District Accountability Report Lennox District School Board October 9, 2017

South Dakota’s Accountability System 100-point School Performance Index (SPI) Three key indicators with a numeric value assigned to each to measure each school’s performance. Values are added together to create a total SPI score out of 100 points. South Dakota will transition to the Every Student Succeeds Act, for the 2017-18 school year. Because this is the final year of the transition from the waiver to ESSA, schools have new SPI scores but classifications remain those that were made in 2015.

Ranking as a state Indicators that create SPI Points (School Performance Index) Elementary/JH (Grades 3-8) Student Achievement Academic Growth Attendance High School (Grade 11 only) High School Completion College and Career Readiness (ACT, Accuplacer, NCRC)

Indicator #1: Academic Achievement (Elementary, Middle, High) Smarter Balanced Assessment performance (Given to students in grades 3-8 + 11) English Language Arts Math Reported as percentage of students who scored a level 3 or 4 in ELA and math. points earned for GAP group and NON-GAP group points are weighted according to size of the group

Indicator #2 (Elem./Middle School): Academic Growth Student Growth Percentiles Based on a formula for projected, three-year growth A student’s test scores are compared with scores of students with similar score histories (academic peers) Shows how much a student grew relative to his/her academic peers (ie. A student with an SGP of 65 performed better than 65% of his/her academic peers)

High School Completer Rate Percentage of students in most recently completed school year who attained a diploma or GED Four-year Graduation cohort Rate Percentage of students in most recently completed school year who graduate with a HS diploma in four years

Indicator #3: (Elem./Middle School): Attendance Based on the goal that 94% of our students will be in school 94% of the time. SPI shows the percentage of students who were in school 94% of they days they were enrolled in school

Increased SPI by 9.23 points as compared to 2015-2016

Increased SPI by about 6 points from the previous year

District Report Card http://doe.sd.gov/reportcard/listnew/ Doe.sd.gov Parents Report Card 17 pages long

Reading the Reports This is an example of the student report that goes home with each student.

NWEA MAP student goal setting worksheet NWEA MAP student goal setting worksheet. Overall RIT score and then a projected score for the next benchmark………as well as breaking apart mathematics into four sets of standards.

Plans for improvement Implementing NWEA MAP Growth assessment in grades K-10 NWEA provides detailed information to help teachers identify areas of strength, weaknesses and differentiate instruction Using Think Through Math in the junior high Continue RtI in the elementaries for diagnosing reading difficulties Continue Reading Plus with the intermediate and MS students. ELA curriculum focuses on more non-fiction texts and close reading passages. Math curriculum which integrates higher order thinking skills. Using apps and math websites for continued math practice Continue encouragement of higher order questioning and student engagement techniques Elementary computer teacher to help streamline needed technology skills Khan Academy in math provides a personalized learning platform which lessons are based off NWEA MAPS scores. RACE strategies are being utilized in Reading and Literature classrooms.  Hire and retain quality teachers Math 2 course in JH to focus on areas of student need.  (everyday math) HS Study modified block schedule for 2018-19 school year.