Alana M. Cumpston

Jack Franscioni Elementary School

Academic Success is Non-negotiable

What is API?• Academic Performance Index or API is a score ranging from a low of 200 to a high

of 1,000 that tells how well your students did on the state standardized test.• The state has set a goal of 800 points for each school. A school's growth is then

compared to how well they are meeting or moving towards that goal.• Your schools API score is calculated for all students in a school as well as

“numerically significant subgroups” at the school (such as by Ethnicity, English Learners, students with disabilities, and socioeconomically disadvantaged students)

• API scores for schools that are of similar makeup are ranked into "deciles," with a rank of “1” being the lowest-performing 10% of schools and ” 10” the highest-performing 10%.

• Schools have two rankings: one a statewide ranking that compares each school with others of its type, and the second a “Similar Schools” ranking that compares ones school with 100 others that have similar student backgrounds and characteristics.

Calculating A Schools API• API gives a scale score of anywhere between 200 and 1,000 with a schools goal being 800.• Then, the students scores are divide the five performance bands: Advanced, Proficient, Basic,

Below Basic, and Far Below Basic.• Then, weights are applied to the percent of students with scores in each performance band

(least weight for the lowest bands). These are added to give a value for the subject. • Then, each subject area and test is given a weight within the index. The weight vary by grade

level.

• Therefore a school’s base API scores varies school by school, depending on number of students in the various grade levels and the number of students tested.

• Then, these scores are added together to get one score for your school which is then your API.

What if you do not meet API?• If a school doesn't meet its API target, it's put on a list of low-performing

schools• It is then eligible to receive grants and special assistance to help to

improve schools scores.• If a school API repeatedly does not meet target scores that your school

may by subjected to state sanctions such as in the School Turn Around Model where school districts have to choose between four different routes including closing the school, letting go of at least half its staff, and/or extending the school day.

• The most important is that the API is one of the main factors in deciding your schools AYP which determines whether your school is put in Program Improvement

API Growth (2006-2009)

55points in 4 years

API Growth(2007– 2010)

API – ELA% proficient/advanced

API - Math% Proficient / Advanced

API - ELA Learning Gap

API - Math Learning Gap

English Learners% Proficient / Advanced

ELA Math

23% increase

6% Decrease

6% decrease

English Learners - CELDT

ELD: 30minutes dailyRTI in phonics, comprehension and fluencyUse of frontloading, SDAIE, TAPPLE, and GLAD strategiesUnit test given according to curriculum guideSpEd students – pullout/push-in small group support

ELA Movement% of Students

ELA Movement Number of Students

Math Movement% of Students

Math MovementNumber of Students

% Pro/Adv in ELA & Mathby Grade Level

Focus on Explicit Direct Instruction

Focus on Data Driven Instruction

Focus on Accelerated Reader, Read Naturally,

Study Island and So Simple

Focus on TAPPLE Strategies

Teaching to Mastery: Five question

quizzes after standard taught

RTI for below benchmark students

Post-It Charts by Grade Level

Data Walls in Classroom (student-centered)

and Data Room (grade-level centered)

High Expectations for everyone – teachers

and students!

Jack Franscioni School Focus Items…

Pyramid of Pyramid of InterventionIntervention

Intensive StudentsLeveled by need within

grade level; So Simple and

Read Naturally, SIPPS (3rd)

Strategic StudentsRead Naturally-

Students leveled among teachers for correct

Read Naturally level, SIPPS (3rd)

Benchmark StudentsRead Naturally at grade level

Student Movement in CELDT2008/09 – 2009/10

Summary

 

Score Key

Level

Total Gainers Stickers Sliders   Gainers

n % n % n % n %   Stickers

  SlidersLevel 1 46 26% 33 72% 13 28% 0 0%

Level 2 40 23% 16 40% 19 48% 5 12% 

Level 3 71 41% 19 27% 41 58% 11 15%

Level 4 16 9% 1 6% 8 50% 7 44%

Level 5 1 1% 0 0% 0 0% 1 100%

Total 174 100% 69 39% 81 46% 2413%

English Learners - CELDT

ELD: 30minutes dailyRTI in phonics, comprehension and fluencyUse of frontloading, SDAIE, TAPPLE, and GLAD strategiesUnit test given according to curriculum guideSpEd students – pullout/push-in small group support

5457

82

27

7

71

60

109

39

6

61 59

99

49

9

52

64

84

28

6

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Beginning EarlyIntermediate

Intermediate Early Advanced Advanced

2007

2008

2009

2010

ELD Plan – 2010/11

Monitoring Progress: Daily: EDI, TAPPLE, Complete Sentences, SUTW/6 Traits

Monthly or Bi-monthly:•DIBELS for intensive and Strategic Students•Pearson assessments given; and then data given to principal•Principal Meetings

Trimesterly:•Summative Tests,•DIBELS for Benchmark students

•All identified EL students will receive 30 min. ELD per day

•ELL will be grouped within their grade level by English proficiency level – determined by CELDT

•All teachers will use Pearson Language Central ELD curriculum

•Assessments will be given at the end of every unit as built into the curriculum.

2009 Accountability Progress Report

What You Should Know…

• Our API was 724• We decreased from 740 to 724, which equals

a 16 point loss• Our target goal was 745. Which means we fell

21 points short of our goal.

Where was our school when compared to other in California?

• We scored a 3 “State Wide Rank” which means we were in the bottom 30% in the state of California when are API was compared to other schools

• We scored a 5 “Similar Schools Rank” which means are school was in the bottom 50% when compared to schools with a similar makeup to ours

Subgroups• In terms of subgroups we did not meet any of our targets.• We had been making sufficient progress up until this year and had

managed to free ourselves in “Safe Harbor”

Why the downward shift?

• We had a number of changes the previous school year including adopting a new math, science, and ELD curriculum

• We had a major change in-staff, with change of 6 out of 32 teachers

API Growth (2006-2009)

666713

743

0

200

400

600

800

2007 2008 2009 2010

61 points in 4 years

727

APY Growth

(2006 – 2010)

RTI – Data

Sept. 2009/June 2010

177

101

81

215

78

66

0 50 100 150 200 250

Benchmark

Strategic

Intensive

10-Jun

Sept. 09

Benchmark students increased by 21%

Strategic students decreased by 29%

Intensive students decreased by 19%

By June 2010:

We are working hard to....

This year we need to:

Move 96 triple dippersImprove the percentage and number

of students in pro/adv categories in 2nd

3rd and 6th gradeIncrease pro/adv in all subgroup

categories

This year we need to:

Move 96 triple dippersImprove the percentage and number

of students in pro/adv categories in 2nd

3rd and 6th gradeIncrease pro/adv in all subgroup

categories

Academic Success is Non-negotiable