Community Partnership Presentation September 3, 2010

Where we are... AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress Absolute Bar

Graduation Test by Area ELA AllBlackWhiteSWDED

ELA Subgroup Trends

ELA Subgroup Trends with Absolute Bar

Math Subgroup Trends AllBlackWhiteSWDED

Math Subgroup Trends

Math Subgroup Trends with Absolute Bar

Graduation Rate AllBlackWhiteSWDED

Reasons for Decline 118 students dropped out in this cohort. 62% (73 students) were dropped due to lack of attendance. Approximately 66 students living without Guardianship. This year’s cohort only 46 have dropped out.

Graduation Rate Absolute Bar for %

NI 3 Tier One Notify parents of NI status Provide supplemental services Provide school choice Update and implement SIP with the DOE SCHOOL must CHOOSE one of the following: –Extend school year or school day –Restructure the internal organization of the school –Appoint an outside expert to advise the school –Convert to a charter school

NI 3 Tier Two Notify parents of NI status Provide supplemental services Provide school choice Update and implement SIP with the DOE LEA (Board of Education) must CHOOSE one of the following: –Replace school staff relevant to meeting AYP –Significantly decrease management authority at school level –Extend school year or school day –Restructure the internal organization of the school –Appoint an outside expert to advise the school –Convert to a charter school

NI 3 Tier Three Notify parents of NI status Provide supplemental services Provide school choice Update and implement SIP with the DOE GaDOE must CHOOSE one of the following: –GaDOE involved directly in the replacement of relevant staff –Significantly decrease management authority at school level –Extend school year or school day –Restructure the internal organization of the school –Appoint an outside expert to advise the school –Convert to a charter school

Why...

Miscellaneous Challenges Seventeen students who failed the CRCT were placed at WCHS. These students were 17 or would be turning 17 years old during the school year 38 students placed at WCHS without scoring 800 on CRCT To be successful in math, data shows that a student should score at least an 830 on CRCT

Math % (115 9 th grade students) below 6 th grade level. 45% (59 9 th grade students) are from the black sub-group 57% of the 115 student (66 9 th grade students) below 5 th grade level. 50% (33 9 th grade students) are from the black sub-group.

Math % (184 9 th students) were at or below 7 th grade level 34% (124 9 th students) were at or below 6 th grade level th grade students still more than 2 grade levels behind

Reading % (120 9th grade students) are 2 or more grades behind. 54% (65 9 th grade students) are in the Black sub-group 46% of the 120 students (56 9 th grade students) are on a 5 th grade or lower reading level. 55% (31students) are from the black sub-group.

Reading % (113 9 th graders) were 7 th grade or lower th grade students are still reading more than 2 grade levels below 9 th grade.

What do you feel the community can do to help our students?

What we are doing...

…to make contact with you Call-outs s Parent contacts (by administrators and teachers) Letters (attendance, behavior, notices) Parent Portal Website ( ) Class level meetings Social Media (Cornerstone’s on Facebook) Open House Local media (radio, newspaper) Be There ®

…at each grade level for our students?

9 th Grade FOCUS – Skill building and indoctrination for a successful high school career Double Dose Classes Freshmen Seminar Pullout using Reading and Math Academy/Fast ForWord After school tutoring with bus transportation TAA (Teachers As Advisors) Relationships True to Teams for Relationships Building FOCUS (available during 2 nd semester) Reteach with math teachers

10 th Grade FOCUS: Continuing to Build Skills Double Dose Classes RtI – Math Academy, Fast ForWord, Reading Academy ELT (Extended Learning Time) for RtI TAA for relationships A+ Credit Replacement Writing Pretest for Graduation Test Saturday School Use of Study Island, USA Test Prep, and OAS

11 th Grade FOCUS: Graduation Test and Credit Building LEAP Class At Risk students in smaller classes Bridge Math Short Sensational Reviews Credit Recovery ELT to focus on grad test based on EOCT data Use of Study Island, USA Test Prep, and OAS RtI with a small group of students

12 th Grade FOCUS: Credits and Prep for Graduation LEAP Classes ELT Grad Test Remediation At Risk List Teachers in for two weeks during the summer for Grad Test retake work Saturday School Grad Test Recovery Use of Study Island, USA Test Prep and OAS