2011 Accountability Results ABCs & AYP Recognitions and High School Graduation Rates

1. 2011 Accountability Results ABCs & AYP Recognitions and High School Graduation Rates Presentation for Board of Education August 9, 2011

2. PART ONE ABCs Results and Accountability Recognitions for 2011* * Based on DPI data at 10:00 am August 4, 2011

3. North Carolina School Accountability System • Federal NCLB • AYP: Adequate Yearly Progress – All valid subgroups meet targets • North Carolina ABCs • PC: Performance Composite – Overall Percentage Proficiency • Growth: Annual Growth – Based on a special formula • North Carolina Accountability Recognition

4. Overview of 2011 Recognition • Increased number of ABCs Honor Excellence/Excellence schools 1 in 2008 – 10 in 2009 – 13 in 2010 – 14 in 2011 • Increased number of ABCs Schools of Distinction 14 in 2008 – 17 in 2009 – 22 in 2010 – 29 in 2011 • Decreased the number of ABCs Low-Performing schools 9 in 2008 – 10 in 2009 – 1 in 2010 – 0 in 2011

6. 2011 -- 14 ABCs Honor/Excellence Schools The Early College at Guilford Brown Summit Middle Middle College at GTCC - GSO The Academy at Smith Oak Ridge Elementary Weaver Academy Greensboro Middle College Northwest Guilford Middle Summerfield Elementary Northwest Guilford High Brooks Global Studies Southwest Elementary Middle College at Bennett Kernodle Middle

7. 2011 – 29 ABCs Schools of Distinction Shadybrook Elementary Monticello-Brown Summit Elem Middle College at NC A&T Guilford Middle Pleasant Garden Elementary Colfax Elementary Jamestown Middle Southwest Guilford Middle John Van Lindley Elementary Page High Grimsley High Nathanael Greene Elementary General Greene Elementary Gibsonville Elementary EP Pearce Elementary Millis Road Elementary Stokesdale Elementary Southern Elementary Morehead Elementary Northern Guilford Elementary Northern Guilford High Northern Guilford Middle The Academy at Lincoln Middle College at GTCC - Jamestown Claxton Elementary Erwin Montessori Sternberger Elementary Florence Elementary Middle College at GTCC - High Point

8. Large Size Schools (Tested N: ES > 500, MS > 1800 & HS > 2000)PC >80, Made ABCs High Growth & AYP Over 90% targets met High schools: Northwest Guilford High Northern Guilford High Middle schools: Kernodle Middle Northwest Guilford Middle The Academy at Lincoln Guilford Middle Jamestown Middle Elementary schools: Summerfield Elementary Southwest Elementary EP Pearce Elementary Millis Road Elementary Northern Guilford Elementary Morehead Elementary Claxton Elementary Shadybrook Elementary

9. Overview of 2011 ABCs Results Since 2008 • Increased mean Performance Composites of regular schools 62.0 in 2008 – 68.6 in 2009 – 72.5 in 2010 – 74.5 in 2011 • Percentages of schools made ABCs Growth varied Expected: 79.7 in 2008 – 75.4 in 2009 – 91.4 in 2010 – 90.5 in 2011 High: 55.9 in 2008 – 35.6 in 2009 – 56.9 in 2010 – 52.6 in 2011

10. Mean ABCs Performance Composite of Regular Schools

11. Mean Performance Composites of Regular Schools – Six LEAs: 2011

12. Percentage of Schools Made ABCs Expected Growth

13. Percentage of Schools Made Expected Growth – Six LEAs: 2011

14. Percentage of Schools Made ABCs High Growth

15. Percentage of Schools Made High Growth – Six LEAs: 2011

16. Overview of 2011 EOG • GCS’ EOG composite - 74.0, 1.0 point gain from 2010 • Number of schools, among 88 schools with EOG data: • Percentages proficient for 2011Over 60: 74, 62 in 2010Over 80: 30, 24 in 2010Over 90: 7, 8 in 2010Below 50: 1, 6 in 2010 • Percentage proficient gains from 2010Over 2 points: 36Over 5 points: 16Over 10 points: 3Over 15 points: 1 7

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18. AA - African-American, AI - American Indian, AS - Asian, H - Hispanic, M - Multiracial, W - White 9

19. EDS – Economically Disadvantaged, LEP - Limited English Proficient, SWD - Student With Disabilities 10

20. Overview of 2011 EOC • GCS’ EOC composite – 74.6, 0.5 point gain from 2010 • Number of schools, among 47 schools with EOC data: • Percentage proficient for 2011Over 60: 44, 44 in 2010Over 80: 35, 32 in 2010Over 90: 26, 25 in 2010Below 50: 0, 0 in 2010 • Percentage proficient gain from 2010 Over 2 points: 16Over 5 points: 8Over 10 points: 3Over 15 points: 1 12

21. AA - African-American, AI - American Indian, AS - Asian, H - Hispanic, M - Multiracial, W - White 13

22. EDS – Economically Disadvantaged, LEP - Limited English Proficient, SWD - Student With Disabilities 14

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24. PART TWO AYP Results for 2011

25. About AYP • No Child Left Behind (NCLB) started in 2003. Schools were given 12 years to reach the final goal of having 100 percent of students achieve proficiency by 2014. • Since 2002, the benchmark year, DPI has raised the proficiency targets for reading and math every three years. • 2011 is the ninth year of implementation of NCLB. It is the third time DPI has raised the proficiency targets. • There are 10 possible subgroups evaluated for AYP: All, African American (AA), American Indian (AI), Asian (AS), Hispanic (H), Two or More (TM) (previous Multiracial), White (W), Economically Disadvantaged Students (EDS), Limited English Proficient (LEP) and Students With Disabilities (SWD). • Each valid group of more than 40 students is compared to state proficiency targets as well as the target participation rate of 95 percent in reading and math. In addition, the school must have an attendance rate of more than 90 percent or a graduation rate of more than 80 percent. • A school will make AYP only if all its valid groups pass all the targets. Any schools that fail even one target will not make AYP.

26. To Make AYPAll valid groups must pass all yellow cells and school must pass the top yellow cell Elementary/middle: Attendance rate – .1 annual progress up to 90 High: Graduationrate: 2% annual progress up to 80 School

27. Example of a School Making AYP To make AYP, this sample school must meet all 21 targets. If the school misses one target, even if it’s only by one student, the school will not make AYP for that year.

28. State Raised AYP Targets in 2011

29. AYP and “Safe Harbor”

30. 2011 AYP Results - Overview • 32 of 117 schools made AYP in 2011, compared to 47 in 2010 • 7 schools have made AYP every year since 2003: Brooks Global, Claxton, Millis Road, Oak Ridge, Southern and Summerfield elementary schools and The Early College at Guilford • 3 schools have made AYP every year since opening in 2005: Brown Summit, The Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro and The Academy at Smith • 8 schools have made AYP 8 out of 9 years: Erwin Montessori, Southwest, Shadybrook, Morehead, Nathanael Greene and Sedalia elementary schools; Northwest Middle and The Middle College at GTCC-Jamestown

31. Percentage of Schools Making AYP: 2003 to 2011

32. Percentage of Schools Making AYP: 2003 to 2011

33. Percentage of Schools Making AYP – Six LEAs: 2011

34. PART THREE High School Graduation Rates for 2011

35. Ninth Grade Cohort Four-Year Graduation Model 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Graduate Nin Nin Nin NG_2011 N_G92008 Nout Nout Nout N_GdG9_2008cohort N_20thdayenrollment_G9_2008cohort +N_moving_in_G9_2008cohort ─ N_death/moving_out_G9_2008cohort

36. Great Achievement • The 2011 GCS graduation rate is 83.1 percent, the highest level reached since the state established a four-year cohort method in 2006. This tops last year’s previous high of 80.7. • Eight of 10 GCS AYP groups made graduation gains from 1.6 to 13.2: American Indian, Hispanic, LEP, EDS, Asian, All, White and African American (3)Fourteen schools had graduation rates higher than 90 in 2011, compared with 12 schools in 2010: Eight of them reached 100, compared with 5 in 2010: The Middle College at Bennett, Greensboro College Middle College, Penn-Griffin School for the Arts, The Early College at Guilford, The Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro, The Middle College at GTCC-Jamestown, The Middle College at GTCC-High Point and Weaver Academy Six schools had rates between 90 to 95,compared with 7 in 2010: The Academy at Smith, Northern High, The Middle College at N.C. A&T, Northwest High, Southeast High and Southwest High

37. High School Graduation Rates: 2006 to 2011

38. High School Graduation Rates – Six LEAs: 2011

39. Graduation Rates of GCS AYP Groups: 2011 vs. 2010

42. Challenges and Next Steps While substantial gains have been made in many areas, we must focus on the following areas to reach our 2012 academic achievement goals as well as prepare our students for higher education and/or careers: • Significantly increase the number of proficient students on Reading EOGs • Close the achievement gap • Maintain rigor regardless of state’s elimination of 4 EOCs for 2012: Civics and Economics, U.S. History, Algebra 2 and Physical Science • Accelerate math proficiency gains • Prepare to implement the new Common Core Curriculum in 2012-13 • Dramatically decrease the number of schools with a performance composite below 60. 16

43. 2011 Accountability Results ABCs & AYP Recognitions and High School Graduation Rates Presentation for Board of Education August 9, 2011