Middletown Forum : The Latest Performance Report http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : School Achievements : The Latest Performance Report Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:16:06 +0000 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:45:06 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4064 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ The Latest Performance Report : Mrs Andrew,Can you elaborate... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29431&title=the-latest-performance-report#29431 Author: Pacman
Subject: 4064
Posted: Aug 30 2011 at 6:45pm

Mrs Andrew,
 
Can you elaborate on the Journals Report that Middletown High School has a Discipline rate of 60 incidents per 100 students (if I remember correctly)?  That is about 1080 incidents per year.
 
What are the range of incidents that are included in the number? 
Are the incidents being perpetrated by a core group of students? 
How many serious issues are there at Middletown that involved an injury to another student or teacher? 
How many expulsions were there last year? 
How does Middletown compare to other schools in Butler County such as Monroe, Franklin, Madison, etc.? 
 
PACMANCool
]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:45:06 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29431&title=the-latest-performance-report#29431 The Latest Performance Report : Improvement is nice but the discipline... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29427&title=the-latest-performance-report#29427 Author: Stanky
Subject: 4064
Posted: Aug 30 2011 at 11:01am

Improvement is nice but the discipline problem is still no better than before. ]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:01:06 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29427&title=the-latest-performance-report#29427 The Latest Performance Report : "this year the indicators... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29424&title=the-latest-performance-report#29424 Author: Middletown News
Subject: 4064
Posted: Aug 30 2011 at 10:40am

"this year the indicators the district has acquired has doubled from five to 10 out of the 26 indicators"

While the doubling is impressive, the total is depressing.]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:40:35 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29424&title=the-latest-performance-report#29424 The Latest Performance Report : Congratulations to the Middletown... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29423&title=the-latest-performance-report#29423 Author: KThompson
Subject: 4064
Posted: Aug 30 2011 at 10:32am

Congratulations to the Middletown City School District  for its continued improvement!

Middletown Schools Continue to Improve
]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:32:24 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29423&title=the-latest-performance-report#29423 The Latest Performance Report : I know what you mean Groundswat,... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29333&title=the-latest-performance-report#29333 Author: Pacman
Subject: 4064
Posted: Aug 24 2011 at 11:24pm

I know what you mean Groundswat, trying to find out any info on this graduation formula, you'd think it was a national secret right up there with the location of the nuculear missles.
 
PACMANCool
]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:24:32 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29333&title=the-latest-performance-report#29333 The Latest Performance Report : Doesn't get any clearer than... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29319&title=the-latest-performance-report#29319 Author: ground swat
Subject: 4064
Posted: Aug 24 2011 at 7:10pm

Doesn't get any clearer than that.  Unless.......... New leg. has been passed.]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:10:54 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29319&title=the-latest-performance-report#29319 The Latest Performance Report : 2008 Federal Regulations:... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29314&title=the-latest-performance-report#29314 Author: Pacman
Subject: 4064
Posted: Aug 24 2011 at 5:31pm

2008 Federal Regulations: New regulations issued by ED in October 2008 represent a substantial improvement over previous federal policy. Beginning in School Year (SY) 2010–11, states are required to report a uniform, comparable, and accurate graduation rate known as a "four-year adjusted cohort rate," which measures the percent of students in a ninth grade cohort that graduate with a regular diploma in four years or less. This rate also must be used for determining Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) beginning in SY 2011–12. The formula is similar to the NGA Compact, but the regulations clarify many of the details that the Compact left undefined.

In addition to a four-year rate, the regulations also permit states to use an additional "extended-year" graduation rate that measures how many students graduate in more than four years, which could be incorporated into AYP calculations. For example, the state could use a rate that measures how many students from an adjusted cohort graduate with a regular diploma within five, six, or seven years.

Compact Rate Definition

The numerator of the Compact Rate is made up of graduates who receive regular or advanced diplomas within four years of entering ninth grade. Students who continue high school in the fall following their expected graduation date or receive General Educational Development (GED) certificates are not considered graduates in the Compact Rate.

The denominator of the Compact Rate is based on tracking a cohort of students who begin ninth grade in a given school year through their graduation year. The denominator of the Compact Rate is adjusted to account for students who transfer in or out of a given student cohort over the next three years. _

The NGA compact formula is as follows:     __graduation rate = on-time graduates in year x_ _ __ 

  (first-time entering ninth graders in year x – 4) + (transfers in) – (transfers out)
PACMANCool
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Subject: 4064
Posted: Aug 24 2011 at 6:33am

One last time Smartman. When would you like to visit the schools? I have made my final offer. Please let me know so that I can make arrangements with my employer. Thank you. ]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:33:09 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29301&title=the-latest-performance-report#29301 The Latest Performance Report : It seems simple but it really... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29274&title=the-latest-performance-report#29274 Author: middletownscouter
Subject: 4064
Posted: Aug 23 2011 at 9:32am

It seems simple but it really isn't - statistics rarely are. Looking only at who is enrolled as a senior on the last day of school and what percentage graduated vs. those not getting a diploma only gives you a snapshot of that day and that day only.

To get a true picture of an actual graduation rate you need to look at the status of every student who has been enrolled at the high school who should be a graduating senior on the last day of the school year. This would include:
  • Students who are graduating from MHS on time;
  • Students who are enrolled at MHS but are not getting their diploma;
  • Students who dropped out of MHS during their senior year or before;
  • Students who moved out of town while enrolled at MHS;
  • Students who transferred from MHS to another area high school;
  • Students who should be graduating but were held back a year or more;
  • Students who graduated from MHS a year or more early;
  • Students who have been expelled from MHS;
  • Students who died before graduation;
  • Students who receive their diploma and/or GED after the end of their senior year at MHS via summer school or another program;
  • Students who are enrolled at MHS but are incarcarted at the time of graduation;
If you don't take all those factors into account, it's kind of a meaningless number in the end. The overall number of students to base your rate on would be every student who was ever enrolled at MHS who SHOULD have been part of the graduating class of that year. Some of those items (and I'm sure there are more that I didn't list) will be positives that improve the graduation rate (those actually getting diplomas for instance), some will lower the graduation rate (those who dropped out prior to their senior year for example), and some (such as transfers out of MHS to another school) would be neutral in that they don't actively help or hurt the graduation rate but overall have an affect one way or the other by reducing the base number of students which makes every remaining student in that adjust base # a higher portion of your overall rate.

If you don't account for all of the students, you don't get a valid picture of actual performance. It would also be easier to game the system by removing students not making it from the rolls prior to the end of their senior year, which gives you an inflated graduation rate. It look like an effective job is being done, but it isn't accurate as it doesn't take into account all those other kids who should have been seniors and should have been graduating, but aren't there as students anymore and don't get factored into the equation.]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:32:24 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29274&title=the-latest-performance-report#29274 The Latest Performance Report : Neil;I am talking about the... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4064&PID=29231&title=the-latest-performance-report#29231 Author: Pacman
Subject: 4064
Posted: Aug 21 2011 at 9:46pm

Neil;
 
I am talking about the Senior graduating Class only. I am not talking about the 9th, 10th, 11th graders who may or maynot make the 12th grade at Middletown High School.  I am also not talking about the 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th at Middletown Christian, I am also not talking about HomeSchool Kids or K-12 online programs.  I am also not talking about the students that transfer out of the school district to Franklin, Madison, Monroe etc. etc. (such as my son, who is going to Monroe).  I am also not talking about student that transfer out of Middletown High school in their Senior to another district as that would be counting them twice. 
 
As far as I'm concerned on the last day of school, the number of Seniors that finsh their Senior year minus the ones that do not receive a diploma is the graduation rate at Middletown High School.  I know we are talking about the Federal Government who can overthink any simple problem and that is half the problem with our education system now.  There is a saying in business called K.I.S.S. and maybe the Federal Goverment should use it.  It that stands for "Keep It Simple Stupid". 
 
PACMANCool
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