Nevada Community Schools
2007-2008 Annual Progress Report
DISTRICT PROFILE
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Total Enrollment |
á 1506 (Decrease of 1.4% from 2006 – 2007) á Elementary Enrollment K – 4: 612 á Middle School 5 – 8: 412 á High School 9 – 12: 445 |
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Ave. Daily Attendance 2007 - 2008 |
á Central Elementary: 96.2% á Nevada Middle School: 95.9% á Nevada High School: 94.3% á K-8: 96.2% á State Attendance: 96.2% |
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Employees |
Management Team:
10.5 Teachers: 112
Nurses: 2.1
Educational Aides: 32
Secretaries: 9
Custodians: 10.5
Transportation: 15
Food Service: 16.8 |
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Student Population Data |
Asian: 1.1%
African American: .84%
Hispanic: 2.4% Native
American: .12%
White: 95.5% |
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State Indicators |
Graduation Rate 99.8% compared to the state rate of 90.3% |
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Dropout Rate 2006 - 2007 |
There were no dropouts in grades 7-12. The state
average dropout rate is 2.3%. |
OUR STUDENTS
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STUDENT DATA |
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Number of students K –
12 |
1506 |
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Percent of students with
free/reduced lunch |
31.4% |
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Percent of students in special
education |
12.8% |
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POST SECONDARY DATA |
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Percent of students who attend
college |
89.6% |
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Percent of students who scored
³ 20 on the ACT test |
87.3% |
Assessment and Academic Goals
2007-2008 ACT Results
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English |
Math |
Reading |
Science Reasoning |
Composite |
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Nevada |
23.2 |
23.5 |
24.4 |
23.4 |
23.8 |
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Iowa |
21.9 |
22.0 |
22.9 |
22.3 |
22.4 |
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U.S. |
20.7 |
21.0 |
21.5 |
21.0 |
21.2 |
2007 – 2008 Goals
Reading
Goal
*
To meet the requirement of Chapter 12 in 2007-2008, the goal will be to
increase the percentage of students who are proficient in reading comprehension
at all grade levels 3 – 8 and 11.
Math Goal:
*
To meet the requirement of Chapter 12 in 2007-2008, the goal will be to
increase the percentage of students who are proficient in math total at all
grade levels 3 – 8 and 11.
Science Goal:
*
To meet the requirement of Chapter 12 in 2007-2008, the goal will be to
increase the percentage of students who are proficient in science at grades 8
and 11.
The following graphs show
the percentage of students in each score range.
- Low
. . . . . . . . . .40th National Percentile and below
- Intermediate
. . . 41st to 89th National Percentile
- High
. . . . . . . . . 90th National Percentile and above
Proficiency
- Low
. . . . . . . . . Percentage NOT proficient
- Inter.
+ High . . .Percentage
proficient (No Child Left Behind)
Reading goals were met in
grades 2, 7 and 11.
Math goals were met in
grades 2, 7, and 9.
Science goals were met in
grade 11.
Academic Goals for 2008
– 2009
- During the 08-09 school year, the percentage of
students proficient in grades 4, 7, and 9 in reading will increase from
their performance of the previous year on the reading comprehension
sub-test of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, specifically:
- 4th grade goal is to improve from
the 3rd grade percentage of 67.5%
- 7th grade goal is to improve from 6th
grade percentage of 76.7%
- 9th grade goal is to improve from
the 8th grade percentage of 70.0% on the reading comprehension
sub-test of the Iowa Test of Educational Development.
- During the 08-09 school year, the percentage of
students proficient in grades 4, 6 and 11 in math will increase from their
performance of the previous year on the math total score of the Iowa Test
of Basic Skills, specially:
- 4th grade goal is to improve from
the 3rd grade percentage of 65%.
- 6th grade goal is to improve from
the 5th grade percentage of 72.7%
- 11th grade goal is to improve from
the 10th grade percentage of 73.7% on the concepts and
problems sub-test of the Iowa Test of Educational Development.
- During the 08-09 school year, the percentage of
students proficient in grades 8 and 11 in science will increase from their
performance of the previous year, specifically:
- 8th grade goal is to improve from
the 7th grade percentage of 87.5% on the science sub-test of
the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.
- 11th grade goal is to improve from
the 10th grade percentage of 85.6% on the science sub-test of
the Iowa Test of Educational Development.
READING
MATH
SCIENCE
EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY
The Nevada Community School District believes in early intervention to insure all students have the prerequisite skills in reading. Since 2000, the district has set performance levels called benchmarks. The chart below represents the percent of students in kindergarten through 3rd grade who achieved the benchmarks.
Annual Goal: Student performance will meet or exceed expectations set by the Nevada School District in the area of reading comprehension. The goal will be to maintain or increase the percentage of the students in Kindergarten and 1st grade above the benchmarks for the identified pre-reading skills. The goal was met in kindergarten.
The goal
for reading fluency is to have 90% of the students in each grade level
proficient. The benchmark for
proficient is above each chart.
Early Literacy Goals:
Goal: To increase the percentage of students proficient using DIBELS benchmarks for oral fluency at each grade level. The focus will continue to be on early literacy strategies and the infusion of research-based strategies to improve studentsÕ reading skills.
Goal was met in 1st grade.
DIBELS: Breaking Words
into Sounds: Benchmark = 35 sounds per minute
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Grade
Level |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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Total Assessed |
114 |
113 |
122 |
101 |
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Kindergarten |
93% |
90% |
95% |
100% |
DIBELS: Nonsense Word Fluency: Benchmark = 50 correct letter sounds per minute
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Grade
Level |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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Total Assessed |
98 |
103 |
97 |
100 |
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First Grade |
96% |
90% |
81% |
80% |
Reading Fluency: Benchmark = 40 words per minute
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Grade
Level |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
Total Assessed |
98 |
103 |
120 |
100 |
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1st Grade |
94% |
93% |
84% |
84% |
Reading Fluency: Benchmark = 70 words per minute
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Grade
Level |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 80
wpm |
2008 80
wpm |
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Total Assessed |
107 |
95 |
120 |
126 |
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2nd Grade |
90% |
89% |
71% |
55% |
Reading Fluency: Benchmark = 100 words per minute
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Grade
Level |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 110
wpm |
2008 110
wpm |
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Total
Assessed |
88 |
99 |
98 |
120 |
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3rd Grade |
83% |
86% |
66% |
57% |
Beginning in 2006 Nevada Community School started assessing Kindergarten and first grade students Iowa Tests of Basic Skills in the area of reading. Below are charts representing the percentage of students at or above the 41st percentile for Kindergarten through 3rd grade.
Kindergarten
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Year |
2007 |
2008 |
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Total Assessed |
127 |
104 |
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Listening |
N/A |
88.5% |
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Word Analysis |
97.6% |
94.2% |
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Vocabulary |
89.0% |
86.5% |
1st
Grade
|
Year |
2007 |
2008 |
|
Total Assessed |
118 |
121 |
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Listening |
N/A |
88.9% |
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Word Analysis |
90.7% |
95.0% |
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Vocabulary |
89.0% |
86.8% |
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Reading Comprehension |
90.7% |
90.9% |
2nd
Grade
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Year |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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Total Assessed |
95 |
120 |
127 |
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Listening |
N/A |
88.3% |
85.0% |
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Word Analysis |
69.5% |
76.7% |
70.9% |
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Vocabulary |
80.0% |
87.5% |
86.6% |
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Reading Comprehension |
72.6% |
80.0% |
81.0% |
3rd Grade
|
Year |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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Total Assessed |
99 |
98 |
120 |
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Vocabulary |
79.8% |
85.7% |
81.7% |
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Reading Comprehension |
73.7% |
72.4% |
67.5% |