Harborfields Central School District

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Harborfields Central School District
The New York State School Report Card
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School Report Card 2003-2004 School Year

Overview of K 12 student achievement
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Existing K-12 Assessment Plan
DISTRICT

• Local Assessments
• In-class assessments aligned with
• New York State Assessments, K 12
• Standardized Test of New York State
• Standards (TONYSS), Grades 2,3,5,6,7

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New York State Assessments
K - 8
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New York State Assessments
9 - 12
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No Child Left Behind

• The purpose of NCLB, as mandated by the federal
  government, is to ensure that all children have a
  fair, equal, and significant opportunity to
  obtain a high-quality education and attain a
  minimum proficiency on challenging state academic
  assessments.
• As a result, grades 3 8 statewide testing will
  commence in 2005-2006.

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K 8 New York State and Local Testing
Program2005-2006
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No Child Left Behind System of Accountability

• Participation Rate (PR)

• Performance Index (PI)

• Annual Measurable Objective (AMO)

• Annual Yearly Progress (AYP)

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No Child Left Behind System of Accountability

• Participation Rate
• NCLB requires schools to test 95 of each of the
  following accountability groups with at least 40
  students enrolled
• Students with disabilities
• American Indian, Alaskan, Asian, or Pacific
  Islander
• Black
• Hispanic
• White
• Limited English proficient
• Economically disadvantaged

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No Child Left Behind System of Accountability

• Performance Index
• The performance index (PI) is a value from 0 to
  200 that is assigned to an accountability group
  of at least 30 students indicating how that group
  performed on the New York State assessments in
  English Language Arts, mathematics, or science.

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Formulas used to determine performance index
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Performance on 2004 Fourth Grade English Language
Arts Assessment
Performance Index 100 x (number of students
scoring at Level 2 3 4 Level 3 4)
number of continuously enrolled students PI
100 x (46 166 84 166 84) 300 182
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No Child Left Behind System of Accountability
Annual Measurable Objective (AMO) 2003-2004
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No Child Left Behind System of Accountability
Annual Yearly Progress (AYP)

• Elementary and Middle School
• Participation rate for each accountability group
  of at least 40 students tested must be at least
  95.
• Performance index for each accountability group
  of at least 30 students must be equal to or
  greater than the yearly defined effective AMO.

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No Child Left Behind System of Accountability
Annual Yearly Progress (AYP)

• Secondary Level
• Participation rate for each accountability group
  of at least 40 students tested must be 95 for
  the English Regents and Math assessments.
• Performance index for each accountability group
  of at least 30 students must be equal to or
  greater than the yearly defined effective AMO.
• Graduation rate for the cohort must be greater
  than or equal to the New York State Standard
  (55) for all students within each group.

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Fourth Grade English Language Arts Accountability
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Presentations will be made in the following
sequence

• Washington Drive Primary School
• Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School
• Oldfield Middle School
• Harborfields High School

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Washington DrivePrimary School
The New York State School Report Card
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Highlights of Student Accomplishments at
Washington Drive Primary School

• The Washington Drive Primary School is a
  semi-finalist for the School of Distinction
  award from the federal government for exemplary
  practices in the areas of literacy, parent
  involvement, and community relations.
• A second grade teacher was recognized for
  exemplary lessons integrating technology and
  received a Western Suffolk BOCES Model Schools
  grant.
• The Washington Drive Primary School received a
  1,000 grant from the Suffolks Edge Teacher
  Center for professional development in the area
  of literacy.

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Highlights of Student Accomplishments at
Washington Drive Primary School

• The February 2005 edition of the New York Parent
  Teacher magazine recognized the Washington Drive
  Primary Schools PTA as a national School of
  Excellence for parent involvement.
• Washington Drive Primary School received the
  Suffolk County Reading Council Honor School
  Award. This year two winners were recognized
• A first grade student received first place
  recognition in the area of poetry.
• A second grade student received second place
  recognition in the area of prose.

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Performance Levels 4-Advanced, 3-Proficient,
2-Basic, 1-Below Basic
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MODELING/MULTIPLE REPRESENTATION

• MATHEMATICAL
• REASONING

PATTERNS/FUNCTIONS
TOTAL
UNCERTAINTY
NUMBER NUMERATION
MEASUREMENT
OPERATIONS
Performance Levels 4-Advanced, 3-Proficient,
2-Basic, 1-Below Basic
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Thomas J. LaheyElementary School
The New York State School Report Card
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Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School

• Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School received the
  Suffolk County Reading Council Honor School
  award of recognition.
• Students writing pieces were published in the
  reading councils literacy journal and anthology
  of poetry for young children.
• A grade 5 student was a third place Suffolk
  County winner for her poetry writing piece.
• The PTA received National Parent Involvement
  School of Excellence certification.

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Highlights of Student Accomplishments at Thomas
J. Lahey Elementary School

• With regard to the performance of our elementary
  school students on the state assessments in 2004,
  the following results should be noted

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Fourth Grade Math
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Fourth Grade English Language Arts
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Analysis of 2004 ELA Results
Performed a data analysis of the following areas

• Individual item
• Group item
• Learning standards
• Extended response

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• Literacy Analysis

• Identifying authors purpose
• Using details from the story to support answers
• Using knowledge of the story elements

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Program Implementation

• A core group of teachers have participated in
  staff development activities to integrate a
  balanced literacy program.
• The following processes have been implemented
• Teachers administered the Flynt Cooter
  assessment.
• Administrators/teachers attended Saturday
  workshops on literacy at Columbia Teachers
  College with Lucy Calkins.
• A literacy bookroom with leveled books was
  created.
• Ongoing activities
• Administrators/teachers participate in collegial
  circles on a weekly basis.
• The literacy coach assists teachers with
  developing guided reading strategies, creating
  readers and writers notebooks, and aligning the
  structure of the classroom environment using a
  balanced literacy philosophy.

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Fourth Grade ELA Results February 2005
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Oldfield Middle School

• The New York State
• School Report Card
• "A School's Story on Data Analysis"

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Highlights of Student Accomplishments at
Oldfield Middle School

• With regard to the performance of our middle
  school students on the state assessments in
  2004, the following results should be noted

Of special note

• The passing percentage for 8th grade students
  taking the Earth Science Regents was 100 with a
  proficiency rate of 96.

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Student Accomplishments at Oldfield Middle School

• A seventh grade student was recognized as a
  semi-finalist in the New York State Spelling Bee
  competition.
• The seventh and eighth grade mathletes attained
  first place in their division.
• The National Honor Society raised 1,200 for
  Cerebral Palsy by participating in the UCP Trivia
  Challenge.
• Oldfield Middle School was recognized as an honor
  school by the Suffolk Reading Council.
• Thirty students received the National Language
  Arts Olympiad award.

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"DATA DAZED"
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TONYSS Data Analysis

• Once the Test of New York State (TONYSS) data was
  
• received, the following steps were implemented
• The results were charted to identify the
  p-values,
• mid-range, and gaps. The multiple choice
  data was
• compared to a group of schools that
  participated in
• a research study conducted by Riverside
  Publishing
• Company.
• The charts were reviewed to identify and
  compare our
• results to the other regions.

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SUPERINTENDENTS CONFERENCE DAY Tuesday, November
2, 2004 Oldfield Middle School AGENDA
800 815 Breakfast OMS Cafeteria
815 900 Data Analysis Presentations OMS
Cafeteria Joanne Giordano Wayne Cronk Ken
Card 900 1100 Break Out
Session ELA/SS Depts. 317A/B Math/Science
Depts. OMS Cafeteria Special Education
Teachers select area of greatest need for
your program 1100 1115 BREAK
1115 1230 Debriefing Session
Group Sharing of Results from Break-Out
Session OMS Cafeteria
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DATA ANALYSIS FORMULA
IDENTIFY STUDENT LEARNING PROBLEM
DATA
IDENTIFYCAUSES
DATA
BUILD FOUNDATION
RESEARCH
GENERATE SOLUTIONS
MONITOR
STRATEGIES
ACHIEVE STUDENT LEARNING GOALS
DATA
OUTCOMES
DATA
DATA
RESEARCH
IMPLEMENT
Love, Nancy (2004). Taking Data to New Depths.
Journal of Staff Development. Vol. 25, No. 4,
pg. 22-26.
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SUPERINTENDENTS CONFERENCE DAY

• Break-Out Session Overview
• Goals
• Analyze the ELA/Math TONYSS results to identify
  trends of student target areas for performance
  improvement.
• Develop an Action Plan to address the target
  areas.
• AssessmentHow will the results of the action
  plan be addressed? How will student achievement
  in the identified target areas of need be
  assessed?

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GRADE 8 ELA/SOCIAL STUDIES
Conclusions As the grade level increases, the
test is directed at higher level questions and
answers. (This is where our students are
experiencing the most difficulty.) Mid-Range
Standards 1C Extend information 2A Understa
nding different levels of meaning 1B Interpret
information 3A Evaluate texts Students
should be encouraged to use all of the time
allotted.
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GRADE 8 ELA/SOCIAL STUDIES
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Eighth Grade ELA Results February 2005
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Impact of Data Analysis on Instruction at
Oldfield Middle School
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Harborfields High School
The New York State School Report Card
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Highlights of Student Accomplishments at
Harborfields High School

• With regard to the performance of our high school
  students on the Regents assessments in 2004, the
  following results should be noted

Of special note

• Students achieved a passing rate of 98 on the
  Math A
• Regents administered in January 2005 with a
  69 proficiency rate
• 81 of the 2004 graduates earned a Regents
  diploma
• 91 of the 2004 graduates attended college

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Distribution of 2004 Graduates
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Analysis of students who did not earn a Regents
Diploma (36 students)

• The following two areas were taken into
• consideration
• Regents Diploma Deficiencies
• Did not complete third unit of Regents level math
• Did not complete third unit of Regents level
  science
• Did not complete three units of language

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Entrance into the Harborfields Central School
District

• Of the 36 local diplomas awarded
• approximately 61 were not continuously enrolled
• approximately 50 of the students received
  special
• education/AIS support services

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Advanced Placement Highlights
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Advanced Placement Scholars

• Scholar
• Earning an average score of 3 on at least 3 exams
• Honor
• Earning an average score of 3.25 on at least 5
  exam
• Distinction
• Earning an average score of 3.5 on at least 5
  exams
• National
• Earning an average score of at least 4 on 8 exams

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Awards and Recognitions

• Two high school students were named National
• Merit Finalists
• One student scored in the top 5 of the nation on
  the American Mathematics Competition
• Thirteen students were selected to participate in
  the Huntington Arts Council Photography Show
• Four high school student musicians were selected
  to participate in the 2004 NYSSMA All State
  Conference Performing Ensembles
• Two students were selected to participate in the
  Musical Educators National Conference All Eastern
  Division
• Eleven athletic teams attained scholar athlete
  recognition
• Of the 459 exams administered to 214 students
  enrolled in Advanced Placement courses, 79
  attained a score of three or higher

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Conclusion

• Although these represent specific highlights, we
  also recognize that we need to continue to work
  on enhancing these results through curriculum
  alignment and staff development.

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At this time, I would like to thank

• Mr. David Bennardo, Principal
• Harborfields High School
• Mrs. Irene Berkowitz, Principal
• Washington Drive Primary School
• Mr. Ken Card, Assistant Principal
• Oldfield Middle School
• Mr. Wayne Cronk, Assistant Principal
• Oldfield Middle School
• Mr. Tom Gellert, Director of Music and Art
• Mrs. Joanne Giordano, Principal
• Oldfield Middle School
• Mr. Robert Kelly, Assistant Principal
• Harborfields High School

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• Ms. Victoria Melone
• Director of Pupil Personnel Services
• Mr. Cliff Odell, Assistant Principal
• Harborfields High School
• Mr. Michael Saidens, Assistant Principal
• Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School
• Ms. Florence Tuzzi, Principal
• Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School
• Ms. Karlene Tyson, Director of Guidance
• Mr. John Valente, Director of Physical Education,
  Health and Athletics

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• Mrs. Rosemarie Perretti, Teacher
• Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School
• Mrs. Jennifer Scott, Teacher
• Oldfield Middle School
• Mrs. Meredythe Woerner, Teacher
• Oldfield Middle School

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• Thank you.