County: Rock IslandCity: Small School: Large

School Summary School Enrollment 1,679State Status AWS All Subjects Meets and Exceeds 27.50%Made Adequate Yearly Progress No School Low Income 55%

District Summary Avg. Teacher Salary $73,089Avg. Teacher Exper. 16YearsInstructional Expenditure Per Pupil $6,213Operational Expenditure

Per Pupil $10,135Low Income 65% 

Information from IIRC website http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?

The PSAE includes three components that, taken together, cover the Illinois Learning Standards:

1. The ACT Assessment in reading, English, mathematics, science, and writing

2. A science assessment developed by Illinois teachers and curriculum experts working with the Illinois State Board of Education (not counted toward school achievement status)

3. Two ACT WorkKeys assessments (Reading for Information and Applied Mathematics).

  

ACT Reading +WK Reading for Information

ACT Mathematics + WK Applied Mathematics

ACT Science + ISBE-Developed Science

ACT English + ACT Writing

PSAE Reading

PSAE Mathematics

PSAE Science

PSAE Writing

Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Test Components

Information from IIRC website http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?

Rock Island HS in 2006 met AYP

Rock Island HS in 2011 – shows a steady decline(27.5%)

Progress towards 100% of students meeting standards in reading & mathematics by 2014

A consortium of 24 states working together to develop a common set of K-12 assessments in English and math anchored in what it takes to be ready for college and careers. The assessments are in the process of being written by a committee of administrators, teachers, educational consultants, and the ISBE (Illinois State Board of Education) to adhere to the newly written state Common Core Standards.

Testing set to begin in 2014-2015 school year

What can be done in the short term to address student

achievement on the PSAE?

Tim Wernentin – Principal

Georgia Kouris – Associate Principal

Carmine Draude – Assistant Principal

Michelle Lillis – Math Department Chair

Mary Mendelin – English Department Chair

Committee Members

Assisted by: Members of the Math and English Departments

DeansCounselors

Forced Choice Analysis

For each letter circle which one you prefer for each pair. At the bottom record the number of each letter that you circled.

“What do you think would most significantly affect student test scores?”

a) Common Preps/Data Review/address non-mastery a a a a a a a a a

b c d e f g h i j

b) Establish and adhere to student placement criteria b b b b b b b b

c d e f g h i j

c) Daily PSAE practice problems c c c c c c c

d e f g h i j

d) PSAE Class for students on bubble d d d d d d

e f g h i j

e) Focus on Common Core adjustments to curriculum e e e e e

f g h i j

f) School-wide junior PSAE practice test f f f f

g h i j

g) ACT Online practice part of curriculum g g g

h i j

h) Change focus of math labs to Skill Building h h

i j

i) Add math labs to 10th grade i

j

j) Acuity Testing

Scores: a 62 b 77 c 37 d 29 e 44 f 15 g 17 h 38 i 56 j 14

C, D, F, GDetermined to be short

term strategies

• Short Term Strategy to Incorporate

PSAE Testing Preparation Class During the Day

Determined by: Data TeamsSchool Improvement TeamAdministrationSchool Board

Why This Strategy?

• Strategy used in 2006 – one and only time RIHS met AYP

• Many years of strategy use during early bird setting showed students likely to improve scores by more than 2 points.

• Chosen by math and English department members

• School Improvement Team included the strategy in the school’s improvement plan.

• In-service information and ACT research data shows students likely to improve with intervention.

• Materials available

Dr. Tim SchappFounder and President of the Gaines Education Group

Shared students are likely to increase composite ACT scores with intervention.

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2008,2009,2010

Presented in-service instruction to RIHS on item analysis of ACT information.

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How Much Growth toward CollegeReadiness Is Reasonable to Expect inHigh School?

For the purposes of this presentation I will limit my discussion of Implementation of this project to the Math Portion only.

The previous slide shows results of study

conducted by ACT of 150,000 students to

show expected student growth from the Explore

to the ACT

Explore Scores of RIHS Current Juniors who will take the next PSAE in April of 2012

According the ACT study our students can be expected to grow 3.5 points with intervention, which will still be below CRS (College Readiness Standards) of 22, but if they can reach the expected 19 they can meet the state standards for “meeting”.

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RIHS School Board Presentation Feb. 2010

Demographics

PSAE

ACT Scale Scores

ACT Raw Scores

WorkKeys

F N N N Y Y M 171

27 +5 14 15 13

46 20 15 11

6 25

97 97 84

F Y N Y Y Y W 124

14 -8 6 6 8

12 5 3 4

0 7

12 12 4

M Y Y N Y Y B 153

18 -4 8 11 10

26 10 9 7

4 19

69 69 44

M N N N Y Y B 154

18 -4 10 9 10

26 14 6 6

5 20

73 73 47

M N N N Y Y M 156

20 -2 9 13 10

30 13 11 6

4 19

76 76 52

F Y Y N N N B 137

15 -7 5 8 9

15 4 5 6

3 15

27 27 12

F Y Y N Y Y W 129

13 -9 3 8 6

10 2 5 3

3 15

15 15 5

F N N N Y Y M 161

22 0 11 13 10

34 16 11 7

5 23

86 86 64

M Y N N Y Y M 156

20 -2 10 10 10

29 15 7 7

5 20

76 76 52

F N N N Y Y M 157

20 -2 12 10 9

29 17 7 5

5 21

78 78 55

F N N N Y Y M 156

18 -4 8 9 11

26 12 6 8

5 23

76 76 52

M N N N Y Y M 158

21 -1 10 10 12

32 15 7 10

5 20

79 79 57

F N N N Y Y M 165

24 +2 12 13 12

39 18 11 10

5 23

91 91 73

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