1. 1 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 1 Tacoma Summary Data Regarding Gap Issues March 2, 2009 Prepared for Leanna Albrecht Pat Cummings Director of Research & Evaluation 253.571.1280 pcummin@tacoma.k12.wa.us G:\Assessment\Research\2008-09\2009-02- 10 Dr. Jackson Project

2. 2 2 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 2

3. 3 3 3

4. 4 4 4

5. 5 5 5

6. 6 6 6

7. 7 7 7

8. 8 8 8

9. 9 9 9

10. 10 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 10

11. 11 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 11

12. 12 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 12

13. 13 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 13

14. 14 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 14

15. 15 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 15 College Direct by Ethnicity: Tacoma School District 2003 to 2007

16. 16 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 16 2005-06 Tacoma and Washington Percent On-Time Graduation Rate by Category On-Time Graduation Rate (e.g., class of 2006) – This rate represents only those students with an expected graduation year of 2006. These students would have started grade 9 in the fall of 2003 and were expected to graduate “on-time” (in four years).

17. 17 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 17 2006-07 Tacoma and Washington Percent On-Time Graduation Rate by Category On-Time Graduation Rate (e.g., class of 2006) – This rate represents only those students with an expected graduation year of 2006. These students would have started grade 9 in the fall of 2003 and were expected to graduate “on-time” (in four years).

18. 18 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 18 2005-06 Tacoma and Washington Percent Extended Time Graduation Rate by Category Extended Graduation Rate - This rate includes students who graduated after their expected graduation year.

19. 19 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 19 2006-07 Tacoma and Washington Percent Extended Time Graduation Rate by Category Extended Graduation Rate - This rate includes students who graduated after their expected graduation year.

20. 20 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 20 2006-07 Tacoma Percent Drop Out Rate by Category State Average= 5.5% Annual Dropout rate – This is the total number of students that drop out of school from grades 9 through 12, divided by the total number of students, less the number of students that transferred out of the district/school.

21. 21 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 21 2007-08 Tacoma Middle School Average Daily Attendance by Ethnicity Note: Use caution in interpreting the Nat Am and Pac Is data because in many schools the number of students in these categories is less than 10.

22. 22 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 22 2007-08 Tacoma High School Average Daily Attendance by Ethnicity Due to archiving problems LHS and MTH uses 2006-07 data Note: Use caution in interpreting the Nat Am and Pac Is data because in many schools the number of students in these categories is less than 10.

23. 23 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 23 Spring 2008 Tacoma Middle Schools Cumulative Average GPA by Ethnicity Black/White GAP -.4

24. 24 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 24 Spring 2009 Tacoma High Schools Average GPA by Ethnicity Black/White GAP -.5

25. 25 Tacoma School District - Research and Evaluation 25 Bond Impacted Schools - Demographics