ABC, AYP and Reading Results 200708

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ABC, AYP and Reading Results2007-08
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
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• Accountability, Basics and Local Control (ABCs)
• States first school-level accountability system
• Allows North Carolina to better target its school
  improvement efforts
• Measures the academic growth of students from
  year to year
• Drives classroom instruction tailored to
  individual students
• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measure focuses on
  the proficiency of subgroups

ABCs of Public Education
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Performance Composite The percentage of the
test scores in the school at or above Achievement
Level III. Growth An indication of the rate at
which the students in the school learned over the
past year. (No reading scores are included in
these results) AYP Status Whether the students
in the school as a whole and in each identified
group met the performance standards set by each
state -- goal of 100 proficiency by 2013-14.

• Understanding the
• Three Results Measures

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School Status Labels and Recognitions
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• High-Growth Schools
• Certified staff members receive up to 1,500
  (actual amount distributed capped at
  1,053)
• Teacher assistants receive up to 500
  (actual amount distributed capped
  at 351)
• Expected-Growth Schools
• Certified staff members receive up to 750
  (actual amount distributed capped at
  527)
• Teacher assistants receive up to 375
  (actual amount distributed capped
  at 263)

The ABCs program includes reporting the Adequate
Yearly Progress (AYP) of schools under the No
Child Left Behind law but ABCs financial rewards
are not affected by a schools AYP status
Incentive Awards
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2007-2008ABCs Results
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• Goal
• Eighty percent of schools will make expected or
  high growth on ABCs.

Strategic Plan 2010 High Academic Achievement
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AYP Target Goals
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2006-07 AYP 61 out of 151 schools -
40.4 2007-08 AYP 31 out of 158 schools - 19.6
Schools that made AYP
Allenbrook Elementary (13) Bain Elementary
(17) Chantilly Montessori (2) Clear Creek
Elementary (17) Collinswood Elementary
(21) Davidson Elementary (13) Davidson IB Middle
(13) Dilworth Elementary (13) Elizabeth Lane
Elementary (19) Elon Park Elementary
(13) Greenway Park Elementary (23) Hawk Ridge
Elementary (25) Hidden Valley Elementary
(21) Highland Creek Elementary (17) Huntersville
Elementary (17) J. V. Washam Elementary (11)
Jay M. Robinson Middle (27) Math, Eng., Tech.
Science _at_ OHS (7) Matthews Elementary (19) McKee
Road Elementary (17) Morehead Elementary
(13) Nations Ford Elementary (21) Park Road
Montessori (13) Performance Learning Center
(2) Providence High (15) Providence Spring
Elementary (13) Shamrock Gardens Elementary
(17) Sharon Elementary (9) Smith Language Academy
K-8 (29) Torrence Creek Elementary (21) Villa
Heights Academic Center (9)
AYP Results
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Schools that made 95-99.9 of AYP targets
Community House Middle (32 of 33) Crestdale
Middle (32 of 33) Crown Point Elementary (20 of
21) Huntingtowne Farms Elementary (20 of
21) Mallard Creek Elementary (24 of 25)
Mint Hill Middle (32 of 33) Pineville Elementary
(26 of 27) South Charlotte Middle (32 of
33) Tuckaseegee Elementary (24 of 25)
Schools that made 90-94.9 of AYP targets
Beverly Woods Elementary (19 of 21) Carmel Middle
(27 of 29) Cornelius Elementary (18 of 20) David
W. Butler High (16 of 17) Elizabeth Traditional
Elementary (16 of 17)
Endhaven Elementary (16 of
17) Lansdowne Elementary (19 of 21) Oakdale
Elementary (14 of 15)
Oaklawn Language Academy (12 of 13) Olde
Providence Elementary (16 of 17) Piedmont Open IB
Middle (27 of 29) Randolph Middle (30 of
33) Selwyn Elementary (16 of 17) Smithfield
Elementary (27 of 29) Steele Creek Elementary (31
of 33) Winget Park Elementary (23 of 25)
Schools with the lowest of target
goals Chantilly Montessori - 2 Performance
Learning Center - 2
Schools with the highest of target
goals James Martin Middle - 37 John M.
Alexander Middle - 37 Southwest Middle - 37
AYP Results
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Schools going into their first year of school
improvement Bruns Avenue Elementary Merry Oaks
Elementary Newell Elementary Thomasboro
Elementary Walter G. Byers Elementary Schools
taking a step toward exiting school
improvement Allenbrook Elementary Total number
of schools in school improvement 27
Title I School Improvement
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2008 CMS
2008 State
Reading Proficiency
Grade 3
55.7
54.5
Grade 4
60.0
59.2
55.6
Grade 5
56.9
Grade 6
58.2
59.3
Grade 7
49.2
51.1
Grade 8
50.9
54.2
55.6
COMPOSITE
55.2
Percentage of scores at Levels III and IV The
change in the test makes comparison across years
not valid
2007-08 Reading Results (New
Standard)
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2007 CMS
2008 CMS
2008 State
Reading Proficiency
Grade 3
81.6
81.2
80.8
Grade 4
85.1
86.4
86.4
89.3
Grade 5
89.1
89.3
Grade 6
77.9
79.9
81.9
Grade 7
81.2
80.0
82.9
Grade 8
84.9
91.0
93.1
Percentage of scores at Levels III and IV
2007-08 Reading Results (Old Standard)
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Honor Schools of Excellence Elizabeth Lane
Elementary Jay M. Robinson Middle Providence
High Providence Spring Elementary Villa Heights
Academic Center
Schools of Distinction (contd) Hawk Ridge
Elementary Huntersville Elementary J. V. Washam
Elementary Matthews Elementary McKee Road
Elementary Olde Providence Elementary Park Road
Montessori Selwyn Elementary Sharon
Elementary South Charlotte Middle Torrence Creek
Elementary
Schools of Excellence Ardrey Kell High Cato
Middle College High
Schools of Distinction Bain Elementary Beverly
Woods Elementary Collinswood Elementary Community
House Middle Cornelius Elementary Crestdale
Middle Davidson Elementary Elon Park
Elementary Endhaven Elementary
Schools of Progress Alexander Graham Middle
Bailey
Middle Bradley Middle
Carmel Middle Clear Creek
Elementary
Eastover Elementary
Greenway Park
Elementary

High-Growth Schools
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Schools of Progress (contd) Highland Creek
Elementary Morehead Elementary
Lansdowne Elementary
Long Creek Elementary

McAlpine Elementary
Mint Hill Middle

Pineville Elementary
Smith Language Academy
K-8
Smithfield Elementary
Tuckaseegee
Elementary
Priority Schools (contd) Huntingtowne Farms
Elementary
Joseph W. Grier Academy
McClintock
Middle
Merry Oaks Elementary
Montclaire Elementary

Nations Ford Elementary
Newell Elementary

Northridge Middle
Oakdale Elementary
Oakhurst
Elementary
Oaklawn Language Academy
Pawtuckett
Elementary
Pinewood Elementary
Piney
Grove Elementary
Rama Road Elementary

Sedgefield Elementary
Shamrock Gardens
Elementary
Statesville Road Elementary
Steele Creek
Elementary
University Meadows Elementary
University Park Creative Arts

Priority Schools Albemarle Road Elementary

Allenbrook Elementary
Berryhill Elementary
Devonshire
Elementary
Dilworth Elementary
Hidden Valley
Elementary
Highland Renaissance Academy
Hornets
Nest Elementary

High-Growth Schools
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Schools of Progress Cotswold Elementary

Crown Point Elementary
David Cox Road
Elementary
Elizabeth Traditional Elementary
Highland
Mill Montessori
Idlewild Elementary
Lake Wylie
Elementary Legette Blythe Elementary Mountain
Island Elementary Mallard Creek High
Myers Park
Traditional Elementary
Northeast Middle
Northwest
School of the Arts
Piedmont Open IB Middle
Randolph Middle
Reedy
Creek Elementary
South Mecklenburg
High Southwest Middle
Winget Park Elementary
New
Technology _at_ GHS
Honor Schools of Excellence None
Schools of Excellence None
Schools of Distinction David W. Butler High
Expected-Growth Schools
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Priority Schools
Lincoln Heights Elementary
Martin Luther King Jr.
Middle
Nathaniel Alexander Elementary
Quail Hollow
Middle Sterling Elementary
Thomasboro
Elementary
Westerly Hills Elementary
Wilson
Middle Winding Springs Elementary
Windsor Park
Elementary
Winterfield Elementary
Intl
Studies Global Econ. _at_ OHS Intl Bus.
Comm. Studies _at_ OHS
Alexander Middle
Barringer Elementary
Billingsville Elementary

Briarwood Elementary Bruns Avenue Elementary

Coulwood Middle Druid Hills Elementary Eastway
Middle First Ward Elementary
Irwin Ave. Open
Elementary
J. H. Gunn Elementary
J. T.
Williams Middle James Martin Middle Lebanon Road
Elementary

Expected-Growth Schools
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Albemarle Road Middle Ashley Park
Elementary Bishop Spaugh Middle Business
Finance School _at_ GHS Cochrane Middle Garinger
High Hickory Grove Elementary
Leadership
Public Service _at_ GHS Midwood High Ranson
Middle Reid Park Elementary Sedgefield
Middle Walter G. Byers Elementary New principal
this year
Low-Performing Schools
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• The State Board of Education assigns state
  assistance teams.
• Priority is given to schools where the
  performance of students may be declining.
• Assistance teams review and investigate all
  facets of school operations and help develop
  recommendations to improve student performance.
• The superintendent is required to submit a plan
  for addressing the needs of all identified
  low-performing schools.

What Happens to Low-Performing Schools?
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Full report is available to the public at
http//abcs.ncpublicschools.org/abcs/
Access to Full Report
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