Tangipahoa board honors school gains
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AMITE — The Tangipahoa Parish School Board honored 17 schools Tuesday night for gains in school performance scores, but only 11 of those singled out counted as growth by state standards. Two schools honored by the board are labeled as “school in decline” by the state.
The state Department of Education determines schools’ improvement, “based on their 2007 Baseline SPS (school performance score) and their 2008 Growth SPS,” according to a news release.
That is, this year’s growth school performance score subtracted by last year’s baseline school performance score determines a school’s improvement. The baseline score is based on two years of data from state standardized tests, dropout and attendance rates among other variables.
Schools recognized by the School Board included O.W. Dillon Memorial Elementary School, the only school in the parish to attain the label “exemplary academic growth”; and Roseland Elementary School, the only school in the area to achieve “recognized academic growth.”
Also, Amite High School, Chesbrough Elementary School, Independence Elementary School, Kentwood High School, Loranger Elementary School, D.C. Reeves Elementary School, Spring Creek Elementary School, Hammond Eastside Upper Elementary School and Loranger Middle School — which showed “minimal academic growth” according to state designations — were honored for growth as well.
However, the School Board, using a formula contrary to that used by the State Education Department, gave awards to Independence High School, Loranger High School, Jewel M. Sumner High School and Hammond Westside Upper Elementary School which had “no growth,” according to the state.
Hammond High School and Ponchatoula High School also received plaques for growth points from the board, but are noted as “schools in decline,” by the Department of Education.
The schools grew in school performance scores from the previous year, said Melissa Stilley, chief academic officer for the board, before she handed out plaques to principals and representatives of the schools at the meeting.
The agenda item states: “recognize schools with gains in their school performance scores from 2007 to 2008.”
The School Board showed schools’ “gain in points” by using the difference between last year’s and this year’s growth school performance score, a formula not used in determining a school’s growth by state standards.
For instance, Stilley said, Amite High School had a “15.7” gain; Kentwood High School, a “12.1” gain and Independence High School, a “7.4” gain in one year. According to the state’s scale, Amite High School grew by 1.7 points in its school performance score; Kentwood High School grew by 4.7 points and Independence High School showed a loss of 0.8.
Stilley could not be reached Wednesday for comment.
The state Department of Education determines schools’ improvement, “based on their 2007 Baseline SPS (school performance score) and their 2008 Growth SPS,” according to a news release.
That is, this year’s growth school performance score subtracted by last year’s baseline school performance score determines a school’s improvement. The baseline score is based on two years of data from state standardized tests, dropout and attendance rates among other variables.
Schools recognized by the School Board included O.W. Dillon Memorial Elementary School, the only school in the parish to attain the label “exemplary academic growth”; and Roseland Elementary School, the only school in the area to achieve “recognized academic growth.”
Also, Amite High School, Chesbrough Elementary School, Independence Elementary School, Kentwood High School, Loranger Elementary School, D.C. Reeves Elementary School, Spring Creek Elementary School, Hammond Eastside Upper Elementary School and Loranger Middle School — which showed “minimal academic growth” according to state designations — were honored for growth as well.
However, the School Board, using a formula contrary to that used by the State Education Department, gave awards to Independence High School, Loranger High School, Jewel M. Sumner High School and Hammond Westside Upper Elementary School which had “no growth,” according to the state.
Hammond High School and Ponchatoula High School also received plaques for growth points from the board, but are noted as “schools in decline,” by the Department of Education.
The schools grew in school performance scores from the previous year, said Melissa Stilley, chief academic officer for the board, before she handed out plaques to principals and representatives of the schools at the meeting.
The agenda item states: “recognize schools with gains in their school performance scores from 2007 to 2008.”
The School Board showed schools’ “gain in points” by using the difference between last year’s and this year’s growth school performance score, a formula not used in determining a school’s growth by state standards.
For instance, Stilley said, Amite High School had a “15.7” gain; Kentwood High School, a “12.1” gain and Independence High School, a “7.4” gain in one year. According to the state’s scale, Amite High School grew by 1.7 points in its school performance score; Kentwood High School grew by 4.7 points and Independence High School showed a loss of 0.8.
Stilley could not be reached Wednesday for comment.
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