Lincoln County School District #2 Class of 2013 (% Proficient & Advanced)

Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009

PAWS Results Current Freshmen Class Reading

5th Grade
89.2
6th Grade
90.2
7th Grade
80.6
8th Grade
79.8
Writing 41.0 86.8 61.7 72.9

2009 District and State PAWS Scores Comparison Math 86.8 93.7 82.8 78.2

Percentage Proficient or Advanced

Class of 2012 (% Proficient & Advanced)
Subject 2006 2007 2008
Grade LCSD#2 State LCSD#2 State LCSD#2 State LCSD#2 State
6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
Math Math Reading Reading Writing Writing Science Science This year’s Sophomore Class
Reading 80.6 79.9 86.3
3 87.79 80.90 63.21 53.71 64.15 55.36
Writing 60.7 79.9 71.2
4 81.43 75.30 79.05 71.05 61.90 45.06 52.38 50.47 Math 88.8 79.9 82.5
5 86.64 72.00 72.69 62.77 75.93 57.32
6 89.72 77.25 83.16 70.26 64.02 52.98 Class of 2010 (% Proficient & Advanced)
7 69.63 72.52 61.78 57.07 72.63 64.80 Subject 2006 2009
78.19 62.05 79.79 64.90 72.87 65.39 50.00 42.91 8th Grade 11th Grade
8
This year’s seniors Reading 73.5 72.4
11 71.35 62.39 72.40 65.19 73.96 77.03 47.40 45.26
Writing 83.2 77.0
Average 80.68 71.77 73.15 63.56 69.35 59.71 49.93 46.21
Math 66.5 71.4

Longitudinal Results Compared to the State PAWS Comparisons

PAWS Scores 2006-2009 2006 to 2008
By Grade Level Percentage of Students Below Basic
3rd Grade Reading
100
The reduction in the percent of students scoring Below Basic on PAWS for elementary and middle schools is one of the
Third Grade (% Proficient & Advanced) federal measures of Adequate Yearly Progress. Accordingly, elementary and middle schools are required to reduce the
90
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 percentage of students who score at the Below Basic Level or maintain less that 15 percent in the Below Basic Category.
80
District Reading 84.7 87.4 75.4 63.2 The following tables illustrate the percentage of students in the Below Basic group by grade level in 2006, 2007, 2008, and
70 2009 including state averages for each year.
State Reading 61 75.4 61.8 53.7
60
District Writing 51.0 68.9 42.7 64.2
50 Reading (% Below Basic)
State Writing 41 65.6 41.0 55.4
40 Grade District State District State District State District State
District Math 87.3 99.0 86.9 87.8 2006 2007 2008 2009
2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009
State Math 74 91.6 83.4 80.9 District Reading State Reading 3 1.0 10 0.5 2.9 2.5 9.8 7.6 11.8
4 10.9 10 1.0 4.6 1.0 3.7 1.9 4.9
3rd Grade Math 3rd Grade Writing 5 1.8 9 5.4 5.8 2.9 7.7 2.8 8.4
100 100 6 2.4 11 1.7 5.3 3.3 6.8 3.3 7.7
90 90 7 4.5 13 2.8 6.1 1.7 8.4 7.9 9.2
80 80 8 3.8 13 5.7 7.7 2.4 6.0 3.7 7.8
70 70 11 5.5 18 4.4 7.8 1.3 23.9 8.9 11.3
60 60
-District student percentages in the below basic category dropped from 2006 in 4th & 8th and increased in 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, & 11th.
50 50
40 40
2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009

District Math State Math District Writing State Writing

Writing (% Below Basic)

Fourth Grade (% Proficient & Advanced) 4th Grade Reading
100 Grade District State District State District State District State
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009
90
District Reading 77.1 85.9 86.0 79.1 3 11.7 22.0 6.6 6.7 15.6 18.0 10.9 16.3
80
State Reading 64.0 76.6 73.5 71.1 4 9.7 12.0 1.5 5.3 11.5 16.5 10.5 20.2
70
District Writing 50.3 83.0 65.2 61.9 5 7.8 20.0 3.2 11.9 13.0 26.1 2.8 16
60
State Writing 47.0 64.2 52.8 45.1 50 6 4.9 13.0 0 5.1 8.8 17.4 7.9 11.3
District Math 81.7 94.2 89.0 81.4 40 7 7.6 17.0 0.9 7.8 7.4 20.9 9.0 9.8
State Math 73.0 86.5 76.8 75.3 2006 2007 2008 2009 8 2.2 9.0 0.5 3.7 7.8 18.8 10.6 16.0
District Reading State Reading 11 3.1 18.0 3.3 7.3 2.5 31.7 7.3 7.9

-District student percentages in the below basic category dropped from 2006 in 3rd & 5th and increased in 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, & 11th.

4th Grade Writing 4th Grade Math

Math (% Below Basic)
100 100
90 90 Grade District State District State District State District State
2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009
80 80
3 2.6 8.0 0 1.2 3.0 4.0 2.8 5.5
70 70
4 6.9 10.0 2.4 3.9 1.6 8.8 5.7 9.3
60 60
5 3.0 12.0 4.3 5.4 3.4 8.6 3.7 7.85
50 50
6 1.9 13.0 3.4 5.9 3.3 8.4 3.7 7.8
40 40
2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 7 12.1 19.0 5.1 9.0 2.9 10.8 11.5 10.3
8 13.0 24.0 16.7 18.6 2.9 15.8 8.5 16.6
District Writing State Writing District Math State Math
11 6.1 17.0 6.1 8.3 3.1 13.2 7.3 7.8

-District student percentages in the below basic category dropped from 2006 in 4th, 7th, & 8th and increased in 3rd, 5th, 6th, & 11th.

Fifth Grade (% Proficient & Advanced) Fifth Grade Reading PAWS Scores Disaggregated
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 100
Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, schools are also required to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the
District Reading 89.2 79.6 77.3 72.7 90
basis of subgroup performance. These subgroups include ethnicity, socioeconomic status, Limited English Proficient,
State Reading 66.0 74.2 65.7 62.8 80
and students with disabilities. The following tables illustrate the district’s PAWS performance for Socioeconomic status
District Writing 41.0 48.7 47.4 75.9 70 (determined by free and reduced lunch) and students with disabilities. Our district does not have sufficient numbers in
State Writing 38.0 54.7 36.9 57.3 60 the other subcategories to report data.
District Math 86.8 81.7 82.3 86.6 50
State Math 66.0 77.3 71.0 72.0 Third Grade (% Proficient & Advanced)
40
2006 2007 2008 2009
Subject District Free State Free & District State District State
District Reading State Reading & Reduced Reduced Students on Students on All Students All Students
Lunch Lunch an IEP an IEP With only one
Math 91.8 72.8 72.4 58.9 87.8 80.9 exception, 4th grade
Fifth Grade Writing Fifth Grade Math Reading 60.0 41.5 31.0 28.1 63.21 53.7 Math scores for
Writing 67.1 46.3 48.3 30.3 64.2 55.36 students with IEPs, the
100 100
district’s students
87.5 90 outperformed the state
75 80 Fourth Grade (% Proficient & Advanced) in all subjects of third
62.5 70 Subject District Free State Free & District State District State and fourth grade in the
& Reduced Reduced Students on Students on All Students All Students subcategories of Free
50 60
Lunch Lunch an IEP an IEP and Reduced Lunch
37.5 50 Math 71.9 66.0 48.3 54.7 81.4 75.3 and IEP.
25 40 Reading 73.0 61.2 44.8 41.3 79.1 71.1
2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009
Writing 56.2 34.1 37.9 21.1 61.9 45.1
District Writing State Writing District Math State Math

Sixth Grade Fifth Grade (% Proficient & Advanced)

Sixth Grade (% Proficient & Advanced)
100 Subject District Free State Free & District State District State
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 & Reduced Reduced Students on Students on All Students All Students
90 Lunch Lunch an IEP an IEP
District Reading 80.6 90.2 78.5 83.2
Math 79.6 42.9 66.7 42.9 86.6 72.0
State Reading 63.0 75.0 70.1 70.3 80
Reading 58.1 50.3 36.7 28.1 72.7 62.8 The district’s students
District Writing 60.7 86.8 66.8 64.0 70 outperformed the state
Writing 73.1 49.0 46.7 27.2 75.9 57.3
State Writing 46.0 65.3 47.2 53.0 in all subjects for fifth
60
District Math 88.8 93.7 86.7 89.7 and sixth grades in the
50 Sixth Grade (% Proficient & Advanced) subcategories of Free
State Math 71.0 80.7 78.1 77.3
40 Subject District Free State Free & District State District State and Reduced Lunch
2006 2007 2008 2009 & Reduced Reduced Students on Students on All Students All Students and IEP.
Lunch Lunch an IEP an IEP
District Reading State Reading Math 89.5 66.4 61.5 46.3 89.7 77.3
Reading 75.0 57.5 42.3 29.6 83.2 70.3
Writing 47.4 42.3 38.5 22.2 64.0 53.0
Sixth Grade Writing Sixth Grade Math
100 100
90 90 Seventh Grade (% Proficient & Advanced)

80 80 Subject District Free State Free & District State District State
& Reduced Reduced Students on Students on All Students All Students
70 70 Lunch Lunch an IEP an IEP The district’s 7th
60 60 Math 50.7 60.3 21.9 37.5 69.6 72.5 grade IEP students
Reading 52.1 43.5 18.8 21.3 61.8 57.1 performed below the
50 50
Writing 54.8 53.7 19.4 28.8 72.6 64.8 state averages for
40 40 similar students.
2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009

District Writing State Writing District Math State Math

Seventh Grade Reading Eighth Grade (% Proficient & Advanced)

Seventh Grade (% Proficient & Advanced) 100
Subject District Free State Free & District State District State The district’s 8th grade
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 90 & Reduced Reduced Students on Students on All Students All Students IEP students performed
Lunch Lunch an IEP an IEP
District Reading 75.9 79.9 80.6 61.8 80 below the state in Math
Math 65.6 49.0 23.5 26.6 78.2 62.1
State Reading 63.0 70.5 64.8 57.1 70
and Writing when
Reading 63.9 51.4 35.3 26.0 79.8 64.9
compared to similar
District Writing 62.1 79.9 61.7 72.6 60 Writing 59.0 53.8 23.5 27.9 72.9 65.4 students.
State Writing 48.0 65.7 47.3 64.8 50
District Math 70.4 79.9 82.8 69.6 40 Eleventh Grade (% Proficient & Advanced)
State Math 60.0 71.4 72.0 72.5 2006 2007 2008 2009
Subject District Free State Free & District State District State
The district’s eleventh
& Reduced Reduced Students on Students on All Students All Students
District Reading State Reading Lunch Lunch an IEP an IEP graders outperformed
Math 61.2 46.9 41.2 19.7 71.4 62.4 the state in both
Reading 67.4 51.0 29.4 24.3 72.4 65.2 subcategories of IEP
Seventh Grade Writing Seventh Grade Math and Free and Reduced
Writing 65.3 34.8 64.7 34.8 74.0 77.0
100 100 Lunch.
90 90
80 80
70 70
60 60
50 50
40 40
2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009

District Writing State Writing District Math State Math

Eighth Grade (% Proficient & Advanced) Eighth Grade Reading

100
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009
90
District Reading 73.5 73.7 86.3 79.8
80
State Reading 61.0 71.3 70.3 64.9
70
District Writing 83.2 88.6 71.2 72.9
60
State Writing 64.0 79.4 57.9 65.4
50
District Math 66.5 65.6 82.5 78.2
40
State Math 54.0 61.3 67.4 62.1 2006 2007 2008 2009

District Reading State Reading

Eighth Grade Writing Eighth Grade Math

100 100
90 90
80 80
70 70
60 60
50 50
40 40
2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009
District Writing State Writing
District Math State Math

Eleventh Grade (% Proficient & Advanced) Eleventh Grade Reading

Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 100

District Reading 84.1 83.3 83.5 72.4 90

State Reading 60.0 73.6 44.0 65.2 80

District Writing 85.8 87.8 87.9 74.0 70
State Writing 60.0 73.3 56.5 77.0 60
District Math 61.5 69.4 76.7 69.8 50
State Math 56.0 64.5 47.3 62.4 40
2006 2007 2008 2009

District Reading State Reading

Eleventh Grade Writing Eleventh Grade Math

100 100
90 90
80 80
70 70
60 60
50 50
40 40
2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009

District Writing State Writing District Math State Math

District PAWS Scores 2009 All students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 11 were

Percentage Proficient or Advanced tested last spring as part of an assessment
program mandated by the Wyoming
Grade Math Reading Writing Science Legislature and required as part of the federal
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The
Third 87.79 63.21 64.15 purpose of this assessment is to measure
student attainment of statewide standards in
Fourth 81.43 79.05 61.90 52.38
reading, writing, and mathematics. Science in
Fifth 86.64 72.69 75.93 grades 4, 8, & 11 is a recent addition.

Sixth 89.72 83.16 64.02 As a result of the No Child Left Behind Act of
2001, PAWS scores are used to measure a
Seventh 69.63 61.78 72.63 school’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).
According to federal law, schools must ensure
Eighth 78.19 79.79 72.87 50.00 that all students are proficient or above in
language arts and mathematics (as
Eleventh 71.35 72.40 73.96 47.40 determined by PAWS scores) by 2014.

Average 80.68 73.15 69.35 49.93

The following table illustrates the AYP Wyoming Targets

Schools in Wyoming are required to meet three
federally set criteria for Adequate Yearly for 2009 & 2010. Schools are required to meet these
Progress. These criteria are: targets to be in compliance with NCLB.
--Participation rate of 95% or higher
--Reduction in the percent of students Grade Math Language
scoring Below Basic K-8 and an Arts
increase in the graduation rate for high
schools. Elementary 49.20 53.60
--Meeting federally set targets of Middle/Junior High 50.20 56.33
proficiency on PAWS High School 57.20 65.60

District PAWS Scores 2009

Percentage Proficient or Advanced
90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
Grade Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Eleventh Average

Math Reading Writing Science

Longitudinal Results 2006-2009

The following tables are comparisons of each grade over time. Caution is advised as different classes perform differently
and we are not comparing the same groups of students. Also, writing scores in 2007 have been determined by the
Wyoming Department of Education as invalid and these results are generally not to be considered when looking at scores
over time, The boxes on the right are simple one line summaries for each grade level.

3rd Grade PAWS Results (% Proficient & Advanced)

-3rd grade students excel in math.
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 Average
-Writing scores improved 21.5 points from
Reading 84.7 87.4 75.4 63.2 77.7 2008.
Writing 51.0 68.9 42.7 64.2 56.7
-Reading scores dropped 12.2 points from
Math 87.3 99.0 86.9 87.8 90.3 2008.

4th Grade PAWS Results (% Proficient & Advanced)

Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 Average -Math scores dropped 7.5 from 2008 but
remain strong.
Reading 77.1 85.9 86.0 79.1 82.0
-Reading and writing scores dropped 7
Writing 50.3 83.0 65.2 61.9 65.1 and 4 points from previous year.
Math 81.7 94.2 89.0 81.43 86.6

5th Grade PAWS Results (% Proficient & Advanced)

-Math scores continue to be strong.
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 Average
-Writing scores jumped 28.5 points from
Reading 89.2 79.6 77.3 72.7 79.7 2008.

Writing 41.0 78.7 47.4 75.9 60.75 -Reading scores dropped 5 points from
Math 86.8 81.7 82.3 86.6 84.4 2008.

6th Grade PAWS Results (% Proficient & Advanced)

-Math scores continue to be a strength in
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 Average 6th grade.

Reading 80.6 90.2 78.5 83.2 83.1 -Writing scores are consistent with 2008.

Writing 60.7 86.8 66.8 64.0 69.6 -Reading scores improved 5 points from
Math 88.8 93.7 86.7 89.7 89.7 2008.

7th Grade PAWS Results (% Proficient & Advanced)

-Math scores dropped 13 points after
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 Average three years of increases.

Reading 75.9 79.9 80.6 61.8 74.6 -Writing scores improved 11 points from
2008.
Writing 62.1 79.9 61.7 72.6 69.1
Math 70.4 79.9 82.8 69.6 75.7 -Reading scores fell 19 points from 2008.

8th Grade PAWS Results (% Proficient & Advanced)

-Math scores continue to be strong.
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 Average
-Writing scores remain consistent with a
Reading 73.5 73.7 86.3 79.8 78.3 slight increase from 2008.

Writing 83.2 88.6 71.2 72.9 79.0 -Reading scores dropped 7 points from
Math 66.5 65.6 82.5 78.2 73.2 2008..

11th Grade PAWS Results (% Proficient & Advanced)

-Math scores dropped from 2008 but are
Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009 Average higher than the four year average.
Reading 84.1 83.3 83.5 72.4 80.8
-Writing and reading scores dropped 11
Writing 85.8 87.8 87.9 74.0 83.9 and 13 points from 2008.

Math 61.5 69.4 76.7 71.4 69.8

PAWS Scores by Cohort

The following charts track PAWS scores of classes of students from one grade to the next. Third graders in 2007 were
tested in 2008 as fourth graders and tested this year as fifth graders. The Wyoming Department of Education is not
comfortable with the results of the 2007 Writing Assessment and generally do not use those results across the state.

Class of 2016 (% Proficient & Advanced)

Subject 2007 2008 2009

By the time the class of 2014
3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade
and beyond graduate the AYP
Reading 87.4 86.0 72.7
Targets will be 100%
Writing 68.9 65.2 75.9
Math 99.0 89.0 86.6

Class of 2015 (% Proficient & Advanced)

Middle School AYP Targets Jump Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009
Approximately 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade
9 Percentage Points in Language Reading 84.7 85.9 77.3 83.18
Arts and 12 Percentage Points in Writing 51.0 83.0 47.4 64.0
Math in 2011 Math 87.3 94.2 82.3 89.7

Class of 2014 (% Proficient & Advanced)

Subject 2006 2007 2008 2009
4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade High School AYP Targets
Reading 77.1 79.6 78.5 61.8 Jump Approximately
Writing 50.3 78.7 66.8 72.6 11 Percentage Points 2011
Math 81.7 81.7 86.7 69.6