WASA Summer Conference2009

Who's Failing School

Who Are Schools Failing

Everett Public Schools

Terry EdwardsChief Academic OfficerTEdwards@everettsd.org(425) 385-4050

JoAnne FabianDirector of On-Time GraduationJFabian@everettsd.org(425) 385-4070

The Problem

– How do we ensure that every student graduates from high school ?

– In 2004 OSPI reported Everett’s graduation rate as 53%

The Answer

• Graduation Task Force 2003-04

• On Time Graduation Committee 2004-present

Graduation Rates reported by OSPI including this year’s preliminary numbers

Year

Everett School District

CHS EHS JHS SHS

2003-04 53% 64% 59% 71% 3%

2004-05 61% 64% 69% 78% 10%

2005-06 67% 67.4% 82% 80% 8%

2006-07 79.6% 80.2% 86.1% 87.7% 36.6%

2007-08 79.2% 79.2% 84.1% 86% 40.8%

2008-09* 81.1% 87.2% 77.3% 88.4% 32.0%

*Graduation rates are based on the prior year graduation class i.e. 08-09 data is based on graduation class of 2008. Data for 08-09 is preliminary.

Graduation Rate = Graduates (N)Cohort (D)

Active students currently enrolled

+ Dropouts

= Class Cohort

= Active Students

Students On Track+ Students Off Track

+ Completers (C-1)

+ Dropouts

+ Unknowns (P210)

= NCBL Drop Outs

Myths of Student Achievement and Their Impacts on High School

Graduation Rates

Myth 1: The data we provide to OSPI and the reports generated from that data are accurate

Summary of C’s, D’s, U’s2004-05 through 2008-08

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08Cs 2 5 1 2 8 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 7 6 5 5 0 1 0 0 18 17 9 7Ds 15 3 0 1 26 35 20 16 16 20 44 9 72 24 5 28 5 1 0 1 134 83 69 55Us 148 119 95 85 22 37 57 84 65 39 16 17 251 96 119 94 24 33 10 5 510 324 297 285

Total: 165 127 96 88 56 75 78 100 82 61 62 26 330 126 129 127 29 35 10 6 662 424 375 347Decrease from prior year 38 31 8 21 36 204 2 25 4 238 49 28Increase from prior year 19 3 22 1 3 6

*Others = 7th & 8th Grades & Home School. Doesn't include Goal, PASS and Denney.

Above information is extracted from the P210 Enrollment Reports.

Others* TotalCHS EHS JHS SHS

• Myth 2: Students that fail classes are unmotivated and impacted by non school issues

All SchoolsFINC Summary for Non Duplicated Individuals

Semester 1 2009

1 2 3 4 5 6 TotalCHS 270 133 48 24 28 21 524EHS 215 115 69 44 45 38 526JHS 217 89 50 29 14 21 420Total 703 339 170 101 92 86 1491

• 1491 individuals received at least 1 F• 47% of these individuals (703) only received 1 F• 23% of the individuals (339) received 2 F’s

3/26/09 Pentamation

• Myth 3: Students that fail do not work in class

First Semester 2009

% of F # of F's % of F's Given59-55 353 21%54-50 218 13%49-45 165 10%44-40 168 10%39-35 150 9%34-30 130 8%29-25 86 5%24-20 91 6%19-15 82 5%14-10 50 3%nine - five 57 3%four-zero 93 6%Total 1643

First Semester 2009

% of F # of F's% of F's

Given59 93 16%58 69 12%57 74 13%56 65 11%55 52 9%54 49 9%53 44 8%52 43 8%51 42 7%50 40 7%

Total 571

• Myth 4: Students grades are directly related to student attendance

Attendance and F DataDays Absent Number of F's Percent F's0 Days 31 1%1 - 5 260 11%6 - 10 344 15%11 - 15 294 13%16 - 20 259 11%21 - 25 216 9%26 - 30 163 7%31 - 35 121 5%36 - 40 105 5%41 - 45 89 4%46 - 50 78 3%Over 50 321 14%

2281Semester 1 2009

• Myth 5: Discipline is a significant factor in school failure

Discipline Incidents and F DataSemester 1 2009

Discipline# of FINC 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

0 4941 173 102 21 18 4 1 1 0 1 52621 594 43 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 6652 258 35 14 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 3163 128 14 8 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 1584 77 7 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 985 54 8 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 786 41 8 8 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 67

Total 6093 288 172 44 29 10 3 3 0 2 6644

• Discipline:– Emergency Expulsion / Expulsion– Short & Long Term Suspension– In-School Suspension

• 1382 Individual students received at least 1 F– 83% of the students that got at least 1 F had no serious discipline

incidents

• Myth 6: Students that fail classes lack basic skills

Board Procedure 2410 allows students that have previously failed a course in the same academic area to recover credit by meeting mastery on a WASL subtest.

WASL Credits Retrieved by Year

2007 2008 2009 Total CreditsEnglish 165.5 152.5 180 498Math 51 34.5 83 168.5Science 19.5 14 14.5 48Total Credits 236 201 277.5 714.5

6/15/09 Pentamation

• Myth 7: The WASL is a significant Barrier to Graduation – WASL is a destroyer of Electives

Everett School DistrictClass of 2009

1176 Active Students 05/12/09

Reading

21 NOT MET

181 15%

974 MET

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135 MET

995 85%

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District Data May 12, 2009

Everett School DistrictClass of 2009

1176 Active Students 05/12/09

Writing

28 NOT MET

181 15%

967 MET

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139 MET

995 85%

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District Data May 12, 2009

Everett School DistrictClass of 2009

1176 Active Students 05/12/09

Mathematics

129 NOT MET

181 15%

866 MET

96

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ELL

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80 MET

995 85%

BASIC

ELL

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87% 13%

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93%

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6%

19%

97%

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District Data May 12, 2009

• Myth 8: If you increase academic Rigor student performance will decline.

Enrollment in MS Algebra & Geometry2004-2009

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MS Algebra 364 418 489 379 826 774

MS Geometry 21 64 43 70

Total MS Challenge Math

364 418 510 443 869 844

HS Enrollment in Basic (Regular) Math2004-2009

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

HS Algebra 817 1140 848 1722 2045 1061

HS Geometry 713 1058 1061 1602 1502 1589

Algebra II 442 760 804 989 1099 1096

Total HS Basic Math 1972 2958 2713 4313 4646 3746

Enrollment in Advanced Math at High School

2004-2009

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Precalculus 205 340 377 376 472 510

Calculus/AP 47 145 141 163 167 219

Statistics/AP 0 48 37 59 119 122

Total HS Advanced 364 418 510 443 869 844

Math Enrollment Trends2004 - 2009

MS Challenging MathAlgebra & Geometry

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Everett Public SchoolsComprehensive High Schools

Class of 2010 (Fall 2008)

Mathematics Class Enrollment Total & PercentageSPED - Math 57 144Algebra 76 10%Algebra Support 11

Geometry 197 19714%

Algebra II 625 706COE 66 51%SAT 15

College Review Albegra 8 327Precalculus 263 24%Calculus (AP) 43Statistics (AP) 13

Total Enrollment 1374

2009 Student Cohort

• Challenging Course Offerings:

Course Enrollments 2005 - 2009

  CHS EHS JHS SHS Total

AP 585 216 725 0 1526

COL in HS 1366 773 910 27 3076

Honors 411 1295 587 0 2293

Run Start 204 206 289 2 701

Tech Prep 300 284 338 67 989

Pentamation data 5/18/09

2009 Student Cohort• College Ready Status:

Four Year Washington State College

  Total Population

English 4.0

Credits

% English Ready

Math 3.0 Credits

% Math Ready

Science 3.0

Credits

% Science Ready

Social Studies

3.0 Credits

% Social Studies Ready

World Language

2.0 Credits

% World Language

Ready

CHS 395 276 70% 352 89% 341 86% 348 88% 191 48%

EHS 292 209 72% 270 92% 150 51% 250 86% 107 37%

JHS 426 309 73% 372 87% 318 75% 379 89% 199 47%

SHS 50 17 34% 27 54% 3 6% 14 28% 2 4%

District 1163 811 70% 1021 88% 812 70% 991 85% 499 43%

  Total Population

English 4.0

Credits

% English Ready

Math 3.0 Credits

% Math Ready

Science 2.0

Credits

% Science Ready

Social Studies

3.0 Credits

% Social Studies Ready

World Language

2.0 Credits

% World Language

Ready

CHS 395 276 70% 352 89% 362 92% 348 88% 191 48%

EHS 292 209 72% 270 92% 269 92% 250 86% 107 37%

JHS 426 309 73% 372 87% 411 96% 379 89% 199 47%

SHS 50 17 34% 27 54% 32 64% 14 28% 2 4%

District 1163 811 70% 1021 88% 1074 92% 991 85% 499 43%

Pentamation data 5/18/09

• Myth 9: Students make up missing credits during summer school.

R-Y-G Summer School 2008

Number of Credits 3.5↓ 4-5.5 6.0↑ 9.5↓ 10-11.5

12.0↑ 15.5↓ 16-17.5

18.0↑ 15.5↓ 16-17.5

18↑

Before Summer School

15 19 77 111 30 9 78 117 37 36 192 265 11 0 19 30 93 64 366 523

Number of Credits 3.5↓ 4-5.5 6.0↑ 9.5↓ 10-11.5

12.0↑ 15.5↓ 16-17.5

18.0↑ 15.5↓ 16-17.5

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After Summer School 11 14 86 111 30 8 79 117 33 30 202 265 11 0 19 30 85 52 386 523

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• 70% of summer participants are not credit deficit.

• Of those credit deficit only 13% recovered enough credit to get out of credit deficit.

9/4/08 Pentamation

• Myth 10: Principals can not impact graduation rates

Everett Public SchoolsOn-Time Graduation Task Force

2008-09 Goals

1. All high schools will fully implement the Academic Tracker system including 4-year plans, course requests and scheduling functions.

2. All high schools will implement the new Transcript Evaluation form and all Red/Yellow students will develop Graduation Plans which include one-on-one conference with the student and when possible, the parent.

3. Each comprehensive high school will have at least 100 students not at standard in mathematics take the SAT/ACT Math assessment or submit a completed Collection of Evidence Portfolio to OSPI. Sequoia High School will submit 50 complete collections of evidence portfolios to OSPI.

4. Each high school will develop and implement a plan to re-engage super seniors and help them graduate during 2008-09.

Everett Public SchoolsOn-Time Graduation Task Force

2008-09 Goals

5. Each Comprehensive High School will reduce the number of non-graduates by 10% for the Class of 2009. SHS will achieve a 50% extended graduation rate.

6. The district graduation rate for students classified as special education, low income and ELL will each reach 75% and each Comprehensive High School will be 80% and SHS will be 50%.

7. All high schools will implement an Academic Support Center that will serve to focus on on-time graduation efforts at the school.

Everett Public SchoolsHigh School Graduate Goal*

2009

School District’s

Target Goal

School’s Target Goal

June 2009 Graduates

Final August

2009 Grads

H.M. Jackson High School

378 411 402

Cascade High School

362 363 364

Everett High School

240 262 253

Sequoia High School

27 43 49

Home School Program

N/A 3 3

TOTAL 1007 1082 1071

*January 7, 2009 On-Time Graduation goal estimate for June 2009 graduates

Graduation Rates reported by OSPI including this year’s preliminary numbers

Year

Everett School District

CHS EHS JHS SHS

2003-04 53% 64% 59% 71% 3%

2004-05 61% 64% 69% 78% 10%

2005-06 67% 67.4% 82% 80% 8%

2006-07 79.6% 80.2% 86.1% 87.7% 36.6%

2007-08 79.2% 79.2% 84.1% 86% 40.8%

2008-09* 81.1% 87.2% 77.3% 88.4% 32.0%

*Graduation rates are based on the prior year graduation class i.e. 08-09 data is based on graduation class of 2008. Data for 08-09 is preliminary.

Steps to Improve Your Graduation Rate

1. Verify dataYour Process / Your Data

2. Intervene with active studentsCommunication / Data Systems / Program Assistance

Credit Recover / Partnerships

3. Drop-out recovery with inactive studentsWho / Where / Why / How

Questions?