SAT DATA OVERVIEW DARLINGTON SCHOOL - UPPER SCHOOL DIVISION MEETING NOVEMBER 2013 CYNTHIA RENEAU

PURPOSE Who Can Benefit and What is the Purpose of Analyzing this Data? Teachers and administrators can use the data to improve teaching & learning Identify trends in SAT scores at Darlington School Create solutions for improvement of SAT Scores

DATA TO ANALYZE School Demographic Data Enrollment Race/Ethnicity Day vs. Resident Tuition vs. Financial Aid SAT Scores Overall Score Averages Scores by Subject Area Scores Above and Below College Acceptance

DARLINGTON UPPER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT 2011 - 2013 SCHOOL YEARS

DARLINGTON UPPER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY RACE/ETHNICITY

OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC DATA TO CONSIDER Living Status Gender Financial Aid

SAT WRITING SCORE AVERAGE Darlington School’s Average SAT Writing Scores

SAT CRITICAL READING SCORE AVERAGE Darlington School’s Average SAT Critical Reading Scores

AREA THAT COULD USE IMPROVEMENT Darlington SAT Critical Reading Scores 2011 - 547 Average 2012 - 535 Average 2013 - 539 Average

Darlington School’s Average SAT Math Scores SAT MATH SCORE AVERAGE Darlington School’s Average SAT Math Scores

AREA OF STRENGTH Darlington SAT Math Scores 2011 - 592 Average

OVERALL SAT SCORE AVERAGE Darlington School’s Average SAT Scores For 2011-2013

SAT SCORE COMPARISON Darlington School Compared to Rome High School and the State Average

SAT SCORES ABOVE/BELOW COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE LEVEL

QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER How do we continue to improve our student’s SAT Scores? What did our curriculum look like in 2011? What did we do different from 2011 to 2012 & 2012 to 2013 to see a decline and rise again? How can we include SAT scores in our strategic plan?

POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS Continue with “Reading and Writing” workshop in primary grades Encourage students to do well in Algebra 1 & 2 Suggest statistics classes as electives Offer more English writing electives for freshman and sophomores Provide more SAT coaching classes Create a plan for students scoring low on PSAT