Brockton Public Schools
November 17, 2009
State Growth Model
2006-09 Trends
AYP Results
2009 School Committee Presentation
Brockton Public Schools
2009 School Committee Presentation
•Accomplishments
•Concerns
AYP Results
•Gap Analysis
•Subgroup Performance
•Comparable Districts
2006-09 Trends
•Introduction
•Comparable Districts
State Growth Model
Brockton Public Schools
AYPAccomplishments
Brockton makes AYP in Aggregate for ELA & Math
BHS makes AYP in both ELA and math in the aggregate and for all
subgroups!
North and South Middle School & Arnone make AYP in Aggregate and all
subgroups for ELA
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18 Ways to Miss AYP
Brockton High School ELA
6 Targets3 Categories
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AYP Challenges
No status change for the district
No positive status
change for schools.
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AYP Success in the Aggregate, Challenge with Subgroups
Adequate Yearly Progress History
NCLB Status 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
ELA
Aggregate Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Corrective Action - Subgroups
All Subgroups - - No No No No No No No
MATH
Aggregate Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Corrective Action - Subgroups
All Subgroups - - No No No No No No No
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2006-09 Trends
Accomplishments
Grades 7, 8, 10 Showed strong improvement in ELA.
Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 showed strong improvement in Math
Concerns
Grade 3 ELA trending down.
Grades 4, 5, 6 flat in ELA
Grade 3 Math Down Sharply
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ELA CPI Aggregate BPS vs. State
2006 2007 2008 200968
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
84.485.8 85.2
86.5
75.1
77.0 76.677.7
9.3
8.8
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Decreasing the Gap with the state 2006-09 ELA CPI
Grade 7
5.4 points
Grade 8
10.4 points
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Closing in on the state ELA CPI
Grade 8
3.9 point gap
Grade 10
3.1 point gap
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Grade 3 ELA 2006-09 BPS Vs State
2006 2007 2008 200965.0
67.0
69.0
71.0
73.0
75.0
77.0
79.0
81.0
83.0
85.083.4 83.5
81.582.6
76.6
72.5
69.7 69
8 Point Drop
.8 Drop
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2009 Highest ELA CPI
Brockton Lynn Worcester Fall River New Bedford Lowell Boston Lawrence Springfield State60.0
65.0
70.0
75.0
80.0
85.0
90.0
77.776.5
75.6 75.574.2 74.2 74.1
71.670.9
86.5
8.8
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Grade 3 ELA
N. Bedfd. Lynn Fall River Springfield Lawrence Worcester Brockton Lowell Boston state55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
75.273.3
70.5 70.3 70.1 69.868.6 68.2
66.3
82.6
14
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Grade 10 CPI
Brockton Fall River Worcester Lowell Boston Lynn N. Bedfd. Springfield Lawrence state70
75
80
85
90
95
89.1
86.5 86.285.3 84.6 83.9
81.5
77.9
74.3
92.23.1
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Math CPI Aggregate BPS vs. State
2006 2007 2008 200960
62
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
72.5
76.277.7
78.5
60.9
65.6
67.5 67.111.6
11.4
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Decreasing the Gap with the state 2006-09 MTH CPI
•3.4 points
Grade 7
•6.5 points
Grade 8
•1.9 points
Grade 10
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Grade 3 CPI Math
1 2 3 450.0
55.0
60.0
65.0
70.0
75.0
80.0
85.0
78.080.3
81.5 81.4
72.470.5
74.9
66.8
8 point Drop
BPS State
3.5 point gain
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Grade 6 Math CPI
Brockton Lowell Worcester N. Bedfd. Lynn Fall River Boston Lawrence Springfield State45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
70.1 69.2 69.1 68.4
65.6
62.460.6
53.6 52.7
78.2
8.1
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Grade 3
Lynn N. Bedfd. Worcester Springfield Lawrence Brockton Fall River Lowell Boston state55
60
65
70
75
80
85
73.1 73.1
68.5 67.9 67.1 66.8
64.4 64.3 63.6
81.4
14.6
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2009 Highest District Math CPI
Brockton Lynn Worcester New Bedford Lowell Boston Fall River Springfield Lawrence State50.0
55.0
60.0
65.0
70.0
75.0
80.0
67.166.9
66.2 65.764.9
64.063.0
57.3 57.3
78.5
11.4
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ELA Standouts
Grade 8 2006 2007 2008 200906-09 Gain
Brockton 74 81.1 83.1 87.2 13.2
Fall River 77.2 81.3 80.6 84 6.8
Lowell 75.3 78.9 78.7 82.8 7.5
Lynn 78.1 79.8 82.5 82.3 4.2
Worcester 73.6 79.2 79.7 82.3 8.7
Boston 77.7 79.5 79.2 81.5 3.8
Lawrence 72.6 77.1 75.2 78.1 5.5
N. Bedfd. 76.6 79.8 78.1 78.1 1.5
Springfield 70.1 69.4 69.5 74.9 4.8
Grade 10 2006 2007 2008 200906-09 Gain
Brockton 84 83.2 88 89.1 5.1
Fall River 72.6 81.4 79.2 86.5 13.9
Worcester 75.3 79.3 82.6 86.2 10.9
Lowell 76.4 78.9 81.4 85.3 8.9
Boston 76.5 78.1 82.3 84.6 8.1
Lynn 77.2 78.1 82.7 83.9 6.7
N. Bedfd. 74.3 74.5 78.2 81.5 7.2
Springfield 67.3 69.7 77.5 77.9 10.6
Lawrence 61.4 61.9 69.2 74.3 12.9
Grade 6 2006 2007 2008 200906-09 Gain
Brockton 78.9 78.9 78.2 77.6 -1.3
Lynn 78 76.5 79.3 75.7 -2.3
Worcester 74.6 76.8 77.9 75.1 0.5
Lowell 69.3 73.7 73.8 74.6 5.3
Boston 67.7 70.9 72.8 72.2 4.5
Fall River 71.9 76.4 73.6 71.9 0
N. Bedfd. 71.9 72.2 74.8 69.6 -2.3
Lawrence 66.3 67 67.2 68.4 2.1
Springfield 63.8 64.2 66.5 65.7 1.9
Grade 7 2006 2007 2008 200906-09 Gain
Brockton 71.6 77.7 79 80.5 8.9
Worcester 68.7 74 74.4 78.5 9.8
Fall River 73.6 76.1 77.9 77.4 3.8
Lynn 74.2 77.5 75 77.1 2.9
Boston 72.1 74.6 75.7 76.5 4.4
Lowell 69.8 72.7 75.6 76.2 6.4
N. Bedfd. 73.2 73.8 71.5 73.4 0.2
Lawrence 69.7 70.4 72.8 72.7 3
Springfield 63.2 65.6 66.2 71.1 7.9
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Math Standouts
Grade 6 2006 2007 2008 200906-09 Gain
Brockton 63.2 68.7 69.8 70.1 6.9
Lowell 49 60.1 63 69.2 20.2
Worcester 60.5 64.3 69.7 69.1 8.6
N. Bedfd. 58.7 58 69.8 68.4 9.7
Lynn 60.4 63.4 70.3 65.6 5.2
Fall River 54.3 56.6 62.4 62.4 8.1
Boston 50.2 57.4 59.8 60.6 10.4
Lawrence 45.6 49.7 53.4 53.6 8
Springfield 40.5 43.7 50.5 52.7 12.2
Grade 7 2006 2007 2008 200906-09 Gain
Brockton 50.9 57.4 56.4 61.5 10.6
Lowell 51.6 52.8 59 60.2 8.6
Fall River 47.3 50.9 55.5 60 12.7
Worcester 49.8 54 52.9 59.4 9.6
Boston 52.4 54.2 56.9 57.8 5.4
Lynn 51.8 58.4 56.4 57.3 5.5
N. Bedfd. 48.9 51.3 53 55.2 6.3
Lawrence 40.5 49 44.6 48.7 8.2
Springfield 37.2 39.2 40.4 47.5 10.3
Grade 8 2006 2007 2008 200906-09 Gain
Lowell 46.8 57 56.6 59.3 12.5
Brockton 46.1 55.8 58.9 59.1 13
Lynn 51.5 53.3 56.9 57.5 6
Fall River 45.1 50.7 56.4 57.2 12.1
Boston 51.7 56.4 59.3 56.9 5.2
Worcester 46.5 52.7 53 56.3 9.8
N. Bedfd. 48.3 52.7 52 52.8 4.5
Lawrence 42.1 47.5 48.3 45.7 3.6
Springfield 39.5 39.2 42.4 41.1 1.6
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2006-09 Trend Summary
Accomplishments
Highest overall CPI in both ELA and Math
Grades 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 rank #1 in ELA
Grades 6, 7 rank # 1 in Math
Concerns
Grade 3 ELA and math trending down in relative and
absolute terms
Grades 4, 5, 6 flat in ELA
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Subgroup Achievement Gap
Accomplishments
Hispanic Subgroup higher than state Hispanic average
for ELA and Math
Most subgroups are close to state average for that subgroup
BPS at or near the top for most subgroups with comparable districts
Concerns
SPED roughly 10 CPI points lower than state average
BPS Hispanic outperformance relative to state average is
decreasing
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ELA CPI SPED BPS vs. State
2006 2007 2008 200950
52
54
56
58
60
62
64
66
68
70
65.766.7
65.9
67.8
55.453.9 54.3
55.4
10.3 12.4
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BPS Hispanic Math CPI higher than State Hispanic Average!
Brockton Lynn New Bedford Boston Worcester Lawrence Fall River Lowell Springfield State Totals50
52
54
56
58
60
62
64
62.7
61.660.6
60
56.2 55.8
54.5
52.8 52.5
61.4
HISP MTH+ 1.3
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BPS Hispanic ELA CPI 2009 higher than State Hispanic Average
Brockton Lynn Lawrence Boston New Bedford Worcester Springfield Fall River Lowell State Totals60
62
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
73.5
71.570.6 70.2
67.767
6665.3
64.8
72.6
+.9
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LEP Math 2009
Boston Lynn Lowell Worcester Brockton Lawrence New Bedford Fall River Springfield State Totals40
45
50
55
60
65
58.8 58.557.8
54 53.6
51.650.3
48.8
43.8
59.25.3 point gap
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2009 LEP ELA CPI
Lowell Lynn Boston Worcester Lawrence Brockton Fall River New Bedford Springfield State Totals50
52
54
56
58
60
62
64
66
68
70
65.4
63.562.7
60.2 59.858.8
56.3 55.9
52.7
64.8
6 point gap
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Summing up Subgroups
• Overall performance is relatively strong in both ELA and MathSubgroups
• Apples to apples comparison
SPED
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State Growth Model: Student Growth Percentile (SGP)
Academic Peer Group
Each student is compared to students with a similar
score history
Percentiles
State Growth Percentile is always 50
70th percentile means better than 70 %
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Growth to grade 7: Three students
92226214214Ivy
25244248248Harry
35230230230Gina
SGP2009
Grade 72009
Grade 62008
Grade 52007
Academic Peer Group
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Interpreting student growth percentiles
Gina’s SGP was 35. This means her score in grade 7 was higher than 35 percent of her academic peers (and less than 65 percent).
– Is that amount of growth typical?
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
35
Percent of students
Lower growth Higher growthTypical growth
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Seeking the Northeast Quadrant
Lo Performance, Hi Growth Hi Performance Hi growth
Lo Performance, Lo Growth Hi Performance, Lo Growth
Performance (CPI)
Growth SGP
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2006-09 SGP Trend Summary
Accomplishments
Grades 8, 10 rank #1 in ELA
Grade 7 rank # 2 but outgained all in Math
Concerns
Grades 4, 5, 6 ranked # 3, 6, 4 respectively in ELA
Grades 4, 5 declined substantially in MTH
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Grade 8 ELA SGP vs. CPI
70 75 80 85 90 9540
45
50
55
60
50
59
45
58
49
59
45
51.5
44
52
CPI
SGP
growth
Performance
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Grade 10 ELA CPI Vs SGP
75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 9530
40
50
60
70
80
90
50
78
48
61
44
50
4841
CPI
SGP
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Conclusions
•#1 in ELA and Math for comparable urban districts
•Growth rates in Math potential concern
Comparable Performance
•Middle & High School Strong in ELA
•Middle & High School relatively strong in Math
Trends
•Careful review of early elementary performance
•Sharing & learning from our remarkable successes
Next Steps
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State Growth Model
2006-09 Trends
AYP Results
2009 School Committee Presentation
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