Whitman Elementary - Tulsa Public Schools

Table 3: Comparison Proficient to Below Proficient
Table 3 is designed to reveal the trend data in the subject area tested to indicate if more students are moving into higher proficiency
ranges. As the state continues to increases expectations for students/schools to reach high levels of rigor we can measure our
response to the increased expectations in two ways, higher median OPI scores or greater % of students scoring well into the proficient
or above range. Consequently, Table 3 and Table 1 must be reviewed together. Example: if in Table 1 the Median OPI for Male and
Female in 5th Grade Reading was 706 and 709 respectfully in 2010, this could result in 51% of students scoring proficient (a green
bar) in Table 3. However, the beginning of the proficiency range for this subject in this year was 700. This comparison indicates that
the median score is very close to the break point for limited knowledge and with increased levels of rigor on the horizon the school may
be challenged to obtain the same levels of performance in subsequent years.
Discussion Points
• Are we maintaining, decreasing or increasing the percentages of students scoring proficient and/or above?
• What information is used to identify a student’s proficiency level in the beginning of a school year? How is that information
communicated to staff that may have the student in their class? What method(s) are used to determine how much growth is needed
for each student to reach a higher performance range?
• How did the levels of proficiency revealed in Table 3 match the stated schools goals in the WISE Plan? Where were we close,
where did we exceed expectations, where did we fail to reach our stated growth expectations?
• Is there a discernable pattern evident when we reviewing our historical trend?
• What are we going to do differently and why?