Exeter•West Greenwich Regional School District

Empowering Students in Exeter and West Greenwich, Rhode Island, USA

Spring, 2002 - Measured Progress Report

This report contains baseline and progress data for the goals and objectives in the District Improvement Plan

Based on the profile of the district that emerged from the analysis of strengths and weaknesses, benchmark standards were identified. Three types were used and are followed by the specific benchmarks.

(a) Comparisons to statewide data;

(b) Comparisons to a select group of communities that form a cohort group for the district (Chariho, Tiverton, North Smithfield, Scituate); and

Student academic performance to be determined by:

Cohort progress over time - the gains made by the same students as they move through grades;

class	year	gr	Basic math	Math concepts	Problem solving	State writing				State local
2001	1997	8	70	30	36	37				local
2001	1997	8	56	18	19	34				state
2001	1999	10	62	30	19	50				local
2001	1999	10	43	24	17	39				state
class	year	gr	Basic math	Math concepts	Problem solving	Basic reading	Reading analysis	Writing effective-ness	Writing convent-ions	State local
2002	1998	8	66	42	32	66	44	80	77	local
2002	1998	8	51	26	20	57	38	83	77	state
2002	2000	10	61	36	20	53	52	34	72	local
2002	2000	10	47	24	19	43	40	28	72	state

2003	1999	8	71	33	43	58	25	48	53	local
2003	1999	8	62	21	30	52	23	44	54	state
2003	2001	10	55	39	28	51	41	25	71	local
2003	2001	10	40	22	19	39	33	26	57	state

EWG scores with respect to statewide scores, seeking to widen the gap where scores are closest to statewide scores;

Differences between EWG and RI scores for New Standards assessments
class	year	gr	basic math	math concepts	math problems	reading basic	reading analysis	writing effect	writing conv
2006	1998	4	8	2	0	7	3	-1	-7
2007	1999	4	4	4	4	6	4	11	3
2008	2000	4	-7	-2	-3	4	6	0	-6
2009	2001	4	8	1	-4	8	3	5	7

2001	1997	8	14	12	17
2002	1998	8	15	16	12	9	6	-3	0
2003	1999	8	9	12	13	6	2	4	-1
2004	2000	8	12	9	17	-3	-9	14	-4
2005	2001	8	17	12	14	12	5	1	0

1999	1997	10	16	19	11
2000	1998	10	8	0	0
2001	1999	10	19	6	2	9	3	0	1
2002	2000	10	14	12	1	10	12	6	0
2003	2001	10	15	17	9	12	8	-1	14

Relative scores of male and female students; and

Gap between female and male scores in the following test areas

		Math Skills	Math Prob. Solv.	Reading Analysis	Writing Effectiveness
Gr 4	1999	2	10	4	12
Gr 8	1999	2	2	17	22
Gr 10	1999	13	7	12	14
Gr 4	2001	5	9	29	20
Gr 8	2001	5	-2	5	9
Gr 10	2001	3	-1	22	24

EWG scores with respect to our cohort group.

EWG to Comparison Communities, 1999 Assessments
		Gap	Mean	EWG	Scituate	Tiverton	Chariho	N. Smith
4	Basic Read	1	89	90	84	92	91	89
	Anal & Int	-4	76	72	73	79	77	78
	Write Eff	-2	56	54	60	60	68	39
	Write Conv	-7	58	51	53	62	66	60
	Math Skill	-9	73	64	76	77	75	73
	Math Conc	-8	41	33	44	39	45	45
	Math Prob	-5	32	27	46	31	30	27
8	Basic Read	-4	62	58	87	55	53	57
	Anal & Int	-4	29	25	55	19	20	24
	Write Eff	-3	51	48	83	43	32	51
	Write Conv	-6	60	54	77	61	42	67
	Math Skill	0	71	71	80	68	64	71
	Math Conc	3	30	33	35	28	26	27
	Math Prob	3	40	43	49	38	34	34
10	Basic Read	6	36	42	46	45	20	27
	Anal & Int	1	20	21	30	23	8	20
	Write Eff	-1	17	16	29	9	12	21
	Write Conv	0	75	75	92	77	61	70
	Math Skill	13	49	62	51	39	43	52
	Math Conc	2	28	30	31	24	20	37
	Math Prob	-2	21	19	26	22	11	27

EWG to Comparison Communities, 2000 Assessments
	2000	Gap	Mean	EWG	Scituate	Tiverton	Chariho	N. Smith
4	Basic Read	-3	90	87	92	88	90	92
	Anal & Int	-2	76	74	80	75	73	78
	Write Eff	-11	67	56	78	67	71	63
	Write Conv	-14	42	28	57	55	40	31
	Math Skill	-20	75	55	84	79	81	76
	Math Conc	-13	39	26	45	36	52	35
	Math Prob	-12	30	18	39	34	29	28
	NET	-74
8	Basic Read	-12	65	53	81	60	64	68
	Anal & Int	-18	34	16	50	32	36	36
	Write Eff	-1	71	70	79	86	65	56
	Write Conv	-4	62	58	58	74	61	60
	Math Skill	-2	75	73	82	78	72	68
	Math Conc	-1	30	29	27	36	37	22
	Math Prob	4	42	46	45	41	45	34
	NET	-35
10	Basic Read	-1	54	53	58	39	62	58
	Anal & Int	2	50	52	53	36	55	53
	Write Eff	-3	37	34	46	34	28	41
	Write Conv	-7	79	72	85	79	78	82
	Math Skill	4	57	61	59	44	54	67
	Math Conc	-2	28	26	32	22	24	35
	Math Prob	-3	23	20	27	18	25	24

EWG to Comparison Communities, 2001 Assessments
	2002
4	Basic Read	-6	85	79	87	78	85	94
	Anal & Int	-11	72	61	78	60	78	82
	Write Eff	-6	72	66	76	67	75	75
	Write Conv	-7	68	61	75	64	67	71
	Math Skill	-7	75	68	79	75	78	77
	Math Conc	-13	47	34	62	43	60	37
	Math Prob	-13	31	18	43	24	43	29
	NET	-63
8	Basic Read	-2	63	61	70	60	69	56
	Anal & Int	-3	33	30	41	25	39	28
	Write Eff	-12	63	51	82	66	67	47
	Write Conv	-7	52	45	64	52	54	46
	Math Skill	0	58	58	70	48	64	49
	Math Conc	3	28	31	41	21	30	16
	Math Prob	2	36	38	56	24	38	25
	NET	-18
10	Basic Read	-1	52	51	67	49	41	50
	Anal & Int	-2	43	41	55	42	34	45
	Write Eff	-6	31	25	51	26	19	34
	Write Conv	1	70	71	83	65	58	73
	Math Skill	1	54	55	71	46	52	45
	Math Conc	8	31	39	28	27	34	27
	Math Prob	-1	29	28	36	28	26	26
	NET	0

Student success to be measured by:

Attendance by exception (students exceeding a threshold of absenteeism);

HIGH ABSENTEEISM (students absent >20 days)
	3	4	6	7	8	9
99-00	1.3%	1.6%	4.7%	5.7%	5.7%	15.8%
00-01	3.7%	3.5%	3.4%	4.6%	7.5%	13.8%

High school dropout rate;

GRADUATION RATE
Year	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01
Grad Rate	90.6	89.2	96.2	87.5	89.2	91.2	89.8	88.5	84.5	84.5	81.13

Student grade failure in grades 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9. (Grades 3 and 4 because of the instructional transition in those grades, and 6, 7, 8, and 9 because they surround building transitions.)

GRADE FAILURES			(percent of grades that are F's)
	3	4		6	7	8	9
99-00	2.1%	1.8%		3.3%	5.6%	4.8%	9.9%
00-01	1.8%	1.6%		4.7%	4.8%	5.1%	16.5%

Students taking challenging courses in their high school program (e.g. Algebra 2, honors, AP).

RIGOROUS PROGRAM (graduates completing Algebra II)
	Grads	Algebra II	%
99-00	124	84	68%
00-01	134	90	67%

Standards for parent communication will be measured by:

Progress against our current baseline as measured by SALT surveys.

(Not yet available for 2001 SALT Surveys)

Question	Percent says school does well
Elementary Level	97-98	98-99	99-00	01-02
Explains how to check my child's homework	30	37	38	39
Tells me what skills my child needs to learn	43	44	51	57
Middle Level	97-98	98-99	99-00	01-02
Explains how to check my child's homework	32	40	39	34
Tells me what skills my child needs to learn	32	29	33	38
Secondary Level	97-98	98-99	99-00	01-02
Explains how to check my child's homework	10	29	20	27
Tells me what skills my child needs to learn	20	29	28	28

Exeter•West Greenwich Regional School District

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Secondary Level