Merrymount Elementary School PTO Assessment Presentation December 4, 2014

Composite Performance Index (CPI) Advanced (100 points) Proficient (100 points) High Needs Improvement (75 points) Low Needs Improvement (50 points) High Warning (25 points) Low Warning (0 points)

Student Growth Percentile (SGP) Each student’s rate of change is compared to other students with a similar test score history (“academic peers”) The rate of change is expressed as a percentile Typical student growth percentiles are between about 40 and 60

Progress and Performance Index (PPI) PPI measures several indicators At the elementary level, we are most concerned with: Achievement (CPI) Growth/Improvement (SGP)

Closing the Proficiency Gap 2011 ELA Baseline = Year ELA Goal = Math Baseline = Year Math Goal = Science Baseline = Year Science Goal = 93.2

Merrymount’s PPI Target = 75 Group Cumulative PPI Met Target? All Students Yes High Needs Yes Low Income Yes White Yes

Merrymount is a Level 1 School We are in the 79th Percentile in MA

2014 MCAS “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” -Søren KierkegaardSøren Kierkegaard

Grade 3 Reading Advanced= 26% Proficient= 47% Needs Improvement= 26% Warning= 2% CPI= st in Quincy (tied with Squantum and Montclair)

Grade 4 ELA Advanced= 27% Proficient= 44% Needs Improvement= 26% Warning= 3% CPI= 88.9 SGP= nd in Quincy

Grade 5 ELA Advanced= 23% Proficient= 58% Needs Improvement= 18% Warning= 2% CPI= 92.1 SGP= 43 1st in Quincy

Grade 3 Math Advanced= 55% Proficient= 36% Needs Improvement= 7% Warning= 2% CPI= st in Quincy

Grade 4 Math Advanced=40% Proficient= 34% Needs Improvement= 26% Warning= 0% CPI= 91.8 SGP= 56 1st in Quincy

Grade 5 Math Advanced= 53% Proficient= 28% Needs Improvement= 16% Warning= 4% CPI= 92.1 SGP= 73 1st in Quincy (tied with Wollaston)

Grade 5 Science Advanced= 30% Proficient= 44% Needs Improvement= 23% Warning= 4% CPI= st in Quincy

Review of SMART Goals “A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.” -William Kingdon Clifford

ELA Goal #1 During the school year, students will demonstrate a growing understanding of increasingly complex text. This will be evident by an increase of 2% or more on the school-wide average percent correct in the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard for English Language Arts from a base of 75% as measured by the 2014 MCAS Standards Report.

Average Percent Correct English Language Arts Difference 75%76%+1%

Math Goal #2 During the school year, students will demonstrate an increased ability to persevere and use reasoning to solve increasingly complex math tasks as related to open response type questions. This will be evident by an increase of 2% or more on the school-wide average percent correct from a base of 68%, as measured by the 2014 Mathematics MCAS Standards Report.

Average Percent Correct Mathematics Open Response Difference 68%75%+9 %

ELA Goal #1 During the school year, students will demonstrate a growing understanding of increasingly complex text. This will be evident by an increase of 2% or more on the school-wide average percent correct in the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard for Key Ideas and Details from a base of 74% as measured by the 2015 English Language Arts MCAS Standards Report.

Math Goal #2 During the school year, students will demonstrate an increased ability to persevere and use reasoning to solve increasingly complex math tasks as related to open response type questions. This will be evident by an increase of 2% or more on the school-wide average percent correct from a base of 75%, as measured by the 2015 Mathematics MCAS Standards Report.

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