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Duluth High SchoolGwinnett County, Georgia

Joy SingletonScott GravittElizabeth Goff

Duluth High School

Analysis of Assessment Data

+ Duluth High School

Public high school in Gwinnett County/suburb of Atlanta Serving students since 1958 Serves students from Duluth, Berkely Lake, & unincorporated

portions of western Gwinnett County

Enrollment- 2,360 Ranked one of top 1,000 schools in America by Newsweek for

six consecutive years Very Diverse

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Duluth High School

Demographics

CaucasianAfrican AmericanAsianHispanicMulti-racialPacific Is-landerNative American

* 47% are free and reduced lunch* 10% special education* 6% ESOL* 95% attendance rate

+ Duluth High School Staff

Range from 1-26+ years Highest # of staff in the 6-

15 year range Range from Bachelor’s to

Doctorate degrees Highest # of staff holding

Master’s degrees

Experience Education

+ School Safety Perception

* 75.6% of students felt safe at Duluth High School

*88.5% of parents felt their child’s school was safe at DHS

Results Based Evaluation System Perception Survey

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Duluth HS Georgia High School Graduation TestPercentage of Passing Scores 2009-2010

Overall, high percentages of passing scores All areas showing a decrease in passing scores Math scores showed a marked decrease, due to assessment and

curriculum changes Math is an Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) area

English/LA

Math Science Social Studies

707580859095

100

20092010

All StudentsMulti-Racial

AsianWhite

HispanicED

ELLBlackSWD

8.4

2.9

4.615.416.719.222.5

44.4

10.514.37.67.9

17.916.715.4

15.511.1

81.285.7

89.587.5

66.766.765.4

6244.4

2009 Georgia High School Graduation Test Scores: Math

Does Not Meet Standards ProficientAdvanced

Note: SWD=Students with Disabilities; ELL=English Language Learners; ED=Economically Disadvantaged

All StudentsAsianWhite

Multi-RacialED

HispanicELL

BlackSWD

18.45.79.8

252526.4

36.637

51.3

14.89.86.5

2521.3

28.614.617.4

17.9

67.184.683.7

5053.7

44.848.845.7

30.8

2010 Georgia High School Graduation Test Scores: Math

Does Not Meet Standards ProficientAdvanced

Note: SWD=Students with Disabilities; ELL=English Language Learners; ED=Economically Disadvantaged

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Summary of Math GHSGT Data African American (AA) students are showing the second greatest

percentages of students Not Meeting Standards (second to SWD)

AA Student percentages Not Meeting Standards increased from 22.5% to 37% in two years.

These students are also showing the lowest percentages of Exceeding Standards; dropping from 62% to 45.7% from 2009-2010.

AA students did not make AYP in the area of math in 2010.

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~Data shows an increase in failure percentage rates for most groups~AA student group shows greatest percentage of failing scores after SWD group~Largest jump in percentage of failing scores is AA group from 29% to 76% in three years (difference of 47%).

SWD ELL Bla

ck

Hispan

ic

Multi-R

acial

Asian

White

42 36 2953

214 10

72

4663

52 5538 29

8372 76

60 54 48 43

Geometry End of Course Test (EOCT) Data: Failing Score Percentages by Student De-

mographic2008 2009 2010

+ Percentages of Student Demographic Groups that Did Not Meet Standards on End of Course

Tests (EOCTs)

SWDBla

ck ELL

Hispan

ic

Multi-R

acialWhit

eAs

ian

7766 63

50 4435

18

MATH II2010

SWD ELLBla

ck

Hispan

ic

Multi-R

acialWhit

eAs

ian

72 6551

4029 24

14

MATH I2010

+ SAT Math Scores: Duluth HS2008-2010 by Student

Demographic2008 2009 2010

Asian 563 605 600Black 451 452 452Hispanic 501 477 536White 551 554 555Other 528 534 536All 538 543 543National Average

515 515 516

+ School Improvement Goal: Duluth High School will increase student achievement in the areas of Social

Studies, Science, Language Arts, and Math for all students

Looked at data across

subject areas

• Found lower performance in

math

Examined math

performance demographic

data

• African-American (AA) student group shows an achievement gap

Analyzed data in concept areas of

math & SAT

• Noted lower AA student scores in Geometry, Math I and II, as well as SAT scores

Recommendation

+ Duluth Wildcats

Challenging All To Succeed

Root cause analysis is needed to determine the best course of action to help all students succeed.