Amesbury's Accountability Report: Key Findings and Analysis
The accountability report for Amesbury highlights important insights regarding the district's performance, challenges, and areas of growth. Key points include the diverse criteria used to determine accountability levels beyond MCAS scores, the trajectory of growth overall, and the challenges in meeting the needs of high-needs students. The report also compares results with similar districts and evaluates if targets were met for all students. Changes from the previous year are analyzed, emphasizing shifts in accountability levels across different schools in the district.
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Amesburys Accountability Report 01/05/2016
Four Major Points: 1) Accountability levels do NOT = MCAS scores alone accountability levels are determined by seven other criteria. 2) DESE s Dart Chart is the best model to use when comparing Amesbury s results with other like districts. 3) The district overall is on a trajectory of GROWTH 4) The district s greatest challenge is in meeting the needs of the high needs population.
What are Accountability Levels Based Upon? MCAS Scores MCAS Participation Rates Narrowing Proficiency Gaps for ALL Students Graduation Rates Drop-out Rates Student Growth Extra Credit
Did Amesbury Meet Its Target for All Students and High Needs Students? Amesbury High School met the target for both ALL students as well as high needs. Amesbury Middle School and Cashman Elementary School did not meet the target for either ALL students or high needs students. AES met the target for high needs students but did not meet the target for ALL students by three points.
Dart Analysis of Similar Districts Amesbury - 2014 District Assistance Level - Level 2 *Districts most similar to your district in terms of grades span,total enrollment,and special populations. Comparable Districts Overview Orange-Shaded row: Your district Blue-Shaded row: Highest performing of the other 10 districts (based on 2014 data). 2014-15 October Enrollment Total Enrollmen t # (2014) 2015 MCAS % Proficient or Higher 2015 Median Student Growth Percentile Low Income % District Name Amesbury * Amherst- Pelham* Ashburnha m- Westminst er* Bellingha m* Dedham* 2,776 SWD % ELL % ELA % Math % Science % ELA Math 2,280 26.5 19.7 1.5 74% 63% 61% 47 47 1,441 27.3 19.8 4.3 86% 75% 78% 54 57 2,349 21.4 17.6 1.6 61% 2,381 22.5 27.7 16.8 19.1 1.3 5.2 62% 66% 76% 70% 45 50 Falmouth* 3,547 Millbury* 1,743 Northamp ton* Northbrid ge* 29.4 28.0 19.1 17.8 1.4 1.8 55% 63% 2,701 30.4 23.1 3.6 72% 57% 65% 49.5 53.5 2,483 32.2 17.9 1.4 62% 51% 53% 42 54 Southwick -Tolland- Granville Regional School District* Stoneham * 1,636 24.4 18.5 1.9 71% 61% 58% 39 47 2,317 21.6 18.4 2.2 65%
What Changed from Last Year to this Year? The high school maintained its Level 1 status Cashman Elementary maintained its Level 2 status AES dropped from Level 1 to Level 2 (missed the Level 1 target by 3 points) Middle school remained at a Level 2
Surrounding Communities Newburyport s high school, middle school and one of its elementary schools were a Level 1 their (4thand 5thgrade school)other elementary was a Level 2. ALL of Pentucket s schools except the high school were designated a Level 2 ALL of Triton s school were designated a Level 2 Every public school district in the state of Massachusetts was a Level 2 and below with the exception of Masconomet, Westborough, and Westford. All other schools designated as a Level 1 were either vocational schools or charter schools.
How We Did Overall Grade and Subject Proficient or Higher Needs Improvement Warning/ Failing DISTRICT 60 71 68 58 71 60 57 73 52 75 56 80 59 50 92 84 79 74 63 61 STATE 60 70 53 47 71 67 51 71 62 70 51 80 60 42 91 79 72 DISTRICT 34 18 24 33 21 26 35 19 29 21 27 12 26 37 3 9 16 19 24 30 STATE 32 18 33 40 20 21 37 19 24 23 26 14 23 40 6 13 23 DISTRICT 6 11 8 9 8 13 8 8 19 4 18 9 15 13 5 7 5 7 13 9 STATE 9 11 14 13 9 12 13 10 14 8 23 6 17 18 3 8 5 GRADE 03 - READING GRADE 03 - MATHEMATICS GRADE 04 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GRADE 04 - MATHEMATICS GRADE 05 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GRADE 05 - MATHEMATICS GRADE 05 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG GRADE 06 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GRADE 06 - MATHEMATICS GRADE 07 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GRADE 07 - MATHEMATICS GRADE 08 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GRADE 08 - MATHEMATICS GRADE 08 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG GRADE 10 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GRADE 10 - MATHEMATICS GRADE 10 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG ALL GRADES - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ALL GRADES - MATHEMATICS ALL GRADES - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 54 33 12
How Did We do Compared to the State? The district out-performed the state in almost every grade level. We scored lower than the state in: Grade 5 math Grade 6thmath Grade 8 math (by one point) We scored the same as the state in Grade 3 reading and Grade 5 ELA, and Grade 8 ELA
Highlights Amesbury High School remains a Level 1 school AES exceeded the annual PPI 75 target rate for its high needs students scoring 83 AMS earned 50 extra credit points: 25 for increasing the % Advanced by 10% or more in mathematics; and 25 for decreasing the% Warning/Failing by 10% or more in mathematics. AHS earned 50 extra credit points: 25 for increasing the % Advanced by 10% or more in ELA; and 25 for increasing the % Advanced by 10% or more in mathematics.
What Have We Learned? 1) What patterns or trends are we identifying to improve student learning district-wide? 2) There will continue to be great transition (decrease in correlated date, reliability of new test, etc.) as we move to the next generation test it makes more sense to stay focused on identifying patterns and trends (in criteria) and finding solutions, than to be focused specifically on MCAS test results.
