Sweet and Bitter News
The good news is that Alex Chery will be officially named the permanent principal of Lee Academy Pilot at 5:00 pm when Superintendent Cassellius' memo is released to staff and families. Congratulations, Alex!
The less good news for us is that Mike Macchi officially announced today that he will be stepping down from the principalship at the Perry at the conclusion of this school year. Here is the communication he sent to his families this afternoon.
Another "less good news" is a decision has been made to make room for the new superintendent to determine central office leadership structure, the Regional Recovery Academic Director position has been eliminated. As a result, school leaders and central office leaders that were slated to assume those positions will remain in their current positions.
Recruitment of potential school leaders started months ago with posting, phone and paper screening. The first school leader performance screening day was held this past Wednesday and the next one is scheduled for Wednesday, March 9. I will collaborate with communities in their search for a new leader right after break.
Mid-Year NWEA MAP
Part I - Participation
Because our region's participation is high, your results are more accurate. Thank you so much for pushing your staffs to accomplish this feat! Needless to say, I'm in awe of your focus on results. Our median participation in MAP Growth beat the district!
Part II - Appreciation and Next Steps
First, I want to say how thrilling it is to see these growth reports that were only possible because your schools administered the assessment in the fall and now mid-year. Second, after reviewing our schools, we have an interesting phenomena: Math Growth is much greater than ELA. As we know from last year's MCAS, overall our students did far worse in mathematics than in ELA. Being back in-person gave our students increased access and opportunity to learn and for the most part they did with some super growth. Students had more success and exposure to ELA instruction remotely and did not lose as much ground, so their growth is muted. Because we generally did not meet growth expectation in ELA, we need to buckle down in literacy in all content areas - we still have a lot of work to do in order for our students to reach the achievement levels they deserve to be college and career ready.
Two steps to dive in deeper by class:
1. Achievement/Growth Reports in NWEA MAP Platform
2. Subgroup performance in Panorama
I am working on getting regional data, but you and your teams can be reviewing these resources if you haven't already.
Great work, everyone. I'm really proud.
Some Rough Regional Calculations on Aggregate Growth
I did some calculations putting together aggregate growth in ELA/Mathematics from each school. These calculations are based on the number of grade levels across our own region, not the district. (For example, we have 10 schools with third grade in our region.) Here are some low-inference notes based on meeting/exceeding growth and not meeting growth.
In mathematics, out of 39 grade levels 3-8 in our region, 74.4% met or exceeded growth expectations, while 25.6% did not meet growth expectations. (note: Missing five grade levels not reported yet.)
In ELA, out of 44 grade levels 3-8 in our region, 55.8% met or exceeded growth expectations, while 44.2% did not meet growth expectations. (note: Missing one grade level)
Overall across 81 grade levels 3-8 in ELA and mathematics, 64.6% met or exceeded growth expectations, while 35.4% did not.
Inference: Across our region, fourth grade may need support in both ELA and mathematics to accelerate progress.
On Sunday morning before returning from break, I will send resources your teams can use to generate next steps. We have a region meeting scheduled for March 1 on this topic, and I will be meeting with each of you individually to discuss as well.
Friday Flyer
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