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Duluth High SchoolGwinnett County, Georgia
Joy SingletonScott GravittElizabeth Goff
Duluth High School
Analysis of Assessment Data
+ Duluth High School
Public high school in Gwinnett County/suburb of Atlanta Serving students since 1958 Serves students from Duluth, Berkely Lake, & unincorporated
portions of western Gwinnett County
Enrollment- 2,360 Ranked one of top 1,000 schools in America by Newsweek for
six consecutive years Very Diverse
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Duluth High School
Demographics
CaucasianAfrican AmericanAsianHispanicMulti-racialPacific Is-landerNative American
* 47% are free and reduced lunch* 10% special education* 6% ESOL* 95% attendance rate
+ Duluth High School Staff
Range from 1-26+ years Highest # of staff in the 6-
15 year range Range from Bachelor’s to
Doctorate degrees Highest # of staff holding
Master’s degrees
Experience Education
+ School Safety Perception
* 75.6% of students felt safe at Duluth High School
*88.5% of parents felt their child’s school was safe at DHS
Results Based Evaluation System Perception Survey
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Duluth HS Georgia High School Graduation TestPercentage of Passing Scores 2009-2010
Overall, high percentages of passing scores All areas showing a decrease in passing scores Math scores showed a marked decrease, due to assessment and
curriculum changes Math is an Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) area
English/LA
Math Science Social Studies
707580859095
100
20092010
All StudentsMulti-Racial
AsianWhite
HispanicED
ELLBlackSWD
8.4
2.9
4.615.416.719.222.5
44.4
10.514.37.67.9
17.916.715.4
15.511.1
81.285.7
89.587.5
66.766.765.4
6244.4
2009 Georgia High School Graduation Test Scores: Math
Does Not Meet Standards ProficientAdvanced
Note: SWD=Students with Disabilities; ELL=English Language Learners; ED=Economically Disadvantaged
All StudentsAsianWhite
Multi-RacialED
HispanicELL
BlackSWD
18.45.79.8
252526.4
36.637
51.3
14.89.86.5
2521.3
28.614.617.4
17.9
67.184.683.7
5053.7
44.848.845.7
30.8
2010 Georgia High School Graduation Test Scores: Math
Does Not Meet Standards ProficientAdvanced
Note: SWD=Students with Disabilities; ELL=English Language Learners; ED=Economically Disadvantaged
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Summary of Math GHSGT Data African American (AA) students are showing the second greatest
percentages of students Not Meeting Standards (second to SWD)
AA Student percentages Not Meeting Standards increased from 22.5% to 37% in two years.
These students are also showing the lowest percentages of Exceeding Standards; dropping from 62% to 45.7% from 2009-2010.
AA students did not make AYP in the area of math in 2010.
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~Data shows an increase in failure percentage rates for most groups~AA student group shows greatest percentage of failing scores after SWD group~Largest jump in percentage of failing scores is AA group from 29% to 76% in three years (difference of 47%).
SWD ELL Bla
ck
Hispan
ic
Multi-R
acial
Asian
White
42 36 2953
214 10
72
4663
52 5538 29
8372 76
60 54 48 43
Geometry End of Course Test (EOCT) Data: Failing Score Percentages by Student De-
mographic2008 2009 2010
+ Percentages of Student Demographic Groups that Did Not Meet Standards on End of Course
Tests (EOCTs)
SWDBla
ck ELL
Hispan
ic
Multi-R
acialWhit
eAs
ian
7766 63
50 4435
18
MATH II2010
SWD ELLBla
ck
Hispan
ic
Multi-R
acialWhit
eAs
ian
72 6551
4029 24
14
MATH I2010
+ SAT Math Scores: Duluth HS2008-2010 by Student
Demographic2008 2009 2010
Asian 563 605 600Black 451 452 452Hispanic 501 477 536White 551 554 555Other 528 534 536All 538 543 543National Average
515 515 516
+ School Improvement Goal: Duluth High School will increase student achievement in the areas of Social
Studies, Science, Language Arts, and Math for all students
Looked at data across
subject areas
• Found lower performance in
math
Examined math
performance demographic
data
• African-American (AA) student group shows an achievement gap
Analyzed data in concept areas of
math & SAT
• Noted lower AA student scores in Geometry, Math I and II, as well as SAT scores
Recommendation
+ Duluth Wildcats
Challenging All To Succeed
Root cause analysis is needed to determine the best course of action to help all students succeed.