Webster Groves School District Student Success Data Area Report

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Webster Groves School DistrictStudent Success
Data Area Report

• 2008-09 School Year Data
• Presented on October 26, 2009

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DATA AREA Student Success
INDICATOR High Achieving Students
INDICATOR Engaged/Involved Students
INDICATOR Success after Graduation
INDICATOR Responsible Students
MEASURES
MEASURES
MEASURES
MEASURES

• GPA for HS
• ACT/SAT
• Graduation rate
• Participating in at least one weighted class
• Participating in AP classes test scores
• Participating in dual credit and credits
  earned
• of National Merit finalists, semifinalists,
  commended
• MAP
• of K-8 students reading at or above grade level
  at end of year

• Attending college
• Attending 2 year college
• Attending 4 year college
• Entering Military
• Attending trade schools
• Placed in job related to HS Vocational
  Training
• Scholarships awarded
• Needing remedial classes in 2 year colleges
• Results of alumni survey

• Attendance
• Drop out rate
• Participating in extracurricular
• activities
• of tardies at HS

• of Statesmen
• Service Awards
• participating in A and successful
• Suspensions
• Expulsions
• of fights
• of injuries resulting from fights
• of office referrals excluding tardies

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Critical Issues

• Close the achievement gaps and meet Adequate
  Yearly Progress for all sub-groups by enhancing
  learning for all.
• Provide high quality professional development and
  improve the ability of teachers to meet the
  individual needs of students through
  differentiation and responsive teaching.
• Improve student performance to achieve academic
  and personal success.
• Create and monitor an environment that promotes
  student engagement and responsible learning
  behaviors.
• Take actions to ensure that all students
  understand and demonstrate safe and healthy
  lifestyles and refrain from using harmful
  substances.

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Strengths

• Increase in number of WGHS seniors awarded
  scholarships.
• Graduates continue to express that WGHS did a
  great job preparing them for post secondary
  education.
• High attendance rate.
• Decrease in the number of tardies at WGHS.
• Increase in percent of seniors involved in A
  program meeting A criteria
• Low number of expulsions.
• High number of responsible students as evidenced
  by Statesmen Service Awards.
• 91 of students taking AP exam scored a 3 or
  higher.
• Webster Groves High School met AYP for
  communication arts and math.
• Highest ACT scores in recent history of WGHS.
• Among the highest SAT scores in recent history of
  WGHS.
• High grade point average at WGHS.
• Increase in number of African American students
  taking ACT course.
• Increase in number of credits earned in dual
  credit courses.
• Increase in number of National Merit Awards
  received.
• In Communication Arts on the MAP,
  African-American students in grades 3 7
  demonstrated high levels of achievement in
  comparison to African-American students from
  other school districts.
• With the exception of students with an IEP, all
  subgroups made progress in Communication Arts on
  the MAP.
• Continue to outscore Missouri at all levels of
  MAP.
• We met AYP in Communication Arts for one
  additional subgroup in 2009 as compared to 2008.

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New Challenges

• Continue to increase enrollment of
  African-American students in high level courses.
• Increase the GPA for African-American students.
• Review number of National Merit scholars and
  design methods to increase student participation
  in SAT.
• Develop a more consistent method to measure
  office referrals and incidence of fights.
• Continue to take actions to meet AYP expectations
  for all groups of students in math and
  communication arts. Specific focus should be
  paid to students with IEPs and students receiving
  free/reduced lunch.

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IndicatorSuccess After Graduation
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LEVELS OF ACCEPTABLE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE INDICA
TOR Student Success after Graduation
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Success After Graduation of Graduates Entering
College
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Success After Graduation of Graduates Entering
2-year Colleges
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Success After Graduation of Graduates Entering
4-year Colleges
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Success After Graduation of Graduates Entering
Military
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Success After Graduation of Students Entering
Trade School
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Success After Graduation of Graduates from
Vocational Programs Placed in Jobs Related to
Vocational
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Success After Graduation of Scholarships
Awarded
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Success After Graduation of Students Awarded
Scholarships
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Success After GraduationAmount of Scholarships
Awarded
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Success After GraduationAlumni Survey WGHS
prepared me to continue my education. (Five year
follow-up survey.)
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IndicatorEngaged/Involved Students
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LEVELS OF ACCEPTABLE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE INDICA
TOR Engaged/Involved Students
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Engaged/Involved StudentsAttendance Rate
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Engaged/Involved StudentsDrop Out Rate
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Engaged/Involved Students of HS Students
Involved in at Least One Extracurricular Activity
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Engaged/Involved Students of Tardies in High
School
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IndicatorResponsible Students
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LEVELS OF ACCEPTABLE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE INDICA
TOR Responsible Students
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Responsible Students of Statesmen Service
Awards
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Responsible Students of Seniors in A Program
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Responsible Students of Seniors in A Meeting
A Criteria
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Responsible Students of Seniors Meeting A
Criteria
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Responsible StudentsNumber of Suspensions K-12
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Responsible Students of Students Suspended
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Responsible Students of Expulsions K-12
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Responsible Students Number of Fights This is
a new chart that shares data that has been
gathered in a consistent method.
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Responsible StudentsNumber of 6-12 Office
Referrals (excluding tardies)
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Responsible StudentsAverage of 6th 12th
grade Office Referrals per Student (excluding
tardies)
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IndicatorHigh Achieving Students
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LEVELS OF ACCEPTABLE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE INDICAT
OR High Achieving Students
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High Achieving StudentsWGHS GPA
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AP Scores

• Average score of 92 students was 3.3
• 76 of students scored a 3 or higher (compared to
  77 last year)
• Math department
• 33 students
• 3.7 average score
• 91 scored a 3 or higher

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AP Scores (cont.)

• English department
• 34 students
• 3.2 average score
• 71 scored a 3 or higher

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High Achieving StudentsACT Scores (composite)
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High Achieving Students2009 ACT Scores
(subject)
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High Achieving Students of Students Taking ACT
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ACT Scores

• These are the highest ACT scores in recent
  history.
• In addition, there continues to be high number of
  students taking the ACT.

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SAT Scores

• Overall, SAT scores increased compared to last
  year.
• WGHS SAT are 108 points higher than the national
  average on critical reading.
• SAT math scores are the 2nd highest they have
  been in the 16 years of data available. WGHS
  scores are 82 points higher than the national
  average.
• WGHS writing scores are 119 points higher than
  the national average and rank as the best in the
  schools history.
• 9 fewer students took the SAT in 2009 as compared
  to 2008.
• WGHS is discussing actions to increase student
  participation in SAT.

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High Achieving StudentsGraduation Rate
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High Achieving Students in Weighted Classes
(Students may be counted more than once.)
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High Achieving Students of African-American
Students in Weighted Classes
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High Achieving StudentsPercent of
African-American Students Taking ACT Review Course
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High Achieving Students of Students in Dual
Credit Courses
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High Achieving Students of Credits Earned in
Dual Credit Courses
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High Achieving StudentsNational Merit Awards
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Annual Performance Report

• WGSD met 14 of the 14 MSIP Standards by which
  school districts are measured.
• The district met the standard for subgroup
  achievement for the first time. This is a great
  celebration.

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MAP

• MAP Test Grades 3 8
• EOC Exams Grades 9 12
• -includes 8th graders for Algebra I

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Districtwide performance in Communication Arts
in the top two levels

• Up 4.2 points in Total CA
• Up 10.8 points in Asian CA
• Up 9.3 points in Afr. Am. CA
• Up 4.5 points in Hispanic CA
• Up 2.4 points in White CA
• Up 8.6 points in F/R Lunch CA
• Hispanic classified as subgroup for the first
  time in the WGSD

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Districtwide performance in Math in the top two
levels

• Up 3.7 points in Afr. Am. MA
• Up 4.4 points in F/R Lunch MA
• Up 7.7 points in LEP MA

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Districtwide performance in Science in the top
two levels

• Up 1.5 points in Afr. Am. SC
• Up 4.9 points in F/R Lunch SC

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of Students in the top 2 levels as compared to
the following school districts

• Brentwood Ladue
• Kirkwood Clayton
• Lindbergh Rockwood
• Northwest Parkway
• Jefferson City Francis Howell
• Wentzville Mehlville
• Pattonville Bayless
• Warrenton Fort Zumwalt
• Pacific University City
• Afton Maplewood-RH
• Hazelwood Riverview Gardens

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Communication Arts Ranking by Grade Level
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Mathematics Ranking by Grade Level
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of Students in the top 2 levels as compared to
the state
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Communication Arts Overall of Students in Top
2 Compared to State Performance by Grade Level
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Math Overall of Students in Top 2 Compared to
State Performance by Grade Level
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Science Overall of Students in Top 2 Compared
to State Performance by Grade Level
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District Celebrations

• Attendance rate increased from 95.5 to 95.6.
• WGHS, Avery, Clark, Edgar Road, Hudson and
  Computer School met AYP.
• Due to Avery meeting AYP, the school moves to
• School Improvement Level 1, Delayed.

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Specific School Celebrations

• WGHS African-American students showed increases
  in communication arts (37.2 points) and
  mathematics (20.4 points).
• Hixson African-American students showed
  increases in communication arts (4.6 points).
• Steger Students receiving F/R Lunch showed
  increases in communication arts (6.2 points).
• Avery Students receiving F/R Lunch showed
  increases in communication arts (21.9 points) and
  mathematics (20.2 points).
• Bristol White students showed increases in
  communication arts (1.3 points).

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Specific School Celebrations

• Clark Students receiving F/R Lunch showed
  increases in mathematics (2 points).
• Computer School Students receiving F/R Lunch
  showed increases in communication arts (38.9
  points) and mathematics (22.3 points).
• Edgar Road African-American students showed
  increases in communication arts (17.5 points).
• Hudson African-American students showed
  increases in mathematics (17.7 points).

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Adequate Yearly Progress

• No Child Left Behind
• NCLB

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District AYP Status

• Hispanic classified as subgroup
• for the first time in the WGSD

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AYP Talking Points

• The district met AYP expectations in math for
  four of the seven subgroups. We did not meet AYP
  for our students who are African American, our
  students who qualify for free/reduced lunch, and
  our students who have an IEP.
• The district met AYP expectations for five of the
  seven subgroups in communication arts. We did
  not meet AYP expectations for our students
  qualifying for free/reduced lunch and our
  students who have an IEP.
• All elementary schools met AYP in mathematics and
  communication arts except Bristol.
• Steger did not meet AYP in mathematics or
  communication arts.
• Hixson met AYP expectations in math for 2 our of
  5 subgroups. They did not meet AYP for our
  students who are African American, our students
  who qualify for free/reduced lunch, and our
  students who have an IEP.
• Hixson met AYP expectations in communication arts
  for 3 of the five subgroups. They did not meet
  for students receiving free/reduced lunch and
  students with IEPs.

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AYP Talking Points Continued

• WGHS met AYP expectations for five of the five
  subgroups in communication arts.
• WGHS met AYP expectations for five of the five
  subgroups in math.
• Only our elementary schools and Steger receive
  Title I funding and are held accountable for AYP
  school expectations.
• Bristol and Steger are in Needs Improvement Level
  I for math. Their plans will each be submitted
  to the federal programs supervisor for review.
• Avery School is in Needs Improvement Level I
  Delayed for math. They have refined and will
  continue to utilize the plan they created last
  year.
• AYP is one measure of a school districts
  success. We need to continue to search for
  answers to improve the learning of each and every
  student. This is our mission.

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Percentage of 1st-5th Grade Students Meeting
End-of-Year Guided Reading Levels 2006-2009
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Critical Issues

• Close the achievement gaps and meet Adequate
  Yearly Progress for all sub-groups by enhancing
  learning for all.
• Provide high quality professional development and
  improve the ability of teachers to meet the
  individual needs of students through
  differentiation and responsive teaching.
• Improve student performance to achieve academic
  and personal success.
• Create and monitor an environment that promotes
  student engagement and responsible learning
  behaviors.
• Take actions to ensure that all students
  understand and demonstrate safe and healthy
  lifestyles and refrain from using harmful
  substances.

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Strengths

• Increase in number of WGHS seniors awarded
  scholarships.
• Graduates continue to express that WGHS did a
  great job preparing them for post secondary
  education.
• High attendance rate.
• Decrease in the number of tardies at WGHS.
• Increase in percent of seniors involved in A
  program meeting A criteria
• Low number of expulsions.
• High number of responsible students as evidenced
  by Statesmen Service Awards.
• 91 of students taking AP exam scored a 3 or
  higher.
• Webster Groves High School met AYP for
  communication arts and math.
• Highest ACT scores in recent history of WGHS.
• Among the highest SAT scores in recent history of
  WGHS.
• High grade point average at WGHS.
• Increase in number of African American students
  taking ACT course.
• Increase in number of credits earned in dual
  credit courses.
• Increase in number of National Merit Awards
  received.
• In Communication Arts on the MAP,
  African-American students in grades 3 7
  demonstrated high levels of achievement in
  comparison to African-American students from
  other school districts.
• With the exception of students with an IEP, all
  subgroups made progress in Communication Arts on
  the MAP.
• Continue to outscore Missouri at all levels of
  MAP.
• We met AYP in Communication Arts for one
  additional subgroup in 2009 as compared to 2008.

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New Challenges

• Continue to increase enrollment of
  African-American students in high level courses.
• Increase the GPA for African-American students.
• Review number of National Merit scholars and
  design methods to increase student participation
  in SAT.
• Develop a more consistent method to measure
  office referrals and incidence of fights.
• Continue to take actions to meet AYP expectations
  for all groups of students in math and
  communication arts. Specific focus should be
  paid to students with IEPs and students receiving
  free/reduced lunch.

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Actions

• Continuing review of students IEPs to insure
  that students who qualify for MAP-A are
  identified as such and ensure that teachers are
  properly trained in implementing MAP-A.
• Continue to implement RtI K-8.
• Continue to review MAP and EOC data to determine
  strength and growth areas annually.
• In grades K 5, continue successful
  implementation of and professional development
  for Investigations and Being a Writer.
• Implementing EOC practice exams for Algebra I
  students.
• Implementation of Webster Challenge at WGHS.
• Implementation of Teacher Leader Academy with a
  focus on responsive teaching/differentiation.
• Working with Community College to develop
  additional dual credit and dual enrollment
  courses.
• Increase the number of AP courses offered.
• Implement Positive Behavior Interventions Support
  for grades 6-12, Bristol, and Computer School.

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Our mission is our focus.

• The Webster Groves School District community is
  committed to academic and personal success for
  every student.