Reeths Puffer Schools

2010-2011 Annual Education Report

Dear Reeths-Puffer Parents and Members of the Community:

I am pleased to present you with the Reeths-Puffer Annual Education Report which provides key information on the 2010-2011 educational progress for the Reeths-Puffer Schools.  The Annual Education Report addresses the complex reporting information required by federal and some requirements of state laws; however, our staff is available to help you understand this information.  If you have questions or need assistance to understand some of the links included in this page, please contact Margie Bates at 719-3104.

The Annual Education Report is also available for you to review in my office or in the principal's office at your child's school.

The report contains the following information:

Student Assessment Data - Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP), Michigan Merit Exam (MME), and Michigan's Alternative Assessment Program (MI-Access)

• Presents achievement data for English Language Arts and Mathematics for grades 3 to 8 (MEAP), for grade 11 (MME) and Science for grades 5 and 8 compared to targets for all students as well as subgroups of students.
   
• Provides achievement data for English Language Arts, Mathematics and Science for students with significant disabilities (MI-Access) compared to targets for all students with disabilities as well as subgroups of students.
   
• Helps readers understand achievement progress within schools and compare these to district and state achievement.

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) - Detail Data and Status

Provides information from assessments, graduation and attendance rates and AYP status in relation to four criteria:

• The district must test 95% of students in total and in each required subgroup.
   
• The district must attain achievement goals in English Language Arts and Mathematics or reduce the percentage of students in the non-proficient category of achievement significantly ("safe harbor") annually.
   
• The district must attain achievement goals for each subgroup that has at least 30 students in the group.
   
• The district must meet or exceed the other academic indicators set by the state: graduation rate for high schools and attendance rate for elementary and middle schools.

Teacher Quality Data

• Identifies teacher qualifications at district and school levels.
   
• Reports percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers not considered highly qualified to teach such classes.
   

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Data 

• Provides state results of the national assessment in mathematics and reading every other year in grades 4 and 8.
   
• Cannot be compared with MEAP results for grades 4 and 8 because there are no national standards.

For the 2010-2011 school year, Reeths-Puffer Schools made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in English language arts and mathematics.  All schools in the district also made AYP.  None of our schools were identified for school improvement, corrective action or restructuring.

The district continually strives to improve and has applied many new strategies over the past years to improve the performance of Reeths-Puffer Schools.   Each building has identified additional strategies relevant to its student population under its school improvement umbrella.  We are committed to providing the very best we can to our students, so that each can meet the high standards for graduation from Reeths-Puffer Schools.

Sincerely,

Steve Edwards

Interim Superintendent

Reeths-Puffer Schools