2009-10 Continuous Improvement Plan

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Mission Statement:

Our mission is to facilitate maximum learning for every student

Vision:

The Framework for Excellence

Our students will perform at a level that surpasses or is equal to their projected level of achievement. We will promote high expectations for students in all areas: academic, artistic, physical, health, citizenship and service. In a fiscally responsible manner, we will commit the resources necessary to establish and maintain:

  • A respectful, caring, and safe environment
  • Research-based, student focused instruction
  • Information-driven decision making
  • A focused and challenging curriculum
  • Collaboration focused on improving student learning
  • An active partnership with parents and community

Focus:

The districtwide area of concentration is on curriculum

To clearly articulate quality learning targets that directly align curriculum to assessment and instruction.

Benchmarks and Indicators

Measuring the Outcomes
Benchmark 1: Achievement at or above projected performance levels based on Project SOAR data.
Increase or maintain at least 80 percent of students achieving at or above their projected performance level.
Benchmark 2: Facilitate a year or more of achievement for every year of instruction.
Overall district/building growth is at or above a year’s worth of growth.
Majority of subjects and grade levels will meet or exceed a year’s worth of growth.
Benchmark 3: Meet state standards at the district and building levels.
Seventy-five percent or more of students will score proficient or above in all subjects and grade levels.
Meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for all subgroups in reading and math.
State Performance Index will increase or maintain at least 105.
Benchmark 4: Top of State and Nation.
Will surpass the advanced and accelerated percentages of the similar-district group in a majority of subjects and grade levels.
State Performance Index ranking will increase or remain in the top ten percent of all school districts.
Benchmark 5: Increased percentages of students at advanced and accelerated levels.
Increase or maintain at least 50 percent of students scoring at advanced and accelerated levels.
Increase or maintain at least 50 percent of juniors and seniors participating in Advanced Placement courses.
Increase or maintain at least 75 percent of juniors and seniors earning a score of three or higher on Advanced Placement exams.
Benchmark 6: Community survey responses show continued high and increasing ratings on achieving our mission and all areas of our vision.
The community survey results will equal or surpass previous year.
Benchmark 7: Graduates prepared for educational/vocational pursuit of their choice.
Increase from the three-year average or maintain above 90 percent of seniors giving top two ratings on the exit survey.
Increase or maintain 50 percent of students meeting all four ACT college readiness benchmarks.
ACT mean scores will increase or remain high at 25.
Our high schools will continue to be ranked in the top 500 high schools in the nation as ranked by the Challenge Index.

CIP Benchmark Terminology

SOAR:
SOAR is a statewide school improvement initiative comprised of over 100 Ohio school districts. Olentangy receives district, building, grade, and classroom-level performance data reports in reading, math, science, and social studies for grades 3-10. The Ohio Value-Added model will provide district, building and grade-level performance data reports for only grades 4-8 in reading and math for all Ohio districts (These will be reported on the Local Report Card).
Growth:
Growth or Value-Added data is the newest accountability measure we have. These data measure if the district, building and/or teachers are facilitating average or typical growth for their students. We use both TerraNova and state achievement tests in Value-Added calculations. We are able to measure growth in third through tenth grades in reading and mathematics, writing in fourth, seventh and tenth, and science and social studies in third through tenth grades.
Designations are given to a district, building, grade, or classroom referencing the impact of learning. The designations are above expected, expected, or below expected growth.
Projected Performance:
This is a calculated performance level based on a students’ complete standardized testing data history. We will use all state achievement tests and TerraNova when no state achievement tests are available. These projections are the performance level a student is most likely to attain on the state achievement tests.
Performance Index (PI):
is a calculation that reflects the achievement of every student. The score is a weighted average of all tested subjects in grades 3-8 and 10. The most weight is given to students scoring at the advanced level (1.2) and decreases with each lower performance level. This creates a scale from 0 to 120 points.
Untested students0 points
Limited0.3 points
Basic0.6 points
Proficient1.0 points
Accelerated1.1 points
Advanced1.2 points
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP):
All students in grades 3 through 8 and 10 (OGT) are evaluated in reading and math only. This measure was created to ensure that all subgroups are achieving at high levels. All students fall into at least two of the following ten student subgroups:
  • All Students
  • Economically Disadvantaged Students
  • Asian/Pacific Islander Students
  • Black/Non-Hispanic Students
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native Students
  • Hispanic Students
  • Multi-Racial Students
  • White Students
  • Students with Disabilities (IEP)
  • Students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
There must be a minimum of 30 students in any subgroup for a district or building to receive an AYP rating.
The AYP goals change every two years. Below are the goals that were in effect for the 2007-08 school year and will be the same goals for the 2008-09 school year.
Grade BandGradeReadingMath
Elementary377.0%68.5%
474.6%73.7%
574.6%59.7%
Middle680.6%64.1%
774.9%57.8%
879.0%58%
High1077.4%68.0%