MCAS Results Report to School Committee 2003 MCAS Results October 21, 2003

New Baseline Changes in the Testing Program Results by Performance Category for the District and Individual Schools Comparable Communities Next Steps

Changes in Testing Program No Average Scaled Scores New Testing Requirement for LEP Students BHS tested 102 LEP students, 81 of whom would have been previously exempt! EJH tested 148 LEP students, 127 of whom would have been previously exempt! There were 164 students in grades 3, 4, & 6 who would have been previously exempt!

MCAS Testing Program High Stakes/High Standards Grades tested: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10 Tonight’s focus: English/Language Arts Mathematics

Performance Categories Category Advanced Proficient Needs Improvement Failing/Warning Score Range proficient [240 = proficient] passing [220 = passing]

MCAS 2003 Changes in Performance Categories by Grade

Percentage of Students in Warning/Failing Category ELA MATH year Grade [13] State Grade [15] [26] State Grade [36] State Grade [13] State Grade [57] State Grade [14] [33] BHS [13] [32] State

Percentage of Students in Advanced /Proficient Category ELA MATH year Grade [44] State Grade [40] [23] State Grade [27] State Grade [37] State Grade [14] State Grade [57] [36] BHS [59] [37] State

Individual School Results Changes in Performance Categories

Grade 3 Percentage of students in warning category ELA year Angelo [17]16% Arnone [14]29% Ashfield Belmont St [ 3]18% Brookfield Davis [14]15% Downey Franklin Gilmore [12]28% Hancock Huntington Kennedy [4]15% Plouffe Raymond Whitman LEP

Grade 3 Percentage of students in adv/prof category ELA year Angelo [43]16% Arnone [39]29% Ashfield Belmont St [61]18% Brookfield Davis [40]15% Downey Franklin Gilmore [21]28% Hancock Huntington Kennedy [52]15% Plouffe Raymond Whitman LEP

Grade 4 Percentage of students in warning category ELA MATH year Angelo 6% [9] [17] Arnone 17% [19] [30] Ashfield Belmont St. 33% [18] [42] Brookfield Davis 13% [23] [25] Downey Franklin Gilmore 22% [35] [47] Hancock Huntington Kennedy 24% [ 9] [16] Plouffe Raymond Whitman LEP

Grade 4 Percentage of students in adv/prof category ELAMATH year Angelo 6% [56] [41] Arnone 17% [43] [20] Ashfield Belmont St. 33% [25] [11] Brookfield Davis 13% [32] [14] Downey Franklin Gilmore 22% [16] [ 8] Hancock Huntington Kennedy 24% [59] [38] Plouffe Raymond Whitman LEP

Grade 6 Percentage of students in warning category MATH year Angelo [32] 7% Arnone [30]11% Ashfield Belmont St [41]18% Brookfield Davis Downey Franklin Gilmore [49]21% Hancock Huntington Kennedy [31] 16% Plouffe Raymond Whitman LEP

Grade 6 Percentage of students in adv/prof category MATH year Angelo [48] 7% Arnone [43] 11% Ashfield Belmont St [16] 18% Brookfield Davis Downey Franklin Gilmore [ 9] 21% Hancock Huntington Kennedy [31] 16% Plouffe Raymond Whitman LEP

Grade 7 Percentage of students in warning category ELA year North South East [11]20% West LEP

Grade 7 P ercentage of students in adv/prof category ELA year North South East [35]20% West LEP

Grade 8 Percentage of Students in Warning Category MATH year NJH SJH EJH [58]21% WJH LEP

Grade 8 Percentage of Students in Adv/Prof Category MATH year NJH SJH EJH [11]21% WJH LEP

Grade 10 Percentage of Students in Failing Category ELA year BHS [13] 8% MATH year BHS [32] 8% LEP

Grade 10 Percentage of Students in Adv/Prof Category ELA year BHS [59] 8% MATH year BHS [37] 8% LEP

Performance Levels by School ELA % Warn Math % Warn grade year Angelo [17] [ 9] [17] [32] Arnone [14] [19] [30] [30] Ashfield Belmont [ 3] [18] [42] [41]

Performance Levels by School ELA % Adv/Prof Math % Adv/Prof grade year Angelo [43] [56] [41] [48] Arnone [39] [43] [20] [43] Ashfield Belmont [61] [25] [11] [16]

Performance Levels by School ELA % Warn Math % Warn grade year Brookfield Davis [14] [23] [25] Downey Franklin

Performance Levels by School ELA % Adv/Prof Math % Adv/Prof grade year Brookfield Davis [40] [32] [14] Downey Franklin

Performance Levels by School ELA % Warn Math % Warn grade year Gilmore [12] [35] [47] [49] Hancock Huntington Kennedy [ 4] [ 9] [16] [31]

Performance Levels by School ELA % Adv/Prof Math % Adv/Prof grade year Gilmore [21] [16] [8] [9] Hancock Huntington Kennedy [52] [59] [38] [31]

Performance Levels by School ELA % Warn Math % Warn grade year Plouffe Raymond Whitman

Performance Levels by School ELA % Adv/Prof Math % Adv/Prof grade year Plouffe Raymond Whitman

Performance Levels by School ELA % Warn Math % Warn grade year NJH SJH EJH [11] [58] WJH BHS [13] [32]

Performance Levels by School ELA % Adv/Prof Math % Adv/Prof grade year NJH SJH EJH [35] [11] WJH BHS [59] [37]

Comparable Communities

Percent of Regular Program Students in Warn/Fail Category Grade ELA ELA ELA ELA Math Math Math Math Brockton Boston Chelsea Chicopee Fall River Holyoke Lawrence Lowell Lynn New Bedford Pittsfield Revere Springfield Taunton Worcester

Percent of Regular Program Students in Adv/Prof Category Grade ELA ELA ELA ELA Math Math Math Math Brockton Boston Chelsea Chicopee Fall River Holyoke Lawrence Lowell Lynn New Bedford Pittsfield Revere Springfield Taunton Worcester

Percent of All Students in Warn/Fail Category Grade ELA ELA ELA ELA Math Math Math Math Brockton Boston Chelsea Chicopee Fall River Holyoke Lawrence Lowell Lynn New Bedford Pittsfield Revere Springfield Taunton Worcester

Percent of All Students in Adv/Prof Category Grade ELA ELA ELA ELA Math Math Math Math Brockton Boston Chelsea Chicopee Fall River Holyoke Lawrence Lowell Lynn New Bedford Pittsfield Revere Springfield Taunton Worcester

Proficiency Index

No Child Left Behind [NCLB] Reauthorization of the Improving America’s Schools Act Will require testing in Language Arts and Math for all students in grades 3-8 Requires all students to score in the Proficient range by 2014 Measures progress using a Proficiency Index

MCAS §Is the assessment instrument used in Massachusetts to implement NCLB §The Proficient category is represented by a score of much higher than the passing score of 220 §LEP students who were exempt from testing in 2002 were tested in 2003

NCLB §A new standard: Proficient [240 & above] §A new measure: Proficiency Index

Proficiency Index measures how close a school is to having all students score in the Proficient/Advanced categories [ ] Failing/Warning Needs Improvement Proficient Advanced points 100 points 25 points 50 points 75 points Target For All Students [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Next Steps

Revision of School Improvement Plans Development of Individual Student Success Plans Increased professional development in literacy instruction Professional development in teaching vocabulary Increased application of classroom assessment

Next Steps Increased professional development in test-taking strategies Continued emphasis on Collins Writing Program Expanded professional development in the instruction of English Language Learners

Next Steps Increased implementation of standards-based math program Collegial sharing of best practices