Our Learning Benchmarks

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Our Learning Benchmarks

• Broward County Public Schools

Presented by Laurel E. Thompson
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CRITICAL BENCHMARKS

• Average public school student scores on the FCAT
  Writing Assessment
• Percentage of public school students scoring 3.0
  and above on the FCAT Writing Assessment
• Percentage of public school students scoring at
  level 3 or higher FCAT Reading and Mathematics
  scores
• Percentage Scoring 3 or Higher on Advanced
  Placement Examinations
• Percentage of students who drop out of school
• Graduation rates
• Absence Details

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ADDITIONAL BENCHMARKS

• Student Enrollment
• Diversity Composition
• Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Status
• Bullying Incidents

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FCAT WRITING
Average Student Scores on FCAT Writing Assessment
2006
2007
2008
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FCAT WRITING ASSESSMENT Percentage Students
Scoring 3.0 and Above
2006
2007
2008
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FCAT READINGPercentage Scoring Level 3 or Higher
2006
2007
2008
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FCAT MATHEMATICS
2006
2007
2008
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT
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DROPOUT RATES

• Percentage of Students Who Dropped Out of High
  School

• Calculation of Dropout Rates

• Unduplicated count of students assigned a dropout
  code at end of school year
• Number is divided by total count of students
  attending school at anytime during that year.
• Figure includes students expected to enroll but
  did not.

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GRADUATION RATES

• 1st create cohort of students entering 9th grade
  in the fall term
• Add transferring students
• Divide number of graduating students in cohort
  by total number in cohort.
• Minus students who transfer out of school system
  to attend school elsewhere, e.g. private school,
  home education, adult education program etc.

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Absence Details

• Broward County Public Schools have a 94 average
  daily attendance .
• Therefore approximately 15,000 students are
  absent on a daily basis.
• This translates to about the total student body
  of 5 large high schools.
• Truancy remains an area of concern for the
  Broward County Schools.

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STUDENT ENROLLMENT
20th DAY ENROLLMENT COUNT 20th DAY ENROLLMENT COUNT 20th DAY ENROLLMENT COUNT 20th DAY ENROLLMENT COUNT
YEAR Enrolled Decrease Decrease
2005 272,691
2006 270,935 1,756 .64
2007 262,616 8,319 3.07
2008 258,905 3,711 1.41
2009 255,738 3,167 1.22
TOTAL DECREASE TOTAL DECREASE 16,953 6.22

• For the past 4 years BCPS have experienced a
  significant decrease in student enrollment.
• Contributing factors include
• - Migration from Broward County due to
• - Increase in property taxes
• - Decrease in house values
• - Unemployment issues

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STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
Characteristic Percentage
MALES 51.47
FEMALES 48.53
WHITES 29.54
BLACKS 37.81
HISPANICS 26.05
ASIAN 3.43
NATIVE AMERICANS 0.2
MULTIRACIAL 2.97
ELL (English as a Limited Language) 9.63
ESE (Exceptional Student Education) 11.46
FRL (Free and Reduced Price Lunch) 48.16
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SCHOOL SAFETY

• Anti-Bullying Policy
• Violence Prevention
• Threat Assessment
• Anonymous Tips, e.g. text messaging and emailing