DBDM Practice. SAT Report In 2007-2008, 29.5% of our seniors took the SAT. Also, 19.9% of our seniors took the ACT. In 2007-2008, 1215 students.

DBDM Practice

SAT Report

• In 2007-2008, 29.5% of our seniors took the SAT. Also, 19.9% of our seniors took the ACT.

• In 2007-2008, 1215 students took AP tests. During that school year, 14,859 students were enrolled in MPS secondary schools. As such, about 8% of our students took AP tests.

Spring 2008 enrollment in mathematics courses

79%

21%

Algebra II and lower

Trigonometry and higher

Percentage of total failures and ethnic distributionMarch 16, 2009

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10

20

30

40

50

60

Asian/Pacific Islander Black Hispanic Native American White

Percentage of Failures

Ethnic Distribution

MPS Ethnic DistributionMarch 16, 2009

2.747640752

3.761956731

4.602940232

34.8976054453.98985684

Asian/Pacific

Native American

Black

Hispanic

White

Mesa Public SchoolsJunior High ELP Students by Ethnicity

March 16, 2009

3.670811131

1.302545885

13.55831853

0.947306098

80.52101835

Asian/Pacific

Black

Hispanic

Native American

White

Examples

GOAL 2:75% of the students who missed 10% or more of school during the

2007/2008 school year will increase their attendance to at least 90% daily average attendance during the 2008/2009 school year. (Target

group = 21 students)

Interventions Small-Group curriculum,

Individual counseling and Goal setting, Parent informational letters and Parent conferences.

Results 76% of students in the

target group met the attendance goal of an average daily attendance percentage at 90% or above at the end of the first semester, resulting in an average increase of 4.7% in daily attendance for each student.

GOAL 3:80% of 4th grade students designated as “approaches” on the 2008

AIMS test in reading will increase their knowledge of effective study skills and test taking strategies and behaviors that lead to successful

learning.

Interventions Targeted 4th grade study

skills/reading small-group curriculum, after-school tutoring

Results 87.5% of students

reported an increase in the knowledge of effective study skills and test taking strategies and behaviors that lead to successful learning. Average increase for the group was 17.5%

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