense focus, reading outcomes did not yield significant improvement in Year 4 as desired. Schools that demonstrated sizable gains in student achievement in previous years have not been able to sustain improvement year over year (exception Statesville Road Elementary).

State Growth Designations

State Growth Designations: 3-Year Trajectory   Growth Designation 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Ashley Park Met Did Not Meet Exceeded Druid Hills Bruns Walter G. Byers Statesville Road Allenbrook Thomasboro Ranson West Charlotte Statesville Road Elementary has exceeded the state growth expectation for three years in a row!

2015-16 State Growth Designations in Reading Exceeded Met Did Not Meet Ranson Statesville Road Allenbrook Thomasboro Druid Hills Byers Bruns Ashley Park Ranson IB Middle School: 2nd highest growth ratio in reading in the district!

2015-16 State Growth Designations in Math Exceeded Met Did Not Meet Statesville Road Thomasboro Allenbrook Ashley Park Druid Hills Byers Bruns Ranson

2015-16 State Growth Designations in Science Exceeded Met Did Not Meet Statesville Road Byers (5th grade) Byers (8th grade) Thomasboro Druid Hills (8th grade) Druid (5th grade) Bruns (8th grade) Bruns (5th grade) Ranson Allenbrook Ashley Park Statesville Road Elementary has highest growth ratio in the district in science! While Allenbrook did not meet the state’s growth expectation, college and career readiness improved by 24% and grade level proficiency by 19% in science.

2015-16 State Growth Designations: West Charlotte High School Exceeded Met Did Not Meet Math I Biology English II

School Performance Grades

School Performance Grades: 3-Year Trajectory   School Performance Grade 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Ashley Park D F Druid Hills Bruns Walter G. Byers Statesville Road C Allenbrook Thomasboro Ranson West Charlotte Three schools improved state issued performance grade!

Measuring Success There are many ways to measure success. Student achievement data is an important component in measuring success. Data never lies, but it does not tell the whole truth either End-of-Year Test data represents how students perform on a high stakes tests on a single day in a school year. We value multiple factors in considering the L.I.F.T. Schools improvement trajectory. .

Year 4 Report from Research for Action Deeper analysis of student outcome data Continuous Learning Calendar Schools’ impact Review of leading indicator data (attendance, culture, suspensions) Qualitative assessment based on focus group feedback from parents and interviews with other key shareholders. Expect report in late fall/early winter.

Year 5: Moving Ahead No major programmatic changes in teaching and learning. There are no miracles. Focus on an accumulation of small successes over time. Focus on build up for sustainable and significant results. Year 5 Focus: Building parent and community engagement to enhance student achievement efforts. Breakthrough Build Up

Principal, West Charlotte High School Meaghan Loftus Principal Roundtable Timisha Barnes-Jones Principal, West Charlotte High School Meaghan Loftus Principal, Ashley Park School Katharine Bonasera Principal, Allenbrook Elementary School

Parent Perspective Ms. Crenshaw, Parent of 8th grader and kindergartner at Thomasboro Academy