NECAP Progress

At the Fremont School District Deliberative Session, I spoke about the progress that we have made academically based on the latest NECAP results. I want to make this information available on my Blog if you were not in attendance and for you to share with others.
Looking at our present eighth grade class, over a three year period of time, the eighth grades' proficiency rate has increased by 21% in reading and 16% in math.(this figure compares the 8th class of 2009 with the class of 2011) If one is to follow this class's proficiency rate from when they were in sixth grade to this year, this cohort group increased proficiency by 36% in reading and 7% in math over those three years. I believe that this is significant growth of the students as they end their career at Ellis.
While we can trace this same type of growth from the seventh and sixth grade cohort groups over the three year period, we know that clearly we can't give up! We are working diligently to make sure that all grade levels increase the academic performance for our children.
I also need to point out that NECAP results should not be seen as the only indicator of success within a school. There are other measures such as attendance rate, discipline referrals, NWEA and AIMS Web data and the general climate of the building. In all areas, we are making sound progress. If you haven't been in to visit the school, I encourage you to contact Mr. Safina to make arrangements to see what is taking place.
I welcome your comments.
Bill