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Watertown Public Schools Assessment Report 2010

Ann Koufman-Frederick and Administrative Council

School Committee Meetings

Oct, Nov , Dec, 2010

Part I

MCAS, AYP

Part II

AMAO, SAT, AP

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AMAOAnnual Measurable Achievement Objectives

2010 Report (2009 Data)

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AMAO Progress

AMAO 2009

District Target

District Performance

# of Students

AMAO achieved?

Overall Progress 60% 71% 153 Yes

Percentage of limited English proficient (LEP) students in Grades K-12 who show progress on the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment (MEPA) and/or IDEA Proficiency Test (IPT) from 2008-2009.

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AMAO Attainment

AMAO 2009

District Target

District Performance

# of Students

AMAO achieved?

Overall Attainment 28% 44% 268 Yes

Percentage of LEP students in Grades K-2 who scored at appropriate levels on MEPA and IPT. Percentage of Grades 3 -12 who scored in the Transitioning performance level on the spring 2009 MEPA.

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LEP Subgroup - AYP

Content Area AYP

English Language Arts Yes

Mathematics No

AMAO History 2006 2007 2008 2009

Progress AMAO Yes Yes Yes Yes

Attainment AMAO Yes Yes Yes Yes

AYP - English Language Arts No Yes No Yes

AYP - Mathematics Yes Yes No No

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SATScholastic Aptitude Tests

2010 Report

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SAT Class of 2010 Summary

  Watertown Massachusetts National

Mean Reading 514 512 501

Mean Math 547 526 516

Mean Writing 506 509 492

Combined Reading & Math 1061 1038 1017

Combined Reading & Math & Writing 1567 1547 1509

WHS SAT Statistics, 2002-2010

460

480

500

520

540

560

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

VerbalMathWriting

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APAdvanced Placement

2010 Report

AP Courses 2010

Course and number of students enrolled:

Biology

18Chemistry

22Physics B

16Physics (VHS)

1

European His

21US History

16World History (VHS)

1Psychology

30English Lang.

16English Lit.

24

Spanish Lang

11French (VHS)

1

Calculus AB

22Calculus BC (IS)

1Statistics

24

Studio Art 2D

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AP Exams Taken, 2010

Course and number of students tested:

Biology

17Calculus AB

22Calculus BC

2Chemistry

19English Lang.

16English Lit.

10European His

21Physics B

6Physics C E&M

1Physics C Mech

1

Psychology

19Spanish Lang

8Statistics

21Studio Art 2D

1US History

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175 Tests in all

AP Highlights

• 88 students took a total of 175 AP exams

• 42 Seniors took AP classes and exams

• 31 Juniors took AP classes and exams

• 77% of students enrolled in AP classes took AP exams

• 77% scored 3 or better

• 43% scored grades of 4 or 5

AP English

 Score 5 4 3 2 1 TOTAL  Avg. Qualifiers

English Language/Composition 2010 4 5 5 2 0 16 3.69 14/16

English Literature / Composition2010

0 0 8 2 0 10 2.80 8/10

AP Math

  Score 5 4 3 2 1 TOTAL Avg. Qualifiers

Calculus AB ‘10 7 3 5 2 1 18 3.72 15/18

Calculus AB '09 5 3 3 1 0 12 4.00 11/12

Calculus AB '08 6 5 1 3 0 15 3.93 12/15

Calculus BC ‘10 2 0 0 0 0 2 5.00 2/2

Statistics 2010 4 6 9 2 0 21 3.57 19/21

Statistics 2009 10 5 7 3 0 25 3.88 22/25

Statistics 2008 2 9 0 3 0 14 3.71 11/14

AP Science

 Score 5 4 3 2 1 TOTAL Avg. Qualifiers

Chemistry, 2010 1 5 6 6 1 19 2.95 12/19

Chemistry, 2009 0 2 6 1 1 10 2.90 8/10

Chemistry, 2008 7 4 8 5 5 29 3.10 19/29Biology, 2010 4 5 4 2 2 17 3.41 13/17Biology, 2009 3 3 4 1 5 16 2.88 10/16

Physics B, 2010 0 3 1 2 0 6 3.17 4/6

Physics B, 2009 0 0 2 0 0 2 3.00 2/2Physics B, 2008 0 2 0 0 0 2 4.00 2/2Physics C, 2010* 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.00 1/1

AP History & Psychology

 Score 5 4 3 2 1 TOTAL Avg. Qualifiers

US History, 2010 3 4 4 4 0 15 3.40 11/15US History, 2009 1 2 7 4 0 14 3.00 10/14US History, 2008 1 4 2 3 1 11 3.09 7/11Euro History, 2010 0 2 11 4 4 21 2.52 13/21Euro History, 2009 1 2 7 2 2 14 2.86 10/14Euro History, 2008 0 0 4 0 2 6 2.33 4/6Psychology, 2010 1 11 4 3 0 19 3.53 16/19Psychology, 2009 1 8 0 0 0 9 4.11 9/9Psychology, 2008 5 6 6 4 1 22 3.46 17/22

AP--Other Courses 2010

                            Score 5  4 3 2 1 # of Exams

Section Avg

Qualifiers

Art 2-D 0 1 0 0 0 1 4.0 1/1

Spanish Language 0 2 3 3 0 8 2.88 5/8

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ACTAmerican College Testing

2010 Report

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ACT Class of 2010 Summary

  Watertown Massachusetts

English 22.3 24.0

Math 24.4 24.3

Reading 22.2 24.2

Science 22.4 23.1

Composite 22.9 24.0

College Ready Benchmarks ACT

English Composition 18

Algebra 22

Social Science 21

Biology 24

Note: Lowest number of ACT test takers at WHS in 5 years (18)