Secondary Education Goals 1997-1998

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Department of Secondary Education

Goals, 1998-1999

Literacy

MS

Reduce by 5% the number of middle school students in the first quartile who are tested in both the fall 1998 and spring 1999 ITBS assessments.

Increase by 5% the number of middle school students scoring above average who are tested in both the fall 1998 and spring 1999 ITBS assessments.

HS

Reduce by 5% the number of high school students in the first quartile who are tested in both the fall 1998 and spring 1999 ITBS assessments.

Increase by 5% the number of high school students scoring above average who are tested in both the fall 1998 and spring 1999 ITBS assessments.

Math

MS

To reduce by 10 % the number of middle school students in the first quartile who are tested in both the spring '98 and spring '99 ITBS assessments.

To increase by 10 % the number of middle school students scoring above average who are tested in both the spring '98 and spring '99 ITBS assessments.

HS

To increase by 10 % the number of grade 10 students who have completed Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 with a grade of C or better by the beginning of the 10^th grade.

To reduce by 10 % the number of grade 11 students in the first quartile who are tested in both the spring '98 and spring '99 ITBS assessments.

To increase by 10 % the number of grade 11 students scoring above average who are tested in both the spring '98 and spring '99 ITBS assessments.

School to Career

HS

All 9th graders will begin development of an Individual Career Academic Plan with appropriate guidance.

90% of 10th and 11th graders will have updated Individual Career Academic Plans with appropriate guidance.

All high schools will develop a plan to inform parents about the ICAP and District STC goal.

HS

A District STC business advisory committee will be created.

All high schools will create a local business advisory committee.

Pathfinder database will be piloted at four high schools.

All high schools will monitor, tabulate and report the total number of student/staff work-based experiences.

HS

All high schools will design and submit a staff development plan which addresses the integration of STC concepts across the curriculum by October 1, 1998.

MS

All 8th graders will take the ACT Career Interest Inventory and receive testing results and appropriate guidance and counseling.

All middle schools will include STC in their staff development efforts with a focus on workplace standards in curriculum.

Graduation

HS

To increase the district's graduation rate to 68% for the class of 1999 (an increase of 3.1 from the 1998 graduation rate).

Drop Outs

HS

To decrease the district-wide dropout rate to below 6% for the 1998-1999 school year (a decrease of at least .3 of a percent from the 1997-1998 rate of 6.2 %).

SAT/ACT

HS

To increase the mean composite ACT score for 1999 district graduates to 20.0 (an increase of .3 of a point from the mean for 1998 graduates).

To increase the mean Verbal and Mathematics SAT scores to 525 for 1999 district graduates (an increase of 3 points on the Verbal scale and 4 points on the Mathematics scale from the means for 1998 graduates).

Suspension

MS

To reduce the number of Middle School duplicated suspensions from 5642 to 5142.

Return to Secondary Education

MS	Reduce by 5% the number of middle school students in the first quartile who are tested in both the fall 1998 and spring 1999 ITBS assessments. Increase by 5% the number of middle school students scoring above average who are tested in both the fall 1998 and spring 1999 ITBS assessments.
HS	Reduce by 5% the number of high school students in the first quartile who are tested in both the fall 1998 and spring 1999 ITBS assessments. Increase by 5% the number of high school students scoring above average who are tested in both the fall 1998 and spring 1999 ITBS assessments.

HS	All 9th graders will begin development of an Individual Career Academic Plan with appropriate guidance. 90% of 10th and 11th graders will have updated Individual Career Academic Plans with appropriate guidance. All high schools will develop a plan to inform parents about the ICAP and District STC goal.
HS	A District STC business advisory committee will be created. All high schools will create a local business advisory committee. Pathfinder database will be piloted at four high schools. All high schools will monitor, tabulate and report the total number of student/staff work-based experiences.
HS	All high schools will design and submit a staff development plan which addresses the integration of STC concepts across the curriculum by October 1, 1998.
MS	All 8th graders will take the ACT Career Interest Inventory and receive testing results and appropriate guidance and counseling. All middle schools will include STC in their staff development efforts with a focus on workplace standards in curriculum.