California Standards Test (CST) and California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) Results, Oakland Unified School District Division of Student Achievement Board Presentation, 8/25/04

Agenda Overview and State Results, OUSD CST Results  ELA and Math OUSD CAHSEE Results Where Do We Go From Here?

CST Overview The CSTs assess achievement on the state’s academic content standards that specify what students are supposed to learn at each grade level. Scores are reported along five proficiency levels: Far Below Basic, Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, Advanced The state’s target is to have all students score at the Proficient or Advanced level.

State-Wide ELA CST Results % of Students Scoring Proficient/Advanced Grade Diff

State-Wide Math CST Results % of Students Scoring Proficient/Advanced Grade/Test Diff

State-Wide CAHSEE Results GroupPass Rate All 10 th Graders State- Wide 75% African American62% Latino62% Asian American85% White88%

OUSD CST RESULTS

ELA results by grade

Math results by grade

ELA results by ethnicity – African American

Math results by ethnicity – African American

ELA results by ethnicity – Asian

Math results by ethnicity – Asian

ELA results by ethnicity – Hispanic

Math results by ethnicity – Hispanic

Percent of Students Passing CAHSEE and : District-County-State Comparison Consistent growth year over year; Significant improvement in Mathematics; District’s performance below county and state passage rates

Percent Passing by Ethnicity Continuous improvement apparent for all subgroups; significant achievement disparities between African Americans and Latinos and other ethnic groups

Percent Passing by Language Fluency IFEP (Initially Fluent English Proficient) and RFEP (Redesignated Fluent English Proficient) students show passage rates higher than English Only group; English Learners show lowest overall passage rates * statistics based on February 2004 test administration only.

Where We Go From Here?

Elementary Language Arts Renewal Open Court 2002 and renewed intensified training Continued movement in Elementary Math Maintain growth of 5th grade  6% a year into P & A = 39% by 8th grade  5% a year out of FBB & BB = 71% by 8th grade

Middle School Language Arts Implementation of comprehensive core English program Intensified Support for reading instruction at lowest performing schools Middle School Math In school math intervention program Extended day math intervention through targeted use of the Supplemental Education Services program

High School English Full implementation of the new English core program with interventions High School Math Full High School Network team targeting in- class and extended instruction in CAHSEE math Full implementation of Algebra A and B Continued extension of Cyber High 192 students, 241 courses, 1,176 credits Intense use of data to target CAHSEE support

Use of data to design instructional change strategies Administrator training Edusoft Diagnostic assessments