So sorry for not getting the rest of these results up sooner, but it's been a bit crazy over here, and this requires (for me) long periods of concentration (and a lot of coffee!).
Here are the preliminary results on End of Grade tests for science.
Since there are fewer categories here (only students in grades three and eight are tested in science for the EOG), I'll be able to go into more detail per school.
With retesting, every elementary and middle school was able to increase their students' level of proficiency. The district increased proficiency by 2.3 percent before the retest and by a whopping 16.1 percent after it from the 2008 school year levels. For the middle schools, that meant a total of 72.3 percent of students in the district being proficient in science (achieving at least a Level III on the EOG). At the elementary school level, the district achieved a 13 percent increase pre-retest and a humongous leap of a nearly 40 percent increase in proficiency from the 2008 levels after the retest.
Grade Three
Before the retest, Central achieved the biggest percent increase in proficiency of 31.9 percent more students over 2008 levels, with 34.3 percent reaching proficiency. After the retest, Central increased by 53.9 percent the number of students who were proficient, to 40 percent.
Cameron Park had a decrease of 3.1 percent the number of students who achieved proficiency before the retest compared with 2008, with 55.7 percent of students proficient in 2009. However, with the retest, they achieved a 20.2 percent increase in the number of students achieving proficiency, with nearly 70 percent proficient.
Efland Cheeks saw a 28.7 percent increase in proficiency from the 2008 levels, to 36.8 percent of students proficient in science in 2009. ECES experienced the highest percentage increase of students reaching proficiency: There was an 80.1 percent increase in students reaching proficiency after the retest, to 51.5 percent proficient in 2009.
Grady A. Brown achieved a 9.2 percent increase over 2008 levels, to 64 percent proficient before the retest. After the retest, nearly 80 percent of students were proficient, a 34.8 percent increase.
Hillsborough achieved a 14.5 percent increase over 2008 levels, to nearly 65 percent proficient before the retest. After the retest, more than 72 percent of students were proficient, a 27.6 percent increase.
New Hope suffered a .5 percent decrease in proficiency from 2008 to 2009 levels before the retest, to 56.8 percent proficient. However, retesting boosted the number of students considered proficient to 70.3 percent, a more than 23 percent increase.
Pathways achieved a 29.3 percent increase over 2008 levels, to 64 percent proficient before the retest. After the retest, more than 73 percent of students were proficient, a 66.4 percent increase.
Grade Eight
A.L. Stanback was the only middle school to increase the number of students who were considered proficient before the retest, to 70.6 percent, a 16.5 percent increase over 2008 numbers. After the retest, 78.2 percent of students were proficient, a 29 percent increase.
C.W. Stanford suffered a 2.1 percent decrease in the number of students who were considered proficient compared with 2008. Post retest, nearly 73 percent of students were considered proficient, a 9 percent increase over 2008 numbers.
Gravelly Hills experienced a 6.4 percent decrease in the number of students who were considered proficient compared with 2008 during the first round of testing. After the retest, more than 66 percent of students were considered proficient, a 14.3 percent increase over the 2008 numbers.
Phew! The reading EOG analysis will be up sometime this week.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
preliminary EOG results for OCS (math)
Sorry I didn't get this up yesterday, but Josh and I were producing the Woodcroft Gazette.
So, here's a bit more detailed analysis of the preliminary End of Grade (EOG) exams in math by school. Reading and science will follow, as this is a lot of math to do in one sitting (for me, anyway).
Dr. Mary Calhoun, district director of accountability, was kind enough to give me numbers from each school by grade all the way back until 2006.
Elementary Schools
(Again, here I'm using 2009 retest number versus 2008 numbers).
Out of the elementary schools, Efland Cheeks saw the biggest improvement from last year to this year, with a 16.6 percent increase in scores. Hillsborough's scores were the highest, with 90.2 percent of students proficient in math. Close behind were Cameron Park (87.9 percent), Pathways (85.9 percent), New Hope (85.7 percent) and Grady Brown (85 percent). The district saw an 85 percent proficiency rate this year.
Still, as Dr. Calhoun said, comparing last year's fourth-graders, for example, with this year's fourth-graders is like comparing apples to oranges. She suggested comparing last year's third-graders to this year's fourth-graders to follow what is likely mostly the same students.
(This is where the math part came in. Hopefully, my numbers are right!)
More of this year's fifth-graders at Grady Brown increased their proficiency in math over when they were in fourth grade, by about 23 percent. Close behind them with a nearly 22 percent increase in proficiency were New Hope fifth graders. Cameron Park fourth-graders in 2009 increased proficiency in math over their third-grade selves by 14.1 percent.
Still, some students lost proficiency in math. More than 11 percent (11.4) of Central fifth-graders lost proficiency in math when compared with third-grade scores of 2008, as did Pathways 3.7 percent of Pathways fifth-graders and 2.5 percent of Cameron Park fifth-graders.
Overall, however, the trend is positive. Most elementary schools saw improvement in math, and grades three through eight as a whole saw improvement after the retest over last year's scores. State scores are not yet out for the 2009 school year.
Middle Schools
Onto the middle schools now.
Gravelly Hill had the most dramatic increases across the board in straight grade-to-grade (i.e. sixth-graders from '08 to six-graders from '09) comparison. As a school, they achieved a 25.5 percent increase over last year's EOG result.
Still, none of the schools saw dips in proficiency, which is really great news.
In the apples to apples comparison, Gravelly Hill again saw great gains: 35.7 percent of this year's seventh-graders (again, last year's sixth-graders) achieved at least a Level III (which indicates proficiency) on their EOGs. Nearly 22 percent of '09 eighth-graders at the school did the same, followed by 14.4 percent of C.W. Stanford seventh-graders and 14.2 percent of A.L. Stanback seventh-graders.
This is really great news for the district. To paraphrase something Bruce Middleton, coordinator for K-12 math and science in the district, said at a parent meeting, We wouldn't allow illiteracy in reading, so why do we allow it in math? Hopefully, these scores show that students in Orange County Schools are gaining math literacy.
More tomorrow (or maybe later today) on science and reading.
So, here's a bit more detailed analysis of the preliminary End of Grade (EOG) exams in math by school. Reading and science will follow, as this is a lot of math to do in one sitting (for me, anyway).
Dr. Mary Calhoun, district director of accountability, was kind enough to give me numbers from each school by grade all the way back until 2006.
Elementary Schools
(Again, here I'm using 2009 retest number versus 2008 numbers).
Out of the elementary schools, Efland Cheeks saw the biggest improvement from last year to this year, with a 16.6 percent increase in scores. Hillsborough's scores were the highest, with 90.2 percent of students proficient in math. Close behind were Cameron Park (87.9 percent), Pathways (85.9 percent), New Hope (85.7 percent) and Grady Brown (85 percent). The district saw an 85 percent proficiency rate this year.
Still, as Dr. Calhoun said, comparing last year's fourth-graders, for example, with this year's fourth-graders is like comparing apples to oranges. She suggested comparing last year's third-graders to this year's fourth-graders to follow what is likely mostly the same students.
(This is where the math part came in. Hopefully, my numbers are right!)
More of this year's fifth-graders at Grady Brown increased their proficiency in math over when they were in fourth grade, by about 23 percent. Close behind them with a nearly 22 percent increase in proficiency were New Hope fifth graders. Cameron Park fourth-graders in 2009 increased proficiency in math over their third-grade selves by 14.1 percent.
Still, some students lost proficiency in math. More than 11 percent (11.4) of Central fifth-graders lost proficiency in math when compared with third-grade scores of 2008, as did Pathways 3.7 percent of Pathways fifth-graders and 2.5 percent of Cameron Park fifth-graders.
Overall, however, the trend is positive. Most elementary schools saw improvement in math, and grades three through eight as a whole saw improvement after the retest over last year's scores. State scores are not yet out for the 2009 school year.
Middle Schools
Onto the middle schools now.
Gravelly Hill had the most dramatic increases across the board in straight grade-to-grade (i.e. sixth-graders from '08 to six-graders from '09) comparison. As a school, they achieved a 25.5 percent increase over last year's EOG result.
Still, none of the schools saw dips in proficiency, which is really great news.
In the apples to apples comparison, Gravelly Hill again saw great gains: 35.7 percent of this year's seventh-graders (again, last year's sixth-graders) achieved at least a Level III (which indicates proficiency) on their EOGs. Nearly 22 percent of '09 eighth-graders at the school did the same, followed by 14.4 percent of C.W. Stanford seventh-graders and 14.2 percent of A.L. Stanback seventh-graders.
This is really great news for the district. To paraphrase something Bruce Middleton, coordinator for K-12 math and science in the district, said at a parent meeting, We wouldn't allow illiteracy in reading, so why do we allow it in math? Hopefully, these scores show that students in Orange County Schools are gaining math literacy.
More tomorrow (or maybe later today) on science and reading.
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