Otis School Plan 2004/05

Otis Elementary School was a K-5 school with an enrollment of 372 in 2004/05. To review Otis' state Academic Performance Index scores since 2000 click here.

Disclaimer: Single School Plan were hand typed and transcribed from source documents. Please pardon the typos as the webmaster is a poor typist. While an effort was made to spell acronyms, here is a reference guide for those acronyms.

Single School Plan Components

Fall 2004

1. What are your problem statements?

Student Achievement Problem Statements

• Students appear to have difficulty with reading comprehension. This may be related to vocabulary development (ELL students), mastery of comprehension strategies (all students), or interest in materials (boys)
• Though the Socio Economic Disadvantaged students continue to be our primary target group, the issues cited above cut across groups.

Teacher Practice Problem Statements

• Teachers, using full implementation of Houghton Mifflin Reading, work hard to hold the pace of the lessons. Using Universal Access time strategically continues to be a challenge.
• Grade levels will use their "data days" to review student grouping and activities/instruction addressed through Univerisal Access.
2. What are your inquiry questions?

Student Achievement Questions

• Is student performance related to gender-based interest in the reading selections presented?

Teacher Practice Questions

• What do we need to target ELL and "Small Skills Group" (intervention) instruction to be an effective complement to classroom instruction?
• Do socially-interactive strategies improve student mastery of comprehension skills?
3. What are your measurable goals?

Student Achievement Goals

• Schoolwide proficiency in English Language Arts will increase to 64% by Spring 2006, as measured on the California STAR testing. Hispanic student proficiency will increase to 50% by Spring 2006, by the same measurement; Socio Economic Disadvantaged student proficiency will increase to 47% by Spring, 2006, by the same measurement.
• Schoolwide proficiency in math will increase to 60% by Spring 2006, as measured on the California STAR testing. Hispanic student proficiency will increase to 55% by Spring 2006, by the same measurement; Socio Economic Disadvantaged student proficiency will increase to 48% by Spring, 2006, by the same measurement.
4. What are your major strategies?
• Full implementation of Houghton Mifflin Reading program.
• Use of non-fiction for teaching comprehension skills.
• Classroom implementation of differentiated instruction - ELL and GATE.
• Full implmentation of math pacing guides for grades 3-6.
• Use of homework/other curricular areas to extend classroom learning.

Otis 2003/04 Single School Plan

3 Year District API Base Data

Definitions

School Mobility Percent - Represents the percentage of students attending the school for the first time.

Parent Education Average - The average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate", "2" represents "High School Graduate", "3" represents "Some College", "4" represents "College Graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate School".

School Classification Index - A mathematically computed index using other non academic API components to create indicator of similar demographics and school environment to be used for similar school rankings.

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