DPS Progress under the Denver Plan Reforms
September, 2011
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We have increased by almost 500 graduates over the past 2 years!
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DPS Graduates 2006-2011
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AP Course Trend Number of students taking AP courses has been
increasing
1,475 1,325
1,773
2,095
2,767
3,063
3,329
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011
Number of Students Enrolled in AP Courses
AP Enrollment Up by 2000 Students
Since 2005-06
Dropout Rate Down by 40% Since 2005-06
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11.1% 10.4%
7.5% 7.4%
6.4%
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
DPS Enrollment Booms
• These charts exclude Connections Academy from all years
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72,437 72,490 72,188 72,565 72,652 73,013 73,503 74,564
77,292
79,423
80,956
DPS Enrollment Since 2001
Average MGP for FRL v. Paid in state
6
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
F&RL (state)
Paid (state
Math MGP for 10 Largest Districts
7
43
47
50
49
51
53
54
40
45
50
55
60
65
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Math Adams 12 Five StarSchools - 0020Adams-Arapahoe 28j -0180Boulder Valley Re 2 -0480Cherry Creek 5 - 0130
Colorado Springs 11 -1010Denver County 1 -0880Douglas County Re 1 -0900Jefferson County R-1 -1420Poudre R-1 - 1550
St Vrain Valley Re 1j -0470
Reading MGP for 10 Largest Districts
8
44
49
46
53
50
55
52
40
45
50
55
60
65
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Reading Adams 12 Five StarSchools - 0020Adams-Arapahoe 28j -0180Boulder Valley Re 2 -0480Cherry Creek 5 - 0130
Colorado Springs 11 -1010Denver County 1 - 0880
Douglas County Re 1 -0900Jefferson County R-1 -1420Poudre R-1 - 1550
St Vrain Valley Re 1j -0470
Writing MGP for 10 Largest Districts
9
46
48
49
52
54
53 53
40
45
50
55
60
65
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Writing Adams 12 Five StarSchools - 0020Adams-Arapahoe 28j -0180Boulder Valley Re 2 -0480Cherry Creek 5 - 0130
Colorado Springs 11 -1010Denver County 1 - 0880
Douglas County Re 1 -0900Jefferson County R-1 -1420Poudre R-1 - 1550
St Vrain Valley Re 1j -0470
Average MGP in 2010 and 2011
10
42.00
43.00
44.00
45.00
46.00
47.00
48.00
49.00
50.00
51.00
52.00
53.00
54.00
55.00
Adams 12 AuroraPublic
Schools
BoulderValley
CherryCreek
ColoradoSprings
11
DenverPublic
Schools
DouglasCounty
JeffersonCounty
PoudreValley
St Vrain
2010
2011
• DPS is the top district in MGP in 2010 and 2011 among the 10 largest in Colorado.
Average MGP for High-Poverty Districts
11
44
48 48
51 52
54 53
35
40
45
50
55
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Adams-Arapahoe 28j - 0180
Colorado Springs 11 - 1010
Denver County 1 - 0880
Greeley 6 - 3120
Harrison 2 - 0980
Pueblo City 60 - 2690
Westminster 50 - 0070
99/00-2005 Change in Proficiency- matched grade levels only
4%
6%
-6%
7%
9%
5%
15%
8%
Mathematics** Reading*** Science** Writing***
Change in CSAP % Proficient or Above from 1999/2000 to 2005
District 1999/2000-2005 State 1999/2000-2005
*DPS results excluded for state data **Math and Science: 2000 (Grade 8 only) through 2005 (Grade 8 only) ***Reading and Writing: 1999 (Grades 4 and 7 only) through 2005 (Grades 4 and 7 only)
6-Year Growth in Proficiency Outpaces State
13 * DPS excluded in state data
12%
9%
8%
9%
4%
1%
-3%
0%
Mathematics Reading Science Writing
Change in CSAP % Proficient or Above Since 2005
District 2005-2011 State* 2005-2011
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Denver Plan Middle School CSAP Performance, 2005-2011
37%
50%
32%
43%
23%
42%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
% P
rofi
cie
nt
and
ab
ove
Reading Writing Math
+11 pts
+19 pts
+13 pts
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Reading SES Gap
27%
31% 30%
33% 34% 37% 36%
57%
67%
63% 67%
70%
77% 75%
43%
47% 47% 49% 50%
53% 52%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Pe
rce
nt
pro
fici
en
t o
r ab
ove
Free (2011 n = 26593)
Paid (2011 n = 12793)
Reduced (2011 n = 2932)
Lunch Status
Closing the Achievement Gap
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2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Gap between Asian / Caucasian andAfrican-American
33.6% 34.4% 35.2% 35.0% 34.6% 31.3% 31.0%
Gap between Asian / Caucasian andHispanic
38.7% 39.3% 38.4% 37.7% 35.5% 33.1% 35.3%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
45.0%
2010 Denver Plan Goals Denver Plan Goals 2010 2011
Full-day Kindergarten access Met goal Met goal
3rd Grade CSAP proficiency Did not meet Partially met
Students scoring above state median for growth Met goal Did not meet
Achievement gap Did not meet Did not meet
Cohort proficiency rates on CSAP Partially met Partially met
Percentage of students scoring unsatisfactory on CSAP Did not meet Did not meet
Students scoring 20+ on ACT Did not meet Did not meet
English language learners’ performance on CELA Met goal Met goal
AP Enrollment Met goal Met goal
AP Tests Taken Met goal Met goal
AP Tests Passed Met goal Met goal
School success measured by SPF Did not meet Not Available
Concurrent enrollment in College Courses Met goal Not Available
DPS Enrollment Met goal Not Available
DPS Re-enrollment Met goal Not Available
College Enrollment Did not meet Not Available
Graduation Rate Met goal Not Available
Dropout Rate Met goal Not Available 17
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