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<< Missouri Education News Back Issues
Annual Performance Reports (APRs) Are Now Available State education officials have released new “Annual Performance Reports” for Missouri school districts, providing an update on how districts are meeting state standards for academic performance. The reports are now available to the public on the Web site of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (See instructions below.) “For almost a decade, the Annual Performance Reports have been a key element of Missouri’s accountability system for public schools. As a former superintendent of schools, I can attest to the impact and the value of the report,” said Dr. Chris L. Nicastro, Missouri Commissioner of Education. Published each year since 2000, the Annual Performance Report (APR) provides a progress report on how each school district is doing, as measured by the 14 academic performance standards that are the cornerstone of Missouri’s accreditation requirements for public schools. The 14 standards cover measures such as test scores (state-required MAP and end-of-course tests), attendance and graduation rates, ACT test scores, and other academic indicators. The new reports provide five years of statistics, including data from the past school year (2008-09). “The APR provides a concise, practical tool for boards of education, school administrators and staff to identify strengths and needs in their schools and to focus their efforts on improving instruction. It is important to recognize that Missouri has a strong record of monitoring the progress of local schools and using the data we collect to help guide local and state efforts to improve academic achievement,” Commissioner Nicastro said. To be fully accredited, a K-12 school district must meet at least nine of the 14 accreditation standards for academic performance and at least six to be provisionally accredited. A district that meets five or fewer standards may be classified as unaccredited by the State Board of Education. Currently, 511 of Missouri’s 523 school districts are fully accredited. Nine districts are provisionally accredited; two are unaccredited; one is interim accredited. In most cases, school districts are formally evaluated once every five years, and the accreditation decision by the State Board of Education is based on five years of performance data. The APR is significant because it provides an annual indicator of trends in a school district and enables state and local school officials to take steps to assist a struggling district. To access the latest APRs, visit the School Data and Statistics page of the DESE Web site. Select the name of any school district from the alphabetical list of district. On the district’s index page, click on “2009 Annual Performance Report (APR) and AYP” in the upper-right corner. Missouri Educational Data Score: 8 out of 10 The 2009 Annual Progress Report on State Data Systems is a Data Quality Campaign Missouri report:
Case Study: Park Hill School District Park Hill School District (PHSD) began using Acuity in 2006 to help bridge the gap between everyday classroom instruction and the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP). With Acuity Predictive Assessments, the district reports a sharpened focus on Missouri Grade-Level Expectations (GLE) and student learning. Test scores have improved as well. From 2006 to 2008, the percentage of students passing the MAP test increased in both communication arts and mathematics. Full study: Case Study: Bayless School District Bayless School District began using Acuity in 2006 to predict student performance on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) and help teachers target instruction to improve student learning. With Acuity Predictive Assessments, the district experiences improved instructional quality and data-driven decision making in Grades 3-8. As a result, the number of students performing in the top 50 percent at Tiers 3 and 4 on the Predictive Assessments has increased, while the number of students performing in the bottom 50 percent at Tiers 1 and 2 has decreased. Full study: St. Louis Public Schools used Recovery Act funds to save the jobs of 85 teaching facilitators. This is the story of three of those facilitators: http://www.youtube.com/v/MWlPgU4WiT4&hl=en&fs=1&
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