1. MCAS Results Merrymount Elementary School 2011

2. “The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success.” -Irving Berlin

3. “Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” -Arnold Glasow

4. 2011 MCAS Results

5. “Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” -John F. Kennedy

6. GRADE 3 RESULTS

7. WHERE DO WE STAND? CITY RANKINGS Merrymount 3 rd Graders placed second in the district in ELA and in Mathematics. STATE RANKINGS ELA 436 out of 957 MATH 249 out of 957

8. ELA Performance Rating Graph A: 15% P: 51% NI: 24% W: 10%

9. Math Performance Rating Graph A: 20% P: 59% NI: 15% W: 7%

10. Grade 3 ELA Annual Comparisons

11. Grade 3 Math Annual Comparisons

12. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt

13. GRADE 4 RESULTS

14. WHERE DO WE STAND? CITY RANKINGS Merrymount 4 th Graders placed second in the district in ELA and in Mathematics. STATE RANKINGS ELA 228 out of 944 MATH 140 out of 943

15. ELA Performance Rating Graph A: 5% P: 64% NI: 27% W: 4%

16. Math Performance Rating Graph A: 22% P: 45% NI: 27% W: 5%

17. Grade 4 ELA Annual Comparisons

18. Grade 4 Math Annual Comparisons

19. “No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” -Jessica Savitch

20. GRADE 5 RESULTS

21. WHERE DO WE STAND? CITY RANKINGS Merrymount 5 th Graders placed first in the district in ELA and third in the district in Mathematics. STATE RANKINGS ELA 171 out of 879 MATH 293 out of 879

22. ELA Performance Rating Graph A: 26% P: 58% NI: 11% W: 5%

23. Math Performance Rating Graph A: 31% P: 38% NI: 24% W: 7%

24. Grade 5 ELA Annual Comparisons

25. Grade 5 Math Annual Comparisons

26. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” -Robert Louis Stevenson

27. Student Growth at Merrymount

28. HOW IS STUDENT GROWTH MEASURED? Student Growth Percentile (SGP) answers the question: “How much did a student grow over the previous year compared to his or her academic peers?” SPG Ranges 1-39 Lower Growth 40-60 Moderate Growth 61-99 Higher Growth Merrymount’s SGP Medians Grade 4: ELA 42 MATH 58.5 Grade 5: ELA 54 MATH 38

29. Grade 4 ELA Growth Model

30. Grade 4 Math Growth Model

31. Grade 5 ELA Growth Model

32. Grade 5 Math Growth Model

33. “One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” -Michael Korda

34. A LOOK AT COMPOSITE SCORE INDEX (CPI)

35. How is CPI determined? Advanced and Proficient = 100 High Needs Improvement = 75 Low Needs Improvement = 50 High Warning = 25 Low Warning = 0

36. Grade 3 ELA CPI Information Merrymount ELA CPI Average = 84.1 District ELA CPI Average = 79.9

37. Grade 3 Math CPI Information Merrymount Math CPI Average = 89.6 District Math CPI Average = 84.2

38. Grade 4 ELA CPI Information Merrymount ELA CPI Average = 87.7 District ELA CPI Average = 77.8

39. Grade 4 Math CPI Information Merrymount Math CPI Average = 86.8 District Math CPI Average = 76.5

40. Grade 5 ELA CPI Information Merrymount ELA CPI Average = 92.5 District ELA CPI Average = 84.2

41. Grade 5 Math CPI Information Merrymount Math CPI Average = 85.9 District Math CPI Average = 80.2

42. Merrymount CPI Information ELA Aggregate: 88.6 Target was: 95.1 Down: -4.8 from 2010 MATH Aggregate: 87.3 Target was: 92.2 Down: -4.4 from 2010

43. “The strength of the team is each individual member…the strength of each member is the team.” -Phil Jackson

44. Adequate Yearly Progress AYP Merrymount DID NOT make AYP for 2011. AYP Accountability Status: No Status Performance Rating: High Improvement Rating: Declined

45. “If you do not know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” -Yogi Berra

46. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? We need to establish goals and action steps that address the unique concerns of Merrymount’s student population.

47. “What you get by achieving your goals is as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” -Henry David Thoreau

48. WHO DO WE WANT TO BECOME?