Orange County Public Schools

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Orange County Public Schools Ronald
Blocker Superintendent of Schools
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OCPS HISPANIC STUDENTS DROPOUT RATES HAVE
CONSISTENTLY GONE DOWN
  OCPS Hispanic Dropout Rate OCPS Hispanic Dropout Rate OCPS Hispanic Dropout Rate OCPS Hispanic Dropout Rate  
OCPS Students in Grades 9-12 2002-03 School Year 2003-04 School Year 2004-05 School Year 2005-06 School Year
Hispanic 4.9 3.2 2.6 2.1
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HISPANIC STUDENTS SHOW HIGHEST INCREASE IN
TAKING ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS
NUMBER OF EXAMS THAT SCORED 3, 4, 5 (Duplicated Count) NUMBER OF EXAMS THAT SCORED 3, 4, 5 (Duplicated Count) NUMBER OF EXAMS THAT SCORED 3, 4, 5 (Duplicated Count) NUMBER OF EXAMS THAT SCORED 3, 4, 5 (Duplicated Count) NUMBER OF EXAMS THAT SCORED 3, 4, 5 (Duplicated Count) NUMBER OF EXAMS THAT SCORED 3, 4, 5 (Duplicated Count) NUMBER OF EXAMS THAT SCORED 3, 4, 5 (Duplicated Count) NUMBER OF EXAMS THAT SCORED 3, 4, 5 (Duplicated Count) NUMBER OF EXAMS THAT SCORED 3, 4, 5 (Duplicated Count)
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Change In Increase
Asian 224 251 257 260 335 447 496 558 122.3
Hispanic 273 241 319 341 505 722 787 953 295.4
Black 56 86 77 101 179 190 212 288 234.9
White 975 1,014 1,116 1,332 1,551 1,912 2,438 2,859 182.0
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FCAT READING IMPROVEMENT STEADILY INCREASING
FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS IN 3RD GRADE
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FCAT READING IMPROVEMENT STEADILY INCREASING
FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS IN 7th GRADE
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FCAT READING IMPROVEMENT STEADILY INCREASING
FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS IN 10th GRADE
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ENSURING POSTSECONDARY HISPANIC STUDENTS
ADVANCEMENTS

• 1,542 Hispanic students in Career and Technical
  Education programs.
• 1,261 Hispanic students earned college
  credits/Tech Prep program. 
• 6,500 Hispanic students enrolled in ESOL classes
  through Adult Education programs.
• 1,261 ELL enrolled in Career and Technical
  Education programs.

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EXCEEDING STANDARDS USING COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
ENRICHMENT

• OCPS is proud to exhibit the highest academic
  learning gains for ELL students in comparison to
  other Florida districts.
• Assistance through 104 FTE funding supported by
  research-based and effective practices.
• Instructional models
• Two Way Developmental Bilingual
• One Way Developmental Bilingual
• Sheltered Instruction
• Language Arts through ESOL

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Soar To Victory Recognition Program for ELL
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Soar to Victory Recognition Awards

• ELL students nominated grades K-12
• One nominee from each OCPS school
• 54 final candidates recognized for outstanding
  merit
• Students recognized for overcoming obstacles
• language barriers
• cultural barriers
• academic barriers

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It is because we are part of a larger world that
to me respecting diversity is important. Because
people are human beings--when you respect
diversity, you respect humanity.
Ronald Blocker Superintendent of Schools Orange
County Public Schools