Montabella Community Schools Annual Education Report (AER)
August 22, 2011
Dear Parents and Community Members:
We are pleased to present you with the Annual Education Report (AER) which provides key information on the 2010-2011 educational progress for the Montabella Community School District and our schools. The AER addresses the complex reporting information required by federal and some requirements of state laws; however, our staff is available to help you understand this information. Please contact me or Jacki Fredricks for help if you need assistance.
The AER is available for you to review electronically by visiting the following web site http://www.montabella.com/about/index.php or you may review a copy in the principal’s office at your child’s school.
The report contains the following information:
Student Assessment Data − Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP), Michigan Merit Exam (MME), and Michigan’s Alternative Assessment Program (MI-Access)
- Presents achievement data for English language arts and mathematics for grades 3 to 8 (MEAP), for grade 11 (MME) and science for grades 5 and 8 compared to targets for all students as well as subgroups of students
- Provides achievement data for English language arts, mathematics and science for students with significant disabilities (MI-Access) compared to targets for all students with disabilities as well as subgroups of students
- Helps readers understand achievement progress within schools and compare these to district and state achievement
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) – Detail Data and Status
Provides information from assessments, graduation and attendance rates and AYP status in relation to four criteria:
- The district must test 95% of students in total and in each required subgroup
- The district must attain achievement goals in English language arts and mathematics or reduce the percentage of students in the non-proficient category of achievement significantly ("safe harbor") annually
- The district must attain achievement goals for each subgroup that has at least 30 students in the group
- The district must meet or exceed the other academic indicators set by the state: graduation rate for high schools and attendance rate for elementary and middle schools
Teacher Quality Data
- Identifies teacher qualifications at district and school levels
- Reports percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers not considered highly qualified to teach such classes
NAEP Data (National Assessment of Educational Progress)
- Provides state results of the national assessment in mathematics and reading every other year in grades 4 and 8
- Cannot be compared with MEAP results for grades 4 and 8 because there are no national standards
For 2010-2011, Montabella Community Schools made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in English language arts and mathematics. All schools in the district also made AYP as well as met attendance and graduation rates. None of our schools were identified for school improvement, corrective action or restructuring.
The information presented within this report provides both inclusive and conclusive evidence of our district's procedure, performance and product. Such information is transparent in indication of both areas where strength is favorably attained and areas where strength is further awaited. Most importantly, the report viewed as a benchmark within a continuum, serves to provide for us both guidelines and guardrails as we craft and create the most efficient and effective means by which to convey curricula to our students in order that their achievement levels necessarily attain and hopefully exceed state and federal requirements.
Should there be questions, comments or concerns relative to this report, I invite you to contact my office relative thereunto. I likewise take this opportunity to commend those who are responsible for the compilation and presentation of this report and most certainly those whose ongoing pedagogical efforts are responsible for the production of the content, quantitative or otherwise, upon which this report is structured and based.
Sincerely,
Ronald L. Farrell,
Superintendent