20072008 Assessment Report

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2007-2008 Assessment Report

• School District of Whitefish Bay

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Iowa Test of Basic SkillsA nationally normed
assessment given to all Bay students in grades
3,5 and 7

• Composite scores at grades 3,5 and 7 among the
  highest in the nation. As a group
• Grade 3 students scored in the top 3 of schools
  in the nation.
• Grade 5 students scored in the top 3 of schools
  in the nation.
• Grade 7 students scored in the top 6 of schools
  in the nation.

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ITBS Mathematics

• Grades 3,5 and 7 scored in the top 2 of schools
  in the nation on math concepts and math problem
  solving.
• Grades 3 7 computation, students ranked at 90th
  and 89th percentile in computation.

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WKCE Highlights 3,4,5,6,7,8,10

• 94.1 of Bay students scored proficient in
  reading
• 91.6 of Bay students scored proficient in math
• Among area districts
• Bay had the highest percentage of students
  scoring Advanced in Mathematics (64.7, Mequon
  60.4)
• Bay had the highest percentage of students
  scoring Advanced in Reading (74.2, Mequon 69.1)
• Bay had the highest percentage of students
  scoring Advanced in Language Arts (52, Fox Point
  50)
• Bay had the highest percentage of students
  scoring Advanced in Science (55.2, Nicolet 52)
• Bay had the highest percentage of students
  scoring Advanced in Social Studies (76.4, Fox
  Point 75.1)
• Whitefish Bay, Shorewood, Mequon, Brown Deer,
  Fox Point, Glendale-River Hills, Mapledale,
  Nicolet, source Wisconsin DPI WINNS website

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WKCE Highlights

• Among area districts, Whitefish Bay had the
  highest percentage of students scoring in the
  advanced range on 14 of 23 sub-tests.Whitefish
  Bay, Shorewood, Mequon, Brown Deer, Fox Point,
  Glendale-River Hills, Mapledale, Nicoletsource
  Wisconsin DPI WINNS website
• 64.7 of Whitefish Bay students scored advanced
  in mathematics (more than 30 percentage points
  higher than the state average of 32)
• 74.2 of Whitefish Bay students scored advanced
  in reading (more than 30 percentage points higher
  than the state average of 43.2 )

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National Recognition for AP Participation
Recognized by Newsweek as one of the top 500 high
schools in the nation based on the number of AP
tests taken per student. Comparison of area
districts shows that the ratio of Advanced
Placement tests passed by Whitefish Bay students
to total school enrollment (49) widely surpasses
other Southeastern Wisconsin schools (more than
20) and is seven times the state average.
Source Public Schooling in Southeastern
Wisconsin (Public Policy Forum) and school
district records
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Bay Participation in AP continues to increase
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2007-08 Bay AP Results

• 88 Passing Rate across all exams
• 100 Passing Rate in
• Calc BC
• Computer Science
• English Language
• Physics Mechanical
• Statistics

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AP Audit

• All of our AP courses have been approved through
  the College Boards audit process.

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ACTA National assessment of college bound Juniors

• The class of 2007 score of 25.7 is among the
  highest in Wisconsin.
• Percentage of students taking the ACT, 88, among
  the highest rate among public schools in the
  state.
• National Merit Test 15 semi-finalists highest
  number in last 10 years 13 finalists tied for
  the highest number in last 10 years.

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Adequate Yearly ProgressperNCLB
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2006-07 (Based on grade 3-8, 10 WKCE
performance)Composite and dissagregated local
index data per NCLB
Source Wisconsin DPI Turnleaf Dataset, FAY
only Note SPED data meets AYP based on
specific formula adjustments
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2006-07 (Based on grade 3-8, 10 WKCE
performance)Composite and dissagregated local
index data per NCLB
Source Wisconsin DPI Turnleaf Dataset, FAY
only Note Bold, yellow data meets AYP based
on specific formula adjustments
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2006-07 (Based on grade 3-8, 10 WKCE
performance)Composite and dissagregated local
index data per NCLB
Source Wisconsin DPI Turnleaf Dataset, FAY
only Note Bold, yellow data meets AYP based
on specific formula adjustments
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Areas of Focus for Continuous Improvement

• Eliminating the Achievement Gap
• Logistical issues related to continued testing
  under federal ESEA legislation

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Achievement Gap

• To continue efforts to close the gap we will
• Data retreats to raise awareness of the gap
• Continued implementation of
• building SMART goals
• Read 180 Program in Middle School
• Number Worlds Program in Elementary School
• Capturing Kids Hearts
• CRISS reading strategy instruction for content
  area teachers
• improving awareness of needs of students from
  backgrounds other than their own (race and class)
• Continued monitoring and responding to engagement
  data
• Reading 3D assessments in K5 and 1st
• New elementary mathematics assessments 2-5
• Early work on Response to Intervention
  assessments and interventions
• Continued implementation, professional
  development around ELL services

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New Opportunities

• Revised grading policy for 2009-10 means
  important work around grading, effective
  feedback, and assessments will occur this year.
• Continued participation in Cardinal Stritch
  University New Teacher Project
• Benchmarking High School engagement indicators
  with Project Blueprint Consortium
• Revisions to Kindergarten curriculum, K-5 RLA
  curriculum
• Implementation of Geography Alive curriculum in
  7th grade social studies
• New spelling resources in grades 3-5
• New literature, personal finance, creative
  publications, digital movie production electives
  in 8th grade
• Implementation of Project Lead the Way
  pre-engineering program integration of math,
  science and design.

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Alignment to Focus Plan Goals and Commitment
Statements

• Each of these new directions demonstrate direct
  application of focus plan goals of
• effective strategies for continuous learning
• creating multiple options and opportunities for
  success.
• Additionally, these efforts require the highest
  level of practice in staffs commitment to
• increase collaboration focused on student
  learning
• providing quality feedback to students

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Next Steps

• Continue to align curriculum to
• local standards
• state frameworks
• Science becomes part of NCLB testing in 2007-2008
• AYP Indicators stay at 58 in mathematics and 74
  in reading
• Continue to monitor use of both ITBS and WKCE,
  consider alternatives to ITBS.