GREAT NEWS !
Rowan-Salisbury Schools Is … OFF STATE ’ S LIST OF LOW PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Rowan-Salisbury Schools is no longer considered a low performing district as announced in the State ’ s 2016 READY Accountability Report released by the State Board of Education . This means the majority of district schools received a School Performance Grade ( SPG ) of A , B , C or exceeded growth .
3 schools received a SPG of a “ B ”
Grade
• Bostian Elementary
• Jesse Carson High
• Rowan County Early College
23.5 % of schools increased in their school performance letter grade
Other great achievements include :
The district moved from 3 % to 23 % of schools ‘ Exceeding ’ Expected Growth
8 schools Exceeded Expected Growth 1 . Bostian Elementary 2 . Faith Elementary 3 . Hanford Dole Elementary 4 . Woodleaf Elementary 5 . China Grove Middle 6 . Knox Middle 7 . North Rowan Middle 8 . Jesse Carson High
With the district ’ s focus on literacy as defined in the 2014-2017 Strategic Plan :
96 % of the districts K-8 schools Met or Exceeded Growth in Reading
Other exciting district-wide improvements indicated in the state report include :
• 32 of 35 schools increased performance composites ( 91.4 %)
• 26 of 35 schools increased overall growth index ( 74.3 %)
• 30 of 34 schools increased overall SPG score ( 88.2 %)
• 71.4 % of schools increased science scores
School Performance Grades ( SPG )
With the states implementation of giving schools a performance grade ( SPG ) of A-F in the 2014-2015 school year , we are excited to see growth for RSS during 2015-2016 . Keep in mind that these performance grades are based on 80 % of how students performed on tests and 20 % of how much growth our students are achieving .
The 2014-2015 SPG indicated only one Rowan-Salisbury school , the Rowan County Early College , achieved a " B " school performance grade . We are excited that the 2015-2016 results indicate that :
Proficiency Results
The district experienced overall improvements in the percent of students meeting grade level proficiency . In grades 3-8 , students showed an overall :
• Increase in Reading
• Increase in Math
• Increase in Science
Graduation and High School Performance
The 2015-2016 five-year high school graduation cohort indicated that we had more students graduating from high school . “ Even though it may be taking students longer than the traditional four years of high school , we are proud to be keeping students in school and graduating with a diploma ,” says Superintendent Dr . Lynn Moody .
Another exciting statistic for Rowan- Salisbury high schools include :
• $ 18.4 Million in Scholarships – Doubled From Previous Year
• High schools were UP 17.5 points in performance composite
• High schools INCREASED in the percent students meeting grade level proficiency in all EOCs – Biology , English II and Math I
“ We know we are not where we want to be at every school and at every grade level ,” says Moody . “ But we are celebrating the overall indications that we are heading in the right direction .”
Board of Education Chair Josh Wagner concludes that , “ On behalf of our board , I say thank you to our faculty and staff for doing what many only talk about , impacting the lives of students .”
More information and accountability data may be obtained from the NC DPI website at : http :// www . ncpublicschools . org /
6 • September / October 2016 • Parent Teacher News