MAP-AYP News Release 2011

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Columbia Public Schools

Dr. Chris BelcherSuperintendent of Schools

1818 West Worley Street

Columbia, Missouri 65203(573) 214-3400

(573) 214-3401 Fax

www.columbia.k12.mo.us

Embargo Until 12:01 a.m., Thursday, August 4, 2011

Date: August 3, 2011

Contact: Dr. Chris Belcher or Dr. Sally Beth Lyon

Phone: (573) 214-3410 (573) 214-3413

Fax: (573) 214-3401

Columbia Public Schools Receives Achievement Data

Columbia, MO Preliminary Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) results, one measure of school and

school district performance, have been released by the Missouri Department of Elementary andSecondary Education (DESE).

Columbia Public Schools 2011 MAP results overall are at an all-time high in mathematics andcommunication arts scores remained consistent with the same high scores as last year. Results havealso increased in every grade in science from 2010. Additionally, Columbia Public Schools students

exceeded state results in grades 5 and 7 in communication arts, and in grades 5 and 8 in mathematics.

Students in grades 5 and 8 also exceeded state results in science.

Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Chris Belcher believes the MAP results are encouraging.

Given the continuing budget reductions, reductions in employees and resources, we are pleased to see

these results, he said. It is a credit to the students, teachers, staff and families who worked hardthroughout the year.

The 2011 MAP results also include data from the end-of-course exams in Algebra 1/Integrated I,English II and biology. These end-of-course tests were added in 2009 and replace the MAP tests that

were previously given at the high school level. Students outperformed the state on all three high school

assessments. The noticeable bump in Algebra is due to a change in testing, as well as improved scores.

MAP is an assessment developed by the state to measure district and school success. It is one of many

measures the district uses.

As required by the national No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), MAP student performance data must

be broken down by subgroups. Those subgroups include racial and ethnic categories; free and reduced-price lunch categories; students receiving special education services; and students with limited English


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Each year, the proficiency goal for subgroups in each content area tested increases. In 2011, the

proficiency goal for communication arts is 75.5 percent and 72.5 percent in mathematics. Thiscompares to 67.4 percent in communication arts and 63.3 percent in mathematics in 2010. By 2014,

100 percent of all students are to be performing at the proficient and advanced levels.

Preliminary AYP results indicate the district met AYP in two out of ten subgroups in mathematics andzero out of ten groups in communication arts.

NCLB requires that schools or districts not meeting AYP in a subject area for all subgroups two yearsin a row be designated as school improvement.

Among the districts Title I schools, Parkade Elementary School was designated as schoolimprovement for the fifth year in a row. Alpha Hart Lewis was designated as school improvement

for the first time. Blue Ridge Elementary School is in school improvement for the fourth year in arow. Benton Elementary School is designated as school improvement delayed having met AYP inmathematics. Douglass High School, Derby Ridge and West Boulevard elementary schools are

entering school improvement for the third time. Cedar Ridge Elementary School was designated as a

Title I school in 2011 and has no sanctions. Additionally, because individual schools are designated as

needing improvement the district as a whole is also designated as district improvement for the thirdyear in a row.

Only schools designated as Title I schools are eligible for corrective action under the schoolimprovement designation. Title I is a federal funding program designed to aid schools with

disadvantaged students.

Among schools not designated with Title I status, Grant Elementary School met AYP proficiency

targets in both communication arts and mathematics for all subgroups. Midway Heights, Mill Creek,Ridgeway and Two Mile Prairie elementary schools also do not face sanctions. Hickman High School,

Jefferson and Oakland junior high schools, Gentry, Lange and Smithton middle schools are in their

fifth year of school improvement. West Junior High School and Rock Bridge High School are in theirfourth year of school improvement status. Lee, Rock Bridge, Russell Boulevard and Shepard

Boulevard elementary schools are in school improvement for the third year. Paxon Keeley and New

Haven elementary schools are in their second year of school improvement. Fairview Elementary

School is in a delayed year of school improvement. This means the school remains in its currentimprovement status because it met AYP proficiency targets in communication arts in 2011.

All schools will focus on how the results of these assessments can help measure progress toward thedistricts school improvement and student achievement goals.

The district remains concerned about the low achievement of some subgroups. AYP is making it verydifficult for schools to meet the set targets. Our interest is and will always remain on an individual

childs progress, Belcher said. Measuring a child against himself is a better indicator of growth rather

than rel ing on an artificial target O r di trict i ing gro th core for t dent incl ding the


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Columbia Public Schools 2011 Adequate Yearly Progress Status (Based on Preliminary 7/27/11 Data)

District Improvement Level 3 Corrective Action, Continuing

CPS

School Improvement Level 5, Restructuring, Implementation Non Title I School Improvement Year 5

Parkade ES Hickman HS

Jefferson Jr HS

Oakland Jr HS

School Improvement Level 4 Restructuring, Planning Gentry MS

Blue Ridge ES Lange MS

Smithton MS

School Improvement Level 3 Corrective Action Delayed

Benton ES Non Title I School Improvement Year 4West Jr HS

School Improvement Level 3 Corrective Action Rock Bridge HS

Douglass HS

Derby Ridge ES Non Title I School Improvement Year 3

West Blvd ES Lee ES

Rock Bridge ES

School Improvement Level 1 Russell Blvd ES

Alpha Hart ES Shepard ES

Non Title I School Improvement Year 2

Title I No Sanctions New Haven ES

Cedar Ridge ES Paxton Keeley ES

Non Title I School Improvement Year 1, Delayed

Fairview ES

Non Title I No Sanctions

Grant ES

Midway Heights ES

Data Source: MO DESE Website MCDS Reports, Data as of 7/27/11 Mill Creek ES

CPS Office of Research Ridgeway ES

Two Mile Prairie ES


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POSITIVE TRENDS IN MAP TESTING IN COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Growth data became available in 2008


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POSITIVE TRENDS IN MAP TESTING IN COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

EOC exam data became available in 2009


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New Federal Subgroup Category

Previous Racial Identification

Number of Students From

Previous Group now

Identified as Mutliracial

Percent of Multiracial

Group

American Indian 10 1.0%

Asian 60 6.3%

Black 423 44.2%

Hispanic 29 3.0%

Pacific Islander 7 70.0%

White 354 37.0%

Blank 73 7.6%

Total Students Currently Identified as Multiracial 956

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