1. District Accountability Report
Lennox District School Board
October 9, 2017

2. 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 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.

3. 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)

4. Indicator #1: Academic Achievement (Elementary, Middle, High)
Smarter Balanced Assessment performance
(Given to students in grades )
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

5. 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)

6. 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

7. 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

12. Increased SPI by 9.23 points as compared to 2015-2016

13. Increased SPI by about 6 points from the previous year

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

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

20. 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.

21. 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 school year.