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Adair County School District releases 2012-2013 test results Almost Proficient. The overall district score of 56.8 (59th percentile) puts Adair County 1.6 points away from the 58.4 needed to be in the 70th percentile and a classification of proficient. We are now involved in the most intensive academic improvement initiative in the history of our school brought about by the Race to the Top initiative. We are literally beginning to reinvent how we deliver education to our students. - SUPT. ALAN W. REED By Phyllis Curry, District Assessment Coordinator The test results from 2012-13 were released Friday, September 27, 2013. There was much improvement in many areas and room for growth in other areas. Adair County Middle School had the biggest gain from 2012 to 2013, posting a gain of almost five points. ACMS made their Annual Measurable Objective (AMO) as the school exceeded the one point gain needed to meet that threshold. The school's percentile ranking among all state middle schools jumped a whopping 21 percentile points, going from 25th last year to 46th this year. The school is still in the Needs Improvement category, but is also a Progressing school. With one more year of improvements, the Focus label will be removed from the school. For the first time since the new assessment has been in place, ACMS does not have a gap in reading. And, the gap has been closed in math between students with disabilities and students without disabilities. Adair County Elementary once again garnered a Proficient school rating, posting an overall index score of 62.9 (71st percentile). The school made achievement gains in reading, social studies, and language mechanics. The biggest increase in scores at ACES was in on-demand writing, with the index going from 54.7 in 2012 to 75.1 in 2013. The school did not make AMO because the overall score was the same as the previous year. John Adair Intermediate and Colonel William Casey (joint accountability) had an overall score of 61.5 (65th percentile), putting those schools in the Needs Improvement category. This is a decrease from 2012, but based on previous years, these schools have always set the bar extremely high. Sweeping changes in those two schools last year make it very difficult to compare last year's scores with previous year's scores. Being at the 65th percentile among all elementary schools in the state is certainly a positive for the schools and for the district. Starting last year, the Adair Youth Development Center (an A6 facility) had a School Report Card. In 2012, the center administered End-of-Course tests to 13 students and those students scored highest in English, with 46.2% meeting benchmark. Other bright spots for Adair County are that the achievement index in elementary science (tested at fourth grade) was at 100, continuing a trend that has been prevalent for several years. At the middle school level, achievement scores went up in reading, science, social studies, writing, and language mechanics. At Adair County High School, achievement scores went up in reading, science, social studies, writing, and language mechanics. There were also improvements in closing gaps at the high school and the graduation rate was 89.8 percent. Graduation rates cannot be compared from 2012 to 2013 because of the switch from Averaged Freshmen Graduation rate (AFGR) to the Cohort model. As a school, ACHS is classified as a Needs Improvement school with an overall index of 54.4, short of the improvement set by the state. The overall district score of 56.8 (59th percentile) puts Adair County 1.6 points away from the 58.4 needed to be in the 70th percentile and a classification of proficient. The district classification for 2013 is Needs Improvement. The common theme across the state this year is that the percentage of high school students scoring proficient or distinguished in math declined, while scores were up in other subject areas. Also, the percentage of students showing growth in reading and math also went down at all levels-elementary, middle and high. Middle school scores are derived from achievement, gap, growth and CCR, with the CCR measure being the Explore test. At the high school, scores are calculated based on achievement, gap, growth, CCR and graduation rate. Elementary scores come from achievement, gap and growth. In 2013-14, Program Reviews in arts and humanities, practical living, and writing will account for 23% of each school's overall score and all the other areas will make up 77% of the 2014 score. New initiatives underway in district There are a number of new initiatives in place already to address the areas of need. All students kindergarten through high school are being given the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP test) three times a year in order to diagnose areas where students may need remediation or acceleration. The first test is just concluding and schools will soon be analyzing that data to make decisions about student learning. Other initiatives the district is embarking on or has already started are:
Other opportunities for overall district growth will come from additional partnerships that have already been forged with a number of colleges and universities to increase student choices and boost opportunities for dual credit, having a satellite campus through KY Tech that specializes in Health Sciences occupations and makes it possible for students to earn industry certification, and having a six period day at the high school to assure continuity in instruction. One million grant would allow construction of Mig/Tig welding The district is also currently pursuing a $1 million grant that will allow construction on a facility for students to engage in Mig/Tig welding that also awards industry certification. Common assessments and lesson plans are being housed and administered through the state's Continuous Instructional Improvement System (CIITS), there is a continuation of the district Response to Intervention (RTI) to ensure students are meeting their goals and are on track to be College and Career Ready, and all teachers will be evaluated under the new Professional Growth and Effectiveness (PGES) model. Board has compulsory attendance age; campus now tobacco free The local board has raised the compulsory attendance age to 18 and was one of the first in the state to do so, while also adopting a tobacco-free policy for the entire campus in an effort to promote healthier, higher performing students and faculty. All staff took the TELL survey sent out by the state last year and the results are being used to improve instruction. Complete information on all schools in the state can be found on the School Report Card link on either the Adair County website or the Kentucky Department of Education website. For more information, you may contact Phyllis Curry, District Assessment Coordinator and Instructional Supervisor, at the Adair County Board of Education, 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY 42728, or by calling (270) 384-2476. Individual student scores will be available at your child's school. This story was posted on 2013-09-29 08:21:23
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