10/6/2004 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Minutes

Home Browse Search

I .. MASHFEE SCHOOL COMMITTEE L'E-REGULAR M ETfNG-OCTOBER , 2004 PAGE .3 Enrollments Mrs. Parolski summarized the revised October 17 2004 enrollments as follows: Coombs School — 476; Quashnet School — 7; and Maslipee High School 1,020. Also there are currently 43 Maslipee students attending Cape Cod Tech. .4 Out-of-School Suspensions — The month of September 2004 reflected the following out-of-school suspensions: Grade 7, 0; Grade Grade 9, ; Grade 10, 3; Grade 11.1 1; and Grade 12, 3. 8.5 MCAS Results — Joy Blackwood and Ann... English — hath Coordinator Mrs. Blackwood and English/Language Arts Coordinator Ann English gave ars overview oftheir respective results of the MCAS tests that were administered during the 2003-2004 school year. Mrs. Blackwood said MCAS test results indicate "very steady progress" i math. All students will be required to be "Proficient"' in math by 2014. Mrs. Blackwood reported the following improvements in failure percentages since the tests were first administered in 1998: Grade 1998 2004 Grade 4 26% failed % failed Grade 6 31% failed 16% failed Grade 8 42% failed 31%failed Grade 10 54% failed 9% failed Mrs. Blackwood and Mrs. English have met with grade level teachers, special education teachers, they have made ire-depth investigations at tete tests, and have reviewed curriculum frameworks. She said all students in grades 3-8 will be taping MCAS tests. Also, there was ars inf n-nati nal MCAS parent meeting held on October 0'. Mrs. English reported on the English/Language Arts test scores stating there has been a small but steady decline in reading scores sine the test was implemented. Although the test was more difficult for the state overall, Mashpee paralleled the state on every standard. The state averages went down in nine standards as did llaslipee's, however, Mashpee had sharper f declines in most areas. The state improved in four areas as dict Maslipee. Our increases were very similar to the state's. Mrs. English said Grade had a slight decline in "Proficient"'but ars increase in students scoring in the "Advanced" level. Overall, Grade 10 made gains with 4% of the students scoring in "Proficient" or above to the state's 3%. Eight percent of the students will retake the exam this fall. 8.6 Advanced Studies and Leadership Program —Mrs. Parolsl i outlined this program that is provided for high achieving students from the Cape Cod Collaborative districts. It is a four-week program "'college-file residential experience that emphasizes leadership development and project-orient d instruction in STEM areas and the humanities;" She said there are six slots