1. District Assessment Report Rory McCourt – District Testing Coordinator Westwood Regional School District October 18, 2012

2. Historical Context 2009-2010: substandard scores in many areas of standardized testing Multiple assessment measures for students and parents? NJASK/HSPA action-plans Staff development for general and special education, BSI, ESL teachers Explicit test-preparation (NJASK Primers) Building-based focus Lesson plans & formal observations Incentive programs Cultural change Decrease PP and increase AP Increasing academic rigor = transfer of content knowledge and skills Continued focus on best- practice instructional strategies District Assessment Report “road shows”

3. Results 2010-2011: Strong growth on the NJASK/HSPA/Advanced Placement tests Jr./Sr. H.S. no longer a SINI Creation of more “authentic” assessments K-12 Alternate Assessment Folders 2011-2012 Goal: Sustain and improve 2011-2012 Results: Sustained performance or growth in most areas

4. Language Arts Literacy (09-10) TOTAL STUDENTS (grade level) 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State LAL Proficient & Advanced 87.1 82.5 69.2 65.3 63.0 59.6 59.7 DFG LAL Proficient & Advanced 93.4 90.2 78.9 75.5 72.5 69.3 68.8 Westwood LAL Proficient & Advanced 92.1 92.5 80.7 74.8 71.3 70.4 63.6 GENERAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State LAL Proficient & Advanced 94.3 90.6 78.1 73.7 70.9 66.9 66.5 DFG LAL Proficient & Advanced 98.0 96.1 87.2 83.9 80.4 77.2 75.9 Westwood LAL Proficient & Advanced 94.4 98.8 92.8 82.5 77.4 80.1 73.4 SPECIAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State LAL Proficient & Advanced 56.3 47.7 28.7 26.8 28.7 29.4 32.5 DFG LAL Proficient & Advanced 70.6 58.6 35.1 31.4 34.4 34.5 37.3 Westwood LAL Proficient & Advanced 61.1 70.9 25.7 15.4 16.7 29.5 28.6 *Yellow indicates areas where the WRSD outperformed the DFG

5. Language Arts Literacy (10-11) TOTAL STUDENTS (grade level) 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State LAL Proficient & Advanced 89.5 82.2 63.3 66.7 60.9 62.7 63.0 DFG LAL Proficient & Advanced 94.4 89.6 74.3 75.5 71.5 72.4 72.1 Westwood LAL Proficient & Advanced 95.9 92.8 75.5 81.5 70.8 76.4 73.5 GENERAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State LAL Proficient & Advanced 96.1 90.1 72.0 75.0 68.3 70.0 69.8 DFG LAL Proficient & Advanced 98.5 95.9 82.9 83.8 79.4 80.2 78.7 Westwood LAL Proficient & Advanced 99.4 98.9 82.2 89.9 80.6 84.9 81.9 SPECIAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State LAL Proficient & Advanced 61.7 47.6 24.3 29.1 29.9 33.8 37.3 DFG LAL Proficient & Advanced 74.0 57.7 29.2 33.2 35.2 38.8 44.5 Westwood LAL Proficient & Advanced 80.0 66.7 24.0 19.0 32.6 42.9 46.3 *Yellow indicates areas where the WRSD outperformed the DFG

6. Language Arts Literacy (11-12) TOTAL STUDENTS (grade level) 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State LAL Proficient & Advanced 91.5 82.2 61 64.5 62.1 58.5 66.7 DFG LAL Proficient & Advanced 95.5 89.6 72.2 75 72.7 68.8 76.8 Westwood LAL Proficient & Advanced 96.7 92 77.7 76.9 82.3 72.5 79.9 GENERAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State LAL Proficient & Advanced 97.3 90.1 69.6 72.6 70 66 74.3 DFG LAL Proficient & Advanced 99 95.7 81 83.7 80.8 76.2 84 Westwood LAL Proficient & Advanced 99.3 95.7 84.6 89.7 93.4 81 85.6 SPECIAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State LAL Proficient & Advanced 66.7 47.2 21.7 28.1 29.1 28.2 39.3 DFG LAL Proficient & Advanced 77.7 57.9 26.8 32.6 35.9 35.5 47.1 Westwood LAL Proficient & Advanced 84.8 62.5 15.8 22.2 39.5 40 51.7 *Yellow indicates areas where the WRSD outperformed the DFG

7. Mathematics (09-10) TOTAL STUDENTS (grade level) 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State Math Proficient & Advanced 74.1 68.5 64.3 71.8 78.8 77.0 78.1 DFG Math Proficient & Advanced 83.2 77.9 72.7 79.3 86.2 84.5 85.7 Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced 82.1 73.9 77.5 84.3 88.6 79.6 84.3 GENERAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State Math Proficient & Advanced 82.7 77.4 72.5 79.1 85.2 82.5 82.6 DFG Math Proficient & Advanced 90.1 85.5 80.7 86.5 92.0 89.9 89.8 Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced 90.9 83.5 89.5 89.2 95.1 88.6 91.3 SPECIAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State Math Proficient & Advanced 32.7 28.7 26.4 38.4 51.3 55.4 62.5 DFG Math Proficient & Advanced 43.1 35.0 29.9 41.0 58.6 61.8 69.6 Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced 42.9 32.3 23.1 46.2 22.2 45.5 57.1 *Yellow indicates areas where the WRSD outperformed the DFG

8. Mathematics (10-11) TOTAL STUDENTS (grade level) 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State Math Proficient & Advanced 75.2 71.5 65.7 77.3 80.6 79.3 78.9 DFG Math Proficient & Advanced 84.2 80.2 74.9 83.7 87.6 86.6 87.3 Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced 83.8 82.8 75.4 87.5 83.6 90.1 93.4 GENERAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State Math Proficient & Advanced 83.6 80.4 73.7 84.4 86.6 84.4 83.7 DFG Math Proficient & Advanced 91.3 88.4 82.7 90.6 93.3 91.4 Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced 93.1 93.3 80.1 93.9 92.0 95.4 97.6 SPECIAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State Math Proficient & Advanced 34.5 31.3 29.1 46.1 55.5 60.9 63.1 DFG Math Proficient & Advanced 44.5 37.0 33.9 49.0 62.2 67.6 71.5 Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced 33.4 38.1 37.5 33.4 52.2 68.6 76.2 *Yellow indicates areas where the WRSD outperformed the DFG

9. Mathematics (11-12) TOTAL STUDENTS (grade level) 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State Math Proficient & Advanced 79.3 71.6 63.2 78.8 83.3 77.4 78.4 DFG Math Proficient & Advanced 87 81.2 72.4 85.7 89.6 85.5 87.2 Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced 87.4 84.4 77.7 86.9 92.3 88.3 92.7 GENERAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State Math Proficient & Advanced 87.6 80.7 71 86 89.3 82.5 83.7 DFG Math Proficient & Advanced 93.7 89.2 80.2 93.1 94.7 90 91.6 Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced 92 90.9 84.6 95.1 97 93.2 94.4 SPECIAL ED. 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 State Math Proficient & Advanced 38.4 30.6 27.5 46.1 58.5 58.3 61.4 DFG Math Proficient & Advanced 49.4 37.4 31.7 49.5 66.8 66.1 71 Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced 66.6 33.3 10.5 51.1 73.7 69.2 86.2 *Yellow indicates areas where the WRSD outperformed the DFG

10. Science 4 & 8 (10-11) TOTAL STUDENTS (grade level) 8 4 GENERAL ED. 8 4 State Science Proficient & Advanced 87.2 90.0 State Science Proficient & Advance 88.4 94.6 DFG Science Proficient & Advanced 88.1 95.1 DFG Science Proficient & Advanced 94.0 97.9 Westwood Science Proficient & Advanced 93.7 93.9 Westwood Science Proficient & Advanced 97.2 96.5 SPECIAL ED. 8 4 State Science Proficient & Advanced 50.5 77.7 DFG Science Proficient & Advanced 59.1 85.0 Westwood Science Proficient & Advanced 78.6 85.8 *Yellow indicates areas where the WWRSD outperformed the DFG TOTAL STUDENTS GENERAL ED. State Biology Proficient & Advanced 57.3 State Biology Proficient & Advance 65.0 DFG Biology Proficient & Advanced 69.3 DFG Biology Proficient & Advanced 76.9 Westwood Biology Proficient & Advanced 79.2 Westwood Biology Proficient & Advanced 87.4 SPECIAL ED.State Biology Proficient & Advanced 20.4 DFG Biology Proficient & Advanced 26.6 Westwood Biology Proficient & Advanced 48.5 Biology Competency Test (10-11)

11. Science 4 & 8 (11-12) TOTAL STUDENTS (grade level) 8 4 GENERAL ED. 8 4 State Science Proficient & Advanced 81.9 91.3 State Science Proficient & Advance 89 94.7 DFG Science Proficient & Advanced 89.4 95.9 DFG Science Proficient & Advanced 95 98.2 Westwood Science Proficient & Advanced 93.4 97.1 Westwood Science Proficient & Advanced 96.8 99.4 SPECIAL ED. 8 4 State Science Proficient & Advanced 51.9 80.1 DFG Science Proficient & Advanced 61.6 87.8 Westwood Science Proficient & Advanced 66.6 87.5 *Yellow indicates areas where the WWRSD outperformed the DFG TOTAL STUDENTS GENERAL ED. State Biology Proficient & Advanced 59.2 State Biology Proficient & Advance 66.6 DFG Biology Proficient & Advanced 69.4 DFG Biology Proficient & Advanced 76.5 Westwood Biology Proficient & Advanced 86.7 Westwood Biology Proficient & Advanced 91.3 SPECIAL ED.State Biology Proficient & Advanced 23.6 DFG Biology Proficient & Advanced 29.9 Westwood Biology Proficient & Advanced 50 Biology Competency Test (11-12)

12. Longitudinal Results (ELA) 11-12PPPAPMean Grade 320.1% (+3.1)73.1%6.8% (+1.6)215.2 (+3.8) Grade 427.5% (+3.7)67.1%5.3% (+.2)210.8 (+2.2) Grade 517.7% (+9.6)72.7%9.6% (+.2)216 (+4.2) Grade 623.1% (+1.9)70.1%6.8% (-1.5)216.3 (+1.4) Grade 722.3% (+5.5)64.4%13.4% (-2)219.5 (+3) Grade 88% (+2.4)69.8%22.2% (+2.3)229.7 (+1.9) Grade 113.3% (+1.2)67.6%29.1% (+2.1)238.1 (+1.1) 10-11PPPAPMean Grade 326.4%65%7.5%212.8 Grade 423.6%67%9.4%213.5 Grade 529.2%66%4.8%210.2 Grade 618.4%71.1%10.4%217.7 Grade 724.5%55.6%19.9%218.2 Grade 87.2%73.8%19%231.2 Grade 114.2%72.3%23.6%235.9

13. Longitudinal Results (Math) 11-12PPPAPMean Grade 37.3% (+5.5)34.7%58% (+10.4)250 (+8) Grade 411.7% (+2.8)50%38.3% (-3.2)237.8 (-0.6) Grade 57.6% (+2.8)53.3%39% (-7.3)240.6 (-3.1) Grade 613.1% (+1.2)49.4%37.5% (-1.6)234.5 (-2) Grade 722.3% (+5.3)47%30.7% (+1.2)227.8 (+3) Grade 815.6% (+3.3)42.9%41.5% (+2.7)237.6 (+3.7) Grade 1112.8% (+0.2)57.7%29.7% (-3.6)230.7 (-1.7) 10-11PPPAPMean Grade 36.6%41.8%51.6%246.0 Grade 49.9%52.4%37.7%237.9 Grade 516.4%49.2%34.4%232.2 Grade 612.4%56.2%31.3%232.2 Grade 724.7%47.0%28.4%226.2 Grade 817.2%49.8%33.0%231.3 Grade 1116.2%55.5%28.3%229.9

14. HSPA 11-12 (Special Education) English Language ArtsMathematics

15. A Few Highlights Jr./Sr. H.S: AP tests – 80.8% to 81.3% (% 3 or higher), 40.7% to 47.5% (% 4 or higher) +10% increase in passing rate for 3 rd graders at Washington School in ELA +12% increase in passing rate for 4 th graders from when they were in 3 rd at George School in ELA +8% increase in advanced proficiency for 3 rd graders at Brookside School in mathematics (58%) +21% increase in passing rate in ELA, 13% in mathematics, and 29% in advanced proficiency in mathematics for 5 th graders at Berkeley School from when they were in 4 th grade WRMS passing rates exceed DFG and State averages again Positive feedback regarding Alternate Assessment Folders and alternate assessments

16. Next Steps Maintain strong scores through continuation of best-practices Improve in key areas in math and ELA Narrow focus in ELA and math on the Common Core Standards Focus on multiple measures of assessment

17. What is a True Measure of Authentic Student Achievement? Standardized tests (NJASK, HSPA, SATs, AP tests, etc.) = limitations Reading assessments Internal benchmark assessments Authentic real-world assessments/projects Student performances Student portfolios

18. Questions If you have questions, please contact Rory McCourt at rmccourt@wwrsd.org or please contact your building principal.rmccourt@wwrsd.org