GHS Maine High School Assessment - SAT Results 2006-2011 (April 2012)

Gorham High School
Maine High School Assessment - SAT
Summary Results
2011-2012 (April 2012)

Current Situation: Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is the term used to describe the academic progress expected of each school each year. For high schools in Maine academic progress is measured by the performance of third year students on the SAT. According to the Maine Department of Education the move was made from the MEA to the SAT to encourage all students in the goal of attaining college and high-level workplace readiness as well as to measure achievement. Gorham High Schoolís average scaled scores for last two years were the following:

Test Subject & Year	Gorham High School Score	State Average Score
Critical Reading 2006 - 2007 2007 - 2008 2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011	1144 1142 1144 1143 1146	1141 1141 1141 1141 1142
Mathematics 2006 - 2007 2007 - 2008 2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011	1143 1143 1143 1143 1146	1140 1141 1141 1142 1142
Writing 2006 - 2007 2007 - 2008 2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011	1144 1143 1143 1141 1144	1141 1140 1140 1140 1140
Science 2007 - 2008 2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011	1142 1142 1143 1144	1141 1140 1141 1141
2006 - 2009 Average	Gorham is #9 out of 106 High Schools in Maine for % of students meeting or exceeding the standard in math & reading.

Key SAT/AYP Facts:

- Every third year high school student in Maine takes the SAT on the first Saturday of May.

- Maine students are tested in the four above areas, Maine high schools are only measured for AYP purposes based upon their performance on the reading and mathematics sections of the SAT exam.

- For those two sections benchmark scores have been established for the whole school and fifteen subgroups to reach each year. These benchmark scores go up each year.

- AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) is measured based upon student performance on reading & math portions

- AYP requires 95% of students participating on the test & an 80% graduation rate.

- Whole school performance (Student performance must improve by certain % each year) The target score goes up each year.

- Subgroups must improve each year (GHS: economically disadvantaged & students w/ disabilities)

- Even if the whole school or a subgroup does not meet the target score it is still possible to make AYP by earning safe harbor or through the confidence interval. Safe harbor is attained if the number of students in a subgroup not meeting the standard decreases by at least 10% when compared to the group from the previous year.

PLEASE NOTE: The State of Maine has applied to the U.S. Department of Education for a waiver to hold AYP targets for 2010-2011 at the same level as 2009-2010. For this reason, new AYP status updates have not been release yet (April 2012.)

2010-2011 Summary Scores in each area are noted in within these descriptors.

For the 09-10 school year the AYP reading target score was 71% of students meeting the standard score.
For the 10-11 school year, the AYP reading target score was 78% of students meeting the standard score.
In 09-10, as a whole GHS had 52% meet the target reading score.
In 10-11, as a whole, GHS had 62% meet the target reading score
In our economically disadvantaged group 29% of our students met the standard.
In our students with disabilities group 30% of our students met the standard. We made AYP through safe harbor determination.
In 06-07, as a whole GHS had 52% meet the target reading score. (50% target)
In 07-08, as a whole GHS had 59% meet the target reading score. (61% target)
In 08-09, as a whole GHS had 59% meet the target reading score. (64% target)
In 09-10, as a whole GHS had 52% meet the target reading score. (71% target)
In 10-11, as a whole GHS had 62% meet the target reading score. (78% target.)
GHS is now at CIPS4 (Continuous improvement priority school) because of our student performance (This year it was Whole group, Caucasian, Economically Disadvantaged)
In 10-11, as a whole GHS needs 78% to meet the target reading score or a 10% decrease in the number of students not meeting the target score in order to make safe harbor.
For the 09-10 school year the AYP math target score was 54% of students meeting the standard score.
For the 10-11 school year, the AYP math target score was 66% of students meeting the standard score.
In 09 - 10, as a whole GHS had 52% meet the target math score & met AYP through the confidence interval. However, we did not perform as well in the two subgroups of economically disadvantaged and students with disabilities.
In 10-11, as a whole, GHS had 62% meet the target math score
In our economically disadvantaged group 37% of our students met the standard.
In our students with disabilities group 32% of our students met the standard. We made AYP through the safe harbor determination.

In 06-07, as a whole GHS had 51% meet the target math score.       (20% target)
In 07-08, as a whole GHS had 54% meet the target math score.       (31% target)
In 08-09, as a whole GHS had 51% meet the target math score.        (43% target)
In 09-10, as a whole GHS had 52% meet the target math score.       (54% target)
In 10-11, as a whole, GHS had 62% meet the target math score. (66% target)

GHS is now at CIPS1 because of our student performance (This year it was Economically Disadvantaged)

In 10-11, as a whole GHS needs 66% to meet the target math score.

Overall for 09-10 GHS made Adequate Yearly Progress as a whole school in math and made AYP in reading for the students with disabilities subgroup. Unfortunately, GHS was named a CIPS4 (Continuous Need of Improvement School) in reading because we did not meet the target score for whole school and a CIPS1 school in math because of economically disadvantaged student performance.
It must be stressed we at GHS must do more to help our students perform better on the 10 - 11 SAT exam in May of 2011. The target scores for 10-11 move to 78% in reading and 66% for math. Currently, we are working under our 10 -11 GHS SAT Improvement Plan.