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0200 Philosophy, Goals, Objectives & Plans Goals for the District

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A. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

The district holds itself and all schools accountable for demonstrating that all students and disaggregated subgroups, including English Learners and students with disabilities, will meet the following goals for mastery of the state standards in English/Language Arts, English Language Development, and mathematics.

Performance measures include the California Standards Tests in English/Language Arts and mathematics, the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), the California English Language Development Test (CELDT), and district, standards-based instructional program assessments. Benchmark grades for reporting purposes are Grades 3, 5, 8 and 10.

95 percent of all students and disaggregated subgroups, including English Learners and students with disabilities, will participate in the state and district assessments.

Language Arts

The percentage of all students scoring at or above the Proficient Level will increase by 8 percentage points annually on the California Standards Tests in English-Language Arts.

The percentage of students in disaggregated subgroups scoring at or above the Proficient Level will increase by 16 percentage points annually on the California Standards Tests in English-Language Arts.

85 percent of all Grade 10 students and disaggregated subgroups will pass the English-Language Arts section of the California High School Exit Exam.

85 percent of students will meet district benchmarks on the standards-based instructional program assessments for English-Language Arts.

85 percent of English Learners will demonstrate benchmark progress toward English-Language Arts proficiency on the standards-based instructional program assessments between the winter and spring test administrations.

85 percent of English-Only/Fluent and English Learners in the Two Way Immersion program will demonstrate proficiency on the district standardized Spanish-Language Arts assessment.

English Language Development
80 percent of English Learners will demonstrate annual increases in English language proficiency on the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) as follows:

Beginning: two levels
Early Intermediate - Early Advanced: one level

85 percent of English Learners will meet district benchmarks on the standards-based English Language Development instructional program assessments.

Mathematics
The percentage of all students scoring at or above the Proficient Level will increase by 8 percentage points annually on the California Standards Tests in mathematics.

The percentage of students in disaggregated subgroups scoring at or above the Proficient Level will increase by 16 points annually on the California Standards Tests in mathematics.

85 percent of all Grade 10 students and disaggregated subgroups will pass the mathematics section of the California High School Exit Exam.

85 percent of students will meet district benchmarks on the standards-based instructional program assessments for mathematics.

85 percent of English-Only/Fluent and English Learners in the Two Way Immersion program will meet district benchmarks on the standardized Spanish language mathematics assessment.

College Readiness
We will hold ourselves accountable for preparing both well-represented and underrepresented students for UC/CSU eligibility by meeting the following goals:

The percentage of high school students with a grade point average below 2.0 will decrease by 10 percentage points.

The percentage of 11th and 12th grade students completing Advanced Placement courses will increase by 10 percent annually.

The percentage of 12th grade students completing the UC/CSU a-g requirements will increase by 10 percent annually.

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March 25, 2004

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