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Kentucky Performance Report Shows Local District Making Gains toward KCCT Goals
It takes all of us working together to make our district a great district and to ensure that each of our children gets the very best education possible. - PHYLLIS CURRY, Instructional Supervisor Photo, Instructional Supervisor, JAIS Principal with story The Adair County school district posted a substantial 3.5 overall point gain in its total academic index at the midpoint of the third biennium of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS), according to information released this week by Commissioner Gene Wilhoits office. The new district index stands at 76.8 as compared to 73.3 in 2004. The goal for the district is 77.4 by the spring of 2006. Even though the third biennium will not be complete until after the Spring 2006 test administration and no new judgment will be rendered on a schools performance until that time, schools and districts received results of the Spring 2005 test to give parents, teachers and school administrators a chance to see where schools and districts are at this point in the two year cycle. Sparksville Elementary's seventh graders post very high scores The districts strongest scores in elementary and middle school were in the areas of reading and science, with Sparksville Elementarys seventh graders posting the only scores over 100 in the district with a 103.522 in middle grades reading. This followed the state trend in elementary and middle with science having the highest scores and reading coming in a close second. At the high school level statewide, students scored highest in practical living/vocational living and social studies. This was also the scenario at Adair County High School. Across the district, middle grade scores continued to be above the statewide average in all subject areas at Adair County Middle School and Knifley Grade Center and in several areas at both Shepherd and Sparksville. John Adair and CWC, with shared accountability, have largest gain John Adair Intermediate and Colonel William Casey, with shared accountability, had the largest gain of any of the schools, improving 7.4 points, followed closely by Sparksvilles 6.1 point improvement. The John Adair/Colonel William Casey 2004-05 overall academic index rose to 77.2, up from 69.8 a year ago in comparison to Sparksvilles numbers of 76.5 this year as opposed to 70.4 last year. Other schools improving this year were ACHS with a four point increase and Shepherd with a 1.7 point gain. Adair County Middle School had the highest overall index this year at 81.8, with Knifley Grade Center having the second highest index at 80.8. Schools also continued to reduce the percentage of students performing at the novice rate, with the districts percentage dropping from 20.87% to 18.66%. Instructional Supervisor Phyllis Curry reiterated Commissioner Wilhoits message that as schools close in on the goal of 100, small year-to-year fluctuations in academic indices can be expected because of the instructional challenges inherent with maintaining high academic performance. She went on to say, As the stakes get higher, it becomes more difficult to make the big gains needed. We already had a very challenging accountability system in place in Kentucky after the passage of KERA in the early 1990s, and with all the new demands placed on our teachers and students by No Child Left Behind, it is even more problematical for them to continue to meet those high expectations. I dont think people understand that many of our students will be tested as much as twelve hours this spring and a great deal of the testing involves writing answers to open response type questions that involve critical thinking. These are no longer the multiple choice tests your parents and grandparents took. The supervisor went on to state parents can help their child be successful by becoming familiar with the kinds of tests the child is taking and by talking to teachers and school administrators about instructional strategies used at the school, and by making sure the child is doing well on all their regular work throughout the school year since all the material on the test comes directly from Kentucky Core Content and the Kentucky Program of Studies, which is the curriculum guide for the Adair County School District. There is information on the school districts website about these documents. In closing, Curry praised the students, teachers, support staff, administrators, and everyone involved with helping the district make the gains seen in this years test scores and encourages everyone to continue to work toward exceeding the goals set forth for the district in the upcoming year. It takes all of us working together to make our district a great district and to ensure that each of our children gets the very best education possible. This story was posted on 2005-09-21 19:56:46
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