SARASOTA
COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
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Grades
PK-12 |
Effectiveness |
Mean |
Original
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District
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Level |
(Average
of similar |
Audit |
Current |
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Category |
(Top
20% of similar |
schools
cohort) |
Status |
Status |
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schools
cohort) |
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Norm-Referenced
Tests:
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Reading |
70th |
53rd |
58th-72nd
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66th-71st
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Percentile |
Percentile |
Percentile |
Percentile |
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Mathematics |
70th |
53rd |
67th-78th
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66th-77th
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Percentile |
Percentile |
Percentile |
Percentile |
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Criterion-Referenced
Tests: |
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Communications
Mastery |
96% |
92% |
83.1%
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88% |
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Mathematics
Mastery |
96% |
92% |
82.5%
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86% |
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Advanced
Placement: |
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% of juniors and
seniors enrolled in AP courses |
15% |
13% |
20.4% |
20.52% |
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% of juniors and
seniors taking AP exams |
3.70% |
3.20% |
17.9% |
17.80% |
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% earning a 3, 4
or 5 on one or more AP exam |
75% |
65% |
78% |
78.26% |
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American
College Test (ACT) |
21.6 |
19.6 |
22.3 |
22.5 |
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Scholastic
Aptitude Test (SAT) |
1006 |
970 |
1062 |
1060 |
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Drop-Out
Rate, Grades 9-12 Cumulative |
10.40% |
11.65% |
15.05%
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11.53%*** |
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Senior
Class Grade Point Average
(non-weighted) |
2.4 |
2.6 |
2.77 |
2.83 |
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Student
Attendance Rate |
96% |
93% |
93.2% |
94% |
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Teacher
Absence Index (TAI) |
4.5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
6.14 |
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(days
absent per teacher per year) |
Days |
Days |
Days |
Days |
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* Low - High range
across grades 2 through 8. See charts on
following pages for national percentile scores by grade and
subject. | ||||
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**
1996 Percent passing HSCT (High School Competence Test)--Grade
11. See charts on
following pages for 1997-98.
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97-98, calculated; 98-99: actual. See page 8 of this
report for discussion. |
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DISTRICT: NAT Results, 1997-98
and SAT/9 Results, 1998-99, Grades 2-8 Mean National Percentiles | ||||||||||||||
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Grade: |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 | |||||||
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Year: |
97-98 |
98-99 |
97-98 |
98-99 |
97-98 |
98-99 |
97-98 |
98-99 |
97-98 |
98-99 |
97-98 |
98-99 |
97-98 |
98-99 |
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Reading |
63 |
67 |
64 |
66 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
66 |
64 |
68 |
64 |
68 |
58 |
71 |
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Math |
72 |
72 |
72 |
77 |
78 |
74 |
77 |
75 |
74 |
73 |
67 |
66 |
69 |
69 |
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Subject |
District
Score |
State
Score | ||
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1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 | |
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Narrative |
3.3 |
3.5 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
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Expository |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
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Grade
8 |
Grade
10 |
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Subject |
District Score |
State
Score |
District
Score |
State
Score | ||||||
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1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
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Persuasive |
3.4 |
3.6 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
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Expository |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
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Subject |
District %
Passing |
State %
Passing | ||
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Oct.
97 |
Oct.
98 |
Oct.
97 |
Oct.
98 | |
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Communications |
90 |
88 |
78 |
81 |
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Mathematics |
87 |
86 |
75 |
77 |