DOCUMENT RESUME ED 448 165 TM 031 801 AUTHOR Fenton, Ray TITLE Anchorage School District Profile of Performance, 1998-1999. Assessment and Evaluation Report. INSTITUTION Anchorage School District, AK. REPORT NO ASD-AER-99-6 PUB DATE 1999-09-00 NOTE 668p.; Cover page title varies slightly. AVAILABLE FROM Public Affairs Office of the Anchorage School District, 4600 De Barr Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99508. Tel: 907-269-2131. Web site for selected information: http://www,asd.k12.ak.us/Depts/Assess_Eval/. PUB TYPE Numerical/Quantitative Data (110) Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF03/PC27 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Academic Achievement; *Achievement Gains; Achievement Tests; College Entrance Examinations; Demography; Elementary Secondary Education; *Ethnicity; *Outcomes of Education; Parents; Profiles; Satisfaction; *School Districts; *Standardized Tests; Student Characteristics; Students; Surveys; Tables (Data); Teachers; Test Results IDENTIFIERS *Anchorage School District AK ABSTRACT The "Profile of Performance" is the Anchorage School District, Alaska, report card to the School Board and community on academic achievement. Part 1 of the report provides a summary of performance across the entire district on a variety of indicators of achievement. It includes an overview of district performance and an examination of the performance of students by ethnic and income groups. Part 2 looks at each of the more than 90 schools and programs in Anchorage, providing information on attainment of school goals, staff and student demographics, and the history of academic achievement at the school. The focus of this document is on the regular education program. It does not include the special education program; nor does it address the social or physical wellness of students other than through the end-of-year report card surveys. While the majority group in the Anchorage School District continues to be white, students whose ethnic background is other than white account for an increasing portion of the school district's population, amounting to 33% in 1998-1999. Although overall Anchorage School District indicators were very positive with norm-referenced test performance and ACT/SAT scores for college bound seniors well above the national average, there were substantial differences in the performance of individual schools. Many Anchorage schools have large numbers of students who come from low-income homes and have high student mobility. These are schools in which the task of education is more difficult, and teachers have to work the hardest to help students achieve. (Contains 129 tables.) (SLD) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROFILES O'r7 FERFORMANCE 1998-99 !_m ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATIONDEPARTMENT 0 co ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATIONREPORT #99-6 SEPTEMBER 1999 2O U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS CENTER (ERIC) BEEN GRANTED BY This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. R V.t a_tA.Ot ry Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Points of view or opinions stated in this INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. BEST COPY AVAILABLt ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROFILE OF PERFORMANCE 1998-1999 SCHOOL BOARD Peggy Robinson, President Dave Werdal Rita J. Holthouse Bettye Davis Harriet A. Drummond Kathi Gillespie Debbie Ossiander Robert Christal Superintendent Prepared September 1999 Assessment .and Evaluation Department Ray Fenton, Ph.D., Supervisor Tom Straugh, Ph.D., Coordinator DistrictwideTesting Steve Garrison, Ph.D., Research Associate Sarah Hotchkiss, P.S.P., Assessment SystemsSpecialist Cindy Hanna, Secretary Fred Stofflet, Ph.D., Executive Director Curriculum, Assessment, and Support Services Acknowledgments This document could not have been completedwithout the effort and cooperation of thousands of District staff and students.Information included in the Profile of Performance has been prepared by staff in theManagement Information Systems, Curriculum,and Assessment and EvaluationDepartments. Dr. Norman Holthouse, Dr. Fred Stofflet, Dr. Tom Straugh, Dr.Steve Garrison, Dr. Carol Me 11 and Cindy Hanna .provided analysis and tabularinformation for the report.Ms. Sarah Hotchkiss of the Assessment and EvaluationDepartment developed many of the tables and prepared the final document.The document could not have been prepared without them. Errors of omission and interpretationare my own. Ray Fenton, Ph.D. Assessment and Evaluation Profile of Performance 1998/99 Part I ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROFILE OF PERFORMANCE 1998-99 PartI Table of Contents Question Page What is the Profile of Performance? 1 What student outcome measures are reviewed in the profile ofthe Anchorage School District? 2 What are the demographic characteristics of the studentpopulation served by the Anchorage School District in 1998-99? 4 How did Anchorage students do on the norm referencedtests administered in March of 1999? 10 How well did the Anchorage School District meet School Board goals for 1998-99? 22 How did Anchorage students do on local assessments? 27 How well did Anchorage students perform on the Alaska Writing Assessment? 40 How well did Anchorage seniors perform on college entrance examinations in 1998 -99? 45 What is the relationship between family economic status and student achievement? 50 What is the relationship between student achievementand the length of time a student has been' enrolled in the Anchorage School District? 55 What is the relation between transience during the school year and achievement? 60 How do grades and credits relate to secondary school performance in 1998-99? 65 What was the level of attendance for District students in 1998 -99? 69 How many students dropped out of the Anchorage School District last year", 73 Do the performance patterns of the various ethnic-racialgroups which make up the Anchorage student population differ from overall Districtperformance? 74 What is the level of satisfaction among students, staffand parents with the programs of the Anchorage School District? 103 What is the budgeting process? 119 How do the performances of individual schools vary on the indicators used in the profile? 120 Anchorage School District Profile of Performance 1998-99 Table of Tables Table Number Title Page Beginning of Year (September) Membership1994-95 through 1995-96 Beginning of Year (October) Membership1996-97 Beginning of Year (October) Membership1997-98 Beginning of Year (October) Membership 1998-99 5 2 Stability Rates of Students in One School September 30 through End-of-Year 6 3 Continuity Rates of Students Beginning in Same School as Previous Year 6 4 Free/Reduced Price Lunch Information 7 5 Special Need Population, 1994-95 to 1998-99 Active Membership at End ofSchool Year 8 6 Five-Year Special Programs Population Active Membership at End of School Year 9 7 Percent Tested by Grade and Number Excluded by Grade 12 8 Percentile Rank Scores and Number of Students Tested CAT Spring 1999 13 9 Breakdown of CAT Reading Scores by Sub-test Area Spring 1999 14 10 Breakdown of CAT Language Arts Scores by Sub-test Area Spring 1999 15 11 Breakdown of CAT Mathematics Scores by Sub-test Area Spring 1999 16 12 Quartile Distribution of Students' Individual Performances CAT Spring 1999 17 13 Five-Year History Percentile Rank ScoresITBS/TAP Reading Comprehension Spring 1995 and CAT Total Reading Spring 1996 through 1999Grades 3 through 11 18 14 Five-Year History Percentile RankScores ITBS/TAP Total LanguageArts Spring 1995 and CAT Total Language Arts Spring 1996 through 1999Grades 3 through 11 18 15 Five-Year History Percentile Rank Scores ITBS Total Mathematics and TAPMathematics Spring 1995 and CAT Total MathematicsSpring 1996 through 1999-- Grades 3 through 11 19 16 Five-Year History Percentile Rank Scores Observed Performance for Sampleon Science -- Spring 1995 CAT ScienceSpring 1996 through 1999 Grades 3 through 11 19 17 Five-Year History Percentile Rank Scores Observed Performance for Sampleon Social Studies Spring 1995 and CATSocial Studies Spring 1996 through Grades 3 through 11 1999 20 18 Four-Year History Percentile Rank Scores CAT Spelling-- Spring 1996 through 1999 -- Grades 3 through 11 20 19 Four-Year History Percentile Rank Scores CAT Word Analysis-- Spring 1996 through 1999 Grade 3 CAT Study Skills-- Spring 1996 through 1999 Grades 4 through 11 21 20 Comparison of Percentile Rank ofReading Mean NCE by Continuing 1997-98 and 1998-99 Students for 24 ii 7 Anchorage School District Profile of Performance 1998-99 Table of Tables (continued) Table Number Title Page 21 Comparison of Percentile rank of ReadingMean NCE by Continuing Students for 1997-98 and 1998-99 24 22 Comparison of Percentile Rank of LanguageArts Mean NCE by All Students Tested Grade for 1997-98 and 1998-99 24 23 Comparison of Percentile Rank of LanguageArts Mean NCE by Continuing Students for 1997-98 and 1998-99 25 24 Comparison of Percentile Rank of MathematicsMean NCE by All Students Tested Grade for 1997-98 and 1998-99 25 25 Comparison of Percentile Rank of MathematicsMean NCE by Continuing Students for 1997-98 and 1998-99 25 26 Comparison of Percentile Rank of SpellingMean NCE by Grade for All Students Tested 1997-98 and 1998-99 26 27 Comparison of Percentile Rank of Spelling MeanNCE by Continuing Students