Excellence for All Children State of the Schools Knox County Schools January 19, 2012.

Excellence for All Children

State of the SchoolsKnox County Schools

January 19, 2012

Agenda

o Context: A Remarkable Time for Education in Tennessee

o Strategic Plan: Goals & Accomplishments

o Student Academic Results (Solid Academic Progress)

o Challenges (We Must Do Better!)

o Ambitious Vision for the Future

o Strategic Investments to Bridge the Gap

o Conclusion

State of the Schools

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Educational Reform & Improvement:

o Radically higher academic standards in Tennessee (and moving to the Common Core)

o New performance evaluation system (TEAM)

o Strategic Compensation (APEX)

o Key changes in state education policy

• Fundamental Restructuring of Tenure

• Collaborative Conferencing

A Remarkable Time

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Five-Year Strategic Plan:

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Focus on the Student

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Engaged Parents & Community

Infrastructure to Support

Student Learning

Effective Educators

Accountability

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Five-Year Strategic Plan:

Excellence for All Children

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Strategic Plan Goals:

Focus on the student to ensure they excel academically and are prepared for life beyond the classroom

Recruit, select, induct, develop, support, compensate and retain effective educators

Engage parents and community in a meaningful way to support student learning

Build the infrastructure to enable and support student learning and district goals

Accountability: ensure that all adults are focused on achieving results for children 5

Goal 1: Focus on the Student

o High Standards & Expectations

o Individual Needs & Engagement: 9th Grade Academies, Advisories, Research-based instructional strategies

o L&N STEM Academy HS

o Dr. Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy

Goal 2: Effective Educators

o TEAM evaluation system / Lead Teachers

o Expansion of TAP System to 18 schools

o APEX Strategic Compensation

o Leadership Academy

Strategic Plan: Accomplishments

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Goal 3: Engaged Families and Community

o Professional Development to KCS personnel

o District-wide Parent Conference

o Parent University

o Pond Gap Full-Service Community School Pilot

o Volunteer Management System

Goal 4: Infrastructure to Support Student Learning

o Downsized & Reorganized Central Office (8% reduction in positions in FY12 alone)

o Education Information Management System (EMIS) Data Warehouse

Strategic Plan: Accomplishments

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The Good News: We’re Making Solid Academic Progress…

o Increases in Overall Achievement (all 4 subject areas)

o Graduation Rate (7.3% increase in three years)

o Solid Academic Growth in most subjects and grade levels

o 100/90/90/90: increasing % of ninth graders who graduate within 4 years and score a 21 or better on the ACT.

o Significant increase in ACT takers and AP & Honors enrollees

o Progress on closing some achievement gaps

Strategic Plan: Academic Results

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Challenges: …But We Simply Must Do Better!

o Only 19% of the Class of 2011 met all four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks

o Only 47% of 3rd grade Student Proficient or Advanced on TCAP in Reading /English Language Arts

o 100/90/90/90 Goal = 73% of incoming Freshman graduating 4 years later with a 21 on the ACT. Class of 2011 = 38% (Class of 2009 = 34%; Class of 2010 = 37%)

o Achievement Gaps Defined by Income, Race, Disability & Language

Strategic Plan: Academic Results

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We envision a future for the Knox County Schools where all of our students achieve at high levels and every school is a school of distinction; a future where high expectations and teacher collaboration are universal…

Parents, community members, universities and businesses will all be active, engaged partners in the education of our young people… All of our teachers will be outstanding instructional practitioners and will be selected, inducted, supported, promoted, evaluated and compensated as professionals…

We believe that innovation and creativity will be the hallmarks of our school district: in teaching, in management and particularly in student learning… All of our students will graduate high school ready for college, career and life…

In short, We envision a future where we will achieve academic excellence for all of our children.

Ambitious Vision (from Strategic Plan, 2009)

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Proven Strategies to Accelerate our Progress:

o More instructional time (Extended day / year, balanced calendar, etc. particularly for struggling students and/or high need schools)

o Consistently excellent magnet programs

o Enhanced professional development and instructional support for teachers (Mentor Teachers, Instructional Coaches, etc.)

o Supplementary instructional technology tools

o Expanded performance pay (build on APEX)

o Additional interventions for struggling students & enrichment opportunities for excelling students

Bridging the Gap: Critical Investments

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“We should rightly celebrate our successes and be proud of what we have accomplished together to date; but quite frankly… we can do better, we must do better, and with your help, we will do better.

The future of our children, and the vitality of our community depend on our success.”

- Superintendent Jim McIntyre2012 State of the Schools Address

Conclusion

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Discussion and Questions

Appendixes: Data & Graphs

Strategic Plan Results - Achievement

Subject StateKnox County

SchoolsKCS Growth

over last year

Reading 48.5 55.1 1.5

Math 41.0 47.4 5.8

Science 55.3 60.1 2.8

Social Studies 81.5 83.1 1.9

TCAP % Proficient or Advanced (2010-11)

Subject StateKnox County

SchoolsKCS Growth

over last year

Reading 48.5 55.1 1.5

Math 41.0 47.4 5.8

Science 55.3 60.1 2.8

Social Studies 81.5 83.1 1.9

TCAP % Proficient or Advanced (2010-11)

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SubjectProficient or

AdvancedGrowth over last

yearApprox. Increase in #

of Students P/AReading 55.1 1.5 491Math 47.4 5.8 1,582Science 60.1 2.8 844Social Studies 83.1 1.9 574

TCAP % Proficient or Advanced (2010-11)

Strategic Plan Results - Achievement

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Strategic Plan Results – Graduation Rate

* There was a one-time adjustment to graduation rate in 2010 in transition to the NGA definition of graduation rate. The official graduation rate was 86.6%

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79.2% 79.3%

81.4%

84.8%

86.6%

74.0%

76.0%

78.0%

80.0%

82.0%

84.0%

86.0%

88.0%

2007 2008 2009 2010 * 2011 ^

Knox County Schools

Four Year Graduation Rate

Adjustment

Grad Rate

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Strategic Plan Results - TVAAS

4 5 6 7 8

Growth Standard

State

2011 Mean NCE Gain

Math 4.9 G* 4.6 G* 4.3 G* 1.9 G* 2.6 G* 3.6 3.1

2011 Mean NCE Gain

ELA 0.9 G* 1.8 G* 0.7 G* -1.7 R* 2.7 G* 0.9 1.5

2011 Mean NCE Gain

Science -0.3 R 0.7 G* 4.6 G* -1.8 R* 0.8 G* 0.8 2.1

2011 Mean NCE Gain

Social Studies

-1.1 R* 1.9 G* 5.1 G* 0.9 G* -0.0 Y 1.4 1

Mean NCE Gain over Grades Relative to

Estimated System Mean NCE Gain

Grade

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Strategic Plan Results - TVAAS

Year Subject

Mean Student

ScoreMean

Pred ScoreSystem Effect

Effect Percentile

System vs State Avg

2011 Algebra I 706.1 709.1 -2.4 34 Below

2011 English I 710.7 711.3 -0.6 44 NDD

2011 English II 709.9 705 4.9 96 Above

2011 Writing 4.39 4.28 0.11 Above

2011 Biology I 704.2 699.9 4.2 79 Above

2011 US History 546.5 534.7 11.8 98 Above

System Value Added - End of Course Assessments

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Strategic Plan Results - TVAAS

69%

35%

84%

56%45%

58%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

Knox County Schools

TVAAS Growth Results% of SCHOOLS with at least one year student academic growth

% of STUDENTS with at least one year student academic growth

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2,3862,165

2,330 2,3312,528 2,474 2,591

3,4693,590

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Knox County Schools

Number of ACT Takers

Strategic Plan Results -ACT

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Solid progress, but a long way to go:

35.9% 35.0% 34.3%37.4% 38.4%

72.90% 72.90% 72.90% 72.90% 72.90%

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10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%

100.0%

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

Percent of 9th graders who graduate in 4 years AND score a 21 or better on ACT

% 9th graders

Goal

Strategic Plan Results – 100/90/90/90

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86% 83%

59%

76%

99%

54% 51%

31%

40%

95%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

HS Eng I HS Eng II HS Alg I HS Bio I HS US History

HS Achievement GapsPercent Proficient / Advanced

Non-ED 2011 ED 2011

Strategic Plan Results – Achievement Gaps

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Strategic Plan Results – Achievement Gaps

58%50%

63%

86%

24% 21% 24%

59%58% 56%64%

54%

27% 26% 24%17%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Elem ELA Elem Math Elem Science Elem Soc. Studies

Elementary Achievement GapsPercent Proficient / Advanced

White 2010 Af-Am 2010 White 2011 Af-Am 2011

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