Portland Public Schools MEA Update 2004-2005

1. Portland Public SchoolsMEA Update 2004-2005 Annual Report

2. “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” – Albert Einstein

3. MEA in Context- A Snapshot

4. Context • Prior to NCLB, the MEA was to be used as a check against local assessment • MEA is approximately 18 hours out of a student’s 13,650 hours of a K-12 education • MEA counts for between 10% of a student’s assessment

5. Percentage of MEA and Other Classroom Assessments MEA Classroom Assessments Local Assessments (Teacher Designed) Observations Classwork Norm-referenced Tests (Terra Nova, NWEA, etc.)

6. Adequate Yearly Progress • AYP is a requirement of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act • Student achievement must be measured by a standardized test • AYP is determined using approximately 57 different criteria • All students must meet standards by 2014 • In Maine, the MEA is the only measurement used for AYP

7. Measuring AYP – Student #00000 • Is a student of color • Has identified special needs • Has free or reduced lunch • Is an English Language Learner • If student 00000 did not meet the standard she/he would be counted as four different students

8. Portland’s Data • Refer to AYP Table • All Portland schools made AYP in Mathematics • All but one school made AYP in Reading • Four schools did not make AYP as whole schools • Two schools, Reiche and King, did not make AYP last year, but did make AYP this year

9. Portland’s Data - Writing Grade 4 Grade 8 Grade 11

10. Reading Grade 4 Grade 8 Grade 11

11. Math Grade 11 Grade 4 Grade 8

12. Science Grade 11 Grade 8

13. Cohort Group – Reading 4th to 8th

14. Cohort Group – Reading 8th to 11th

15. Cohort Group – Math 4th to 8th

16. Cohort Group – Math 8th to 11th