A Presentation of Progress

The MME & ACT tests are given to all students in the spring of 11th grade. The Class of 2010 will take the MME and ACT

next week. These tests are mandated by the State of

Michigan. Student achievement on these tests is

used as an indicator of school progress. Curriculum in all classes is aligned with

the state curriculum that is assessed with these tests.

The PLAN test is given to all students in the fall of 10th grade.

The school spends approximately $4000 yearly for the administration, scoring, and reporting of this test.

The PLAN test is used as an indicator of student achievement on the ACT test.

Each department analyzes PLAN results and implements strategies to better prepare students for the ACT and graduation.

Advanced Placement classes are rigorous, college-level courses that prepare SAHS students for the AP exam in May of each year and for the rigors of classes at the university level.

Students who pass the AP exam, earning at least a 3 on a 5 point scale, have the possibility of earning college credit.

Each core subject department offers two AP courses.

Each course at the high school is “owned” by one or more teachers.

The teacher that owns a course is responsible for the curriculum of the course, the pacing and the major assessments.

Course ownership encourages consistency in a course that is taught by multiple teachers.

Presented by Liz Hanna-Minni

2007 2008

SAHS students meeting or exceeding standards

State of MI students

meeting of exceeding standards

SAHS students meeting or exceeding standards

State of MI students

meeting of exceeding standards

Reading 62% 60% 64% 58%

Writing 43% 40% 47% 38%

ELA 55% 51% 57% 49%

EnglishChang

e

English + Writing

Change

2007 2008 2007 2008

State 17.6 17.6 0 17.3 17.5 +0.2

SAHS 18.2 18.3 +0.1 17.7 17.7 0

Test# of students

tested

# of passing students

% of passing students

2007 23 13 57%

2008

Literature 25 13 52%

Language 20 14 70%

The EdPerformance test is an online assessment given to all students. Although SAHS is no longer using this test, data accumulated through 2007 shows statistically significant improvement; scores rose an average of 70 points per year of schooling.

Teacher Class

Eric Druchniak

American Literature & Composition

AP Literature & Composition

AP Language & Composition

British Literature & Composition

Liz Hanna-Minni

Survey of PoetrySpeech & Debate

AmandaHerrick - Kujat

Western Thought

Paul Piesz

Research Based Journalistic Writing

Shakespeare’s Comedies & Tragedies

Teacher Class

Donna Ray Eastern Thought

Linda Sandberg

Literature through Lyrics

Drama 1 & 2

Literature of Myth

Adam Seneski Film as Literature

Paula Warren

AP Literature & Composition

AP Language & Composition

British Literature & Composition

Life’s Challenges

SAHS students showed large improvements over the state average in the second year of implementation of the MME.

An important thing to notice is that, when all students took the ACT test, average scores for the state dropped about 2% in each ELA category, but SAHS scores rose between 2-4% in each ELA category.

All available data shows improvement in SAHS students’ English Language Arts skills from year to year.

Presented by John Rama

% of Students Who Met or Exceeded Standards

2007 Score 2008 Score Change

State of Michigan

46.5% 46.2% -0.3%

Southgate Anderson

34.8% 41.8% +7%

2007 Score 2008 Score Change

State of Michigan

18.9 19.1 +0.2

Southgate Anderson

17.3 18.1 +0.8

Our department offers AP Calculus, Calculus and AP Statistics classes for students interested in taking an advanced math class during their senior year.  

Each year, we generally have 50 students take either AP Calculus or Calculus and an additional 50 take AP Statistics.

Teacher Class

Jennifer Balogh Algebra 2A

Jan JacksonPre-Calc

AP Calculus

Rich KonarskiAlgebra 1B

AP Statistics

Derek McLaughlin Algebra 1A

Teacher Class

John RamaCalculus

ACT Math

Karen Sawaya Geometry B

Daniela Silva Geometry A

Frank Vilardi Algebra 2B

Students at AHS improved significantly in their MME and ACT results from 2006-2007 to 2007-2008.  

Factors contributing to improvement include: More rigorous classes 75% of overall grade in core classes comes from

formative assessments. (Piloting an increase to 90%) All tests are cumulative. We have developed common assessments for each

class. Tests are formatted to be ACT test format.  (60 M.C.

Questions / 60 minutes)

Factors contributing to improvement continued: All core classes are aligned to Michigan's H.S.C.E's. Cognitive Tutor classes are offered to provide

students with an alternative to a traditional learning environment.

Moving Forward We are making a change from the traditional

sequence for offering math classes.  Traditionally students take Algebra 1 in 9th grade and Geometry in 10th grade.  In the future students at AHS will take Geometry in 9th grade and Algebra 1 in 10th.

Moving Forward (continued) We are going to discuss ways to improve / change

instruction in classes to deepen the understanding students have of the math concepts they are taught.

We are going to discuss more efficient and effective ways to package the concepts taught in each class.

We will continue our discussion related to the best way to offer Algebra 2 to students to help them succeed in this difficult class.

Presented by Catherine Russell

% of Students Who Met or Exceeded Standards

2007 Score 2008 Score Change

State of Michigan

56% 50% -6%

Southgate Anderson

54% 55% +1%

2007 Score 2008 Score Change

State of Michigan

19.3 19.5 +0.2

Southgate Anderson

19.3 19.4 +0.1

# of students tested

# of passing students

% of passing students

Biology2007 9 4 44.4%

2008 10 8 80.0%

Physics2007 15 10 66.7%

2008 8 6 75.0%

Teacher Class

Erika Bailey

Physics

AP Physics

Principles of Physics

Danielle GarrityBiology A

Forensics

Dan NeilPrinciples of

Biology

Mike RaderPrinciples of Chemistry

Teacher Class

Kristina ReppChemistry

Chemistry II

Catherine Russell

Anatomy / Physiology

AP Biology

Jeanine Stright Biology B

Bruce Szczechowski

Environmental Science

We predict that our scores will continue to rise as: Students become less affected by the

transition to trimesters Additional changes in the state mandated

curriculum are implemented in science classes ACT Prep class is improved Better review of material covered at the junior

high level is developed Students become more comfortable with

standardized test questions and formatting

Presented by Adam Seneski

% of Students Who Met or Exceeded Standards

2007 Score 2008 Score Change

State of Michigan

83% 80% -3%

Southgate Anderson 91% 87% -4%

The Social Studies Department offers AP Government and AP History courses which rotate every other year.

Last year in AP Government 85% of the students who took the test scored high enough to earn college credits.

# of students tested

# of passing students

% of passing students

U.S. History

2006 35 26 74%

2007 16 11 69%

U.S. Gov.

2007 42 34 81%

2008 24 20 84%

Teacher Class

Michelle ClineAP Government

American Government

Jennifer FurkasSociology

AP U.S. History

Ryan Furkas

International Relations

History of Western Thought

World History 2

Teacher Class

Jayme McKay U.S. History

Paul PieszPsychology

AP Psychology

Adam Seneski World History 1

Improvement strategies that have been implemented to improve and keep consistent standardized scores:Department-wide tests given by each teacher

in every core Social Studies class.Every strand of Social Studies given by the

state is covered in each unit of core classes.Tests are similar to the format of MME tests

and every test includes a selection of maps, graphs, and reading selections helping the student become comfortable with those aspects of standardized tests.

The goal of every Social Studies teacher is to make sure that struggling students receive the proper guidance to improve academic grade and MME scores through:Communication with parentsCommunication with all departments to

pinpoint struggling areasCommunication interdepartmentally to ensure

that everyone is constantly implementing department strategies

Presented by Erika Bailey

The following slides show a comparison of the scores on the MME of Southgate Anderson students to the scores of students throughout the state of Michigan.

The data is from the 2006 - 2007 and the 2007 - 2008 school years.

The following slides show a comparison of the scores on the ACT of Southgate Anderson students to the scores of students throughout the state of Michigan.

The scores represent both the 2006 - 2007 school year and the 2007 - 2008 school year.