1. Closing the Gap: Improving Student Achievement from Miami-Dade and Beyond A team from Miami-Dade County Public Schools: Dr. Reginald Johnson, Administrative Director Dr. Yuwadee Wongbundhit, District Supervisor Ms. Linda Trupia, District Supervisor The 54 th Annual Fall Conference of the Council of the Great City Schools Tampa, Florida October 22, 2010

2. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2009-10 211 Elementary 44 K-8 Center 79 Middle 63 Senior High 5 Combination 25 Alt/Spec. Ed. Schools (427) 25% African-American 64% Hispanic 9% White 2% Others --------------------------------------------- 68% Free and Reduced Priced Lunch 17% English Language Learners Students (345,406) 8,477 Elementary 5,807 Secondary 3,572 Exceptional Student Ed. 2,661 Vocational/Adult & Others Teachers (20,517)

3. Miami-Dade County Public Schools One District Goal Miami-Dade County Public Schools One District Goal Student Achievement: Preparing for Success in the Third Millennium

4. State Tests Mar./April State Tests Mar./April School Year Interim Assessment1 Oct./Nov. Interim Assessment2 Jan./Feb. Baseline Assessment Aug./Sept. Continuous Instructional Improvement System

5. State Tests Annual Learning Gains FCAT 2011 2010-11 School Year District Interim Assessment Nov. 2010 District Interim Assessment Jan. 2011 Baseline Sept. 2010 Continuous Instructional Improvement System

6. DATA COLLECTION MADE EASY! Administer District Interim Assessment or Teacher Made Assessment Administer District Interim Assessment or Teacher Made Assessment Superintendent District Staff Principal Teacher Review data by NGSSS or Content Clusters Superintendent District Staff Principal Teacher Review data by NGSSS or Content Clusters Teacher Applies Data to Instruction Teacher Applies Data to Instruction Confirm Data Upload Easy to Read Reports Scan Plain Paper Score Sheets

7. District Interim Assessment District’s Pacing Guides Instructional Focus Calendars The District’s Pacing Guides and Instructional Focus Calendars are aligned with the timing and content of the District Interim Assessment, working together to provide both guidelines for instruction and tools for monitoring student progress throughout the year. District-wide Instructional Focus

8. Continuous Assessment Meaningful actionable data Instruction Create meaningful data for administrators, coaches, and teachers…. Continuous Instructional Improvement System

9. Meaningful Actionable Data Vocabulary (45%) LA.5.1.6.7 (49%) Base Words Items: 2, 5, 6 55%, 20%, 45% Root Items: 4, 10 70%, 40% LA.A.5.1.6.3 (48%) LA.5.1.6.8 (41%) Antonyms Items: 2, 7, 8, 11 Synonyms Item 24 15% Content Categories Analysis Benchmark Analysis Item Analysis Identified Students

10. One Year at a Glance Report Five-Year AYP Trend Reports Baseline Assessment Reports Interim Assessment Reports Five-Year FCAT and Content Clusters DATA/COM Reports

11. Miami-Dade scored high on the 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment of the NAEP

16. Miami-Dade students scored at their best on the 2010 State tests (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests)!

17. Percentages of Students Performing at or above Proficient in Reading and Math for Total Group on AYP Reports Data Source: Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP) report at http://www.fldoe.org

18. Percentages of M-DCPS Students Performing at or above Proficient in Reading and Math on AYP Reports Data Source: 2006 and 2010 Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP) reports at http://www.fldoe.org White Hispanic African-American

19. Narrowing Achievement Gaps White and Hispanics Reading Gap 18 Pts. Gap 16 Pts. Mathematics Gap 17 Pts. Gap 13 Pts. Data Source: 2006 and 2010 Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP) reports at http://www.fldoe.org

20. Narrowing Achievement Gaps White and Black Reading Gap 34 Pts. Mathematics Gap 37 Pts. Gap 31 Pts. Data Source: 2006 and 2010 Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP) reports at http://www.fldoe.org