Principal Internship 2010 Major Project by Bill C. Conley Data Analysis of “High Stakes” Tests Taken by Jackson High School Students

Purpose of the Data Analysis: - Show a three year trend in our students' scores. - These trends will show our strengths and weaknesses. - Teachers can use this information so new strategies can be used to strengthen our weaknesses. - Recognize strengths and determine what our teachers are doing that makes these areas our strengths. - To make every teacher feel that they play a major part in all of the “high stakes” tests that our students take.

Data that was analyzed: - Three “high stakes” tests: 1.) Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) 2.) Advanced Placement (AP) 3.) ACT - 4 content areas were analyze: 1.) Social Studies 2.) English 3.) Science 4.) Mathematics

Why does Jackson High School need to improve its OGT Math scores? 1.) There are 18 school districts in the state of Ohio that are better than us. (ranked 19 th in the Top 25 School Districts in Ohio with a 95.8% of our students at or above proficient) 2.) Each year our district either gets better or worse. 3.) We owe it to our students and community to strive to be the best year in and year out.

Areas that were analyzed when looking at the Math OGT data were: 1.) Measurements 2.) Numbers 3.) Algebra 4.) Data Analysis 5.) Geometry

Advanced Placement Data Analysis for: 1.) Calculus AB 2.) Calculus BC

National Comparisons AP Calculus AB 2007 National average score – National average score – Jackson's average score – Jackson's average score – Jackson's average score – 2.93 AP Calculus BC 2007 National average score – National average score – Jackson's average score – Jackson's average score – Jackson's average score – 3.65

Percentage of Students to earn a 3 or better on the AP Exams AP TESTS AP Calculus AB55.8 (61 stud.)52.1 (69 stud.)59.7 (57 stud.) AP Calculus BC73.9 (23 stud.)87.5 (24 stud.)82.6 (23 stud.)

ACT RESULTS SCHOOL YEAR Jackson vs. State Average ACT Composite Score for Jackson vs. State

Percentage of Jackson Students Prepared for College-Level Coursework According to ACT Scores Jackson vs. State Year College English Comp. College Algebra College Social Science College Biology Meeting All 4 Areas 2007 (350 stud.) (383 stud.) (370 stud.)

Percentage of Students Who Meet Benchmark Scores - Jackson vs. National Average Year of the ACT Test (# of Stud.) College Comp. ACT English BM = 18 College Alg. ACT Math BM = 22 College Soc. Sc. ACT Reading BM = 21 College Bio. ACT Science BM = 24 Students who met BM in all 4 Areas 2007 (350) (383) (370)

Percentage of Student Meeting ACT College Readiness Scores by Race/Ethnicity ACT Mathematics Benchmark Score = 22 Years All Students African American Amer. Indian/ Alaska Native Caucasian Amer./ White Hispanic Asian Amer./ Pacific Islander # of Students % 6 0% 2 50% % 2 50% 6 100% # of Students % 6 67% 3 67% % 0 0% 6 67% # of Students % 7 14% 0 0% % 2 100% 7 57%