Where Excellence is Expected!
Students explore the scientific process during Science Lab.
Our school staff annually evaluates our mission, vision, and beliefs. It is very important that these statements reflect the values and beliefs of our staff members. The mission, vision, and belief statements are communicated through whole faculty meetings, small group meetings, Monday memos, horizontal planning, vertical planning, and our website.
Purpose Statement: The purpose of East North Street Academy of Mathematics and
Science is to offer a strong academic program that is standards based, integrated across the curriculum, and spiraled. The curriculum is enhanced by an emphasis on math and science as well as character development and technology.
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Our mission is to establish high quality instruction and assessments that are aligned with state standards through:
 Research-based curriculum
 Instructional materials
 Competent teachers
 School and community support
A safe, inviting, student-centered environment
T op quality instruction for every child
O pportunities that promote life-long learning
M ath and science integrated curriculum
Students in grades three through five are assessed each spring with the Palmetto
Assessment of State Standards (PASS) to evaluate their mastery of state standards in
Mathematics and English/Language Arts for their respective grade level. Student scores in each area are rated as Not Met, Met, and Exemplary.
The results of these tests are reported to the community each fall on the school report card. Beginning in spring of
2004, Science and Social Studies were added to this state assessment. Students in grade
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4 take both the science and social studies test where as students in grades 3 and 5 take either the Science or the Social Studies portion of the PASS test.
South Carolina has among the nation’s most rigorous performance standards. These performance standards are state specific, making comparisons across states difficult. The more diverse a school, the more objectives or targets required to meet Adequate Yearly
Progress (AYP). To meet AYP, a school must meet all objectives for each student subgroup. Adequate Yearly Progress is determined by the percentage of students scoring
Met or Exemplary within each subgroup.
East North Street Academy made AYP in 2008-2009, meeting 29 out of 29 objectives. In the past years, not meeting one or two objectives has kept the school from making AYP.
In 2008-2009, East North Street Academy scored Average in the Absolute Rating and received an Average on the Growth Rating on the state’s school report card.
The following tables show how our students have performed on PASS in 2008-2009
These tables represent the percentages of students scoring Not Met, Met, and Exemplary for each test within each grade level.
Parents attend our quarterly Principal’s Writing Tea to celebrate exemplary writing.
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60
40
20
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
0
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Not Met
26.5
27.2
26.4
Met
48.5
48.9
45.1
Exemplary
31
23.9
28.6
83.9% of all students scored Met or Exemplary for the English/Language Arts (ELA) portion of the PASS test in 2008-09. The required percentage for ELA Adequate Yearly
Progress (AYP) was 58.8%. Disaggregated ELA achievement results of students ethnicity was: White 96.2%, African-American 82.8%, and Hispanic 74.5%. 81.6% of
Free and Reduced Meal (FARM) students scored Met or Exemplary on the ELA PASS test. 73.6% of the Limited English Proficient (LEP) students scored Met or Exemplary.
70.6% of our Disabled population scored Met or Exemplary on the ELA PASS test. East
North Street Academy met 29 of 29 objectives to make AYP for the 2008-09 school year.
For the 2011-13 school years, 79.4% of all students must achieve Met or Exemplary on the ELA portion of the PASS test.
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80
60
40
20
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
0
Not Met
3rd Grade 40.6
4th Grade 25
5th Grade 23.1
Met
46.4
62
49.5
Exemplary
19
13
27.5
79.2% of all students scored Met or Exemplary for the Mathematics portion of the PASS test in 2008-09. The required percentage for Math Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) was
57.8%. Disaggregated Math achievement results of students ethnicity was: White
98.1%, African-American 76.1%, and Hispanic 69.1%. 76.8% of Free and Reduced
Meal (FARM) students scored Met or Exemplary on the Math PASS test. 67.9% of the
Limited English Proficient (LEP) students scored Met or Exemplary. 68.6% of our
Disabled population scored Met or Exemplary on the Math PASS test. East North Street
Academy met 29 of 29 objectives to make AYP for the 2008-09 school year.
For the 2011-13 school years, 79.0% of all students have to achieve Met or Exemplary on the Math portion of the PASS test.
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100
80
60
40
20
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
0
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
2008
46.7
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60.8
2009
56.8
61.8
74.7
2010
62.8
46.2
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Students MAP scores are used to predict how well students will perform on the state
PASS assessment. The prediction of PASS scores based on MAP scores is highly successful. Disaggregated Math achievement results of students ethnicity was: White
95%, African-American 83%, and Hispanic 82%. 84% of Free and Reduced Meal
(FARM) students scored Met or Exemplary on the Math PASS test. 81% of the Limited
English Proficient (LEP) students scored Met or Exemplary. 71% of our Disabled population scored Met or Exemplary on the Math MAP test. 85% of all students in third through fifth grades were projected to meet or exceed on the state math PASS assessment.
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90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
2008
44.4
47.3
47.3
2009
51.9
50.5
64
2010
49.4
50
79
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Students MAP scores are also used to predict how well students will perform on the state
PASS reading assessment. The prediction of PASS scores based on MAP scores is highly successful. Disaggregated ELA achievement results of students ethnicity was:
White 96.2%, African-American 82.8%, and Hispanic 74.5%. 81.6% of Free and
Reduced Meal (FARM) students scored Met or Exemplary on the ELA PASS test.
73.6% of the Limited English Proficient (LEP) students scored Met or Exemplary.
70.6% of our Disabled population scored Met or Exemplary on the ELA PASS test.
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100
80
60
40
20
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
0
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
2005
79.4
77.7
77.7
2006
69.7
59.5
72.3
2007
64.1
67.8
83.9
2008
79.2
62.6
82.9
Between the years of 2005 and 2007, the percentage of third through fifth grade students scoring basic and above on the PACT test decreased by three tenths of a point from
67.4% to 67.1%. Between the years of 2007 and 2008, student achievement increased to
71.9% in 2007, and then to 74.9% in 2008.
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100
80
60
40
20
0
2005
3rd Grade 85.8
4th Grade 58
5th Grade 71.9
2006
76.7
67.9
67
2007
73.7
76.5
80.6
2008
88.5
62.5
65.7
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Between the years of 2005 and 2007, the percentage of third through fifth grade students scoring basic and above on the PACT test increased by five percent from 71.9% to
76.9%. Between the years of 2007 and 2008, student achievement decreased 4.7% to
72.2%.
The East North Street leadership team and teachers analyze data to guide decision making for students learning. The two subgroups that we are concerned with are the disabled and limited English proficient subgroups. Historically, these two subgroups score the lowest on standardized testing. To ensure student learning in 5K through grade
5, academic assistance is provided through priority in scheduling, reading Response to
Intervention groups, math Response to Intervention groups, English in a Flash software,
Compass Learning program, itinerant ESL teachers, and small group differentiated instruction through RIT groups.
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