MetLife Foundation-NASSP

Breakthrough Schools

Breakthrough Schools: Best Practices and Strategies

to Improve Student Achievement

BTS Selection Criteria

Poverty > 40%

> 3 years improvement

Breakthrough Schools

Breaking Ranks Framework

BTS Selection Process

Aligned with BR

School visits

Breakthrough Schools

Paper screening

Park View High School

In The Space Between…….Where we were, Where we are, and Where we are going

Enrollment by Ethnicity

Year Asian Black Hispanic WhiteTotal # of Students

2005-2006 13.09% 9.84% 30.13% 46.55% 1291

2006-2007 13.67% 9.63% 34.07% 42.25% 1309

2007-2008 14.44% 9.37% 36.46% 38.80% 1281

2008-2009 13.62% 9.67% 38.36% 37.47% 1241

2009-2010 14.81% 10.37% 39.44% 33.98% 1283

AYP English Pass RatesGroup MAY 2006 MAY 2007 MAY 2008 MAY 2009 MAY 2010

All Students 84.37% 90.85% 93.78% 95.37% 88.09%

Black Students 69.69% 93.93% 94.11% 92.00% 82.35%

Hispanic Students

80.45% 86.36% 89.42% 94.69% 79.81%

Limited English Proficient Students

72.91% 84.00% 90.00% 96.07% 83.92%

Students Identified as Disadvantaged

77.14% 86.95% 90.47% 94.39% 84.29%

Students with Disabilities

47.50% 71.79% 77.14% 83.33% 61.76%

White Students 90.84% 92.85% 96.32% 96.58% 94.05%

AYP Math Pass RatesGroup MAY 2006 MAY 2007 MAY 2008 MAY 2009 MAY 2010

All Students 76.60% 83.98% 84.00% 83.90% 79.14%

Black Students 67.14% 83.33% 78.04% 80.89% 70.75%

Hispanic Students

72.11% 76.69% 78.09% 77.95% 74.04%

Limited English Proficient Students

76.57% 76.74% 77.85% 76.92% 76.21%

Students Identified as Disadvantaged

76.92% 81.33% 80.65% 79.67% 73.98%

Students with Disabilities

58.82% 65.00% 64.28% 70.31% 63.09%

White Students 78.77% 86.07% 88.07% 88.72% 83.80%

AP Course Enrollment     

2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010

Subject Course Ethnicity         

ENGLISH AP LiteratureAP Language & Composition

ASIAN 14 17 11 9 12

    BLACK 5 9 6 14 10

    HISPANIC 6 0 7 4 10

WHITE 62 47 55 38 46

MATH  AP Calc ABAP Calc BCAP Comp SciAP Statistics

ASIAN 13 19 13 16 16

    BLACK 3 1 1 5 3

    HISPANIC 1 4 11 5 7

    WHITE 43 58 53 40 35

     

AP Course Enrollment     

2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010

Subject Course Ethnicity         

SCIENCE AP BiologyAP Chemistry

ASIAN 6 14 14 6 15

   AP Physics BLACK 1 3 1 4 4

    HISPANIC 6 0 7 4 3

    NONSPECIFIED

0 0 0 1 1

    WHITE   21 35 28 19  23

SOCIAL SCIENCE

AP GovernmentAP Psychology

ASIAN 58 56 56 56 90

   AP US HistoryAP World History

BLACK 8 15 21 32 30

    HISPANIC 28 38 38 52 77

    NONSPECIFIC

0 0 1 3 6

    W WHITE 160 156 183 164 207

     

Asian SAT Scores    Total Score Critical

Reading Score

Math Score Writing Score

Total Students

Ethnicity Graduating Year

         

ASIAN 2005-2006 1333 426 477 430 26

ASIAN 2006-2007 1394 452 494 448 32

ASIAN 2007-2008 1371 458 464 449 29

ASIAN

ASIAN

2008-2009

2009-2010

1385

1422

462

462

474

493

450

467

28

30

Black SAT Scores   Total Score Critical

Reading Score

Math Score Writing Score

Total Students

Ethnicity Graduating Year

         

BLACK 2005-2006 1320 430 456 433 17

BLACK 2006-2007 1326 455 440 431 15

BLACK 2007-2008 1325 456 433 437 15

BLACK

BLACK

2008-2009

2009-2010

1376

1428

463

497

456

461

457

470

19

14

Hispanic SAT Scores   

Total Score Critical Reading

Score

Math Score Writing Score

Total Students

Ethnicity Graduating Year

         

HISPANIC 2005-2006 1347 446 463 438 18

HISPANIC 2006-2007 1294 436 419 439 20

HISPANIC 2007-2008 1295 436 457 403 30

HISPANIC

HISPANIC

2008-2009

2009-2010

1366

1339

466

449

451

457

449

433

35

30

American Indian and Non Specified SAT Scores

   Total Score Critical Reading

Score

Math Score Writing Score

Total Students

Ethnicity Graduating Year

         

NON SPECIFIC 2005-2006 1510 530 500 480 1

NON SPECIFIED 2006-2007 1350 500 430 420 1

AM INDIAN 2007-2008 1640 520 600 520 1

NON SPECIFIC

NON SPECIFIC

2007-2008

2009-2010

1520

1501

520

514

590

488

410

499

1

8

White SAT Scores    Total

ScoreCritical Reading

Score

Math Score

Writing Score

Total Students

Ethnicity Graduating Year

         

WHITE 2005-2006 1536 524 509 502 101

WHITE 2006-2007 1541 513 525 503 98

WHITE 2007-2008 1580 526 540 514 100

WHITE

WHITE

2008-2009

2009-2010

1512

1561

504

534

511

518

497

509

90

73

How do we build relationships? Common planning time built into the

Master Schedule Parents as Educational Partners for

parents who are not English speakers 9th Grade transition program with our

feeder middle school We get to know each other as

individuals and professionals

How do we support student learning and achievement? PRIDE Block: Patriots Receiving

Instruction, Direction & Encouragement

Special PRIDE Blocks support our 9th graders, English Language Learners, Special Education Students, and students enrolled in Advanced Placement Courses for the first time

Supporting Student learning and achievement Schedule senior sections of Geometry

and Algebra II Schedule literacy and transition

sections of English 9-12 to address language and literacy

AVID CAMPUS

How do we facilitate equitable practices and access? Teacher lead Equity Facilitation Team Student Equity Team know as the New

Wilderness Project Staff Development for teachers with a

focus on Culturally Responsive Teaching and Courageous conversation and practices

Develop an understanding of the experience of the student

How do School Administrators work with Central Office? It is within our relationships that

change and learning take place It is within our own courageous

conversations that we grow It is within our ability to see a big

picture and beyond ourselves that equitable practices happen

It is within our dedication to students that we move forward

Where are we going?Life is about dreams and we are the

manager of many dreams. What we say and do can create a dream or cause it to die. Leadership is about building dreams. Where we will go next….an idea or a dream may be what leads us.

Inspired by The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly.