Huntsville City Schools Student Performance Trends Dr Barbara
Huntsville City Schools Student Performance Trends Dr. Barbara J. Cooper Deputy Superintendent February 18, 2016
Excellence in Education Awards Areas Elementary P-8 Highest Performance Greatest Growth Middle Highest Performance Greatest Growth Monte Sano NA ASFL NA Westlawn NA HHS and Grissom NA Discipline Lakewood and Challenger Montview ASFL Mt. Gap HCMS Westlawn Lee ELA BM Hampton Cove ES Lakewood AAA NA HCMS NA New Century HS Johnson Math BM Hampton Cove ES Lakewood Mt. Gap AAA HCMS HHS Columbia Lakewood Monte Sano Mt. Gap AAA HCMS Westlawn New Century Lee Monte Sano Blossomwood Mt. Gap ASFL Challenger Westlawn New Century Columbia Attendance Science BM SS BM 2
SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS FACTS – 2011 - 2016 went from 9 to 2 failing schools – Westlawn, Dawson and Lakewood came off the failing schools list this year SUPPORTS – – – – Pre. K Feeder pattern Elementary schools showing growth Johnson and Mc. Nair have started meeting with the feeder schools to align supports Johnson will continue work towards improving the graduation rate; increased graduation rate from 62% to 85%. Continue our scholarship efforts; increased scholarships at Johnson by 257% New Programs to support student engagement: AVID, Advanced Manufacturing, Cybersecurity, Cyberpatriots Team, Greenpower Working with leadership to ensure administrators and teachers receive the necessary PD and support with rigorous and relevant instruction Instructional Directors meet frequently with the principal to support with plans for the upcoming school year 3
Racial breakdown of HCS school population 40% Black Other White 20% 4
Credit Recovery Course Failures % of Students Failing at Least One Core Course 100% 90% 80% White Other Course type by % of Failures – 1 st Semester 100% Black 90% All Students in Grade from 1 st 9 Weeks 17% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 18% Social Studies Science 24% Math English 16% Elective 6% 20% 29% 10% 8% 20% 27% 13% 0% 2015 -16 Grade 9 1 st 9 Wks 2015 -16 Grade 9 1 st Sem 10% 0% 24% Grade 9 Failures - 1 st Semester 5
Attendance and Tardy Goals 100% Attendance – ADA (1 st Semester) 99% 9% 98% 8% 97% 96. 4% 95. 9% 96% 95. 7% 6% 5% 94. 3% 94% 4% 93% 3% 92% 2% 91% 1% 90% 0% P 5 & P 6 P 8 Tardy Rate (1 st Semester) 10% Middle HS District 4. 2% 2. 3% P 5 & P 6 2. 8% 2. 5% 1. 9% P 8 Middle HS District 6
District Schoolnet Proficiency Percent of Students Proficient on Schoolnet by Subject BM 1 2014 -15 BM 2 2014 -15 BM 1 2015 -16 BM 2 2015 -16 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 47% 49% 53% 46% 42% 36% 40% 34% 30% 20% 10% 0% Math Subject Science 7
Proficiency by teacher Proficiency by Course/Teacher on Schoolnet BM 2 100% 90% 80% 100% 73% 70% 60% 83% 84% 85% 85% 90% 88% 89% 95% 95% 63% 52% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% ELA 4 ELA 2 ELA 1 ELA 2 ELA K ELA 2 ELA 5 ELA 3 ELA 2 ELA 1 ELA K ELA 5 ELA K ELA 1 ELA 2 ELA 1 Teacher Teacher Teacher Teacher Teacher A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q 8 R
FALL STUDENT SURVEYS Fall Survey Score by School Type – % Favorable 100 95 95 90 90 85 82 83 84 84 80 80 81 80 75 70 70 65 65 60 60 55 55 50 50 P 5 s P 6 s P 8 s Middle High Schools 85 85 75 District Fall Survey Score by Department for High School – % Favorable 78 80 85 82 HS Math HS Science HS Social HS English Studies HS Art 9
ES PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW TRENDS – All Elementary Schools met attendance goal of at least 95% – Math Benchmarks increased in all ES schools ELEMENTARY CELEBRATIONS – Average increase of math benchmark scores by 10 percentile points – All schools have participated in Culturally Responsive Training and are implementing strategies in the equity trajectory – NEXT STEPS – Alabama Reading Initiative PD for teachers and administrators – Provide all ES schools PBIS (Positive Behavior Support) training INSTRUCTIONAL FOCI – Implement strategies to increase ELA proficiency – Continued focus on acceleration of math
P-8 SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW TRENDS – All P-8 schools met attendance goal of at least 95% – Math benchmarks increased overall P-8 Celebrations – Increase in Schoolnet math benchmark scores as compared to Benchmark I – All schools have participated in Culturally Responsive Training and are implementing strategies in the equity trajectory Next Steps – Provide professional development in PBIS model for all schools – Focus on effective lesson planning and teacher collaboration Instructional Foci – Increasing rigor and authentic student engagement – Increasing literacy and ELA proficiency scores through the implementation of research-based instructional strategies 11
MS PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW TRENDS – Increase in math Schoolnet benchmark scores MS Celebrations – Due to equity training the relationships between teachers and their students have improved – Middle Schools met the districts attendance goal of at least 95% – All schools have participated in Culturally Responsive Training and are implementing strategies in the equity trajectory – Only district in the state that has a Project Lead the Way in every school. Next Steps – Alabama Reading Initiative professional development – Continue to work on classroom management strategies to address the disparity in disciplinary referrals – Principals will use Student Surveys for classroom climate improvement plans Instructional Foci – ELA – Integrate literacy strategies – Instructional Partners will turn around the ARI PD to focus on the differentiation. 12
HS PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW TRENDS – Disparities between regular and honors Benchmark scores are large – Math benchmarks increased overall HS Celebrations – All high schools were trained in PBIS – All schools have gone through Culturally Responsive Training – Decrease in discipline referrals at Lee High School. The discipline referrals went down from 21% to 9% because of the relationships formed by teachers with students. – Increased certifications in Career Academies – Only district in the state that has a Project Lead the Way in every school. Next Steps – – – Address District attendance goals through PBIS Address the disparities in discipline referrals Increasing supports for courses through AVID Electives and AVID support Identifying power standards in each course Principals will use Student Surveys for classroom climate improvement plans Instructional Foci – Increased amount of Math PD to strengthen support in the Math curriculum 13
ALIGNMENT IS KEY • Teacher Effectiveness Committee – Teacher Representative at every school – Formalize our mentoring program for new teachers • Alignment of Code of Conduct with Instruction – Teacher Liaison to champion behavioral supports at all schools – Formalizing the Problem Solving Team (PST) Process – Creating processes to formally support students with the most chronic behaviors 14
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