DPS Progress under the Denver Plan Reforms

September, 2011

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We have increased by almost 500 graduates over the past 2 years!

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DPS Graduates 2006-2011

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AP Course Trend Number of students taking AP courses has been

increasing

1,475 1,325

1,773

2,095

2,767

3,063

3,329

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011

Number of Students Enrolled in AP Courses

AP Enrollment Up by 2000 Students

Since 2005-06

Dropout Rate Down by 40% Since 2005-06

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11.1% 10.4%

7.5% 7.4%

6.4%

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

DPS Enrollment Booms

• These charts exclude Connections Academy from all years

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72,437 72,490 72,188 72,565 72,652 73,013 73,503 74,564

77,292

79,423

80,956

DPS Enrollment Since 2001

Average MGP for FRL v. Paid in state

6

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

F&RL (state)

Paid (state

Math MGP for 10 Largest Districts

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43

47

50

49

51

53

54

40

45

50

55

60

65

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Math Adams 12 Five StarSchools - 0020Adams-Arapahoe 28j -0180Boulder Valley Re 2 -0480Cherry Creek 5 - 0130

Colorado Springs 11 -1010Denver County 1 -0880Douglas County Re 1 -0900Jefferson County R-1 -1420Poudre R-1 - 1550

St Vrain Valley Re 1j -0470

Reading MGP for 10 Largest Districts

8

44

49

46

53

50

55

52

40

45

50

55

60

65

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Reading Adams 12 Five StarSchools - 0020Adams-Arapahoe 28j -0180Boulder Valley Re 2 -0480Cherry Creek 5 - 0130

Colorado Springs 11 -1010Denver County 1 - 0880

Douglas County Re 1 -0900Jefferson County R-1 -1420Poudre R-1 - 1550

St Vrain Valley Re 1j -0470

Writing MGP for 10 Largest Districts

9

46

48

49

52

54

53 53

40

45

50

55

60

65

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Writing Adams 12 Five StarSchools - 0020Adams-Arapahoe 28j -0180Boulder Valley Re 2 -0480Cherry Creek 5 - 0130

Colorado Springs 11 -1010Denver County 1 - 0880

Douglas County Re 1 -0900Jefferson County R-1 -1420Poudre R-1 - 1550

St Vrain Valley Re 1j -0470

Average MGP in 2010 and 2011

10

42.00

43.00

44.00

45.00

46.00

47.00

48.00

49.00

50.00

51.00

52.00

53.00

54.00

55.00

Adams 12 AuroraPublic

Schools

BoulderValley

CherryCreek

ColoradoSprings

11

DenverPublic

Schools

DouglasCounty

JeffersonCounty

PoudreValley

St Vrain

2010

2011

• DPS is the top district in MGP in 2010 and 2011 among the 10 largest in Colorado.

Average MGP for High-Poverty Districts

11

44

48 48

51 52

54 53

35

40

45

50

55

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Adams-Arapahoe 28j - 0180

Colorado Springs 11 - 1010

Denver County 1 - 0880

Greeley 6 - 3120

Harrison 2 - 0980

Pueblo City 60 - 2690

Westminster 50 - 0070

99/00-2005 Change in Proficiency- matched grade levels only

4%

6%

-6%

7%

9%

5%

15%

8%

Mathematics** Reading*** Science** Writing***

Change in CSAP % Proficient or Above from 1999/2000 to 2005

District 1999/2000-2005 State 1999/2000-2005

*DPS results excluded for state data **Math and Science: 2000 (Grade 8 only) through 2005 (Grade 8 only) ***Reading and Writing: 1999 (Grades 4 and 7 only) through 2005 (Grades 4 and 7 only)

6-Year Growth in Proficiency Outpaces State

13 * DPS excluded in state data

12%

9%

8%

9%

4%

1%

-3%

0%

Mathematics Reading Science Writing

Change in CSAP % Proficient or Above Since 2005

District 2005-2011 State* 2005-2011

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Denver Plan Middle School CSAP Performance, 2005-2011

37%

50%

32%

43%

23%

42%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

% P

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nt

and

ab

ove

Reading Writing Math

+11 pts

+19 pts

+13 pts

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Reading SES Gap

27%

31% 30%

33% 34% 37% 36%

57%

67%

63% 67%

70%

77% 75%

43%

47% 47% 49% 50%

53% 52%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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Free (2011 n = 26593)

Paid (2011 n = 12793)

Reduced (2011 n = 2932)

Lunch Status

Closing the Achievement Gap

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2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

Gap between Asian / Caucasian andAfrican-American

33.6% 34.4% 35.2% 35.0% 34.6% 31.3% 31.0%

Gap between Asian / Caucasian andHispanic

38.7% 39.3% 38.4% 37.7% 35.5% 33.1% 35.3%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

45.0%

2010 Denver Plan Goals Denver Plan Goals 2010 2011

Full-day Kindergarten access Met goal Met goal

3rd Grade CSAP proficiency Did not meet Partially met

Students scoring above state median for growth Met goal Did not meet

Achievement gap Did not meet Did not meet

Cohort proficiency rates on CSAP Partially met Partially met

Percentage of students scoring unsatisfactory on CSAP Did not meet Did not meet

Students scoring 20+ on ACT Did not meet Did not meet

English language learners’ performance on CELA Met goal Met goal

AP Enrollment Met goal Met goal

AP Tests Taken Met goal Met goal

AP Tests Passed Met goal Met goal

School success measured by SPF Did not meet Not Available

Concurrent enrollment in College Courses Met goal Not Available

DPS Enrollment Met goal Not Available

DPS Re-enrollment Met goal Not Available

College Enrollment Did not meet Not Available

Graduation Rate Met goal Not Available

Dropout Rate Met goal Not Available 17