Annual Report to the Public October Board Meeting 2015

2014 ENROLLMENT OCT. 1: 8,553 CURRENT ENROLLMENT APPROX. OCT. 1, 2015: 8,426 Pursuant to the Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act:  student transfers  student transfers  2016 Approx. 350 student transfers 2014 pursuant to the unsafe school provision: 0 student transfers

 Amboy Elementary - Fully Accredited  Boone Park Elementary - Fully Accredited  Crestwood Elementary - Accredited Cited  Glenview Elementary - Fully Accredited  Indian Hills Elementary - Fully Accredited  Lakewood Elementary - Fully Accredited  Meadow Park Elementary - Fully Accredited  Seventh Street Elementary - Accredited Cited  North Little Rock Middle School - Accredited Cited  North Little Rock High School - Accredited Cited ANNUAL ACCREDITATION STATUS Due to reconfiguration of schools, Ridgeroad Elementary does not have a label at this time.

Priority schools include the bottom 5% of schools with the lowest levels of student performance. Focus schools include 10% of Title I schools with the largest TAGG/Non-TAGG achievement gaps. Needs Improvement schools scored above the bottom 5%, and do not have significant achievement gaps between their TAGG/Non-TAGG. Needs Improvement schools have at least one academic area or subgroup needing advancement. Achieving schools met all their performance goals in 2014 for their TAGG and combined population. Exemplary schools include the top 1% of schools that had high performance, high TAGG and high progress.  Focus schools- Crestwood Elementary, Indian Hills Elementary, N. Little Rock Middle  Needs Improvement schools- Amboy Elementary, Boone Park Elementary, Glenview Elementary, Lakewood Elementary, Meadow Park Elementary, N. Little Rock High  Achieving schools- Seventh St. Elementary Due to reconfiguration of schools, Ridgeroad Elementary does not have a label at this time. School Status is determined by 2014 ACTAAP results. NLRSD SCHOOL STATUS

2014 ATTENDANCE RATE

2014 RETENTION RATES Number of Students by Grade Grade 1: 12; Grade 2: 10; Grade 3: 6; Grade 4: 3; Grade 5: 2; Grade 6: 4; Grade 7: 10; Grade 8: 2

KINDERGARTEN QELI: DEVELOPED

5 TH GRADE SPRING ACTAAP CRT SCIENCE 2015

7 TH GRADE SPRING ACTAAP SCIENCE 2015

EOC BIOLOGY SPRING ACTAAP SCIENCE 2015

NLRSD LONGITUDINAL SCIENCE PERFORMANCE

SPRING ACTAAP SCIENCE 2015 COHORT

SPRING ITBS 2015 NATL. PERCENTILE RANK OF MEAN STANDARD SCORE BY SCHOOL & GRADE 1 st Grade Math 1 st Grade Literacy 2 nd Grade Math 2 nd Grade Literacy 5 th Grade Science 7 th Grade Science Amboy Elementary Boone Park Elementary Crestwood Elementary Glenview Elementary Indian Hills Elementary Lakewood Elementary Meadow Park Elementary Park Hill Elementary (closed) Pike View Elementary (closed) North Heights Elementary (closed) Seventh Street Elementary NLRSD Arkansas

 Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)  Teachers are receiving professional development in math through CGI which teaches methods that will enhance teaching performance and practice give students ways to solve real world math problems.  Reflex Math  Model Technology Classrooms  Professional Learning Communities and Grade Level Teams are meeting to discuss math instruction and student progress and to gain ideas from each other through these powerful networking tools.  More technology is being used by students and teachers.  ALL Elementary Schools attended professional training on improving Academic Rigor and how to improve it in classrooms to ensure that all students are appropriately and authentically engaged. Principals and teachers are studying academic rigor in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and in grade level team meetings and in administrators’ meetings. Principals are having reflective conferences with teachers about improving rigor in their classrooms.  After school programs will take place at Amboy, Boone Park, Glenview, Meadow Park, Ridge Road, and Seventh Street. This program will target students in need of intensive intervention in literacy and math. ELEMENTARY AREAS OF FOCUS/GOALS (PROPOSALS TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES)

 Elementary teachers attended professional training on literacy this summer which included phonemic awareness and phonics. Summer sessions were an overview of how the reading process develops in students and offered and methods and strategies to use with individual students or groups of students.  All students were assessed using the STAR Reading and Math Assessments. Assessment results drive instruction and assist in planning for individual needs of students.  Math Journals are used by all students in K-5.  The implementation and rollout of project based Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is occurring at every elementary school in the district. Teachers were trained during the summer by lead teachers in their buildings. Implementation is underway and activities and lessons are integrated with science, math and reading content standards.  Grade 2 Units were developed last spring by literacy coaches and lead teachers form each school. Units are being implemented this fall.  State required Academic Improvement Plans (AIPs) and Intensive Reading Interventions (IRIs) have been developed for students who require intensive intervention in math and/or literacy. Parents were made aware of these plans during parent/teacher conferences. Progress monitoring of interventions will take place to determine effectiveness.  Generation Ready is in both Indian Hills and Crestwood Elementary. Schools that are focus schools will have a School Improvement Specialist. Generation Ready has been placed in those schools to assist principals and teachers to improve classroom instruction and increase rigor and relevance in each school and to meet the differentiated needs of their students. ELEMENTARY AREAS OF FOCUS/GOALS (PROPOSALS TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES)

LONGITUDINAL GRADUATION RATE

LONGITUDINAL DROPOUT RATE

LONGITUDINAL COLLEGE REMEDIATION RATE

2014 GRADE INFLATION RATE

NLRSD LONGITUDINAL COMPOSITE SCORES FOR ACT PLAN GR.8 & ACT EXPLORE GR.10

ACT EXPLORE GR.8

ACT PLAN GR.10

NLRSD LONGITUDINAL AVG. ACT PERFORMANCE

2015 ACT PERFORMANCE BY RACE

% OF ACT-TESTED STUDENTS FOR NLRSD IN 2015 READY FOR COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSEWORK English Composition: 18 on ACT English Test Algebra: 22 on ACT Mathematics Test Social Science: 22 on ACT Reading Test Biology: 23 on ACT Science Test

% of AP exams scoring > 3.0  397 students participated in 522 AP exams 2015 ADVANCED PLACEMENT

% of IB exams scoring > 4.0 (out of 7)  90 IB candidates registered in 2015  72 IB candidates were registered in 2014  7 of 10 students successfully passed the diploma 2015 INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE®

Average points obtained by candidates who passed the diploma (of 45 possible maximum) : 2015 INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE®

 Credit Recovery Labs  Additional course offerings such as:  ACT Prep  PLTW Computer Science  PLTW Biomedical Science  Focus on Career Interest through Career Connection  Job shadowing and exploration opportunities  Additional partnerships with two and four year universities to offer Concurrent Credit  Additional support to increase the number of National Merit Scholars:  All 10th grade students take PSAT  Identification of potential scholars  Tutoring sessions SECONDARY AREAS OF FOCUS/GOALS (PROPOSALS TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES)

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