2009 MCAS Analysis & Adequate Yearly Progress Report Mendon – Upton Regional School District

What is MCAS?  It is the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System  Provides scores on individual students to show their progress in learning  Provides a measure of basic achievement for high school graduation  Measures performance of schools and districts to show student progress towards 100% proficiency by 2014

Who is tested in what?  Grade 3 English Language Arts (ELA) & Math  Grade 4 ELA & Math  Grade 5 ELA, Math, & Science  Grade 6 ELA & Math  Grade 7 ELA & Math  Grade 8 ELA, Math, & Science  Grade 10 ELA, Math, & Biology (Nipmuc’s choice for science)

How are MCAS scores reported? Grades 4-10  Advanced: Scaled scores  Proficient:  Needs Improvement:  Warning/Failing:

Who is Affected by AYP?  All schools and student groups are required to make AYP.  All school is called the Aggregate  Student groups: Special Education Limited English Proficient Low Income Racial backgrounds

Terms Defined  AYP = Adequate Yearly Progress A + (B or C) + D = AYP, where A is Participation - MURSD always meets expectation B is Performance C is Improvement D is Attendance - MURSD always meets expectation  Aggregate = All students in a grade level or in a district  Subgroup = A cohort of students falling in a defined category, i.e. Special Education, Low Income B and/or C cause MURSD to not make AYP

AYP Status Categories YearAYP Status 1 st YearNo Status--- Memorial School 2 nd YearImprovement Year 1 3 rd YearImprovement Year 2 4 th YearCorrective Action--- Miscoe Hill 5 th YearRestructuring Year 1 6 th YearRestructuring Year 2+

2009 Accountability Results AYP Statewide Results  54% of Elementary School in Massachusetts did not make AYP  51% of Schools not making AYP in Elementary were in non-urban areas  80% of Middle Schools did not make AYP  37% of High Schools did not make AYP

WHY Clough and Not Memorial  Memorial did not meet AYP but their target was higher than Clough’s due to 2008 scores  Memorial 2008 ELA score was 92.8 and went down to 87.9  Clough 2008 ELA score was 86.1 and remained 86.1

Clough School Adequate Yearly Progress History Status ELA Aggregate N/AYes No Status All subgroups N/AYes Math Aggregate N/A Yes No Status All subgroups N/A Yes

Clough School AYP Data Aggregate (B) Performance(C) Improvement Did students meet or exceed state performance target? Did student group meet or exceed its own improvement target? Met AYP in 2009 Met Target (90.2) Actual Score in CPI (Baseline) Gain Target On Target Range Met Target ELA No Yes Met Target (84.3) Actual Score in CPI (Baseline) Gain Target On Target Range Met Target MathYes NoYes

Memorial School Adequate Yearly Progress History Status ELA Aggregate N/AYes No No Status All subgroups N/AYes No Math Aggregate N/A Yes No Status All subgroups N/A Yes

Memorial School AYP Data Aggregate (B) Performance(C) Improvement Did students meet or exceed state performance target? Did student group meet or exceed its own improvement target? Met AYP in 2009 Met Target (90.2) Actual Score in CPI (Baseline) Gain Target On Target Range Met Target ELA No No Met Target (84.3) Actual Score in CPI (Baseline) Gain Target On Target Range Met Target MathYes NoYes

Miscoe Hill School AYP Data Aggregate (B) Performance(C) Improvement Did students meet or exceed state performance target? Did student group meet or exceed its own improvement target? Met AYP in 2009 ELA Met Target (90.2) Actual Score in CPI (Baseline) Gain Target On Target Range Met Target Aggregate Yes Yes Special Education Subgroup No Yes Math Met Target (84.3) Actual Score in CPI (Baseline) Gain Target On Target Range Met Target Aggregate No Yes Special Education Subgroup No No

Why Miscoe did not make AYP  Miscoe did not make AYP in the Math Special Education Subgroup  Although a gain of 4.3 percentage points were realized in the special education subgroup, a gain of 7.7 was actually needed to make AYP  AYP was missed by.9

Grade 3 English % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 71% 66% 70% 75% 69%

Grade 3 Mathematics % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 51% 61% 72% 68%

Grade 4 English Language Arts % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 48% 51% 71% 55% 62%

Grade 4 Mathematics % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 28% 32% 49% 55%

Grade 5 English Language Arts % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 70% 72% 71% 74%

Grade 5 Mathematics % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 41% 52% 59% 61%

Grade 5 Science/Tech Eng % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 53% 59% 53% 59%

Grade 6 English Language Arts % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 79% 77% 83%

Grade 6 Mathematics % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 58% 46% 58% 57% 68%

Grade 7 English Language Arts % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 83% 74% 81% 79%

Grade 7 Mathematics % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 45% 51% 50% 53%

Grade 8 English Language Arts % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 90% 85% 89% 90%

Grade 8 Mathematics % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 53% 56% 61% 58%

Grade 8 Science/Tech Eng % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 36% 45% 63% 57%

Grade 10 English Language Arts 82% 91% 89% % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 93%

Grade 10 Mathematics % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 74% 82% 92% 87% 86%

Grade 10 Biology % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 67% 82% 87%

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 3 – English Language Arts (Percent scoring in each category)

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 3 – Mathematics

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 4 – English Language Arts

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 4 – Mathematics

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 5 – English Language Arts

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 5 – Mathematics

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 5 – Science/Tech Eng

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 6 – English Language Arts

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 6 – Mathematics

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 7 – English Language Arts

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 7 – Mathematics

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 8 – English Language Arts

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 8 - Mathematics

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 8 – Science/Tech Eng

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 10 – English Language Arts

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 10 – Mathematics

Mendon-Upton vs. State Average Grade 10 – Biology

Class of 2013 ELA & Math Freshman Class % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 70% 78% 81% 58% 40% 60% 50% 90%

Class of 2012 ELA & Math Sophomore Class % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 67% 78% 82% 89% 49% 46% 50% 63%

Class of 2011 ELA & Math Junior Class 58% 74% 84% 93% 58% 45% 56% 86% % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined

Class of 2010 ELA & Math Senior Class % Indicates Advanced & Proficient Combined 64% 90% 89% 87% 44% 64% 53%

10 th Grade MCAS Ranking ELA  Nipmuc 10 th grade students ranked #59 in the state of Massachusetts on the ELA portion of the MCAS test out of 282 High Schools Math  Nipmuc 10 th grade students ranked #84 in the state of Massachusetts on the math portion of the MCAS test out of 282 High Schools Science  Nipmuc 10 th grade students ranked #42 in the state of Massachusetts on the Biology portion of the MCAS test out of 282 High Schools

National Assessment of Educational Progress in Math - NAEP Grade 4Grade 8  2005 Massachusetts ranked #1  2007 Massachusetts ranked #1  2009 Massachusetts ranked #1  2005 Massachusetts ranked #1  2007 Massachusetts ranked #1  2009 Massachusetts ranked #1 NAEP is a national mathematics test given to fourth and eighth grade level students every two years in each of the 50 states.

How Massachusetts 4 th Grade Students Scored in World’s Top Ten TIMSS Grade 4 Math 2007 TIMSS Grade 4 Science 2007 NationRankNationRank Hong Kong SAR1Singapore1 2Massachusetts, USA2 Chinese Taipei3 3 Massachusetts, USA4Hong Kong SAR4 Japan5Minnesota, USA5 6Japan6 Kazakhstan7Russian Federation7 USA13USA10

How Massachusetts 8 th Grade Students Scored in World’s Top Ten TIMSS Grade 8 Math 2007 TIMSS Grade 8 Science 2007 NationRankNationRank Chinese Taipei1Singapore1 Korea, Rep. of2Chinese Taipei2 Singapore3Massachusetts, USA3 Hong Kong SAR4Japan4 5Korea, Rep. of5 Massachusetts, USA6England6 Minnesota, USA7 9 USA11USA13