School+Improvement+Data+Analysis

School Improvement Data Analysis Assignment: 1. According to the IIRC, what percentage of district students were of African-American decent in the 2008-2009 school year? 1.4 Percent 2. According to the IIRC, what percentage of students were of Hispanic decent at your School? 4.8 Percent 3. In the year 2000, what percentage of students met/exceeded in third grade on the reading ISAT? 80 Percent 4. What is the (percentage) difference between the Caucasian to African American performance on the 2004 math ISAT? None the African American population was too small. 5. What percentage correct did the 8th grade students achieve on the vocabulary section of the 2004 ISAT? No data for 2004 6. Do you notice any trends in reading? Any in math? After looking at the data for reading I have noticed that we do have some students who are below grade level, but by the time they reached 5th grade for the older data 2000-2006 these same students had brought themselves up to grade level reading. In the later data sets it shows a few students below in third grade and by fourth grade scores had risen. Overall our reading scores are on the high end. The math scores are high buy not as high as our reading. In Math our third grade had a large portion of students in the exceedes catagory. By fifth grade the number of exceeds falls. Our meets numbers are still good they don't drop into the warning area. 7. Do you know of any changes in the district/building that may have impacted test scores?

8. Is your building making AYP? If not, do you know why? Yes our building is making the AYP for every year. 9. How do your 5th grade low income students compare to a local district in reading? They compare favorably to a school in a nearby community. They have over twice the population of low income compared to ours. We have a higher percentage of students in the exceeds expectations. Our school has 20% to their 6%. 10. Based on student performance, what would you recommend for P.D. to help teachers/students in these improve? We have strong scores in Reading and Math but our scores in Writing have the least amount of students in the exceeds section. It is also the section where we have a measurable percentage of students not meeting expectations.