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High School Reform Initiative

Student Goals

Goals

•  100 percent of district seniors will pass the California High School Exit Examination.
• 100 percent of the seniors will meet district graduation requirements.
• 75% of district graduates will meet the UC/CSU "a-g" course requirements.
• 100 percent of district students who enroll at a UC or CSU campus will meet the entrance requirements for English and mathematics proficiency.
• The four-year dropout rate for the district will not exceed 13.9% (the rate in the baseline year of 2000-2001).

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS   

Performance Indicator	2006 Benchmarks
Academic Press Indicators - COLLEGE
1.0  A-G Coursework	Meet yearly targets until 75% of graduating seniors meet UC/CSU requirements
2.0  AP Test Takers/Qualifying Rate	Achieve a 1:1 ratio of juniors and seniors in AP courses Increase AP Qualifying rate to 60%
3.0  GPA: 3.0 or above	Increase numbers of students with college weighted GPA at or above 3.0
4.0  SAT Scores/Exams taken 5.0  PSAT Exams	Increase # of takers to 80% of graduating class Increase the average verbal and math score to 550 on SAT All juniors take PSAT
Academic Press Indicators -STATE LEVEL
6.0  API	Meet schoolwide state growth targets of 5% each year and meet all subgroup targets
7.0  CST	Language arts 70% at or above basic 50% at or above proficient	Mathematics 50% at or above basic 20% at or above proficient
	Science 50% at or above basic 20% at or above proficient	History/Social Science 70% at or above basic 30% at or above proficient
8.0  AYP	Meet all targets-school wide and subgroup
9.0  CAHSEE	60% Sophomores pass English and Mathematics sections 80% Juniors pass English and Mathematics sections
Academic Press Indicators-SCHOOL SITE
10.0        Grades	Reduce school wide D's and F's to < 25% Ninth grade Algebra pass rate of 80%
11.0        End-Of-Course Exams	Physics, English 9 and Algebra  (TBD)
Personalization  & Culture Indicators
12.0        Actual Attendance	Show annual improvement to 96.5%
13.0        Drop Out Rate	Does not exceed baseline year (2000-2001) of 13.9%
14.0        Suspension Rate	Decrease number of overall suspensions by 10%
15.0        "Class of" Graduation Rate	Increase overall graduation rate by 10% each year to 100%

2003-2004 PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TARGETS

UC/CSU College Entrance Indicators
1.0  A-G Coursework	Meet yearly targets until 75% of graduating seniors meet UC/CSU requirements.
2.0  AP Test Takers/Qualifying Rate	Increase AP Qualifying rates, which measure the number of AP Exams earning college credit per 100 juniors and seniors enrolled. Increase the number of AP and/or IB course offerings. (Student placements)
3.0  GPA: 3.0 or above	Show annual improvement on the numbers of students with college weighted GPA at or above 3.0, which is aligned to the district's standards and content objectives.
4.0  Exams taken/SAT Scores	Increase the number of students who take the SAT each year; increase the average verbal and math score towards 550 on the SAT exam; or achieve a 3 or higher on the mathematics or English AP exams which eliminates the need for remediation or ELM/EPT qualification score.
5.0  PSAT Exams	Increase the number of students per year taking the PSAT exams.
State Accountability Indicators
6.0  API	Each high school will meet the API State growth target of 5% per year or better including all subgroups.
7.0  CST	School sites will increase California State Standards Test scores each year in Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Science and Science by increasing the number of students at proficient and advanced levels in each of these areas.
8.0  AYP	School sites will meet all yearly AYP targets as a total school and by individual subgroups.
9.0  CAHSEE	School sites will meet yearly targets set for percentages of students passing both the English and Mathematics portions of the CAHSEE.These include 60% Sophomores, 80% Juniors and 100% Seniors.
School Site Performance Indicators
10.0        Grades	Each school site will meet their targets for reducing the number of D's and F's to less than 25% schoolwide. In addition, each school will meet their targets for increasing the 9th grade Algebra pass rate to > or = 80%.
11.0        End-Of-Course Exams	Each school site will increase the percentage of students reaching mastery on Physics, English 9 and Algebra End-of-Course exams.
Culture & Personalization Indicators
12.0        Actual Attendance		Actual attendance at all schools will stay above the 2003 base year value and increase to 96.5% by 2006.
13.0        Drop Out Rate		Do not exceed baseline year (2000-2001) drop out rate of 13.9%
14.0        Suspension Rate		Decrease at all schools the number of overall suspensions yearly.
15.0        "Class Of" Graduation Rate		Increase overall graduation rate by 10% annually until 100% target is met.

 

 

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