KGBSD Academic Performance PreK-12

KGBSD Academic Performance PreK-12

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The mission of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District is to provide high quality

instruction to every student within a positive environment reflective of our community needs.

The vision of KGBSD emphasizes every student will acquire the skills and knowledge to

succeed. Students at KGBSD are provided with an education that begins as early as pre-

kindergarten years and progresses to the 12th grade with college and vocational opportunities

available prior to graduation.

The first step step to continuous school improvement plan is to set goals ensuring we are

progressively working toward high quality instruction. The district and schools all have STEPP

plans in place that address academic teaching and learning, RTI, PBIS and a continuum of

services for student success. Alaska STEPP, which stands for Steps Toward Educational

StateStandardsStateofAlaska---KGBSD

CurriculumDevelopmentLocal:SchoolBoard&KGBSD

InstructionLocal:SchoolBoards,KGBSD&Teachers

AssessmentNational,StateofAlaskaand

KGBSD

DistrictandSchoolSTEPP

Plans

Progress and Partnership, is an online, school improvement planning tool based upon Indistar, a

software template. Twenty-four states, including Alaska, currently use the software program to

serve school, and district-level, improvement planning. Ketchikan Gateway Borough School

District uses the STEPP planning process to drive decisions and assure goals of the district and

schools are aligned with current initiatives, academic progress and school safety.

Alaska STEPP is a tool that facilitates a shift in the improvement planning process from one

year plans addressing only compliance-related requirements to a continuous process of assessing,

planning, and self-monitoring.

• It assists teams in setting up plans that are strategic because key areas are assessed first

• It assists teams in avoiding the planning whirlpool with a built in self-monitoring

mechanism

• It adapts to the changing nature of schools by allowing for revisions based on the results

of the monitoring

An important question to focus on is “how do we focus on learning for every student every day? This is accomplished by focusing on:

Model for Teaching and Learning

• Curriculum

• Instruction

• Assessment

Response to Intervention (RTI) and Positive Behavior Intervention Supports (PBIS)

• ELA and Math

• Multi-Tiered System

• Research Based Interventions

Continuum of Services

• Special Education

• Gifted Education

• Other Programming

Through teaching and learning, RTI and PBIS and a continuum of services students at

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District are growing. Students are growing in their

academic achievements, social and emotional skills, and becoming productive citizens in an ever

changing world. Some of the many steps taken this year to address our student academic

progress are:

• Ongoing district, school, grade level, department level meetings, trainings and

collaboration

• Scheduled parent teacher conferences

• Ongoing core academic and vocational trainings:

o Math

o Discovery Education training at Schoenbar

o Meetings with University of Alaska and Vigor to enhance our CTE

opportunities.

• Implementation of a one-to-one laptop initiative at Ketchikan High School

• KOA/PBIS training

• Technology training for teachers and students

o Intro to Digital Teacher Course through UAA

o Digital Citizenship lessons with students

• Social Emotional Assessments DESSA

• Social and Emotional Trainings

• Suicide prevention training

KGBSD teachers and staff are dedicated to teaching and providing a high quality

education to every student. Daily teachers and staff are reviewing data through multi means and

making informed decisions on providing lessons that are differentiated to the needs of their

students, addressing the state standards and identifying areas of growth. Parents and students

share the same decision making process about education working diligently with teachers and

staff to make sure a high quality education is taking place. It is the goal of everyone that all

students acquire the skills and knowledge to succeed.

Each year an annual district and school report is provided to the public to view

descriptive statistics and analyses across a series of standardized assessments (PEAKS, ACT,

SAT, Workkeys, and Advanced Placement Exams). An academic achievement and growth

report focuses on a review and analysis of several standardized assessments that serve as

“assessments of learning” received after the test is administered to provide “lagging

indicators”, “bubble indicators” and/or “excelling indicators” of student achievement at a

snapshot in time. The reports also focus on measures of school effectiveness and learning

that include school climate, participation in extracurricular activities, graduation rates,

attendance post-secondary readiness, and more.

The annual district and school report serves the purposes of providing measures that

assist schools and districts in the evaluation of the effectiveness of their educational programs.

Districts use annual reports as a tool to: 1) inform goal setting, planning, and allocation of

resources to improve student achievement; 2) compare performance of one school to other

schools; and 3) communicate school performance to various communities.

AdditionalResources

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KGBSDSchoolsGrades1st-6th

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TongassSchoolofArts&Science

KetchikanCharterSchool

FastTrackHomeSchool

KGBSDGrades7-12

KetchikanHighSchoolWebsite

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Programs

ReadabouthowKetchikanispreparingproductivecitizenforthefuturethroughourCTEprograms.

ReadabouthowourstudentsareperforminginAdvancedPlacement(AP)classes.

ReadaboutthesuccessofourPreschoolprograms.

StandardizedAssessmentsNationalandStateLevel

ViewourDistrictandSchoolAnnualReports

ReviewKetchikan’sAccountabilityMeasuresandDistrictPEAKSResults

ReviewtheKGBSDAccountabilityIndicatorsReport

ViewourstudentsACTResults

ViewourstudentsWorkkeyResults

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Ketchikan School District preparing productive citizens for the

Future!

Academic & Technical Skills Job Skills Work-Based

Learning

CTE programs incorporate rigorous academic and technical standards.

CTE program emphasis job skills such as communication, problem solving, & critical thinking.

CTE programs allow for real world learning that can lead to earning industry level credentials.

Career & Techical Education

Career and Technical Education (CTE) provides our students the opportunity to have experience that will prepare them for life after

high school. Our CTE program aims to provide students with the skills today’s employers demand of our graduates.

Ketchikan students starting in 2020 will have to have a minimum of one CTE credit to meet local graduation requirements.

Our schools are provided 9 different industries for students to explore, learn about, and earn certifications in.

Students will have the option of taking advance course work and possible industry level certification in their chosen career and technical pathway.

CTE Graduation

Requirement9 Career

Pathways40 Programs

of Study

Career and Technical Education (CTE) in Ketchikan is offering students 9 different industries to explore. Within these career clusters, students can take ongoing course work to experience different career pathways within the assorted areas of study.

Prepare our students for Success!

We Offer Career & Technical Education in the Following Areas:

High School and College credit opportunities.

Information Technology

Media & Communication

Career & Technical Education (CTE) is a collection of high school and college vocational programs that prepare students for life long success.

Read more about our CTE at:

https://education.alaska.gov/

Transportation

Architecture & Construction

Culinary & Hospitality

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Education & TrainingBusiness

Health Sciences

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2016-2017 Accountability Indicators ReportAlaska Department of Education & Early Development

District:

Performance Evaluation for Alaska's Schools (PEAKS) - 2017 Summative AssessmentPercentage of FAY¹ Students Testing Proficient² - District and State Achievement

SubgroupEnglish Language Arts Mathematics

District State District StateAll StudentsAfrican AmericanAlaska Native/American IndianAsian/Pacific IslanderHispanicTwo or More RacesWhiteEconomically DisadvantagedStudents with Disabilities³English Learners³

Subgroup

Participation Rate Graduation Rate

All StudentsAfrican AmericanAlaska Native/American IndianAsian/Pacific IslanderHispanicTwo or More RacesWhiteEconomically DisadvantagedStudents with Disabilities³English Learners³

Attendance Rate

Enrolled Target Met?⁴

Target Met?⁵

Target Met?⁶

4-Year Rate

5-Year RateRate (%)

Notes:

1. Full Academic Year (FAY) = Students enrolled continuously from October 1 through the first day of testing.2. Individual student performance on PEAKS is reported in one of four achievement levels: Advanced, Proficient, Below Proficient, or Far Below Proficient. The percentages in this table include students at the Advanced and Proficient levels.3. Students with Disabilities (SWD) and English Learners (EL) subgroups include assessment scores of former SWD and former EL students that are being monitored for two years.4. The participation rate target is 95 percent if the number of enrolled students is greater than 40. If the number of enrolled students is 40 or less, all but two students must test. Subgroups with fewer than five students will reflect "n/a" in the "Target Met?" field.5. The attendance rate target is 95 percent for the district as a whole and each subgroup with at least five students enrolled.6. The graduation rate target is 90 percent for the district as a whole and each subgroup with at least five members if the district enrolls students in grade 12. A district or subgroup with 10 or fewer students satisfies the graduation rate requirement if all but one of those students graduate. A district meets this target if either the four- or five-year rate meets these criteria.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District

44.48%40% or fewer

34.00%43.45%42.42%56.00%50.54%32.86%11.18%36.17%

38.85%26.03%16.22%29.62%34.95%39.01%53.25%25.17%12.58%10.14%

35.16%40% or fewer

Rate (%)

25.63%38.46%14.71%50.00%40.44%26.83%11.18%28.26%

32.32%16.59%14.02%26.76%27.81%34.39%43.67%20.52%11.12%11.68%

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98.31%87.50%98.82%98.69%100.00%96.43%98.10%98.12%95.90%94.55%

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo

92.51%92.79%91.36%93.84%89.52%92.79%93.05%90.92%91.32%93.37%

NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

78.57%100.00%65.52%91.30%77.78%71.43%82.88%57.38%55.00%50.00%

82.80%100.00%75.44%100.00%100.00%80.00%82.47%73.77%66.67%100.00%

NoYesNoYesYesYesNoNoNoYes

* - Cells with an asterisk represent at least one and no more than four students assessed. These data are suppressed to prote individual student confidentiality.

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Workkeys

What is the Workkeys?The Workkeys is an indicator that measures transitional skills required for successful transition to post-secondary institutions and/or the work force after high school. This program provides a National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) to students with qualifying scores.

WorkkeysBeginning with the class of 2019, all Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District students must take the WorkKeys assessment to be eligible for graduation.

In the event of a rare and unusual c i rcumstance, the Superintendent may waive this requirement. A rare and unusual circumstance may include, but is not limited:

• The district fails to administer the assessment on the scheduled administration date.

• The student transfers to the district after the assessment window has closed.

• The student is unable to take the assessment or receives an invalid score due to a technology failure.

A disability arising too late in the student’s high school career to a p p l y f o r m e a n i n g f u l accommodations.

2015 2016 2017 *2018 **2019

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25 19 1825

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10394 88

52

69

3527

37 36 41

417

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52 54

WORKKEYSWORKREADINESSLEVELSPlatinum Gold Silver Bronze NoLevel

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