Sacramento County, CA | November 7, 2000 Election |
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Academic Performance IndexBy Doug ParkCandidate for Governing Board Member; Natomas Unified School District |
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Natomas schools did extremely well on the API. The School Board has implemented many programs to improve student performance.The Academic Performance Index is California's current method of measuring all students in the state. How well did the Natomas Unified School District do on the Academic Performance Index? On October 4, 2000, California Superintendent of Public Instruction, Delaine Easton, came to Bannon Creek Elementary School in Natomas to announce the results of the Academic Performance Index (API). ALL schools in Natomas exceeded the state's target! Of the five schools receiving an API in Natomas, four of the schools qualify for monetary awards! In fact, Natomas is the ONLY K - 12 district in Sacramento County to have ALL schools exceed the target levels and the ONLY K - 12 district with ALL schools above 600. Natomas schools outperformed their targets by 5 to 87 points! The District, including the Board, administrators, teachers, staff and students and parents worked very hard over the past two years to improve student performance. In this effort, the District has implemented the following: Assessment and Accountability There has been a two year emphasis to help meet the District's goal of all students meeting grade level standards.
This is a nationally recognized program that emphasizes phonics and daily reading exercises. Natomas has fully implemented Open Court and has achieved great success with this program. The District implemented the Open Court program two years ago.
Students who do not speak or write English as their primary language require additional help in order to be prepared for classes and taking the SAT 9 test. Natomas has implemented several programs to address this need:
This is an eighteen month pilot program with the Sacramento County Office of Education to move students that are reading below the 50th percentile to grade level. This program works to:
Students in the middle school (grades 6, 7, and 8) are being targeted early for additional support in an effort to improve academic performance and increase the number of students who graduate from high school. This program:
This is a collaborative program with the Sacramento County Office of Education, the University of Oregon, and the Northern California Reading Demonstration Center. This program provides continued and sustained training for all teachers for 6th grade, 7-8 core teachers, 9th grade English teachers and special education teachers. Student Academic Partnership Program This program is recognized as an exemplary intervention model and involves 30 college tutors working with 300 students. In the first year of the program, students demonstrated two years of growth. All of these programs are long term commitments. As a Board Member, I am determined to continuously work to improve the schools in Natomas. Much more needs to be done if we are to have all schools continue to improve and exceed the 800 level on the Academic Performance Index. |
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