Washington - Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools

1.2.K3 (Properties Knowlege) - 50.9%
3.1.A1 (Applications of the Pythagorean Theorem) - 48.1%
Our juniors scored lowest in:
4.2.A1 (Data Analysis) - 35.5%
3.3.A1 (Analysis of Changes made to Perimeter, Area, Volume) - 32.9%
2.2.K3 (Systems of Equations Knowledge) - 31.2%
1.4.A1 (Formula Applications) - 27.5%
At the junior level, 36.11% of the students receiving free or reduced lunch scored at the proficient level or higher.
African-American juniors had 30.30% of the students scoring proficient or higher.
Female juniors had 28.75% of the students scoring proficient or higher.
Junior males had 35% of the students scoring proficient or higher.
Sophomores
We tested 182 sophomores in Spring 2007. The sophomores had a proficient rate of 43.4%. This group of students performed best
in the areas of:
3.4.K6 (Changing Linear Equations to Slope-Intercept Form) - 63.5%
2.3.A2 (Analysis of Real-World Linear Function Applications) - 61.2%
1.2.K3 (Properties Knowledge) - 60.7%
4.2.K5 (Line of Best Fit) - 60.4%
For the sophomores, the areas they found least success with were:
3.3.A1 (Analysis of Changes made to Perimeter, Area, Volume) - 43.2%
4.2.A1 (Data Analysis) - 42.9%
2.2.K3 (Systems of Equations Knowledge) - 39.3%
1.4.A1 (Formula Applications) - 32.4%
Of the sophomores tested, 55.83% of the African-American students scored proficient or higher.
Forty-six percent (46%) of the sophomores receiving free or reduced lunch scored proficient or higher.
Of the sophomore males, 47.87% scored proficient or higher.
In the sub-category of sophomore females, 31.48% scored proficient or higher.
Which subgroups showed the most overall improvement?
Due to the creation of OTL, this compares students that were sophomores in 2006 to juniors in 2007.
The subgroup showing the greatest improvment was the students receiving free or reduced lunch which showed an increase of
14.88% (36.11% in 2007 from 21.23% in 2006). This was followed closely by a 14.07% increase in the percent of female students
scoring proficient (28.75% in 2007 from 14.68% in 2006).
Which subgroups showed the least improvement?
Due to the creation of OTL, this compares students that were sophomores in 2006 to juniors in 2007.
All subgroups showed improvement, with the least improvment in the category of males. The male students showed an increase of
10.42% (35% in 2007 from 24.58% in 2006). African-American students showed an increase of 13.29% (30.30% in 2007 from
17.01% in 2006).
What indicators need more time to master? by grade level
Our juniors scored lowest in:
4.2.A1 (Data Analysis) - 35.5%
3.3.A1 (Analysis of Changes made to Perimeter, Area, Volume) - 32.9%
2.2.K3 (Systems of Equations Knowledge) - 31.2%
1.4.A1 (Formula Applications) - 27.5%
For the sophomores, the areas they found least success with were:
3.3.A1 (Analysis of Changes made to Perimeter, Area, Volume) - 43.2%
4.2.A1 (Data Analysis) - 42.9%
2.2.K3 (Systems of Equations Knowledge) - 39.3%
1.4.A1 (Formula Applications) - 32.4%
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