Annual Report to the Public October Board Meeting 2015.

Annual Report to the Public

October Board Meeting 2015

2014 ENROLLMENT OCT. 1: 8,553

CURRENT ENROLLMENT

APPROX. OCT. 1, 2015: 8,426

Pursuant to the Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act: 2014 355

student transfers

2015 377 student transfers

2016 Approx. 350 student transfers

2014 pursuant to the unsafe school provision: 0 student transfers

Amboy Elementary - Fully Accredited Boone Park Elementary - Fully Accredited Crestwood Elementary - Accredited Cited Glenview Elementary - Fully Accredited Indian Hills Elementary - Fully Accredited Lakewood Elementary - Fully Accredited Meadow Park Elementary - Fully Accredited Seventh Street Elementary - Accredited Cited North Little Rock Middle School - Accredited

Cited North Little Rock High School - Accredited Cited

ANNUAL 2013-2014 ACCREDITATION STATUS

Due to reconfiguration of schools, Ridgeroad Elementary does not have a label at this time.

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 largest TAGG/Non-TAGG achievement gaps. Needs Improvement schools scored above the bottom 5%, and do not have signifi cant 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 2014 for their TAGG and combined population. Exemplary schools include the top 1% of schools that had high performance, high TAGG and high progress.

Focus schools- Crestwood Elementary, Indian Hills Elementary, N. Little Rock Middle

Needs Improvement schools- Amboy Elementary, Boone Park Elementary, Glenview Elementary, Lakewood Elementary, Meadow Park Elementary, N. Little Rock High

Achieving schools- Seventh St. Elementary

Due to reconfi gurat ion of schools , Ridgeroad E lementary does not have a labe l at th is t ime.

School Status is determined by 2014 ACTAAP resul ts .

NLRSD SCHOOL STATUS 2014-2015

93.80%

94.00%

94.20%

94.40%

94.60%

94.80%

95.00%

95.20%

95.40%

95.60%

NLRSDAR

2014 ATTENDANCE RATE

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th0

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3

4

5

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2014 RETENTION RATES

Number of Students by GradeGrade 1: 12; Grade 2: 10; Grade 3: 6; Grade 4: 3; Grade 5: 2; Grade 6: 4; Grade 7: 10; Grade 8: 2

General Knowledge

Oral Communication

Written Language

Math Concepts

Work Habits

Attentive Behavior

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

ARNLRSD

2014-2015 KINDERGARTEN QELI: DEVELOPED

48%

34%

81%

44%

78%

30%

80%

Combined Economically DisadvantagedNon-economically Disadvantaged HispanicAsian BlackWhite

5TH GRADE SPRING ACTAAP CRT SCIENCE 2015

20%

11%

39%

5%

13%9%

45%

Combined Economically DisadvantagedNon-economically Disadvantaged HispanicAsian BlackWhite

7TH GRADE SPRING ACTAAP SCIENCE 2015

32%

19%

52%

33%

75%

15%

61%

Combined Economically DisadvantagedNon-economically Disadvantaged HispanicAsian BlackWhite

EOC BIOLOGY SPRING ACTAAP SCIENCE 2015

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

5th 34 41 43 51 50 40 48

7th 30 22 30 32 25 23 20

EOC Biology 27 21 25 34 30 32 32

17.5

22.5

27.5

32.5

37.5

42.5

47.5

52.5

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LONGITUDINAL SCIENCE PERFORMANCE

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10

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20

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30

35

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45

2010 5th Gr.2012 7th Gr.2015 EOC Biology

SPRING ACTAAP SCIENCE 2015 COHORT

SPRING ITBS 2015NATL. PERCENTILE RANK OF MEAN STANDARD

SCORE BY SCHOOL & GRADE

1st GradeMath

1st Grade Literac

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2nd Grade Math

2nd Grade Literac

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5th GradeScienc

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7th Grade Scienc

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Amboy Elementary 47 36 31 26 49

Boone Park Elementary 23 29 26 24 42

Crestwood Elementary 48 44 66 64 68

Glenview Elementary 39 43 34 46 50

Indian Hills Elementary 67 78 82 78 61

Lakewood Elementary 60 63 50 63 71

Meadow Park Elementary 22 27 26 33 35

Park Hill Elementary (closed) 35 36 31 31 50

Pike View Elementary (closed) 21 27 26 31 39

North Heights Elementary (closed) 47 35 36 30 47

Seventh Street Elementary 27 27 17 14 45

NLRSD 41 41 41 43 54 51

Arkansas 50 48 54 52 64 65

Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) Teachers are receiving professional development in math through CGI

which teaches methods that wil l enhance teaching performance and practice give students ways to solve real world math problems.

Refl ex Math Model Technology Classrooms Professional Learning Communities and Grade Level Teams are meeting

to discuss math instruction and student progress and to gain ideas from each other through these powerful networking tools.

More technology is being used by students and teachers. ALL Elementary Schools attended professional training on improving

Academic Rigor and how to improve it in classrooms to ensure that all students are appropriately and authentically engaged. Principals and teachers are studying academic rigor in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and in grade level team meetings and in administrators’ meetings. Principals are having refl ective conferences with teachers about improving rigor in their classrooms.

After school programs wil l take place at Amboy, Boone Park, Glenview, Meadow Park, Ridge Road, and Seventh Street. This program wil l target students in need of intensive intervention in l iteracy and math.

ELEMENTARY AREAS OF FOCUS/GOALS

(PROPOSALS TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES)

Elementary teachers attended professional t ra in ing on l i teracy this summer which included phonemic awareness and phonics. Summer sessions were an overv iew of how the reading process develops in students and off ered and methods and strategies to use with indiv idual students or groups of students.

Al l students were assessed using the STAR Reading and Math Assessments. Assessment results dr ive instruct ion and assist in planning for indiv idual needs of students.

Math Journals are used by a l l students in K-5.   The implementat ion and ro l lout of pro ject based Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is

occurr ing at every elementary school in the distr ict . Teachers were tra ined dur ing the summer by lead teachers in their bui ld ings. Implementat ion is underway and act iv i t ies and lessons are integrated with science, math and reading content standards.

Grade 2 Units were developed last spr ing by l i teracy coaches and lead teachers form each school . Units are being implemented th is fa l l .

State required Academic Improvement P lans (AIPs) and Intensive Reading Intervent ions ( IRIs) have been developed for students who require intensive intervent ion in math and/or l i teracy. Parents were made aware of these plans dur ing parent/teacher conferences. Progress monitor ing of intervent ions wi l l take place to determine eff ect iveness.

Generation Ready i s in both Indian Hi l ls and Crestwood Elementary. Schools that are focus schools wi l l have a School Improvement Specia l ist . Generat ion Ready has been placed in those schools to assist pr incipals and teachers to improve c lassroom instruct ion and increase r igor and relevance in each school and to meet the diff erent iated needs of their students.

ELEMENTARY AREAS OF FOCUS/GOALS

(PROPOSALS TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES)

2011 2012 2013 2014

62.2

73.369

83.8

LONGITUDINAL GRADUATION RATE

2011 2012 2013 2014

6.19

5.41

4.26

4.98

LONGITUDINAL DROPOUT RATE

2011 2012 2013 2014

49.3 51

40.9

48.2

LONGITUDINAL COLLEGE REMEDIATION RATE

2014 GRADE INFLATION RATE

2013 2014 2015

15

14.1 14

17.6

16.7

16.2

ACT Explore ACT Plan

NLRSD LONGITUDINAL COMPOSITE SCORESFOR

ACT PLAN GR.8 & ACT EXPLORE GR.10

English

Mathematics

Reading

Science

Composite

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

13.2

13.9

13.2

15.4

14

NLRSDUSA

2014-2015 ACT EXPLORE GR.8

English

Mathematics

Reading

Science

Composite

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

15

16.7

15.7

17.1

16.2

NLRSDUSA

2014-2015 ACT PLAN GR.10

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

NLRSD 20.3 20 19.8 20.7 19.8

AR 19.9 20.3 20.2 20.4 20.4

19.1

19.3

19.5

19.7

19.9

20.1

20.3

20.5

20.7

20.9

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NLRSD LONGITUDINAL AVG. ACT PERFORMANCE

All Black/African American

White Hispanic/Latino

Two or More Races

19.9

17.3

22.320.6 21.120.4

16.9

21.6

1920.7

NLRHS AR

2015 ACT PERFORMANCE BY RACE

English Algebra Social Sci-ence

Biology All 4

NLRSD 0.61 0.25 0.38 0.26 0.14

AR 0.62 0.35 0.42 0.32 0.21

5%

15%

25%

35%

45%

55%

65%

% OF ACT-TESTED STUDENTS FOR NLRSD IN 2015

READY FOR COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSEWORK

English Composition: 18 on ACT English TestAlgebra: 22 on ACT Mathematics Test

Social Science: 22 on ACT Reading TestBiology: 23 on ACT Science Test

% of AP exams scoring > 3.0397 students participated in 522 AP exams

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

NLRSDARGlobal

2015 ADVANCED PLACEMENT

% of IB exams scoring > 4.0 (out of 7 )

90 IB candidates registered in 2015 72 IB candidates

were registered in 2014

7 of 10 students successfully passed the diploma

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

NLRSD

NLRSD

2015 INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE®

Average points obtained by candidates who passed the diploma (of 45 possible

maximum):

0.00

5.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

30.00

35.00 32.0029.88

NLRSD Global

2015 INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE®

Credit Recovery LabsAdditional course off erings such as:

ACT PrepPLTW Computer SciencePLTW Biomedical Science

Focus on Career Interest through Career Connection Job shadowing and exploration opportunities

Additional partnerships with two and four year universities to off er Concurrent Credit

Additional support to increase the number of National Merit Scholars:All 10th grade students take PSATIdentification of potential scholarsTutoring sessions

SECONDARY AREAS OF FOCUS/GOALS

(PROPOSALS TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES)

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