Gretchen Everhart Gretchen Everhart SchoolSchool

School Improvement School Improvement PlanPlan

Gretchen Everhart Gretchen Everhart SchoolSchool

School Improvement School Improvement PlanPlan

Public HearingPublic HearingSeptember 10, 2007September 10, 2007

School Improvement Plan

Final ReportLook what we have accomplished!

ReadingEnd of Year Objective:• 93% of Everhart students assessed in reading by the

Florida Alternate Assessment Report (grades 3 – 10) will achieve a level 3 or 4 in order to attain adequate yearly progress.

Evaluation Results:• 92% of Everhart students assessed in reading by the

Florida alternate Assessment report (grades 3 – 10) achieved a level 3 or 4 in order to attain adequate yearly progress as evidenced by the Florida alternate Assessment Report results.

This objective was not met.

WritingEnd of Year Objective:• 94% of Everhart students assessed in writing by the

Florida Alternate Assessment Report (grades 4, 8 & 10) will achieve a level 3 or 4 in order to attain adequate yearly progress.

Evaluation Results:• 94% of Everhart students assessed in writing by the

Florida Alternate Assessment Report (grades 4, 8 & 10) achieved a level 3 or 4 in order to attain adequate yearly progress as evidenced by the Florida alternate Assessment Report results.

This objective was met.

MathEnd of Year Objective:• 89% of Everhart students assessed in mathematics by

the Florida Alternate Assessment Report (grades 3 – 10) will achieve a level 3 or 4 in order to attain adequate yearly progress.

Evaluation Results:• 94% of Everhart students assessed in mathematics by

the Florida Alternate Assessment Report (grades 3 – 10) will achieve a level 3 or 4 in order to attain adequate yearly progress as evidenced by the Florida alternate Assessment Report results.

This objective was met.

ScienceEnd of Year Objective:• 35% of Everhart students assessed in science by the

Florida Alternate Assessment Report (grades 5, 8 & 10) will achieve a level 3 or 4 in order to attain adequate yearly progress.

Evaluation Results:• 91% of Everhart students assessed in science by the

Florida Alternate Assessment Report (grades 5, 8 & 10) will achieve a level 3 or 4 in order to attain adequate yearly progress as evidenced by the Florida alternate Assessment Report results.

This objective was met.

Overall ResultsDefinition of Adequate Progress: Gretchen Everhart defines adequate

progress as meeting 3 out of 4 end of year objectives in our School Improvement Plan.

According to the data collected, teacher observations, and documentation 3 out of 4 objectives were met indicating that adequate progress was made at Gretchen Everhart School during the 2006-2007 school year.

What will change for 2007-08?

The assessment system will change as mandated by the State of Florida Department of Education

The assessment will be called: Florida Alternate Assessment

What we know so far:• Takes into consideration the 3 access point

levels– Participatory Level– Supported Level– Independent Level

• Performance Task Approach

• Allows students to work across levels to their fullest potential

Grades tested same as FCAT

• 3rd Reading Math --------- ---------• 4th Reading Math Writing ---------• 5th Reading Math --------- Science• 6th Reading Math --------- ---------• 7th Reading Math --------- ---------• 8th Reading Math Writing Science• 9th Reading Math --------- ---------• 10th Reading Math Writing ---------• 11th ---------- ------ --------- Science

When?

Test Administration window is from March 3rd – 28th

(FCAT is from March 12th – 28th)

What we are waiting to hear from DOE

• It is still not clear how individual and school results will be reported

• The scores may not be the same as previous years (1-5 scale)

Possible scores

The scores may range from: 1-3 for Participatory level students 6 for Supported level students 9 for Independent level students

What we plan to dofor our SIP for

2007-2008

Use the same goals in:» Reading» Writing» Math» Science

and aim for improvements over last year’s scores

Comments / Ideas?Stay tuned…….. the School Advisory Council will meet:

Wednesday, September 26th at 6:30

to approve and finalize the plan. Please feel free to share input to Jane Floyd Bullen, Principal or any member of S.A.C.

Recruiting S.A.C. Members

If you would like to serve on the School Advisory Council for Everhart We could use you! Please let one of us know!

We need people to represent our diverse school population!

Thank You!

Thank you for participatingin the Public Hearing of the Gretchen Everhart SchoolSchool Improvement Plan

for 2007-08