ACCREDITATION FOR GROWTH
TECHNICAL REVIEW OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
RESPONSE TO THE SCHOOL #
Date of Review:July 18,2013
School Name: James Caldwell
Staff Reviewer: Pat Impreveduto
Projected Visit Dates: October 2013
Next Steps:
XObjectives are approved as submitted. This approval denotes that the objective(s) meet the technical criteria. The Visiting Team will conduct the Second Level of Review (see the appropriateself-study guide for the criteria) during the Team’s visit.
Minor modifications recommended. Please resubmit.
Minor modifications recommended. No need to resubmit.
Baseline data needed. Please resubmit when data are available.
Modifications required. Please make changes and resubmit as soon as possible.
Call the MSA office (267-284-5041) to discuss.
General Comments about All Objectives:
Your objectives are approved as submitted.
See suggestions regarding objective #3
Objective #1: As submitted by the school
Goal 1: Academic Integrity (Student Performance Goal)
By June 2020, the students and staff of JamesCaldwellHigh School will demonstrate a greater understanding of and commitment towards the importance of academic integrity as evidenced by....
- A 100% commitment to academic integrity through the signed pledge to uphold standards as outlined in the school’s honor code.
- 2013 Baseline – 0% as no code has been developed yet
- A 25% decrease in the willingness of students to allow others to copy their homework.
- 2013 Baseline -- 65% of surveyed seniors indicated that they allow peers to copy homework when asked.
- A 20% increase in the recognition of specific behaviors as digressions from academic integrity.
- 2013 Baseline—65% of seniors surveyed indicated that watching a movie rather than reading the book was not cheating.
- 2013 Baseline – 85% of seniors surveyed believed that making up answers to homework problems was not cheating.
- 2013 Baseline -- 48% of seniors surveyed believed that not citing a source in a paper was not cheating.
- 2013 Baseline – 53% of seniors surveyed indicated that intentionally being absent on the day of a test was not cheating.
- 2013 Baseline – 38% of seniors surveyed indicated that leaving an entire group project for one student to complete was not cheating.
- A 25% decrease in the perception that cheating is a problem at the school.
- 2013 Baseline- 95 % of seniors surveyed perceived cheating at JCHS to be 3 or higher out of a possible 5 (internal survey)
- 2013 Baseline-- 84% of teachers surveyed perceived lack of academic integrity to be a problem at JCHS by indicating a 3 or higher out of a possible 5 on baseline survey
- A 20% increase in the number of teachers who have and regularly use anti-plagiarism sites such as Turnitin.com
- 2013 Baseline- 8 teachers had accounts
**** we will be adding additional baseline data in September after we have surveyed all of the incoming 9th graders.
We are using an in-house survey for this goal – if the Middle States survey provides additional baseline information we will incorporate that also when we have the results of that survey.
Student Performance Objective #1: Technical Review Criteria
- Is the objective stated as a desired end result in student performance? (What do we expect our students to know? What do we expect them to do with what they know? And/or What qualities or characteristics do we want them to demonstrate?)
YES
- Is the objective related to improvement in an area of academics? (Note: If none of the student performance objectives relate to academics, the school needs to be prepared to explain why academics are not a priority for growth over the next five years. In addition, public schools need to be prepared to provide an explanation if their improvement objectives and plan do not include areas of student performance mandated for improvementunder the requirements of NCLB.)
YES
- Is the realization of the objective stated as seven years from the year of the team’s visit?
YES
- Has the school identified how it will measure progress toward the objective over the next seven years, i.e.:
1) Are the most recent baseline data included for each assessment? (MSA requires that at least one measure has baseline data in place by the time the team arrives.)
YES
2)Is the baseline year in which the data for each assessment were collected included?
YES
3)Are challenging and appropriate seven-year performance targets set for each assessment used to measure achievement of the objective?
YES
- Has the school identified multiple forms of assessment to measure accomplishment this objective when appropriate and available?
YES
- Are disaggregated data included when appropriate?
YES
- Is the objective measured by both external and internal assessments when appropriate and available?
YES
Do the assessments address expectations for as many of the school’s students as possible?
YES
Do the assessments relate to culminating expectations for students at or near the end of their experiences in the school?
YES
Suggestions for Revising Student Performance Objective #1:
Please have additional baseline data in place before the team arrives
Objective #2: As submitted by the school
2: Writing Across the Curriculum (Student Performance Goal)
By June 2020, JamesCaldwellHigh School students will demonstrate improvement in writing skills applied to various types of writing tasks across the curriculum as evidenced by.....
- An 20 point increase in the mean SAT Writing Score on the SAT
-2012 Baseline -- 519
- An increase in the mean score of the state assessment test which right now is to be the new PARCC assessment
-Baseline TBD—after new test is implemented and administered and mean scores are determined
- 95% of teachers reporting that students write a minimum of 1-2 times per marking period
-2012-2013 Baseline -- 77% of teachers report that students write a minimum of 1-2 times per making period in their classes
- 85% of students in Grades 9-12 mastering 4 of 5 grade level writing skill requirements on a grade level required writing.
-- 2012-2013 Baseline to be determined -- 11th grade to be current research paper rubric
Student Performance Objective #2: Technical Review Criteria
- Is the objective stated as a desired end result in student performance? (What do we expect our students to know? What do we expect them to do with what they know? And/or What qualities or characteristics do we want them to demonstrate?)
YES
- Is the objective related to improvement in an area of academics? (Note: If none of the student performance objectives relate to academics, the school needs to be prepared to explain why academics are not a priority for growth over the next five years. In addition, public schools need to be prepared to provide an explanation if their improvement objectives and plan do not include areas of student performance mandated for improvementunder the requirements of NCLB.)
YES
- Is the realization of the objective stated as seven years from the year of the team’s visit?
YES
- Has the school identified how it will measure progress toward the objective over the next seven years, i.e.:
1)Are the most recent baseline data included for each assessment? (MSA requires that at least one measure has baseline data in place by the time the team arrives.)
YES
2)Is the baseline year in which the data for each assessment were collected included?
YES
3)Are challenging and appropriate seven-year performance targets set for each assessment used to measure achievement of the objective?
YES
- Has the school identified multiple forms of assessment to measure accomplishment this objective when appropriate and available?
YES
- Are disaggregated data included when appropriate?
YES
- Is the objective measured by both external and internal assessments when appropriate and available?
YES
Do the assessments address expectations for as many of the school’s students as possible?
YES
Do the assessments relate to culminating expectations for students at or near the end of their experiences in the school?
YES
Suggestions for Revising Student Performance Objective #2:
None
Objective #3: As submitted by the school
Goal 3: Technology (Institutional Goal moving towards Student Performance Goal)
By June 2020, the Caldwell/West Caldwell School District will provide reliable technology service and access to technology tomaximize the educational opportunities to students and staff as evidenced by....
- A decrease in the number of tickets reported to PC Service (the internal IT department) to less than 700 per year.
- 2012-2013 Baseline -- 1152 reported tickets
- 2011- 2012 Baseline -- 895 reported tickets
- An 25% increase in satisfaction of faculty with the access and reliability of technology.
- 2013 Baseline -- 51% of faculty indicated that JCHS provides the necessary resources with an 8, 9, or 10 on internal survey. Anecdotal comments on the survey indicate that reliability of technology is a serious problem.
**** Standard survey data will also be included here when it becomes available – if relevant
Student Performance Objective #3: Technical Review Criteria
- Is the objective stated as a desired end result in student performance? (What do we expect our students to know? What do we expect them to do with what they know? And/or What qualities or characteristics do we want them to demonstrate?)
YES
- Is the objective related to improvement in an area of academics? (Note: If none of the student performance objectives relate to academics, the school needs to be prepared to explain why academics are not a priority for growth over the next five years. In addition, public schools need to be prepared to provide an explanation if their improvement objectives and plan do not include areas of student performance mandated for improvementunder the requirements of NCLB.)
YES
- Is the realization of the objective stated as seven years from the year of the team’s visit?
YES
- Has the school identified how it will measure progress toward the objective over the next seven years, i.e.:
1)Are the most recent baseline data included for each assessment? (MSA requires that at least one measure has baseline data in place by the time the team arrives.)
YES
2)Is the baseline year in which the data for each assessment were collected included?
YES
3)Are challenging and appropriate seven-year performance targets set for each assessment used to measure achievement of the objective?
YES
- Has the school identified multiple forms of assessment to measure accomplishment this objective when appropriate and available?
YES
- Are disaggregated data included when appropriate?
YES
- Is the objective measured by both external and internal assessments when appropriate and available?
YES
Do the assessments address expectations for as many of the school’s students as possible?
YES
Do the assessments relate to culminating expectations for students at or near the end of their experiences in the school?
YES
Suggestions for Revising Student Performance Objective #3:
What is student baseline regarding reliability of technology. Were they queried?
Objective #4: As submitted by the school
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