As a school leader, there are multiple areas I look at to measure how our school is performing. The area always at the top of my list is how our students feel, interact, and learn at school. Our student survey results show that our students are having a great experience! Two other areas I am always closely monitoring are student achievement and student growth. Student Achievement can best be described if a student is performing at grade level. Student Growth, on the other hand, is met when a student makes at least a year’s worth of growth within a school year (even if they are performing below grade level).
On Thursday, September 14th the Ohio Department of Education released the state report cards for all schools. Wilson Hill did well in some areas, specifically student achievement. At Wilson Hill we met 8 out of 9 indicators on the Ohio Achievement Assessment. This means for each grade that took a state mandated assessment our student population passed the assessment at an 80% or greater passage rate. New this past year was the 80% benchmark set by the state. Previously, a school or district only had to meet a 75% passage rate to meet the indicator.
Another area which Wilson Hill measured well in, that will be officially measured next school year, is our K-3 Literacy. We did not have enough students falling into the at risk category in grades K-3 Literacy to calculate an overall grade for our student population at Wilson Hill. This is great news for our students, families and staff. The 3rd Grade Ohio Achievement Assessment and grade level diagnostic assessments were used to measure this component.
Also, our Performance Index at Wilson Hill was a 103.1. This is a score given to schools based on the number of students that score at a specific level on the Ohio Achievement Assessments. The five levels that students can score include: Limited (Lowest Level), Basic, Skilled (Passing), Accelerated, or Advanced (Highest Level). The 103.1 score places Wilson Hill 5th out of 11 Elementary Schools in Worthington. Our staff is working to achieve the top rating!
One area that is clearly seen on our state report card as an area to improve is our student growth measure. Our overall rating was an “F”. This “F” is a three year composite score that includes data from the 2013-14, 2012-13, and 2011-12 school years. The individual ratings for progress include: Gifted-C, Bottom 20%-C, and Students with Disabilities-D. These ratings are for only the 2013-14 school year. In addition, the growth measure on the state report card only analyzes data for grades 4,5 and 6.
What the State Report Card will not show is that Wilson Hill is scoring better than the district on 8 out of 12 MAP assessments for the percentage of students growing. This Data supports that our students are growing! This data was taken from the Fall to Spring MAP assessments given to 1st thru 6th grade students in Math and Reading.
At Wilson Hill we value the feedback we receive on the state report card. This data helps us inform what we do to improve student performance. In addition to the Ohio Achievement Assessment data and MAP data, our staff at Wilson Hill collects and analyzes more in depth data to inform instruction on a day to day basis. Your child’s classroom teacher will be able reference some additional data that is collected on a day to day basis to analyze student growth and achievement.
If you would like to view Wilson Hill Elementary School State Report Card please click on the link. I hope that several families take advantage of the opportunity to attend our Curriculum Night September 18th. Information on the State Report Card will be presented at 6:00 and 6:40. If you are unable to attend and would like more information, the presentation will again be presented at the October 14th PTO meeting.
Without a question, we have areas which we can improve! We are committed to making each child grow at least a year….we won’t stop working until all our data shows this!
Matt Keller- Wilson Hill Elementary Principal
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