MCAS 2017 Sandwich Public Schools Maureen Wiklund Director of Curriculum November 8, 2017

Key Understandings Teachers put their students front and center Student success on MCAS is important to teachers, to families, to the district There are multiple variables that impact achievement on MCAS We don’t teach to the test; we teach the standards MCAS is one of many measures of the success of a school, a teacher, a student The 2017 year was unique, full of “firsts”

Next Generation MCAS Grades 3-8 ELA & Math Taken with chromebooks at Oak Ridge & STEM Administered one grade level at a time ELA - April Math & Science - May All Hands on Deck Shout Outs: Brandy Clifford @ OR/ Anne Wagner @ STEM Bryce Harper & Erin Piantedosi

What do you notice about the shape of this graph?

Oak Ridge Exceeding or Meeting Expectations 45% State Exceeding or Meeting Expectations 49%

STEM Exceeding or Meeting Expectations 56% State Exceeding & Meeting Expectations 50%

Oak Ridge Exceeding or Meeting Expectations 54% State Exceeding or Meeting Expectations 48%

STEM Exceeding or Meeting Expectations 53% State Exceeding or Meeting Expectations 47%

What can we Looking at Standards from the results?

What can we learn from the results? We look at how students scored on specific standards and ask: How did our students score on that standard compared to the rest of the state? Better or not as well? How did our students across grade levels score on that standard? Is there a trend we can trace to curriculum or instruction? +/- ? How have our students across the years scored on that standard? Is there a trend we can trace to curriculum or instruction? +/ - ? What is the quality and quantity of instruction and assessment for that standard? +/ - ? Do we need to do more with Writing in Response to Reading, with writing to a prompt to generate responses that are clear, thoughtful and complete? What can we learn from the results?

Legacy MCAS Grades 5 & 8 - STE - Science, Technology, Engineering Spring 2018 CBT - Computer Based Testing/Legacy Grade 10 - ELA, Math, Science All PBT - Paper Based Testing/Legacy

Gr 5 Science Advanced or Proficient 48% Gr 5 Science State Advanced or Proficient 46%

STEM Advanced or Proficient 46% State Advanced or Proficient 53%

SHS Advanced or Proficient 85% State Advanced or Proficient 74%

SHS Advanced or Proficient 96% 91%

SHS Advanced or Proficient 85% State Advanced or Proficient 79%

Next steps…. We are committed to continual improvement. We are learning from MCAS results, looking at standards and at students. We have many goals connected to teachers having the time to work together to look at data and make teaching decisions based on the data. Throughout the year, our Curriculum Leaders will be sharing goals and plans for their departments. Additional information about MCAS and other assessments will be part of their presentations, as it is connected to goals.

Questions?