Annual Report to the Public

October Board Meeting 2013

NLRSD Student Enrollment

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

District Enrollment 9110 9368 9334 8974 8970 9119 8862 8545 8610

8100

8300

8500

8700

8900

9100

9300

9500

NLRSD Enrollment Breakdown

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013550

600

650

700

750

800

850

900

950

1000

KindergartenGrade 6Grade 9

Elementary Accreditation Status

• Amboy Elementary- Fully Accredited• Boone Park Elementary- Fully Accredited• Crestwood Elementary- Fully Accredited• Glenview Elementary- Fully Accredited• Indian Hills Elementary- Fully Accredited• Lakewood Elementary- Fully Accredited• Lynch Drive Elementary- Fully Accredited• Meadow Park Elementary - Fully Accredited• North Heights Elementary - Fully Accredited• Park Hill Elementary - Fully Accredited• Pike View Elementary - Fully Accredited• Redwood Preschool – Fully Accredited• Seventh Street Elementary - Fully Accredited

Secondary Accreditation Status

• Ridgeroad Middle School – Fully Accredited• Lakewood Middle School – Fully Accredited• North Little Rock Academy – Fully Accredited• North Little Rock High School – Fully

Accredited

ESEA PRELIMINARY STATUS FOR 2012-2013ACCOUNTABILITY

STATUS DESCRIPTIONADE ENGAGEMENT/

DISTRICT AUTONOMY

EXEMPLARY

HIGH PERFORMANCE HIGH PROGRESS HIGH TAGG HIGH PERFORMANCE HIGH TAGG HIGH PROGRESS

VERY LOW ADE ENGAGEMENT/VERY HIGH

DISTRICT AUTONOMY

ACHIEVING

MEET ALL 3-YR PERFORMANCE RATE, GROWTH RATE AND GROWTH AMOS FOR ALL STUDENTS AND TAGG

MEET ALL 1-YR PERFORMANCE AND GRADUATION RATE AMOS FOR ALL STUDENTS AND TAGG, BUT MISS GROWTH AMOS FOR ALL STUDENTS OR TAGG

VERY LOW ADE ENGAGEMENT/HIGH DISTRICT AUTONOMY

NEEDS IMPROVEMENT DOES NOT MEET PERFORMANCE, GRADUATION RATE OR GROWTH AMOS FOR ALL STUDENTS AND TAGG

LOW TO MODERATE ADE ENGAGEMENT/MODERATE DISTRICT AUTONOMY

NEEDS IMPROVEMENT FOCUS

SCHOOLS WITH LARGEST, PERSISTENT GAPS BETWEEN NON-TAGG AND TAGG

HIGH ADE ENGAGEMENT/ LOW DISTRICT AUTONOMY

NEEDS IMPROVEMENT PRIORITY

SCHOOLS WITH PERSISTENTLY LOWEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MATH AND LITERACY OVER THREE YEARS FOR ALL STUDENTS

VERY HIGH ADE ENGAGEMENT/LOW

DISTRICT AUTONOMY

North Little Rock School Status

Priority schools include the bottom 5% of schools with the lowest levels of student performance. Focus schools include 10% of Title I schools with the largestTAGG/Non-TAGG achievement gaps. Needs Improvement schools scored above the bottom 5%, and do not have significant achievement gaps between their TAGG/Non-TAGG. Needs Improvement schools have at least one academic area or subgroup needing advancement. Achieving schools met all their performance goals in 2013 for their TAGG and combine population. Exemplary schools include the top 1% of schools that had high performance, high TAGG and high progress.

Focus schools- Crestwood, Indian Hills, Lynch Drive (status pending), No. Heights, Pike View, Seventh Street, Lakewood Middle

Needs Improvement schools- Amboy, Lakewood Elementary, Meadow Park, Park Hill, Ridgeroad Middle, North Little Rock High, North Little Rock Academy, NLRSD

Achieving Schools- Glenview, Boone Park

Amboy (NI)

Boone Park (A

)

Crestwood (N

IF)

Glenview (A

)

Indian Hills

(NIF)

Lake

wood (NI)

Lynch

Drive (N

IF)

Mead

ow Park (N

I)

North Heigh

ts (N

IF)

Park Hill(

NI)

Pike View (N

IF)

Seve

nth St

reet (NIF)

NLRSD

(NI)

0102030405060708090

100

TAGGAll Students

2013 Math Performance AMO

DID NOT MEET 2013 AMOs

Amboy (NI)

Boone Park (A

)

Crestwood (N

IF)

Glenview (A

)

Indian Hills

(NIF)

Lake

wood (NI)

Lynch

Drive (N

IF)

Mead

ow Park (N

I)

North Heigh

ts (N

IF)

Park Hill(

NI)

Pike View (N

IF)

Seve

nth St

reet (NIF)

NLRSD

(NI)

0102030405060708090

100

TAGGAll Students

DID NOT MEET 2013 AMOs

2013 Literacy Performance AMO

Spring ACTAAP 2013

MATH LITERACY

80% 77%73%

77%

60%

81%

Elementary Proficiency Rates

3rd 4th 5th

620 students

tested

675 students

tested

652 students

tested

620 students

tested

675 students

tested

652 students

tested

NLRSD Elementary Longitudinal Math Performance

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

3rd 67 66 71 76 77 80

4th 63 66 63 71 75 73

5th 55 61 63 64 66 60

52.5

57.5

62.5

67.5

72.5

77.5

82.5

Profi

cien

cy P

erce

ntag

e

NLRSD Elementary Longitudinal Literacy Performance

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

3rd 55 57 61 72 73 77

4th 58 64 66 79 82 77

5th 55 58 68 68 82 81

52.5

57.5

62.5

67.5

72.5

77.5

82.5

Profi

cien

cy P

erce

ntag

e

Elementary Areas of Focus/Goals

Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) Reflex Math STAR Math Assessment Use of Math Coaches in some schools Math Curriculum Maps/Units have been revised

and developed More Technology use by students and teachers After School Programs targeted to meet the

differentiated, prescriptive needs of struggling learners

Lakewood Middle (NIF)NLR High (NI)

NLRSD (NI)

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

TAGGAll Students

TAGGAll Students

2013 Math Performance AMO

DID NOT MEET 2012 AMOs

Lakewood Middle (NIF)NLR High (NI)

NLRSD (NI)

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

TAGGAll Students

TAGGAll Students

2013 Literacy Performance AMO

DID NOT MEET 2012 AMOs

Spring ACTAAP 2013

MATH LITERACY

59%56%

61% 61%58%

69%66%

16%

74%

Secondary Proficiency Rates

6th 7th 8th Aglebra I Geometry Grade 11

43 students

tested

598 students

tested

618 students

tested

607 students

tested

600 students

tested

557 students

tested

618 students

tested

607 students

tested

600 students

tested

NLRSD Secondary Longitudinal Math Performance

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

6th 61 66 60 67 59 59

7th 52 59 63 66 65 61

8th 44 53 55 52 54 58

Algebra I 46 51 61 66 81 66

42.5

47.5

52.5

57.5

62.5

67.5

72.5

77.5

82.5

Profi

cien

cy P

erce

ntag

e

NLRSD Secondary Longitudinal Math Performance

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Geometry 52 48 55 55 63 16

20

30

40

50

60

70

Profi

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cy P

erce

ntag

e

NLRSD Secondary Longitudinal Literacy Performance

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

6th 50 51 56 59 58 56

7th 41 52 59 58 74 61

8th 54 64 71 71 76 69

11th 50 58 58 58 68 74

42.5

47.5

52.5

57.5

62.5

67.5

72.5

77.5

82.5

Profi

cien

cy P

erce

ntag

e

Current 9th Grade Cohort

MATH-COMBINED LITERACY-COMBINED

545507

598 607634670692 677

712768

714772

Scale Scores

Grade 3: 2008 Grade 4: 2009 Grade 5: 2010Grade 6: 2011 Grade 7: 2012 Grade 8: 2013

Current 9th Grade Cohort

MATH-COMBINED LITERACY-COMBINED

67%

55%

66% 64%63%68%67%

59%65%

74%

58%

69%

Proficiency Rate

Grade 3: 2008 Grade 4: 2009 Grade 5: 2010Grade 6: 2011 Grade 7: 2012 Grade 8: 2013

Secondary Areas of Focus/Goals

Credit Recovery

Change in grade level coding

Sequencing of math courses

College and Career Readiness Skills

Common Core Unit Development

NLRSD Graduation AMOs (high schools only)

Baseline graduation rates for 2011 were used to determine AMOs. 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate represents the percentage of students

graduating out of the students expected to graduate. Percentage of students not graduating in 2011-2012 were calculated for each

school for All Students, TAGG and NCLB subgroups.

Cohort Subgroup

2012: # of Students

(587)

2012: % of Cohort

2011: # of Students

(863)

2011: % of Cohort

% of Change

On-Time Graduates

430 73.2% 537 62.2%

11%Non-Graduates (4 years)

157 26.8% 326 37.8%

43%

19%

13%

10%

8%

7%

Non-Graduates Cohort Subgroups

Dropped for Lack of At-tendance

Finished 2012/ 2013 No Shows

Enrolled in GED Prog. Graduated > 4 yearsEnrolled at Another School Other

NLRSD Graduation Rate Cont.

Students can only be removed from their graduation cohort if he/she has not repeated a grade while enrolled in your district and:1. Enrolled in another school in Arkansas2. Death3. Enrolled in private school4. Enrolled in home school5. Enrolled in another school out of state

Cohort Subgroup # of Students (587) % of Cohort

Enrolled at Another School & Repeated

12 Students who left our district on grade level for any of these reasons will

not reflect in our graduation rate.

Home School & Repeated 1

Moved Out of State & Repeated

1

Total 14 2.4%

Cohort Subgroup # of Students (587) % of Cohort

Enrolled in GED Prog. 20 1/2 of students who pursued a GED had repeated at least one grade. Only 2 students who graduated in more than 4 years repeated at least one grade before their senior year.Graduated > 4 years 14

Total 34 5.8%

Non-Graduates Cohort Subgroup

# of Students % of Non Graduates % of Cohort

Repeated Grade in District

83 53.9% 14.1%

Did Not Repeat Grade in District

71 46.1% 12.1%

NLRSDLongitudinal Avg. ACT Performance

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

NLRSD 20 20.2 20.3 20 19.8

AR 20.6 20.3 19.9 20.3 20.2

19.1

19.3

19.5

19.7

19.9

20.1

20.3

20.5

20.7

20.9

Avg

. Com

posi

te A

CT S

core

% of ACT-Tested Students for NLRSD in 2013 Ready for College-Level Coursework

English Algebra Social Science Biology All 4

NLRSD 0.59 0.33 0.31 0.25 0.16

AR 0.63 0.35 0.39 0.29 0.2

5%

15%

25%

35%

45%

55%

65%

English Composition: 18 on ACT English TestAlgebra: 22 on ACT Mathematics TestSocial Science: 22 on ACT Reading Test

Biology: 23 on ACT Science Test

NLRSDLongitudinal Adv. Placement Performance

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

NLRSD 29.2 35.7 34.9 37.6 27.8

AR 31.4 32.2 33.1 33.8 33.5

28

30

32

34

36

38

40

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NLRSD: Math/Science2013 Adv. Placement Mean Score

Biology Calculus AB Calculus BC Chemistry Physics B0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

NLRSDAR

NLRSD: Math/Science2013 IB Mean Score

Biology HL Biology SL Physics HL Math Studies SL0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

NLRSDWorld-Wide

NLRSD: Arts2013 Adv. Placement Mean Score

Studio Art: 2-D Design Portfolio

Studio Art: 3-D Design Portfolio

Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

NLRSDAR

NLRSD: Liberal Arts2013 Adv. Placement Mean Score

Eng. Lang. & Comp.

Eng. Lit. & Comp.

Pyschology Spanish Lang.

U.S. History World History

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

NLRSDAR

NLRSD: Liberal Arts2013 IB Mean Score

English

A: Lit.

HL

Span

ish AB SL

Span

ish B SL

Hist. A

mericas

HL

Pyschology

HL

Pyschology

SL

Film SL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

NLRSDWorld-Wide

Gifted and Talented

• Total of 1049 students K-12 are identified• Various K-12 programs throughout the district• One of only 5 IB schools in the state

(Bentonville, Springdale, Hot Springs and Mt. Saint Mary)

• IB and CCSS are closely aligned – Globally recognized

• 95% of IB students graduate from college