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News Release: Oct. 12, 2012
LCSD has 3 Outstanding Schools, 2 Model SchoolsThe 2011-2012 District Report Card issued by the Oregon Department of Education on Oct. 11 rates schools as “Outstanding,” “Satisfactory,” or “In Need of Improvement” based on factors including student test results and participation in testing.
“We are extremely pleased that we have two Model Schools in our district,” Superintendent Tom Rinearson said. “Taft Elementary has just been added to the list, joining Sam Case Primary. That means that these schools have excellent student outcomes and will be a resource to other schools in the state.”
Model Schools are defined as high poverty schools which are rated in the top 5 percent of Title I schools in the state based on the new rating formula. Model Schools are showcased as models of successful student outcomes and will help support other schools through Continuous Improvement Networks.
“Our other schools, for the most part, are also performing well,” Rinearson said. “The recent state assessment [OAKS] shows that the majority of our schools are trending upward, even with the academic bar being raised. We see that our students are continuing to improve.”
The Report Card shows that Lincoln County School District performed better or the nearly the same as the state in nine of 14 assessment categories. The categories in which the school district exceeded or were close to state results are: Reading in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 11; and Math in grades 3, 4 and 5.
Of LCSD’s 16 public and charter schools, three are rated as outstanding: Crestview Heights School, Isaac Newton Magnet School, and Sam Case Primary School. This is the eighth year in a row for Isaac Newton to attain the top rating, and the fourth consecutive year for Crestview Heights.
Four district schools are rated as needing improvement: Newport High, Newport Prep Academy, Siletz Valley Charter School, and Taft High.
Seven district schools are rated as satisfactory: Eddyville Charter, Newport Intermediate, Oceanlake Elementary, Taft Elementary, Toledo Elementary, Toledo Junior/Senior High, and Waldport High.
The remaining two were not rated because of insufficient data: Lincoln City Career Tech High School and Siletz Valley Early College Academy.
LCSD Data Coordinator Mary Kelly notes that the Oregon Report Card is based on two years’ worth of data, and is broken out by subgroups. This means the difference between outstanding, satisfactory, and needing improvement can be impacted by as few as one or two students in just one subgroup. The subgroups are: American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black (not of Hispanic origin), Hispanic, White (not of Hispanic origin), Multi-Ethnic, male, female, talented and gifted, students with disabilities, migrant, limited English proficient, and economically disadvantaged.
For example, at Newport High two students in a subgroup were not tested for math, which impacted the school’s score for participation. This sometimes happens because of conflicting information from the Oregon Department of Education.
Kelly states that Taft High's graduation rate is a challenge because of the way data is analyzed using graduation cohort rates from the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years.
“A student is put into a cohort year based on when they first entered high school, anywhere inside or outside the U.S.,” Kelly said. “If they are enrolled at Taft after they have been in high school for four or five years anywhere else in the world and they do not graduate, they are held accountable against Taft.”
The Report Card also shows that Siletz Valley Charter School is a Priority School. As defined by the federal government, these are high poverty schools that are ranked in the bottom 5 percent of Title I schools in the state based on Oregon’s new rating formula. These schools generally have very low achievement and growth and need additional supports and interventions to turn things around.
Rinearson noted that LCSD administrators have been actively offering support to the administration and teachers at Siletz charter school, and that great gains are being made. The number of students who met targets in math nearly doubled in one year, yet it wasn’t enough to meet the new, higher academic standards.
“Our other schools, for the most part, are also performing well,” Rinearson said. “The recent state assessment [OAKS] shows that the majority of our schools are trending upward, even with the academic bar being raised. We see that our students are continuing to improve.”
The Report Card shows that Lincoln County School District performed better or the nearly the same as the state in nine of 14 assessment categories. The categories in which the school district exceeded or were close to state results are: Reading in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 11; and Math in grades 3, 4 and 5.
The reports are listed above and are available online, for current and past years, on the Oregon Department of Education website (www.ode.state.or.us).
Anyone with questions about school data may contact:
Mary Kelly, Data Coordinator
Email: mary.kelly@lincoln.k12.or.us
Phone: (541) 265-4440
