Strategic Quality Improvement
Col. John Wheeler Middle School
AdvancED Accreditation Standard for QualitySchool Systems
Standard 4: Documenting and Using Results
QualitySchool Indicator 4.5:The school uses comparison and trend data from comparable schools to evaluate student performance and school effectiveness.
League Schools of Col. John Wheeler Middle School (3915)
WilburWrightMiddle SchoolGrades 6-8Munster4333
KahlerMiddle SchoolGrades 5-8Dyer3841
Grimmer Middle SchoolGrades 5-8Schererville3831
Westfield Junior HighGrades 7-8Westfield2491
BrownsburgEastMiddle SchoolGrades 5-8Brownsburg2720
Fishers Junior HighGrades 7-8Fishers2476
CarrollMiddle SchoolGrades 6-8Ft. Wayne0090
BenFranklinMiddle SchoolGrades 6-8Valparaiso6885
Comparison and Trend Data: ISTEP
All Grades Passing Percentage Both Math and English Language Arts
07-0808-F09-S09-1010-1111-12
League Average858782798282
League Maximum889187868688
League Minimum798376747575
Col. Wheeler838376788583
Grade 6: English Language Arts Passing Percentage
07-0808-F09-S09-1010-1111-12
League Average818480858786
League Maximum899391909393
League Minimum717375788280
Col. Wheeler827975859088
State Average737370727678
Grade 6: Mathematics Passing Percentage
07-0808-F09-S09-1010-1111-12
League Average889083878990
League Maximum939289949596
League Minimum858779808084
Col. Wheeler888979899389
State Average818076778082
Grade 7: English Language Arts Passing Percentage
07-0808-F09-S09-1010-1111-12
League Average838582868986
League Maximum889288959294
League Minimum777774788481
Col. Wheeler827774869085
State Average717068727775
Grade 7: Mathematics Passing Percentage
07-0808-F09-S09-1010-1111-12
League Average889182858889
League Maximum939486919393
League Minimum848873828281
Col. Wheeler888873879191
State Average808269737578
Grade 8: English Language Arts Passing Percentage
07-0808-F09-S09-1010-1111-12
League Average848281858686
League Maximum909186919392
League Minimum747672818179
Col. Wheeler798277838986
State Average706969697273
Grade 8: Mathematics Passing Percentage
07-0808-F09-S09-1010-1111-12
League Average868580878990
League Maximum909492949395
League Minimum818071838183
Col. Wheeler818276848991
State Average757568727780
Grade 6: EnglishLanguageArtsPass + Percentage
07-0808-0909-1010-1111-12
League Average9122934Not available
League Maximum16224048Not available
League Minimum572121Not available
Col. Wheeler58323934
Grade 6: Mathematics Pass + Percentage
07-0808-0909-1010-1111-12
League Average27182627Not available
League Maximum36313536Not available
League Minimum1981614Not available
Col. Wheeler198212932
Grade 7: English Language Arts Pass + Percentage
07-0808-0909-1010-1111-12
League Average15162423Not available
League Maximum24213643Not available
League Minimum4101723Not available
Col. Wheeler410233224
Grade 7: Mathematics Pass + Percentage
07-0808-0909-1010-1111-12
League Average23243335Not available
League Maximum38374343Not available
League Minimum12141423Not available
Col. Wheeler1214263238
Grade 8: EnglishLanguageArtsPass + Percentage
07-0808-0909-1010-1111-12
League Average1291713Not available
League Maximum17142315Not available
League Minimum741010Not available
Col. Wheeler84101013
Grade 8: Mathematics Pass + Percentage
07-0808-0909-1010-1111-12
League Average28242913Not available
League Maximum38454238Not available
League Minimum20142117Not available
Col. Wheeler2014222325
Special Education: English Language Arts All Grades Passing Percentage
07-0808-0909-1010-1111-12
League Average3940515249
League Maximum5660725859
League Minimum3127404037
Col. Wheeler3527465845
Special Education: Mathematics All Grades Passing Percentage
07-0808-0909-1010-1111-12
League Average4951596263
League Maximum6472807884
League Minimum4127474743
Col. Wheeler4127607359
Student Growth (per Indiana Department of Education data) (2010-11)
Grade 6 MathematicsGrade 6 Language Arts
High Growth =49.4%High Growth =45.2%
Typical Growth =28.0%Typical Growth =32.0%
Low Growth =22.6%Low Growth =22.8%
Grade 7 MathematicsGrade 7 Language Arts
High Growth =43.1%High Growth =40.5%
Typical Growth =29.2%Typical Growth =27.6%
Low Growth =27.8%Low Growth =31.9%
Grade 8 MathematicsGrade 8 Language Arts
High Growth =50.4%High Growth =37.7%
Typical Growth =27.5%Typical Growth =30.4%
Low Growth =22.1%Low Growth =31.9%
Mathematics:
The chart above indicates that Col. Wheeler students experienced both high achievement and high growth during the 2010-11 school year in Mathematics. Col. Wheeler is represented by the large dark dot in the graph. The other dots represent the other Crown Point schools.
English / Language Arts
The chart above indicates that Col. Wheeler students experienced both high achievement and high growth during the 2010-11 school year in Language Arts. Col. Wheeler is represented by the large dark dot in the upper right quadrant. The other dots represent the other Crown Point schools.
Evaluation of Data
Col. John Wheeler Middle School finds itself “moving up in the pack” when compared to our league schools. While incorporating new instructional strategies and programming will be helpful, the largest changes needed are mindsets of expected outcomes and the tenacity to reach them.
Our academic school improvement goal will remain as improving the critical thinking skills of our students across the curriculum. Although our scores are on the rise, we cannot afford to let our guard won. Additional school improvement goals will focus on providing more horizontal and vertical articulation opportunities for staff and decreasing the number of bullying incidents. This report is centered on academic data.
Student Growth Data (per Indiana Department of Education data 2012)
Grade 6 MathematicsGrade 6 Language Arts
High Growth =32.5%High Growth =31.4%
Typical Growth =37.7%Typical Growth =27.9%
Low Growth =29.8%Low Growth =40.7%
Grade 7 MathematicsGrade 7 Language Arts
High Growth =46.0%High Growth =29.7%
Typical Growth =32.2%Typical Growth =40.9%
Low Growth = 21.8%Low Growth =29.3%
Grade 8 MathematicsGrade 8 Language Arts
High Growth =33.3%High Growth =33.4%
Typical Growth =31.0%Typical Growth = 41.9%
Low Growth =35.7%Low Growth =25.6%
2011-2012 Report Card
A
Letter Grade
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School received an "A" as its final letter grade for school accountability.
There was no letter grade change from last year.
The final grade reflects student performance and growth on Indiana's English/Language Arts and Math basic skills tests. Student growth is analyzed for three groups: (1) Bottom 25%, (2) Top 75% and (3) Overall.
Student Performance
A school's letter grade is established by the percent of students passing state assessments.
MathematicsEnglish/Language Arts
90.4% of students passed the assessment.85.7% of students passed the assessment.
This rate is above the state average.This rate is above the state average.
This rate is above the state goal. This rate is below the state goal.
Student Growth
A school's letter grade may increase, decrease, or remain the same based on student growth.
Mathematics English/Language Arts
Student Performance
Mathematics English/Language Arts
Percent Passing Percent Passing
Student Growth
Mathematics English/Language Arts
Percent of Students Achieving High Growth (Bonus Opportunities)
Bottom 25% of Students Bottom 25% of Students
Top 75% of Students Top 75% of Students
Percent of Students Showing Low Growth (Penalty Possibilities)
Overall Overall
Evaluation of Data: Col. John Wheeler Middle School has experienced high achievement from the results of the 2012 ISTEP. Our scores in Mathematics exceed the state goal of 90% passing while our Language Arts scores fall just short of this. In Language Arts, the growth of all of our students is a concern. We have implemented professional development on a monthly basis to include incorporating reading, writing, and questioning strategies in all academic disciplines. This is in addition to monthly training on highly effective teaching strategies. The mindset is that students will not be allowed to “check their Language Arts skills at the door” when entering a non-Language Arts classroom. Critical reading and writing will be the expectation throughout the school as we move to a common core based curriculum.
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School
Total Longitudinal Percentage Point Gained 2007-2012
YEAR / ELA% Pass / Math
% Pass / ELA/Math Both
% Pass / All Test % Pass
2012 / 85.8% / 90.5% / 82.4% / 88.2%
2011 / 88.2% / 90.8% / 84.7% / 89.5%
2010 / 85.5% / 87.2% / 79.4% / 86.4%
2009 / 76.5% / 76.8% / 67.9% / 76.7%
2008 / 79.8% / 87.0% / 75.2% / 83.4%
2007 / 81.2% / 86.4% / 76.2% / 83.8%
Percentage
Points Gained / 4.6% / 4.1% / 6.2% / 4.4%
Total Points
Gained / 19.4
The chart above indicates the growth that Col. John Wheeler Middle School has enjoyed during its existence. This is representative of the hard work of the staff, the initiatives that have been employed, the excellence of our students, and the collaboration with our parents. Our success has been the result of a team effort.
Utilization of Data
We have two days of ISTEP skills to our Advisory classes for all students at all grade levels per week targeting English Language Arts and Mathematics.
All students are enrolled in a daily “RTI Period” where their academic needs are met whether at, above, or below grade level.
We are using Acuity testing results to re-teach skill gaps during the school day.
We are using Acuity testing to better align our scope and sequence plans.
We are using Acuity data to place students in Tiers 1, 2, or 3 for the RtI Period.
We are using an on-line measurement for essay writing for pre and post-tests while measuring improvement.
Teachers have been trained in the “Question-Answer-Relationship” strategy to use in all classrooms through in-house personnel.
Teachers have been trained in additional high-yield instructional strategies by in-house personnel.
More clustering of students within academic teams is taking place during the school day.
Provide incentives as goals for successful ISTEP outcomes.
Mr. Vassar met individually with students who were identified by their teachers as reluctant in putting forth effort on statewide testing. The number of students met with this year was 156. These meetings outlined expectations and provided encouragement to students.
Parents were notified multiple times via the Alert Now system of school goals, expectations, and events surrounding ISTEP prior to testing.
Mr. Vassar provides monthly staff training on classroom methods designed to increase the critical thinking skills of students. This is called a “Lunch & Learn” where lunch is purchased for the staff and Mr. Vassar provides a teaching segment several topics. (2011-12)
Teachers are being provided with information on the transition to common core standards in the next few years.
Teachers have been provided training in the Burnette Writing Process to provide a school-wide approach to language arts. This training was provided by our Language Arts department.
Teachers are being participating in a book study monthly. The book is The Art & Science of Teaching by Robert Marzano. The information studied is in line with the new teacher evaluation model to begin in the 2013-14 school year. This study is led by Mr. Vassar
All teachers receive learning sessions called “Digging Deeper” one time per month. These sessions cover effective teaching strategies and the evaluation tool itself. Mr. Vassar is the presenter for these meeting
All staff receives a weekly inspirational note from Mr. Vassar. These messages can be found at theprincipaloutlook.com
Our Plans
Continue to place special education teachers directly with one academic team. This will increase service time with special education students as well as providing more opportunities for all students with increased contact.
Better identification of Tier 2 and 3 students through a progress monitoring system.
Increased horizontal and vertical articulation opportunities
RTI Period planning sessions after each Acuity testing cycle led by data leaders.
Team- teach during small group instructional time to increase student contact.
Continue with Response to Intervention (RTI) period during the school day to provide for academic needs of all students whether above, at, or below grade level.
Provide for more horizontal and vertical articulation activities for the teaching staff
Develop a unified writing format throughout the school
Train teachers as described above during professional development time.
Continue to showcase student work such as community art displays, parents vs. students in academic competitions, “Wax Museum” Science Fair.
Continue with in-house professional development cycles on late start Wednesdays.
Continue with our unique academic periods during the school day such as RtI Period and Advisory Period.
Continue to develop positive relationships with students while staying on mission to make our school a place where kids want to be.
Continue to find ways to inspire students to be the best they can be.
“Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted.” ---Einstein