Jefferson Campus Advocacy Project Don Dixon Brian Quinn

Jefferson Campus Advocacy Project Don Dixon Brian Quinn Peg Schoettle Karl Logan Tearale Triplett Juanita Valder Devon Baker 1

Advocacy Project Goal(s) n The goal of the Jefferson high school counseling department is to develop and implement strategies to help raise math achievement for all students 2

Problem Summary and Baseline Data u u Although a growing percentage of students are meeting the math CIM, math achievement levels continue to be low. Though the percentage of students taking Algebra and Geometry is growing, only Algebra 3 -4 (2 nd year Algebra), shows an increase in the percentage of students earning satisfactory grades over the past three years. 3

Math multiple choice (CIM) comparisons of JHS 10 th Graders Spring 2001 2000 -2001 Spring 2002 2001 -2002 Spring 2003 2002 -2003 Spring 2004 2003 -2004 (First Data from Academies) Performance Standards N % N % Does Not Yet Meet 164 88% 144 79% 134 83% 145 78% Meets Standard 16 9% 36 20% 25 16% 33 18% Exceeds Standard 7 4% 2 1% 9 5% Total Meets or Exceeds Total Number Tested 13% 187 21% 182 17% 172 23% 187 4

Percent of Students Taking Math Classes 5

Percent of Students With Satisfactory Grades in Algebra 6

Freshmen with Satisfactory Algebra Performance by Ethnic Group 7

Freshmen with Satisfactory Algebra Performance by Ethnic Group 8

Collaboration n n n n Members of the following groups have met to develop and implement plans to address the problem: community after-school SES tutors academy teachers math teachers sun schools test coordinator site-counsel administration 9

Collaboration National Science Foundation (NSF) n Portland Community College Skills Center n Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Coach n College Center n Demo. Learning Lab. n Feeder Middle School Counseling n 10

Action steps n n Status Communicate and analyze test results with all tutors, teachers, students, community, and math department for both school of Champions and school of Pride Done Assess students twice, once in the fall and again in the spring Ongoing 11

Action Steps Teachers and tutoring staff make curriculum adjustments to address low areas for each student based on TESA data Success contracts for sem. 1 Geometry students n Revision and implementation of 4 -year plan to include testing data Status Done t Done 12

Action Steps Offer support classes on Wednesday morning and during the day within our College and Demo Learning Centers n n Status n Done Creation of a referral system for our after school SES tutoring options Offer a math study hall to 10 th grade math students within 10 RIT pts of CIM 13

Action Steps Status n 8 th grade students tour Jefferson to preview High School Done n 8 th grade articulation meeting with counselors at Jefferson H. S. Done n Communication of available resources through newsletter, community meetings, and counseling letter outreach Ongoing 14

Action Steps Status n ELL tutoring offered afterschool in Multicultural Center n Ongoing n Parent, Student, teacher staffings with success plans n Ongoing n Credit retrieval offered at PCC Skills Center n Ongoing 15

Assessment Results so far 9 grade COG-6% met on the fall 0405 pretest. t 10 th grade CIM-8. 8% met on fall 04 -05 pretest. t 11 th grade CIM make-up-2% met on fall 04 -05 pretest. t 12 th grade CIM make-up; none met standard on the fall 04 -05 pretest. t th 16

Results n n Approximately 90% of 9 th grade students have taken the COG math test Approximately 90% of all 10 th and 11 th grade students have taken the fall Math CIM Math achievement data reports are given at most School of Pride and School of Champion staff meetings Four-year plan will be given to all students 17

Results n n n Approximately 140 students registered to attend SES after-school tutoring Approximately 25 students are attending our 10 th grade math study hall Conducted 44 academy staffings for 10 th grade success plans Presentation about data use to approximately 120 community members at our community meeting on January 20. All SES tutoring students are using TESA data to inform instruction 18

Results n Approximately 48 students attend classes in the Demo Learning Center each day n The 10 th grade academy math teachers have analyzed and made instructional changes for most of 10 th grade students based on TESA math data n 36 students attended 8 th grade summer school in 2004 Incomplete contracts were given to 24 10 th grade 19 geometry students n

Next Steps n We are planning another community meeting to give updates and get community feedback about how well our programs are working n A new Career Data Sheet will help 10 th-11 th grade students choose a major and review CIM pretest results during forecasting n We are working on a parent email database to promote increased communication about a variety of topics including achievement results 20

Next Steps n n At least 90% of our 9 th grade student will take the COG math test on May 4 -5 COG results will be analyzed to determine growth and to inform program development At least 90% of our 10 th-11 th grade students will take the Math CIM in March and April Results will be analyzed to determine effectiveness of use of data to inform instruction 21

Next Steps n n n Spring Conferences to communicate testing results and progress to parents. 9 th grade Academy math support class for 05 -06 10 th grade Academy math support class for 05 -06 Skills-based summer school for all students in math and literacy Student referral to credit recovery Recruitment for 8 th grade summer school begins in May 05 22