2011-2012 Burlington Township School District’s Student Achievement and Safe Schools Report

2011-2012 Burlington Township School District’s State Test Results

Standardized Test Score Increases The percentage of students who achieved proficiency or advanced proficiency increased from 2011 in 5 out of the 7 tested grade levels in BOTH mathematics and language arts literacy.  The percentage of students who achieved proficiency or advanced proficiency increased from 2011 in 6 out of the 7 tested grade levels in language arts literacy.  The percentage of students who achieved proficiency or advanced proficiency increased from 2011 in 6 out of the 7 tested grade levels in mathematics.  The results are being evaluated to ensure continued growth and progress.

3rd Grade NJASK Percent Proficient Note: The data being shown is the “Total Population” which includes all Sp. Ed. and ESL students. Note: The year NJASK changed highlighted in blue. GRADE 3 MATH   BT % P NJ % P Diff 2004 79.4 76.6 2.8 2005 80.2 82.5 (2.3) 2006 77.2 86.8 (9.6) 2007 84.3 87.3 (3.0) 2008 85.9 86.7 (0.8) 2009 76.4 75.4 1.0 2010 72.0 78.1 (6.10) N=286 2011 71.0 78.9 (7.90) N=328 2012 78.4 0.50 N=265 GRADE 3 LITERACY BT % P NJ % P Diff 2004 79.1 79.4 (0.3) 2005 86.0 83.2 2.8 2006 81.5 82.4 (0.9) 2007 80.5 83.4 (2.9) 2008 85.5 (0.5) 2009 52.9 62.9 (10.0) 2010 47.8 59.7 (11.90) N=286 2011 52.3 63.0 (10.7) N=328 2012 66.5 66.7 (0.2) N=263

4th Grade NJASK Percent Proficient Note: The data being shown is the “Total Population” which includes all Sp. Ed. and ESL students. Note: The year NJASK changed highlighted in blue. GRADE 4 MATH   BT%P NJ%P Diff 2003 68.0 0.0 2004 63.3 72.1 (8.8) 2005 76.6 80.2 (3.6) 2006 80.1 82.4 (2.3) 2007 84.7 (4.6) 2008 81.0 84.8 (3.8) 2009 70.9 73.1 (2.2) 2010 77.0 (4.90) N=322 2011 73.6 79.3 (5.70) N=294 2012 79.6 77.4 2.20 N=329 GRADE 4 LITERACY BT%P NJ%P Diff 2003 80.9 77.6 3.3 2004 80.8 82.1 (1.3) 2005 82.5 81.6 0.9 2006 76.3 80.0 (3.7) 2007 74.8 80.6 (5.8) 2008 82.6 (1.8) 2009 57.1 63.2 (6.1) 2010 55.9 59.6 (3.70) N=322 2011 47.8 62.7 (14.90) N=294 2012 52.3 45.5 6.80 N=329   2012 BTSD PROF 2011 BTSD PROF NJASK 3 MATH 78.9 71.0 NJASK 4 MATH 79.6 73.6   2012 BTSD PROF 2011 BTSD PROF NJASK 3 LAL 66.5 52.3 NJASK 4 LAL 47.8

5th Grade NJASK Percent Proficient Note: The data being shown is the “Total Population” which includes all Sp. Ed. and ESL students. Note: The year NJASK changed highlighted in blue. GRADE 5 MATH BT%P NJ%P Diff 2006 85.6   2007 82.6 84.1 (1.5) 2008 69.9 76.7 (6.8) 2009 75.7 77.6 (1.9) 2010 82.2 78.8 3.4 N=329 2011 78.3 80.6 (2.3) N=332 2012 80.8 83.3 (2.5) N=282 GRADE 5 LITERACY BT%P NJ%P Diff 2006 86.3   2007 90.2 88.8 1.4 2008 53.8 60.1 (6.3) 2009 61.4 66.2 (4.8) 2010 58.0 63.0 (5.0) N=329 2011 58.6 60.9 (2.3) N=332 2012 59.6 62.1 (2.5) N=280   2012 BTSD PROF 2011 BTSD PROF NJASK 4 MATH 79.6 73.6 NJASK 5 MATH 80.8 78.3   2012 BTSD PROF 2011 BTSD PROF NJASK 4 LAL 52.3 47.8 NJASK 5 LAL 59.6 58.6

6th Grade NJASK Percent Proficient Note: The data being shown is the “Total Population” which includes all Sp. Ed. and ESL students. Note: The year NJASK changed highlighted in blue. GRADE 6 MATH BT%P NJ%P Diff 2006 76.4   2007 85.0 79.0 6.0 2008 71.6 72.3 (0.7) 2009 67.9 71.2 (3.3) 2010 65.8 71.8 (6.0) N=328 2011 68.9 77.4 (8.5) N=338 2012 72.9 78.8 (5.9) N=333 GRADE 6 LITERACY BT%P NJ%P Diff 2006 74.5   2007 72.2 75.8 (3.6) 2008 50.3 57.4 (7.1) 2009 70.3 70.1 0.2 2010 59.7 65.3 (5.6) N=328 2011 61.5 66.7 (5.2) N=338 2012 56.9 64.5 (7.6) N=332   2012 BTSD PROF 2011 BTSD PROF NJASK 5 MATH 80.8 78.3 NJASK 6 MATH 72.9 68.9   2012 BTSD PROF 2011 BTSD PROF NJASK 5 LAL 59.6 58.6 NJASK 6 LAL 56.9 61.5

7th Grade NJASK Percent Proficient Note: The data being shown is the “Total Population” which includes all Sp. Ed. and ESL students. Note: The year NJASK changed highlighted in blue. GRADE 7 MATH   BT%P NJ%P Diff 2006 75.0 2007 75.4 66.3 9.1 2008 55.9 64.6 (8.7) 2009 68.0 66.8 1.2 2010 64.3 2.0 N=366 2011 60.1 65.7 (5.6) N=342 2012 51.9 63.2 (11.3) N=331 GRADE 7 LITERACY   BT%P NJ%P Diff 2006 84.8 2007 83.6 80.1 3.5 2008 73.3 70.7 2.6 2009 72.4 0.9 2010 71.1 69.2 1.9 N=366 2011 64.3 63.3 1.0 N=342 2012 64.4 61.0 3.4 N=331   2012 BTSD PROF 2011 BTSD PROF NJASK 6 MATH 72.9 68.9 NJASK 7 MATH 51.9 60.1   2012 BTSD PROF 2011 BTSD PROF NJASK 6 LAL 56.9 61.5 NJASK 7 LAL 64.4 64.3

8th Grade NJASK Percent Proficient Note: The data being shown is the “Total Population” which includes all Sp. Ed. and ESL students. Note: The year NJASK changed highlighted in blue. GRADE 8 LITERACY BT State Diff 2003 81.4 73.8 7.6 2004 77.0 71.8 5.2 2005 76.0 72.3 3.7 2006 79.5 74.2 5.3 2007 74.9 73.7 1.2 2008 84.7 81.5 3.2 2009 85.5 82.5 3.0 2010 83.2 0.7 N=327 2011 82.0 82.1 (0.1) N=371 2012 84.9 82.2 2.7 N=338 GRADE 8 MATH BT%P NJ%P Diff 2003 59.1 56.8 2.3 2004 66.4 61.7 4.7 2005 63.9 62.4 1.5 2006 72.7 64.5 8.2 2007 73.8 68.4 5.4 2008 72.0 67.7 4.3 2009 75.1 71.8 3.3 2010 60.8 68.5 (7.70) N=327 2011 71.5 (9.10) N=371 2012 67.4 71.6 (4.20) N=340   2012 BTSD PROF 2011 BTSD PROF NJASK 7 MATH 51.9 60.1 NJASK 8 MATH 67.4 62.4   2012 BTSD PROF 2011 BTSD PROF NJASK 7 LAL 64.4 64.3 NJASK 8 LAL 84.9 82.0

11th Grade HSPA Percent Proficient Note: The data being shown is the “Total Population” which includes all Sp. Ed. and ESL students. HSPA MATH BT%P NJ%P Diff 2003 58.5 65.8 (7.3) 2004 70.7 70.0 0.7 2005 80.4 75.5 4.9 2006 86.0 75.9 10.1 2007 82.8 73.4 9.4 2008 81.6 75.4 6.2 2009 79.8 73.7 6.1 2010 77.5 74.1 3.4 N=310 2011 76.2 75.2 1.0 N=318 2012 77.6 79.3 (1.7) N=344 HSPA LITERACY BT State Diff 2003 80.6 80.2 0.4 2004 87.6 82.2 5.4 2005 85.1 83.2 1.9 2006 85.5 83.5 2.0 2007 87.1 85.3 1.8 2008 82.3 (1.2) 2009 86.0 84.5 1.5 2010 87.7 0.6 N=310 2011 87.0 89.6 (2.6) N=318 2012 91.6 91.5 0.1 N=344

District Elementary Reading Benchmarks Elementary Guided Reading Levels (averages at end of 2012) 35% of students improved 5 or more levels 34% of students improved 3-4 levels 27% of students improved up to 2 levels 65.5% of students reading at or above grade level Compared to 48% at end of 2011

SAT Averages 2012 Highlights Math 478; up 17 points English 502; up 13 points Writing 471; up 9 points

A Special Highlight BTHS has been included in the Philadelphia Magazine “Top 100 Philadelphia Area Public Schools."  See,  http://www.phillymag.com/articles/top-100-public-schools-2012/ . We are #80. Identified from all the public and charter high schools in our 8-County area: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden and Gloucester in New Jersey. The criteria included: percentage of students who graduate; percentage of graduates going to a two- or four-year college; average SAT scores for the past three years; percentage of 11th-grade students ranked proficient or above in state assessment tests (in PA, the PSSA; in NJ, the HSPA) for the past three years; student/faculty ratio; instructional cost and total cost per student; number of designated Advanced Placement courses offered; number of varsity sports teams; and number of clubs and activities offered. A statistical expert utilized data primarily from the PA and NJ DoE's to compute the results.

2012-2013 District Program Initiatives Leadership: Expand leadership capacity to promote ISA Expand Curriculum Articulation - Continue to support our teacher leader model Data: Provide teachers training for Pearson Inform - data collection & analysis; Identify “at risk” students and subgroups for additional support and intervention Support: Improve our capacity to serve special education students within the district Curriculum: Continue curricular revision and development of professional resources to support Common Core in Math and Language Arts Program Align instructional practices with 21st Century Skills K-5 District-wide licenses for Reading A-Z, RAZ Kids, Writing A-Z, Vocabulary A-Z, Science A-Z, and Tutors A-Z Provide additional training and materials to benchmark all K-5 students using Fountas and Pinnell materials Assess spelling styles and proficiency with Words Their Way inventories K-8 Continue district leveled timed writing tasks for all K-5 learners Implement Literacy Benchmarks for Special Education Students 6-12 Provide Math Common Core materials and instruction to all K-12 learners Develop and implement Math Benchmarks for Special Education students 6-12 Begin development of Common Core-Aligned Math Benchmarks for K-12 students

Issues and Considerations for BOE to Consider in Budget 13-14 Budget Considerations Structural Changes Class sizes have increased by 5-10 students per class per grade in last 5 years Economically Disadvantaged population has doubled (now 25%) in last 5 years Under-resourced Lost Language Arts Supervisor Lost Special Education Supervisor Lost Math Supervisor Reading Proficiency Literacy Coach stretched to support all buildings AA teachers at FW can’t service all students in need MS and HS need additional support for struggling readers More time and resources needed for PD and articulation Curriculum revision to Common Core takes a significant amount of time Math Performance Attempting to implement recommendations of Math Curriculum Committee Curriculum revision to Common Core takes a significant amount of time and money Time will be needed for PD and articulation once changes are instituted (i.e. new math program) Structural Changes Additional personnel to reduce class sizes (especially HS) Additional personnel to service special needs students and programs Loss of ARRA funds ; unsure of Title Fund status Reading Proficiency Additional personnel support for struggling readers in all four schools Additional staff developer for MS/HS Evaluate calendar for more PD/articulation opportunities Math Performance Additional personnel support for math instruction in MS and HS Budgeting for new/revised curriculum and program implementation

Burlington Township School District’s Safe Schools Violence and Vandalism Report 2011-12

Violence and Vandalism Report Per (N.J.S.A. 18A:17-46 and N.J.A.C. 6A:16-5.3(f)) – Annually, at a public hearing, all chief school administrators and charter school lead persons must report to the board of education all acts of violence and vandalism which occurred during the previous school year. The Incident categories that must be reported on are: Violence Vandalism Weapons Substance To report an Offense to the Violence and Vandalism report: An incident must take place on school grounds, school sponsored event or on a school bus, The offense must meet the EVVRS definition and The offense must result in an Out-of-School Suspension

Violence and Vandalism Report Reporting Process Significant Changes Per the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act (ABR) (P.L. 2012, c.122) – ALL founded cases of HIB are NOW reported on the Violence and Vandalism report. Violence and Vandalism Data will NOW be reported out to BoE twice a year. Reporting period 1 data (Sept. through December) – Reported out in Spring of the current school year. Reporting period 2 data (January through June) – Reported out in the Fall of upcoming school year. VV-SA offenses that occur in the summer will no longer need to be reported

2 Theft of Student Property Burlington Township High School Violence and Vandalism Statistics Grades 9 - 12 Administrators addressed 2337 Code of Conduct Concerns. 2% met the reporting criteria for Violence and Vandalism 2% 2 Assaults 6 Fights 17 HIB (3) 4 Threats 2 Theft of Student Property 2 Possession 10 Use Confirmed

Burlington Township High School Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying 17 founded HIB Cases ONLY 3 resulted in OSS Rehabilitative Measures: Counseling; Groups & Individual, Parent Conferences and Education, Teen Pep and Mediations.

1 Damage to School Property Burlington Township Middle School at Springside Violence and Vandalism Statistics Grades 6 -8 Administrators addressed 674 Code of Conduct Concerns. 14% met the reporting criteria for Violence and Vandalism 14% 3 Assaults 20 Fights 68 HIB (0) 5 Threats 1 Theft 1 Damage to School Property

Burlington Township Middle School at Springside Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying 68 founded HIB Cases None resulted in OSS Rehabilitative Measures: Counseling; Groups & Individual, Parent Conferences and Education and Mediations.

3 Thefts of student property Fountain Woods Elementary School Violence and Vandalism Statistics Grades 3 - 5 Administrators addressed 385 Code of Conduct Concerns. 6% met the reporting criteria for Violence and Vandalism 5% 4 Assaults 1 Fight 8 HIB (1) 3 Threats 3 Thefts of student property 1 weapon – Utility Knife

Fountain Woods Elementary School Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying 8 founded HIB Cases ONLY 1 resulted in OSS Rehabilitative Measures: Counseling; Groups & Individual, Parent Conferences and Education and Mediations.

B. Bernice Young Elementary School Grades K - 2 20 HIB (3)

B. Bernice Young Elementary School Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying 20 founded HIB Cases ONLY 3 resulted in OSS Rehabilitative Measures: Counseling; Groups & Individual, Parent Conferences and Education and Mediations.

Programs High School Middle School Teen Pep Outreach Activities Anti-bullying Assembly Counseling Groups for Students Student HIB Workshop Respect and School Violence Awareness Weeks Student In Good Standing & Recognition Programs Mediations conducted by Peers & Staff Middle School Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) Spotlight Character Development Program Building Young Men and Women Groups SRO Presentations Anti-bullying lessons presented by teachers

Programs Young School Fountain Woods Character Education Assemblies Be Cool, Be Safe Safe Schools Week Playground and Bus Safety Assemblies I Am Special & Super Student Week Small Group & Whole Class Lessons on Anti—bullying Camp Fire Lessons (Gr. 1 & 2) Adopt-a-Cop (Grade 2) Fountain Woods Anti-bullying Lessons and Activities to include PSAs Renaissance Program SRO Presentation on Bullying Character Education Assemblies and Health Curriculum School Violence Awareness Week School Bus Safety Week Counseling Groups for Students