Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) /22/2010

Test all public school students in grades 3 to 10. Performance is based on the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework learning standards; Students must pass the grade 10 tests in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics and Science as one condition of eligibility for a high school diploma. Tests are administered over several weeks in the Spring each year. MCAS measures both individual student proficiency and district proficiency. In addition, MCAS will monitor progress on the No Child Left Behind federal law. 2 9/22/2010

 The MCAS is used to hold schools and districts accountable, on a yearly basis, for the progress they have made toward all students being proficient in Reading and Mathematics by 2014 as required by NCLB.  The measure used in determining (growth) is called Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). 3 9/22/2010

A ParticipationDid at least 95% of students participate in MCAS in 2010? B PerformanceDid the student group perform at or above the 2010 state performance target? C ImprovementDid the student group meet its own 2010 improvement target? D Additional Indicator Did the student group meet the target for the Additional Indicator (Attendance, Graduation)? A + (B or C) + D = Affirmative AYP Determination *AYP is measured by the Composite Performance Index (CPI) 4 9/22/2010

A + (B or C) + D = Affirmative AYP Determination PARTICIPATION: Did at least 95% of students participate in MCAS in 2010? A 5 Dartmouth Public Schools 9/22/2010

Composite Performance Index (CPI) CPI: Multiply the number of points by the number of students at each performance level, then divide the total number of points by the total number of students (example below) 6 9/22/2010 B

District MCAS Results Scores reported as % of students in each category. 7 9/22/2010

A + (B or C) + D = Affirmative AYP Determination PERFORMANCE: Did the student group perform at or above the 2010 performance target? B Composite Performance Index (CPI) ELA Math /22/2010

A + (B or C) + D = Affirmative AYP Determination PERFORMANCE: Did the student group perform at or above the 2010 performance target? B Composite Performance Index (CPI) ELA Math /22/2010

A ParticipationDid at least 95% of students participate in MCAS in 2010? B PerformanceDid the student group perform at or above the 2010 state performance target? C ImprovementDid the student group meet its own 2010 improvement target? D Additional Indicator Did the student group meet the target for the Additional Indicator (Attendance, Graduation)? A + (B or C) + D = Affirmative AYP Determination *AYP is measured by the Composite Performance Index (CPI) 10 9/22/2010

A + (B or C) + D = Affirmative AYP Determination ADDITIONAL INDICATOR: Did the student group meet the target for the Additional Indicator (Attendance, Graduation)? D 11 9/22/2010

Adequate Yearly Progress HistoryNCLB Accountability Status English Language Arts AggregateYes No Status All Subgroups Yes No Math AggregateYes Improvement Year 1 Subgroups All Subgroups Yes No Yes 12 9/22/2010

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 Share information with community: post on website, parent reports sent home, web link to district data  Analysis – District Data Team: Results within the context of multiple measures (DIBELs, benchmarks, SAT)  District and School goals 15 9/22/2010

Appendix Additional information and data. 16 9/22/2010

Table of Contents  Definition of terms17  District Data18-19  NCLB Accountability Status20  Performance Rating21  Improvement Rating22  Joseph DeMello School Data23-25  George H. Potter School Data26-28  James M. Quinn School Data29-31  Dartmouth Middle School Data32-34  Dartmouth High School Data /22/

 Aggregate – total number of students  Subgroups – Male Female Limited English Proficiency Special Education Low Income Black or African American Asian Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native White Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Multi-race, Non-Hispanic *Only subgroups which contain more than 40 students are considered official subgroups with values assigned. 18 9/22/2010

Dartmouth District 19 9/22/2010

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Dartmouth District 21 NCLB Accountability Status - The category to which a school is assigned based on its AYP determinations over multiple years, to define the required course of school, district and/or state action that must be taken to improve student performance. Accountability status categories include No Status, Improvement, Corrective Action Restructuring. A district or school is placed in an accountability status on the basis of the performance and improvement profile of students in the aggregate or of one or more student groups over two or more years in ELA and/or mathematics. Schools that make AYP in a subject for all student groups for two or more consecutive years are assigned to the positive No Status category. 9/22/2010

Dartmouth District 22 Performance Rating - Issued annually, a descriptive representation of aggregate student performance on MCAS tests. Schools and districts are assigned one of six performance rating categories based on their 2010 CPI: Very High ( ); High ( ); Moderate ( ); Low ( ); Very Low ( ); and Critically Low ( /22/2010

Dartmouth District 23 Improvement Rating - Descriptive term corresponding to the amount of aggregate CPI gain a district achieved in 2008 as compared to The improvement that a district is expected to make from one year to the next is expressed not as a single numeric target, but as a target range. A district's improvement rating corresponds to its aggregate improvement gain: Above Target (improved above error band), On Target (improved within error band), Improved Below Target (improved above the baseline but below the error band), No Change (gain was equivalent to baseline plus or minus the error band), and Declined (gain was below baseline and below the error band). 9/22/2010

Joseph DeMello School 24 9/22/2010

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George H. Potter School 27 9/22/2010

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Grade and Subject Advanced/ Above Proficient Proficient Needs Improvement Warning/ Failing Students Included CPI SCHOOLSTATESCHOOLSTATESCHOOLSTATESCHOOLSTATE GRADE 03 - READING GRADE 03 - MATHEMATICS GRADE 04 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GRADE 04 - MATHEMATICS GRADE 05 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GRADE 05 - MATHEMATICS GRADE 05 - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY George H. Potter School 29 9/22/2010

James M. Quinn School 30 9/22/2010

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James M. Quinn School 32 9/22/2010

Dartmouth Middle School 33 9/22/2010

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Dartmouth Middle School 35 9/22/2010

Dartmouth High School 36 9/22/2010

Dartmouth High School 37 9/22/2010

Dartmouth High School 38 9/22/2010