Showing posts with label Dropout Rate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dropout Rate. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, September 28, 2009
Attendance/Enrollement History
School attendance is being tracked and published on a weekly basis as part of an effort to reduce dropout rates. This activity will cover the entire month of September, 2009.
The most recent report shown in The Times on September 27, 2009 indicates a 7.5% absence rate for BTW.
This is based on a total average enrollment of 342 with an average of 26 students absent.
For the District, the enrollment was 41,182 with 2,025 absent generating a 4.9% absence rate.
According to The Times report, this effort is "...a collaboration of school districts, the Alliance For Education and the Community Foundation, all partners in the Learning to Finish initiative to reduce dropout numbers."
We certainly hope that all interested BTW supporters are viewing this information. And, of course, taking steps to make sure our students are attending school on a regular basis.
With some pushing for even more time in school as a way of improving achievement, clearly our community must make regular school attendance a top priority.
The most recent report shown in The Times on September 27, 2009 indicates a 7.5% absence rate for BTW.
This is based on a total average enrollment of 342 with an average of 26 students absent.
For the District, the enrollment was 41,182 with 2,025 absent generating a 4.9% absence rate.
According to The Times report, this effort is "...a collaboration of school districts, the Alliance For Education and the Community Foundation, all partners in the Learning to Finish initiative to reduce dropout numbers."
We certainly hope that all interested BTW supporters are viewing this information. And, of course, taking steps to make sure our students are attending school on a regular basis.
With some pushing for even more time in school as a way of improving achievement, clearly our community must make regular school attendance a top priority.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
BTW Issues Cited in Recent Article
According to a Times news story on January 11, 2009, state education officials spent time reviewing all low performing schools. That review of course included Caddo and our BTW. The following concerns were listed in the article.
-A lack of urgency and general level of complacency is evident toward academic improvements.
-A serious school wide problem exists with tardiness, truancy and inconsistent discipline policy enforcement.
-A reconstitution plan was developed, but there is no documentation to show all actions have been addressed.
-Few teachers are engaging students in rigorous learning activities to improve student performance.
-For a student population of 456, 904 suspensions were reported.
-About 57 percent of sophomores and juniors read and write below grade level and 65 percent function below grade level in math.
-The average school performance score is 50.6.
It is apparently against this backdrop that further state recommendations and/or actions are forthcoming for BTW.
-A lack of urgency and general level of complacency is evident toward academic improvements.
-A serious school wide problem exists with tardiness, truancy and inconsistent discipline policy enforcement.
-A reconstitution plan was developed, but there is no documentation to show all actions have been addressed.
-Few teachers are engaging students in rigorous learning activities to improve student performance.
-For a student population of 456, 904 suspensions were reported.
-About 57 percent of sophomores and juniors read and write below grade level and 65 percent function below grade level in math.
-The average school performance score is 50.6.
It is apparently against this backdrop that further state recommendations and/or actions are forthcoming for BTW.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Louisiana Graduation Rates for 2007
On January 8, 2009 the Louisiana Department of Education released its cohort graduation rates for 2007. Indicated below are the rankings for our area. You may view the complete release together with attachments at http://www.doe.state.la.us/
1. Caddo Parish Magnet High School-96.4%
-State Goal for 2016----------------80%
2. C.E. Byrd------------------------76.9%
3. Captain Shreve------------------75.6%
4. Northwood----------------------71.2%
-State Average -----------65.9%
5. Southwood----------------------65.6%
-Caddo District Average------59.4%
6. Huntington----------------------57.4%
7. BTW----------------------------55.4%
8. North Caddo--------------------54.4%
9. Woodlawn----------------------47.7%
10.Green Oaks-------------------44.2%
11.Fair Park----------------------41.6%
1. Caddo Parish Magnet High School-96.4%
-State Goal for 2016----------------80%
2. C.E. Byrd------------------------76.9%
3. Captain Shreve------------------75.6%
4. Northwood----------------------71.2%
-State Average -----------65.9%
5. Southwood----------------------65.6%
-Caddo District Average------59.4%
6. Huntington----------------------57.4%
7. BTW----------------------------55.4%
8. North Caddo--------------------54.4%
9. Woodlawn----------------------47.7%
10.Green Oaks-------------------44.2%
11.Fair Park----------------------41.6%
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