Plymouth Public Schools Accountability Report 2015-2016 … · District Data Student Enrollment: October 1, 2016 October 1, 2017 October 1, 2018 Race/Ethnicity Number Percent Race/Ethnicity

Plymouth Public SchoolsAccountability Report - 2015-2016 through 2017-2018

Executive SummaryThe mission of the Plymouth Public School is to challenge, inspire and prepare all students for success in an ever-changing and complex world. To that

end, the overall goals of the Board of Education address the whole child and not simply test scores. All one has to do is take a tour of one of our buildings to see that teaching and learning is alive and well in our schools and that our staff care about the success of every child. During the 2016-2017 school year the district built on top of the strong foundation that was developed in 2015-2016. Specifically, the District Data Team met each month to review the progress our students were making on the goals identified in this plan. We doubled our efforts to communicate with our constituents by using our award winning Facebook page, district website, and weekly updates to our parents as the keystone to our efforts. From an instructional and curricular lens we were highly successful with our goals for the year. As we move into the 2017-2018 school year we will place a heavy emphasis on school safety, social emotional learning, developing instructional expertise and updating and enhancing our curriculum. These four “themes” are more specifically addressed within the Plymouth Public Schools 2017-2018 Goals Document.

Teaching and learning across the district has occurred through multiple pathways. A heavy emphasis was placed on preparing our elementary schools for the full implementation of Readers and Writers workshop in 2016-2017. Using a distributive leadership model, teams of teachers and administrators worked with consultants from the Teachers College of Columbia to increase our expertise. We also implemented our new word study program, Fundations, for all students in grades K-2. The transition of our Pre-K classes to Plymouth Center School was a success and the district applied for and received a state grant allowing for a district full day Pre-K program beginning in 2017-2018. The middle school schedule successfully integrated an intervention model into their programming. In addition, the new Innovative Technologies course began developing key technology skills in our students. However, the middle school continued to revamp its schedule for 2017-2018 to prepare for a larger grade 6 class and to implement what they learned from the implementation of the 2016-2017 schedule. The high school found success with the 2016-2017 SAT testing and will continue to build upon that success. Using our five-year renewal cycle, a number of curriculum areas were re-written by teacher teams. We will be taking advantage of our new online curriculum platform (Atlas) as we update/revise our curriculum in the areas of science, social studies, Readers Workshop for grade 6.

We streamlined and improved processes in many areas at the district level. We continued to use a zero-based budget process to develop the 2017-2018 budget. The decision to bring the Food Service contract back in-house served the district well by ending the year in surplus rather than deficit. A decision was made to move central office to existing space at Terryville High School. This decision is predicted to save the Town of Plymouth over $1,000,000 over the course of twenty years. With the current location (77 Main Street) having significant infrastructure issues (leaky roof, broken boiler, plexiglass windows) it was far more fiscally responsible to spend the money to move central office to existing space thus reducing our overall footprint to four buildings from five.

Finally, our initial review of the 2016-2017 student data at the district level provides support for the changes that we have made to the instructional program. First, there is a great deal of information coming from the SmarterBalanced Assessments to celebrate. The district saw an overall increase of 5.3% in mathematics which is above and beyond the 8.5% increase from the previous year. In Reading, we saw a more moderate overall increase of .4% but again this is above and beyond the significant 8.8% increase from the year before.

District Data

Student Enrollment:

October 1, 2016 October 1, 2017 October 1, 2018

Race/Ethnicity Number Percent Race/Ethnicity Number Percent Race/Ethnicity Number Percent

Native American 7 .4 Native American 7 .5 Native American

Asian 22 1.4 Asian 27 1.8 Asian

African American 34 2.2 African American 34 2.3 African American

Hispanic 93 6.1 Hispanic 82 5.5 Hispanic

White 1365 89.9 White 1344 89.9 White

Total 1521 100% Total 1494 100% Total

Oct 1, 2016 Oct 1, 2017 Oct 1, 2018

% of Students Eligible for Free/Reduced Price Meals 29% 32%

% of K-12 Students with Disabilities Requiring Special Services 17% 16.2%

% of Kindergarten students who attended Preschool 74% 80.6%

Number of Students Enrolled in Magnet Schools 140 118

Number of Out-Placed Special Needs Students 22 17

Goal Indicator District Target 2014-2015 Baseline Data

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

Grade 3 SBA

31% D1.E Mathematics Exceeding 25% 16% 18% Standard

74% D1.E Mathematics Meeting 60% 48% 56% Standard or above

35% D1.E ELA Exceeding 35% 24% 28% Standard

D1.E ELA Meeting Standard 70% 60% 55% 62% or above

Grade 4 SBA

Plymouth Public Schools Indicators of Success

2017-2018

Elementary School Indicators

Social Emotional Learning A focus on increasing staff awareness and fluency around social emotional learning constructs and techniques will be a major emphasis during the 2017-2018 school year and years to come.

● Identify a useful framework to guide our work on Social Emotional Learning - completed ● Provide multiple opportunities for professional development for members of the administrative team early in the process. ● Provide multiple professional development opportunities to staff on SEL. ● Develop a three-year plan with a committee of staff that provides the opportunity to further embed SEL into our system. ● Identify preliminary indicators to measure staff and student growth in SEL.

Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBA)

D1.E Mathematics Exceeding 25% 11% 15% 18% Standard

63% D1.E Mathematics Meeting 60% 53% 48% Standard or above

37% D1.E ELA Exceeding 35% 41% 27% Standard


D1.E Grade 5 SBA

D1.E Mathematics Exceeding 31% 7% 31% 27% Standard

D1.E Mathematics Meeting Standard or above

60% 31% 54% 45%

D1.E ELA Exceeding 42% 23% 42% 22% Standard


CMT Science


2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D1.E CMT Science meeting 60% 52.7% 68.9% 58%

goal or above (grade 5)

D1.E CMT Science meeting Proficient or above (grade 5)

90% 85.7% 89% 83%

Healthy Life Choices


2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D2.E Percent of students passing all 4 components of the state fitness test (grade 4)

60% 47% 42.5% FES 50% PCS 41%

Balancing Diverse Beliefs/Reaching Solutions


2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D6.E % of students scoring 80% or higher on EOY Second Step Assess.

93% 87% 91% FES 96% PCS 95% TOTAL

Self-Regulation Skills


2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D7.E Percent of students missing more than 10

K-5: 5% K-5: 9% (double check)

5% 5.3%

percent of the total number of days enrolled in the school year (for any reason)

Middle School Indicators

SBA


2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

Grade 6 SBA

D1.M Mathematics Exceeding Standard

25% 8% 12% 7%

D1.M Mathematics Meeting Standard or above

60% 27.3% 32% 35%

D1.M ELA Exceeding Standard

25% 12% 16% 14%

D1.M ELA Meeting Standard or above

70% 42% 43% 51%

D1.M Grade 7 SBA


25% 6% 12% 19%


60% 31.4% 34% 50%


25% 8% 15% 17%

D1.M ELA Meeting Standard 70% 45.8% 51% 45%

or above

D1.M Grade 8 SBA


25% 14% 19% 15%


60% 30.4% 48% 40%


25% 5% 12% 10%

D1.M ELA Meeting Standard or above

70% 42.9% 45% 51%

CMT Science


2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D1.M CMT Science meeting goal or above (grade 8)

60% 56.5% 56% 57%

D1.M CMT Science meeting Proficient or above (grade 8)

90% 75.8% 77% 77%



2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D2.M Percent of students passing all 4 components of the state fitness test (grade 6)

70% 53.6% 71.6% 76%**

D2.M Percent of students 60% 44.5% 58.3% 75%** passing all 4 components of the state fitness test (grade 8)

Social Responsibility


2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D4.H Percent of students participating in KIM in the middle school

15% 15% 18.7% 18%



2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D6.M % of students scoring 80% or higher on EOY Second Step Assess. Grade 7

80% n/a 95% 88%

D6.M Percent of students who do not receive any suspensions (6-8)

95% 91.4% 89.6% 88.25%



2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D7.M Percent of students enrolled in accelerated math courses

Grade 6: Grade 7: Grade 8:

Grade 6: n/a* Grade 7: 38.8% Grade 8: 16.5%

Grade 6: 26.1% Grade 7: 32.8% Grade 8: 36.7%

Grade 6: 38.9% Grade 7: 30%

Grade 7: 42.3% Grade 8: 33.3% All: 23.6%

All: 35% All: 18.3%* All: 31.8% Grade 8: 32.2% All: 33.6%

D7.M Percent of 8th grade students passing

80% 71.4% 33% (40% of 9th graders

55% (*44.4% of 9th graders

Algebra 1 state exam with at least a 70% (no

passed) passed)

curve)

D7.M Percent of students 5% 8.6% 8.7% 5.4% missing more than 10 percent of the total number of days enrolled in the school year (for any reason)

High School Indicators

Grade 11 SAT Goal Indicator District Target 2014-2015

Baseline Data 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D1.H % of students earning “exceeded” (650+) on Math section of SAT

13% N/A - Different Test

2.9% 3.4%

D1.H % of students earning “met” (530+) on Math section of SAT


33% 42%

D1.H % of students earning “exceeded” (630+) on


24% 10.3%

Reading section of SAT

D1.H % of students earning “met” (480+) on Reading section of SAT


57.7% 62%

CAPT Science


2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D1.H CAPT Science meeting goal or above (grade 10)

45% 40% 36% 21%

D1.H CAPT Science meeting Proficient or above (grade 10)

90% 79% 66% 65%



2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D2.H Percent of students 71.4% 71.4% 57.3% 68.8% passing all 4 components of the state fitness test (grade 10)

64% Girls 52% Boys

75% Girls 63% Boys

D2.H Percent of students substance-free as measured by LPC Cpre Measures Youth Survey (Grade 12)

Cigarettes: 80% Alcohol: 60% Marijuana: 80% Prescription Drugs: 93%

Cigarettes: 72.7% Alcohol: 48.2% Marijuana: 68.2% Prescription Drugs: 88%

N/A Cigarettes: 80% Alcohol: 60% Marijuana: 80%

Prescription Drugs: 93%

Social Responsibility

Goal Indicator District Target 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 Baseline Data

D4.H Percent of students 25% 25% 31% 28% participating in LEO club in the high school

D4.H Percent of students 60% Need to Midyear: 40% 68.8% earning 80% or higher in Determine 86.7% passed Civics Midyear: the class

EOY:



2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

D6.H Percent of students who do not receive any suspensions (9-12)

95% 93.4% 89.9% 91.1%


Goal Indicator District Target 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

Baseline Data

D7.H Percent of students 95% 92% 97.3% 92.8% promoted to grade 10 after one year

D7.H 4 year cohort graduation 94% 89.7% (Class of 15)

88.6% (Class of 16)

D7.H 6 year cohort graduation 96% Need to rate (high needs) determine

D7.H Percent of students 12% 17.8% 16% 14.5% missing more than 10 percent of the total number of days enrolled in the school year (for any reason)

College and Career Ready


2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

Percent of students in grades 11 and 12 participating in at least one of the following during high school: 2 courses in AP; or 2 courses in one of the 7 categories of CTE; or 2 workplace experience “courses” in any area

DA.H Advanced Placement:

DA.H CTE:

DA.H Work:

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Plymouth Public Schools Accountability Report 2015-2016 … · District Data Student Enrollment: October 1, 2016 October 1, 2017 October 1, 2018 Race/Ethnicity Number Percent Race/Ethnicity