The Norwood Public Schools 2014 Accountability Overview and MCAS Results Dr. Alexander Wyeth Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

School Accountability Level Reason(s) Norwood High School 121 Met all gap narrowing targets. Met all gap narrowing targets, but low Students w/Disabilities participation (94%). Met all gap narrowing targets. Coakley Middle School 222 Did not meet gap narrowing target: High Needs/Students w/Disabilities (1 pt). Did not meet gap narrowing targets: All and High Needs. Did not meet gap narrowing target: High Needs/Students w/Disabilities, and low ELL participation (91%). Balch Elementary 222 Did not meet gap narrowing targets: All and High Needs. Callahan Elementary 112 Met all gap narrowing targets. Did not meet gap narrowing target: High Needs (2 pts). Cleveland Elementary 212 Did not meet gap narrowing target: High Needs (1 pt). Met all gap narrowing targets. Did not meet gap narrowing targets: All and High Needs. Oldham Elementary 112 Met all gap narrowing targets. Did not meet gap narrowing target: High Needs/Low Income (3 pts). Prescott Elementary 112 Met all gap narrowing targets. Did not meet gap narrowing targets: All and High Needs. % MA schools at Level 1 32%31%26% 5% fewer in Level 1 % MA schools at Level 2 47%48%53% 5% more in Level 2 # of MA public schools with MCAS 1607 Norwood Public Schools Accountability Ratings State Expectation: to narrow all proficiency gaps for all groups by 50% from

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6/7 schools improved their composition (writing promp) scores. 1 school’s writing results declined a bit but still had a high level of performance.

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NHS Recipients of John & Abigail Adams Scholarships (students who scored Advanced on one or more MCAS tests) 76: 28% of Class of : 29% of Class of : 29% of Class of 2015

Non-High Needs vs. High Needs % Proficiency & SGP

80% or more of Norwood’s Non-High Needs students were proficient on 10 of the 17 MCAS tests (59%). The proficiency gaps between Norwood’s High Needs students and those who are Not High Needs range from 12 points in grade 10 ELA to 44 points in grade 5 ELA with an mean gap of 31 points and median of 34 points. These are the gaps we need to cut in half by 2017 On average, our High Needs students do one third as well as our Non-High Needs students.

Both High and Non-High Needs students showed high growth in the same two test areas: Gr 8 ELA and Gr 8 Math. High Needs students showed low growth in four areas: Gr 5 ELA, and Gr 5, 6, & 7 math. Non-High Needs students showed low growth in only one area: Gr 5 Math.

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Key Areas for Improvement 1.Grade 3 ELA 2.Grade 5 ELA 3.Grade 6 ELA 4.Grade 3-5 Math: In process of selecting new math program. 5.Grade 6-7 Math: In process of selecting new textbooks. 6.Grade 8 Science and Technology Engineering: In process of adopting new standards.

Reminder: MCAS is only one measure of a student’s, teacher’s, school’s, and district’s success! There is more to a good education than MCAS…or PARCC

Some Other Points of Interest Massachusetts’ students are #1 in the nation at grades 4 and 8 in reading and math on 2013 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) tests. Massachusetts’ students ranked #2 in science, and were tied for #5 (with Japan) in math on the 2011 TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) tests. Bottom line: MCAS tests are the most rigorous in the nation and among other nations.

For more information go to For sample Writing Prompts (WP), Open Responses (OR), and Short Answer (SA) questions. For MCAS, AYP, and Other District/School Data. For comparative district data.