Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health & Science charter school

1. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health & Science charter school CEO Report August 2013 “If you do not have a forward moving agenda, ultimately, you will be consumed by your history”

2. NYC Charter School Performance • Like schools across the state, NYC charter schools saw their students achieve lower scores on harder test. Across the NYC charter sector, students scored at least Proficient at a higher rate than students in citywide district schools in Math (34.8% vs. 29.6%), but a lower rate in English Language Arts (25.0% vs. 26.4%) • The distribution of scores within the charter sector is noticeably wider than in years past. While many charter schools struggled, other were among the highest-performing in the city. • State Education Commissioner John King: “These proficiency scores do not reflect a drop in performance, but rather a raising of standards to reflect college and career readiness in the 21st Century.”

3. State Test results The DRIHSCS Team has spent the recent days looking at the data for our school, the district and other charter schools. A few facts to keep in mind: • DRIHSCS is open enrollment, meaning we do not deny entry to a student based on academic standing. • DRIHSCS backfills when a student leaves our school. This means that instead of educating students for their entire careers, many of our students come to us after they have spent significant time in other, oftentimes, less rigorous educational environments. This is also true in non-entry grades as well. • The primary grade students enter our school is in 6th grade, long after they have started their educational careers, therefore a majority of our 6th graders are starting from a low level of aptitude. • Don’t be rattled by our proficiency numbers-instead, reflect on the magnitude of our challenge in preparing students that are college-ready and be energized by the important work that our school does for students in this community.

4. DRIHSCS All Grades ELA & Math State Results

5. 8th grade science Results • 80% of our students are Proficient (67% scored a 3, 13% scored a 4) • Our percentage will be changed to 82% because one student received an erroneous score of 37. The actual grade is 71 and will change the proficiency level from a 1to a 3. • 17% of our students scored a 2.

6. District 12 6th Grade ELA Performance

7. District 12 7thGrade ELA Performance

8. District 12 8thGrade ELA Performance

9. District 12 6thGrade Math Performance

10. District 12 7thGrade Math Performance

11. District 12 8thGrade Math Performance

12. Charter middle schools performance Grade 6 ELA %3’s & 4’s

13. Our position • Our goal is college success. On the long road to college success, growth matters most, and we grew. • The upshot is: the longer a student is with us, the better they do. • We look at this new assessment as a new baseline for our mission of educating students to attend the college of their choice, join the workforce and live a productive life.

14. Program Focus • Academic: English Language Arts, Math & Science • Career Technical Education: Nurse Assistant, Pharmacy Technician & Dental Assistant • Curriculum Enrichment: Scarsdale Strings, Tae Kwon Do, Dancing Classroom

15. Priority Areas • Board Development, Organizational Leadership & Operations • Curriculum Development, Instructional Practices and Assessment • Professional Development of Teachers and Instructional Leaders • Student Support and Response to Intervention (RTI) • School Culture and Community/Family Engagement • Urban Health Plan Partnership/Head, Heart & Health Initiative • LAP Diagnostic Self-Review • Charter School Renewal Application