The State of Division Report

THE STATE OF DIVISION REPORT

October 2014

School Division Highlight from 2013-2014

84 students earned awards at the Piedmont Regional Science Fair, including both Best in Show awards and 75 percent of all first-place awards;

Destination Imagination teams Albemarle High School and Brownsville Elementary were among the top five in the world in

their competitive category. Cale Elementary also finished in the top ten in the world in their category

The Environmental Studies Academy began operation at Western Albemarle High School.

High school athletes won 6 state championships and 4 student athletes won individual state titles;

8 students were selected for the Summer Residential Governor’s School in agriculture, engineering, the humanities , music and technology

1200 students participated in the division’s 21st annual visual arts festival

Albemarle County Public School Grants Received

Club Yancey received a $142,000 state grant with the potential of receiving a total of $426,000 over three years.

$46,000 to Murray High School and the Community Public Charter School to advance project-based learning,

$40,000 from the Lastinger Family Foundation to Woodbrook Elementary School for an outdoor environmental classroom;

$20,000 from Battelle to support the division’s manufacturing lab schools;

$17,000 from the Shannon Foundation to support innovative learning projects at eight schools;

$10,000 from Verizon for the Environmental Studies Academy;

HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

Our Strategic Goal in Action

On Time Graduation Continues to Increase

All Students75

80

85

90

95

100

High School Drop-Out Rate Continues to Decline

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

2012 2013 2014

High School Graduation Rates

Black Hispanic White Asian Students with Disabilities

Economically Disadv

Limited English Prof

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

2012 2013 2014

SAT Scores

Verbal Math

2012 2013 2014480

490

500

510

520

530

540

550

560

570

580

ACPS Virginia National

Ave

rage S

core

2012 2013 2014480

490

500

510

520

530

540

550

560

570

580

ACPS Virginia National

Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollments

Female Male Total

300 239

539

224216

440

250

173

423

Advanced Placement

AHS MOHS WAHS

Female Male Total

199 176

375

71 89

160

64 92

156

03

3

Dual Enrollment

AHS MOHS WAHS MUHS

Advance Placement Score Distribution

1 2 3 4 50

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

158

139

259 282 296

98

143

185 113 83

31

86

184236 257

AHS MOHS WAHS

Middle School Highlights

Math Reading48

50

52

54

56

58

60

62

64

66

MAP Assessment - Met Growth Goal

Elementary School Highlights

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

0.88 20.88 40.88 60.88 80.88

95

92.3

87.9

Qualitative Reading inventory – (QRI)

Met Benchmark

Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 265

70

75

80

85

90

86.9

75.1

88.1

Phonological Awareness Lit-erary Screening (PALS)

Met Benchmark

FINE ARTS

Fine Arts

High School Enrollments

2,460 2,480 2,500 2,520 2,540 2,560 2,580 2,600 2,620

2,560

2,516

2,601

2013-2014 2012-2013 2011-2012

Performances

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Art sh

ows

Creat

ive

Writ

ing/

Film

mak

ing

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Secondary Enrollments in Career and Technical Courses

Tech

nology

Edu

catio

n

Busin

ess an

d In

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ation

Tech

nology

Health

and

Med

ical S

cien

ces

Mar

ketin

g

Trad

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rial E

duca

tion

Care

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onne

ctions

Milit

ary

Scienc

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Fam

ily a

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onsu

mer

Scien

ces

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

High School

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Technology Education

Business and Information Technology

Family and Consumer Sciences

0 200 400 600 800 10001200

Middle School

2013-14 2012-13 2011-12

GIFTED EDUCATION

Opportunities Offered and Supported

Animation Projects

Book Groups and Clubs

Coding Projects

Chess Clubs

Destination Imagination Teams

Design Challenges

Digital Fabrication Projects

GEMS (Girls Excited about Math and Science)

Geography Bee Competition

Independent Study

Literary Magazines

Maker & Engineering Projects

Math Clubs

Model United Nations (Middle and High School)

National History Day Projects (Middle and High School)

Piedmont Regional Science Fair Projects

Photography Clubs

Poetry Clubs

Robotics

Rocketry

The Stock Market Game Teams

Teen Tech Girls

Virginia Film Festival Projects

Writer’s Cafes

Writer’s Eye

Youth Leadership Initiative Programs

PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

Student Activities

AHS MOHS WAHS 0

50

100

150

200

250

202

110

192

239

140

192

Spring Athletic Partic-ipation

Female Male

Division-wide art show for Youth Art Month

Inaugural Summer Fine Arts Academy

Spelling Bee

Writer's Eye

Literacy Explosion

24 Competition

Math Counts

Math Olympiad

Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE)

THE FUTURE OF ASSESSMENTS

COLLEGE WORKFORCE READINESS ASSESSMENT

Administered 2013

2012-2013 College Workforce Readiness Assessment

AHS MoHS WAHS

1143

1078

1046

1099

995

1020

Expected Mean Score Actual Mean Score

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT BASELINE

The Future of Assessment

Progression of CAI Roll-Out

2011 Mapped the assessment to the LLC

2012 Wrote assessment tasks and vertical team piloted in schools

2013 Revised assessment tasks through vertical teams

2014 We scored student work.

2015 School teams will be reporting by student

2013-2014 Performance Task Data

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11

29.60%26.27% 24.07% 24.08% 25.60% 23.00%

33.94% 36.07%

7.46%

6.06% 8.18% 8.92%

13.85%13.50%

8.83%

16.94%

Proficient Exemplary

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