1. Sustaining and building on the excellence of LCPS
October 2016

2. Agenda
Benchmarking:
past performance 
federal and state accountability  
Opportunities for Improvement & Progress Made to Date
Next Steps

3. Empowering all students to make meaningful contributions to the world
Mission
Empowering all students to make meaningful contributions to the world

4. Strategic Goals
Develop knowledgeable critical thinkers, communicators, collaborators, creators, and contributors
Cultivate a high-performing team of professionals focused on our mission and goals
Deliver effective and efficient support for student success

5. Benchmarking Past Performance

6. Benchmarking Past Performance

7. Benchmarking Past Performance

8. Benchmarking Past Performance

9. Benchmarking Against Other Divisions How do we measure up in VA?

10. Benchmarking Against Other Divisions

11. Benchmarking Against Other Divisions

12. Benchmarking Against Other Divisions

13. Benchmarking Against Other Divisions

14. Benchmarking Against Other Divisions

15. Benchmarking Against Other Divisions

16. Benchmarking Against Other Divisions

17. Benchmarking-Graduation
The Virginia On-Time Graduation Rate:
The percentage of students in a cohort who earned a Board of Education-approved diploma within four years of entering ninth grade for the first time

18. Benchmarking Against Other Divisions Graduation

19. National Benchmarking How do we perform in national comparisons?

20. National Benchmarking

21. National Benchmarking

22. National Benchmarking
Minimum score required for students to have a high probability of success in college courses (English Composition, Social Sciences courses, College Algebra, or Biology)
English: 18+
Algebra: 22+
Social Science: 22+
Biology: 23+

23. Federal Accountability Changes in Virginia Standards of Learning
Students were tested on the more rigorous content standards, adopted by the Board of Education, as follows:
Social Science in the school year
Mathematics in the school year
English in the school year
Science in the school year

24. Standards of Accreditation
Virginia Board of Education Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia are designed to ensure that an effective educational program is established and maintained in Virginia's public schools.
Subject
Benchmark
English
75%
Mathematics
70%
History
Science
Graduation Index
85%

25. LCPS Accountability Status
State Accountability
Schools Partially Accredited 7 4 2 1
Sugarland is in their second year of Partially Accredited: Warned School status for Science. 
Sugarland did not make the accreditation standard in English last year with a 74% pass rate (Sugarland did make 11 percentage point gains in English from 2015 to 2016).
Sugarland will be required to conduct an Academic Review of their instructional practices and develop a three-year improvement plan.
In addition, Sugarland ES will have mandatory meetings with division staff and an assigned VDOE contractor.

26. Summary of Results Strengths High-performing division
Increases in Reading and Math
Significant gains in Reading and Math for ELLs, matching or outperforming the state average
Opportunities for Improvement
Achievement gaps for IEP and ELL
Increases in pass advanced rates

27. DOI Work Underway One to the World PBL Personalized Learning
Assessment Framework
Division-Level Data Team
On-Time Graduation Analysis
Strategic Planning Work
Reorganization of DOI
Facilitators Positions
Supervisors focusing on High School
Supervisor for Cs
Technology Work with DOI
BYOT
Division-Level Professional Learning Plan
Academies of Loudoun
Program Review Recommendations
Library Media
CTE
Gifted
Gen Ed & SpEd Collaborative Efforts
Mathematics
Overage ELL Instructional Model
Textbooks
Digitized Asset Tracking
Beginning Conversion to Digital Resources
Pathways Delivery Model Revision
Full Day Kindergarten
Revisions to School Surveys

28. Next Steps Provide intensive supports to Sugarland ES
Further develop and refine the LCPS assessment framework
Implement division-level data teams
Conference with each principal on “State of the School” status
Launch of small-scale implementation of locally-selected growth assessment
Establishment of professional learning communities in DOI

29. Next Steps
Leverage the instructional facilitators to provide ongoing supports to elementary and middle school
Transition the role of the content-area supervisors to provide ongoing supports to high schools
Provide ongoing updates to the LCPS School Board
Develop teacher capacity to create extended performance tasks to measure significant content and competencies

30. Questions