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Duluth High
School
Analysis of
Assessment Data
Duluth High School
Gwinnett County, Georgia
Joy Singleton
Scott Gravitt
Elizabeth Goff
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Duluth High School
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Public high school in Gwinnett County/suburb of Atlanta
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Serving students since 1958
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Serves students from Duluth, Berkely Lake, & unincorporated
portions of western Gwinnett County
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Enrollment- 2,360
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Ranked one of top 1,000 schools in America by Newsweek for six
consecutive years
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Very Diverse
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Demographics
Caucasian
African
American
Asian
Duluth High School
Hispanic
Multi-racial
* 47% are free and reduced lunch
* 10% special education
* 6% ESOL
* 95% attendance rate
Pacific
Islander
Native
American
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Duluth High School Staff
Experience
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Range from 1-26+ years
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Highest # of staff in the 6-15
year range
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Range from Bachelor’s to
Doctorate degrees
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Highest # of staff holding
Master’s degrees
Education
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School Safety Perception
Results Based Evaluation System
Perception Survey
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* 75.6% of students felt safe at
Duluth High School
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*88.5% of parents felt their
child’s school was safe at DHS
Duluth HS Georgia High School Graduation Test
Percentage of Passing Scores 2009-2010
100
95
90
85
80
75
70
2009
2010
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Overall, high percentages of passing scores
All areas showing a decrease in passing scores
Math scores showed a marked decrease, due to assessment and
curriculum changes
Math is an Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) area
2009 Georgia High School Graduation Test Scores:
Math
Does Not Meet Standards
SWD
Black
ELL
44.4
22.5
19.2
Proficient
11.1
44.4
15.5
62
15.4
65.4
ED
16.7
16.7
66.7
Hispanic
15.4
17.9
66.7
White 4.6 7.9
87.5
Asian
89.5
Multi-Racial
All Students
2.9 7.6
14.3
8.4 10.5
Advanced
85.7
81.2
Note: SWD=Students with Disabilities; ELL=English Language Learners; ED=Economically Disadvantaged
2010 Georgia High School Graduation Test Scores:
Math
Does Not Meet Standards
SWD
51.3
Black
Hispanic
30.8
17.4
36.6
26.4
Advanced
17.9
37
ELL
Proficient
45.7
14.6
48.8
28.6
44.8
ED
25
21.3
53.7
Multi-Racial
25
25
50
White
9.8 6.5
83.7
Asian 5.7 9.8
All Students
18.4
84.6
14.8
67.1
Note: SWD=Students with Disabilities; ELL=English Language Learners; ED=Economically Disadvantaged
Summary of Math GHSGT Data
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African American (AA) students are showing the second greatest
percentages of students Not Meeting Standards (second to SWD)
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AA Student percentages Not Meeting Standards increased from
22.5% to 37% in two years.
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These students are also showing the lowest percentages of
Exceeding Standards; dropping from 62% to 45.7% from 20092010.
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AA students did not make AYP in the area of math in 2010.
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Geometry End of Course Test (EOCT) Data:
Failing Score Percentages by Student
Demographic
2008
72
42
83
2010
76
72
36
2009
63
46
29
53 52
60
55 54
38
21
4
48
43
29
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~Data shows an increase in failure percentage rates for most groups
~AA student group shows greatest percentage of failing scores after SWD
group
~Largest jump in percentage of failing scores is AA group from 29% to 76% in
three years (difference of 47%).
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Percentages of Student Demographic Groups that
Did Not Meet Standards on End of Course Tests
(EOCTs)
MATH I
MATH II
2010
72
2010
77
66 63
65
51
50
40
29
24
14
44
35
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SAT Math Scores: Duluth HS
2008-2010 by Student Demographic
2008
2009
2010
Asian
563
605
600
Black
451
452
452
Hispanic
501
477
536
White
551
554
555
Other
528
534
536
All
538
543
543
National
Average
515
515
516
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School Improvement Goal: Duluth High School will increase
student achievement in the areas of Social Studies, Science,
Language Arts, and Math for all students
Looked at
data across
subject areas
• Found lower
performance in
math
Examined
math
performance
demographic
data
• African-American
(AA) student group
shows an
achievement gap
Analyzed
data in
concept areas
of math & SAT
• Noted lower AA student
scores in Geometry,
Math I and II, as well as
SAT scores
Recommendation
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Duluth Wildcats
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Challenging
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All
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To
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Succeed
Root cause analysis is needed to determine the best course of action to
help all students succeed.