Paulsboro School District PARCC RESULTS: YEAR ONE Paulsboro School District 12-21-2015 Measuring College and Career Readiness

VISION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY “New Jersey will educate all students to prepare them to lead productive, fulfilling lives. Through a public education system that is seamlessly aligned from pre- school to college, students will gain the requisite academic knowledge and technical and critical thinking skills for life and work in the 21st century.”

Raising Standards 2009 New Jersey adopted higher course taking requirements for all students 2010 New Jersey adopted the common core state standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics

Raising Standards: NEXT STEPS Replace HSPA “Currently the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) does not measure college or work readiness…” “Further, New Jersey colleges and universities do not use scores from the HSPA for admissions or placement, because the test does not reflect postsecondary placement requirements.” (HSRSC - 2008) 2010 through 2015 New Jersey reviewed and then adopted a new statewide assessment

NEW JERSEY’S STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM 2015 New Jersey administered the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) to replace HSPA and previous assessments (NJASK 3-8) in the elementary and middle school in language arts and mathematics. Students took PARCC English Language Arts and Literacy Assessments (ELA/L) in grades 3 – 11. Students took PARCC Mathematics Assessments in grades 3 – 8 and End of Course Assessments in Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II.

PARCC PERFORMANCE LEVELS Not yet meeting grade-level expectations Level 2 Partially meeting grade-level expectations Level 3 Approaching grade-level expectations Level 4 Meeting grade-level expectations Level 5 Exceeding grade-level expectations

NJ 2015 PARCC OUTCOMES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY   Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Partially (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) (Level 4) Exceeding (Level 5) % >= Level 4 Grade 3 15% 18% 24% 39% 5% 44% Grade 4 8% 27% 12% 51% Grade 5 7% 26% 45% 6% 52% Grade 6 16% 28% 40% 9% 49% Grade 7 11% 23% 34% Grade 8 22% 13% Grade 9 19% 30% 10% Grade 10 25% 20% 37% Grade 11 17% 41%

PAULSBORO’S 2015 PARCC GRADE-LEVEL OUTCOMES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY   Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Partially (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) (Level 4) Exceeding (Level 5) Paulsboro %>= Level 4 Grade 3 (66) 23% 26% 36% 15% 0% Grade 4 (74) 18% 22% 39% 19% 3% Grade 5 (72) 29% 13% Grade 6 (78) 10% 41% 9% Grade 7 (70) 33% 30% 11% Grade 8 (54) 52% Grade 9 (63) 32% 16% 17% 20% Grade 10 (45) 44% 2% Grade 11 (40) 55% 5% New Jersey %>= Level 4 44% 51% 52% 49% 40% 37% 41%

NEW JERSEY’S 2015 PARCC OUTCOMES MATHEMATICS   Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Partially (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) (Level 4) Exceeding (Level 5) % >= Level 4 Grade 3 8% 19% 28% 37% 45% Grade 4 7% 22% 30% 36% 4% 41% Grade 5 6% 21% 32% 35% Grade 6 Grade 7 33% Grade 8* 26% 23% 1% 24% Algebra I 14% 25% 3% Geometry 12% 20% Algebra II 2% * Note: Approximately 30,000 New Jersey students participated in the PARCC Algebra I assessment while in middle school. Thus, PARCC Math 8 outcomes are not representative of grade 8 performance as a whole.

PAULSBORO’S 2015 PARCC GRADE-LEVEL OUTCOMES Mathematics   Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Partially (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) (Level 4) Exceeding (Level 5) Paulsboro %>= Level 4 Grade 3 (66) 11% 30% 35% 24% 0% Grade 4 (73) 15% 45% 37% 3% Grade 5 (71) 7% 39% 41% 1% 12% Grade 6 (79) 9% 48% 34% Grade 7 (68) 50% Grade 8 (43) 42% 47% 2% Algebra PHS (59) Algebra PJHS (12) 25% 56% 17% 33% Geometry (68) 19% 49% 26% 4% 5% Algebra II (29) 59% 31% 10% New Jersey %>= Level 4 45% 41% 37% 24% 36% 22% 24%

ELA vs. Mathematics in New Jersey New Jersey ELA New Jersey Mathematics % >= Level 4 Grade 3 44% 45% Grade 4 51% 41% Grade 5 52% Grade 6 49% Grade 7 37% Grade 8 24% Grade 9 40% 36% Grade 10 22% Grade 11 New Jersey students did better in ELA than in Mathematics. Grades 7 & 8 did the best in ELA.

ELA vs. Mathematics in PAULSBORO   MATH ELA % >= Level 4 Grade 3 24% 15% Grade 4 3% 22% Grade 5 12% 13% Grade 6 9% Grade 7 11% Grade 8 2% Algebra PHS Algebra PJHS 33% * 20% Geometry 5% Algebra II 0% Paulsboro students did better in ELA than in Math in grades 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11. 2. Paulsboro students did better in Math than in ELA in grades 3. 3. PJHS did significantly better than PHS in Algebra I.

PARCC OUTCOMES IN CONTENT MATH NJ PARCC 2013 NAEP Grade 4 41% 49% Grade 8 24%   ELA 51% 42% 52% 46% NJ PARCC ALG I 2011 ADP ALG I 36% 35% 2015 SAT 44 % met college and Career Ready Benchmark. 2015 ACT 43% met College and Career Ready Benchmark.

NOW WHAT?

QUESTIONS TO GUIDE PARCC DATA REFLECTION How will we use PARCC data to identify strengths and gaps that exist in curriculum and instruction? How will we use PARCC data to inform the conversations of our educators? What can we learn about where additional professional resources are needed to meet the learning needs of all students?

YEAR ONE Data Analysis Plan: DRILLING DOWN District and School Level Data: Math, ELA, reading and writing, and also by grade levels Disaggregated data, by subgroups Disaggregated data by categories, (i.e., standards sub - claims) Item analysis Student Level analysis

RESOURCES FOR PARENTS http://understandthescore.org

PARENT GUIDE TO THE SCORE REPORTS http://www.parcconline.org/resources/educator-resources

HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD http://understandthescore.org

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PARENTS http://understandthescore.org

What’s NEXT in Paulsboro Appeal’s Process BOE Presentation Teachers receive specific information and training PLC meetings in January Prep periods in HS Parent Meeting (end of January)

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