6

th
Grade Science Scores for Newton
County Theme School
Comparing Data Against School, District
and State

For the NCTS Faculty and Staff Pre-
Planning Meeting
By Jessica Tamburro

Data Objective
O The data that will be shown is to
focus on how we can close the
gap between the achievement
levels and focus in on specific
sub groups that show weakness.
With the data presented, an plan
will be made to help close gaps
for the next school year and
years to come.
2011-2012 6
th
Grade Science
CRCT Data
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
10
42
26
32 31
47
67
47
57
55
49
45
23
12
17
13
20
8
Exceeds
Meets
Does Not Meet
2012-2013 6
th
Grade Science
CRCT Data
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
7
34
27
28 28 27
56
51
52
54
47
58
37
15
22
13
25
15
Exceeds
Meets
Does Not Meet
Changes in Data from 11-12 SY
to 12-13 SY for DOES NOT
MEET in Science
10
7
42
34
26
27
31
28
47
27
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
2011-2012 2012-2013
NCTS
Cousins
Indian Creek
Veterans
Liberty
Clements
NCTS improved by
closing the gap
between the two
school years by 3
percent
Changes in Data from 11-12 SY
to 12-13 SY for MEETS in
Science
67
56
47
51
57
52
55
54
47
45
58
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2011-2012 2012-2013
NCTS
Cousins
Indian Creek
Veterans
Liberty
Clements
NCTS closed the
gap by 11% in the
meets field. This
will show an
increase in
Exceeds
Changes in Data from 11-12 SY
to 12-13 SY for Exceeds in
Science
23
37
12
15
17
22
13 13
20
25
8
15
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
2011-2012 SY 2012-2013 SY
NCTS
Cousins
Indian Creek
Veterans
Liberty
Clements
NCTS closed the
gap from DNM
and Meets to
show
improvement in a
14% increase in
exceeds
NCTS as Compared to District and
State in Science in 11-12 and 12-13 SY
in Science
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
10
34
27
67
51
52
23
15
21
Exceeds
Meets
Does Not
Meet
11-12
12-13
Data for NCTS per Sub-Group
11-12 and 12-13 in Science
O There are too few students in the Hispanic and Two or
More Races for there to be data. This is a comparison
of Black and White Students on the Science CRCT
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Black White
14
9
59
60
17
31
Exceeds
Meets
Does Not
Meet
11-12 12-13
Data for NCTS based on Gender in
Science for 11-12 and 12-13 SY in
Science
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
8
13
62
73
31
13
Exceeds
Meets
Does Not
Meet
11-12
12-13
Data for NCTS based on Socio-
Economic Status for 11-12 and
12-13 SY in Science
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
21
6
74
64
5
30
Exceeds
Meets
Does Not
Meet
11-12
12-13
Strengths
O NCTS proves to do better than the district
and state on the 6
th
Grade CRCT in
Science for both school years shown.
O Both the racial groups represented at
NCTS took a leap to close achievement
gaps from 11-12 to 12-13.
O The economically disadvantaged took a
tremendous leap in the exceeds area from
11- 12 to 12-13


Weaknesses
O Compared to the district, our school is not
closing the gap of Does Not Meet on the
Science CRCT as fast or in abundance of
students as the other schools in the
district. This may have something to do
with our enrollment.
O The male subgroup is not closing the gap
as fast as the female subgroup when
looking at the exceeds values.

Summary
I believe that NCTS is doing fabulous as
a whole, but looking specifically at the data for
the 6
th
grade Science CRCT, it looks like we are
on the right track. While there are only 2 years
of longitudinal data, it does show a specific
increase and closure in gaps through the data. I
feel fortunate to have went through this data
because I was not the 6
th
grade science teacher
for the 11-12 SY. However, I was for the 12-13
SY and this makes me appreciate my hard work
and dedication to my school and students.