BELIEVE in ME! ENGAGE ME! I WILL be College and Career Ready! The 2010 Howard County Public School System Wide Kick Off Marriotts Ridge High School August 16, 2010

Linda Wise Chief Academic Officer

Top Ten Ways You Know that Schools are Getting Ready to Begin … 10.You begin to notice all of the back to school ads. 9.You begin setting your alarm clock so that you are ready for the big day. 8.Your s from Central Office quadruple. 7.You finally break down and write your back to school staff letter. 6.You see more staff members popping their heads in your door, asking, “Do you have a minute?” 5.There is a collision in the Central Office hallway as curriculum staff try out their new roller bags. 4.The computer repair people tell you that you burned out your hard drive uploading revisions to the content eGuides. 3.You put your jeans and flip flops in cold storage for the school year. 2.You finally look at the school calendar to find out which days you’ll be off during the school year. 1.You recalculate your projected retirement date.

Sydney L. Cousin Superintendent

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” -Henry Ford

Our Outstanding Schools 15 Elementary Schools and 1o Middle Schools are in the top 10 %

Howard County Students Excel at Every Level So Much to Celebrate!!

Linda Wise Chief Academic Officer

HCPSS Snapshot 91.8% of our students in Grades 3 through 8 reached proficient/advanced on the MSA in Reading in % of our students in Grades 3 through 8 reached proficient/advanced on the MSA in Mathematics in 2010.

HCPSS Snapshot 99.6% Grade 12 HSA completion rate 93.6% graduation rate

Overall Trend Performance: Reading and Mathematics Proficiency Grades ReadingMathematics Change Change Overall Male Female Asian African American White Hispanic American Indian ELL FARMS Special Education

Overall Trend Performance: Reading and Mathematics Advanced Grades ReadingMathematics Change Change Overall Male Female Asian African American White Hispanic American Indian ELL FARMS Special Education

2010 Maryland School Assessment Elementary School Highlights In READING, EVERY elementary school had 81 percent or more students scoring proficient or advanced. There were 29 schools with more than 90 percent of students scoring proficient or advanced. In MATHEMATICS, EVERY elementary school had more than 77 percent of students scoring proficient or advanced. There were 25 schools with more than 90 percent of students scoring proficient or advanced.

2010 Maryland School Assessment Middle School Highlights In READING, EVERY middle school had 80 percent or more students scoring proficient or advanced. There were 11 schools with more than 90 percent of students scoring proficient or advanced. In MATHEMATICS, EVERY middle school had more than 73 percent of student scoring proficient or advanced. There were 10 schools with more than 90 percent of students scoring proficient or advanced.

2010 Maryland School Assessment Middle School Highlights Male Female Asian African American White Hispanic American Indian ELL FARMS Special Education Reading Math

Thanks to YOU!!!! 86% of students in the class of 2010 passed all four HSAs 11% met the graduation requirement using the combined score 3% met the requirement by completing Bridge Plans Only 5 students needed a waiver to graduate NO STUDENTS FAILED TO GRADUATE soley based on the HSA

Thanks to YOU!!!! 96% of students in the class of 2011 have already met the HSA graduation requirement

Goal II Data All elementary, middle, high schools and Cradlerock met the OVERALL attendance standard of 94% The number of habitual truants has decreased

Unsafe Behaviors Have Decreased 8 of 12 high schools had fewer than 100 out-of- school suspension incidents 14 of 18 middle schools had fewer than 100 out- of-school suspension incidents 22 of 39 elementary schools had 5 or fewer out- of-school suspension incidents

HCPSS Dropout Rate is Decreasing High School Dropout Decreased by 6 % At Risk 2010 Cohort Receiving a C or Better –72.5% English –60.9% History –64.2% Math –64.5% Science

Linda Wise Chief Academic Officer

Race To the Top Maryland Achieving a World Class Status

Common Core State Standards June 2010, Maryland State Board of Education adopted the Common Core Standards June 2011 draft of Maryland new state curriculum will be presented to the State Board of Education

Final Assessments Completed for

Resources The English/language arts standards are available language-arts-standards The math standards are available at standards/mathematics standards/mathematics Additional information can be found at or

Five Components of Maryland’s Race to the Top Ensure that all students are fully prepared for college and careers in the 21 st century Build a statewide technology infrastructure Develop and support great teachers and great leaders Turn around low-achieving schools Enhance STEM Programming

Educator Evaluations Changes will come beginning in school year Student growth will be a significant component of teacher and principal evaluations. The new system will be piloted in 7 school systems (not HCPSS) from January June 2012.

Changes to Teacher Tenure Teachers do not gain tenure until after their 3rd year, instead of their 2nd year. The “3rd year probationary” option has been repealed Teachers who transfer in from a system in which they had tenure and a satisfactory final evaluation serve a 1 year probationary period.

We know that from the moment students enter school, the most important factor in their success is the teacher standing at the front of the classroom.

BELIEVE in ME! ENGAGE ME! I WILL be College and Career Ready! The 2010 Howard County Public School System Wide Kick Off Marriotts Ridge High School August 16, 2010