School Plan - Blytheville Public Schools

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During the spring of 2010, all first and second grade students took the SAT10 exam. This was the
third year for students to participate in this testing. First grade students scored: 30.4% on Reading
Comprehension
According to test results, 28.0% of all first graders scored at or above proficient.
From the subskills or skill clusters reported, the weakest areas in first grade were informational
content and text characteristics.
Second grade students scored:
24.4% on Reading Comprehension According to test results:
17.0% of all second graders scored at or above proficient.
From the content subskills or skill clusters reported, the weakest area in second grade were using
fix-up strategies and literary skills.
DIBELS Assessments for kindergarten for the 2011-2012 school year:
BEGINNING OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS:
66% students met DIBELS LNF benchmark
MIDDLE OF YEAR ASSESSEMENTS:
92% students met DIBELS LNF benchmark
82% students met DIBELS PSF benchmark
92.5% students met DIBELS NWF benchmark
END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS:
89% students met DIBELS LNF benchmark
93% students met DIBELS PSF benchmark
84% students met DIBELS NWF benchmark
After analyzing the data, it was determined that benchmark assessments given at the end of
September rather than in August as in previous years shows a more accurate assessment of a
student's beginning year knowledge. Overall, scores in all subtests for the whole school year
showed a slight gain from the previous year's subtest percentages. In 2011-2012, 89% of students
met the LNF benchmark score compared to 84% the previous year; 93% of students met the PSF
benchmark score compared to 91% the previous year. The percentage of students meeting the
NWF benchmark score remained at 84% for both years.
After reviewing the portfolios which include DIBELS, we have found the following:
In first grade, the 2011-2012 literacy assessments indicate that students have made gains in the
area of Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (81% proficient at the beginning compared to 97%
proficient at the end of the year). Data indicates that the area of weakness is Oral Reading Fluency
(63% proficient at the middle of the year compared to 60% proficient at the end of the year).
In second grade, the 2011-2012 data indicates that the area of weakness was Oral Reading Fluency
(53% proficient at the beginning of the year compared to 29% proficient at the end of the year).
DIBELS Assessments for kindergarten for the 2010-2011 school year:
BEGINNING OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS:
74% students met DIBELS LNF benchmark
MIDDLE OF YEAR ASSESSEMENTS:
85% students met DIBELS LNF benchmark
78% students met DIBELS PSF benchmark
89% students met DIBELS NWF benchmark
END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS:
84% students met DIBELS LNF benchmark
91% students met DIBELS PSF benchmark
84% students met DIBELS NWF benchmark
After analyzing the data, it was determined that benchmark assessments given at the end of
September rather than in August as in previous years shows a more accurate assessment of a
student's beginning year knowledge. Overall, scores in all subtests for the whole school year
showed a slight gain from the previous year's subtest percentages. In 2010-2011, 84% of students
met the LNF benchmark score compared to 81% the previous year; 91% of students met the PSF
benchmark score compared to 90% the previous year. The percentage of students meeting the
NWF benchmark score remained at 84% for both years
After reviewing the portfolios which include DIBELS, we have found the following:
In first grade, the 2010-2011 literacy assessments indicate that students have made gains in the
area of Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (89% proficient at the beginning compared to 95%
proficient at the end of the year) and Nonsense Word Fluency (78% proficient at the beginning
compared to 83% at the end of the year.) Data indicates that the area of weakness is Oral Reading
Fluency (59% proficient at the middle of the year compared to 53% proficient at the end of the
year).
In second grade, the 2010-2011 data indicates that the area of weakness was Oral Reading Fluency
(52% proficient at the beginning of the year compared to 51% proficient at the end of the year).
DIBELS Assessments for kindergarten for the 2009-2010 school year:
BEGINNING OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS:
71% students met DIBELS LNF benchmark
MIDDLE OF YEAR ASSESSEMENTS:
82% students met DIBELS LNF benchmark
66% students met DIBELS PSF benchmark
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