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Educational Equity Audit for the School District of Palm Beach County: First Interim Report Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools Roey Ahram, PhD | Director of Evaluation Maddy Boesen, MA | Research Associate July 29, 2015

Agenda: • Background • Students • Teachers and Administrators • Adult Education • Next Steps

Background • Metro Center • Equity Report Project

Equity Audit: First Interim Report About Metro Center • Educational research, policy, and practice Mission: • Partner and resource at local an national Target issues related to educational levels toward improving access, opportunity, equity by providing leadership and and quality of education support to students, parents, teachers, administrators, and policy makers. 4

Equity Audit: First Interim Report About the Equity Audit • Project work began in 2015 • Identify inequities within the School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC) • Identify the causes of identified inequities • Provide solutions to address identified inequities 5

Equity Audit: First Interim Report About the First Interim Report • Overview of the 2013-2014 school year quantitative data provided by SDPBC to Metro Center • Examines: • Student achievement and discipline data • School programming and student placement • School and district staff human resources data • Adult education student data • About 179,000 students • About 1,500 teachers and administrators • Answers “what,” not “why” 6

Findings on Student Academic Achievement and Opportunities

Equity Audit: First Interim Report National Research on Student Equity Issues: • “Achievement gaps” identified among different student groups: • Black and Hispanic students compared to White students • Black and Hispanic boys compared to their peer groups • Students from low-income backgrounds compared to their peer groups • English Language Learners compared to English-proficient peers • Gap areas: • High school graduation and college enrollment • Gifted and advanced course enrollment • Exam scores • Discipline referrals and suspension rates • Drop out Boykin, A. W., & Noguera, P. (2011). Creating the opportunity to learn: Moving from research to practice to close the achievement gap. Washington, DC: ASCD. Holzman, M., Jackson, J., & Beaudry, A. (2012). The urgency of now: The Schott 50 state report on public education and black males. The Schott Foundation . Jencks, C., & Phillips, M. (1998). The black-white test score gap. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics

Equity Audit: First Interim Report National Research on Student Equity Issues: • Equitable policies can improve achievement gaps: • Head Start • TRIO Programs • Pell Grants • Other policies that address out-of-school factors such as poverty Barton, P. E., & Coley, R. J. (2009). Parsing the achievement gap II: Policy information Report . Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. Barton, P. E., & Coley, R. J. (2010). The black-white achievement gap: When progress stopped . Policy information report. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.

Student Academic Achievement

Equity Audit: First Interim Report Academic Achievement: Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) • Attainment of Level 3 (passing) scores in Math: • No differences based on gender • White and Asian students scored higher than their Black, Hispanic, and Multiracial peers • Students from low-income backgrounds scored lower • English Language Learners scored lower • Attainment of Level 3 (passing) scores in Reading: • Girls had higher scores than boys • White and Asian students scored higher than their Black, Hispanic, and Multiracial peers • Students from low-income backgrounds scored lower • English Language Learners scored lower

Equity Audit: First Interim Report Grades 3-10 Student Attainment of Passing FCAT Developmental Scale Scores in the School District of Palm Beach County, 2014 Category Reading Mathematics All Students 55.2 61.6 Gender 48.7 a Female 56.6 48.6 a Male 53.9 Race Ethnicity Asian 65.9 b 72.2 c Black 45.3 54.4 Hispanic 50.0 57.2 Multiracial 62.3 65.1 66.1 b 69.5 c White School Type Elementary 44.0 42.3 Middle 31.3 - High 98.3 100.0 Alternative 65.0 96.7 National School Lunch Program (Poverty) Eligible 46.9 54.9 Not Eligible 69.0 72.5 English Language Learner Status ELL 40.7 47.8 Not ELL 57.0 63.6 a Female and m ale students’ Mathematics attainment of Level 3 were not statistically different. b Asian and White students’ attainment of Level 3 were not statistically different for Reading exams. c Asian and White students’ attainment of Level 3 were not statistically different for Mathematics exams.

Equity Audit: First Interim Report Academic Achievement: SAT and ACT Scores • SAT Scores: • Girls scored higher in Reading a Writing • Boys scored higher in math • White and Asian students scored higher than their Black, Hispanic, and Multiracial peers • Students from low-income backgrounds scored lower • English Language Learners scored lower • ACT Scores: • No differences based on gender for composite scores • White and Asian students scored higher than their Black, Hispanic, and Multiracial peers • Students from low-income backgrounds scored lower • English Language Learners scored lower

Equity Audit: First Interim Report Mean SAT Scores in the School District of Palm Beach County, 2014 Category Math Reading Writing All Students 461 461 446 Gender Female 452 465 458 Male 472 457 433 Race Ethnicity Asian 540 ⱡ * 509 ⱡ * a 494 ⱡ * Black 391 394 381 Hispanic 447 446 433 Multiracial 488 ⱡ 492 ⱡ 475 ⱡ 509 ⱡ * a White 509 ⱡ 493 ⱡ * National School Lunch Program (Poverty) Eligible 418 416 403 Not Eligible 507 ⱡ 506 ⱡ * 492 ⱡ English Language Learner Status ELL 331 297 287 Not ELL 470 470 456 ⱡ Indicates a mean score at or above the mean score among Florida test takers. *Indicates a mean score at or above the 50 th percentile for college-bound seniors. Note that reported mean scores represent all district test takers, not just college-bound seniors. Percentile indications are for illustrative purposes only. a Asian and White students’ scores were not statistically different for Reading exams.

Equity Audit: First Interim Report Mean ACT Scores in the School District of Palm Beach County, 2014 English and Category Math Reading Science Composite Writing All Students 19.5 ⱡ 20.5 ⱡ 13.4 19.0 ⱡ 19.2 ⱡ Gender Female 19.2 ⱡ 20.6 ⱡ 13.9 18.9 ⱡ 19.2 ⱡ d 19.2 ⱡ d Male 19.9 ⱡ * 20.3 ⱡ 12.7 19.2 ⱡ Race Ethnicity 22.2 ⱡ c 22.2 ⱡ e Asian 23.3 ⱡ * 22.5 ⱡ a 17.8 b Black 16.7 17.7 8.6 15.9 16.0 Hispanic 18.7 ⱡ 19.5 ⱡ 12.4 18.3 18.3 ⱡ Multiracial 20.6 ⱡ * 22.0 ⱡ a 15.2 19.9 ⱡ 20.6 ⱡ 22.2 ⱡ c 22.6 ⱡ e White 22.4 ⱡ * 23.6 ⱡ 18.3 ⱡ b National School Lunch Program (Poverty) Eligible 17.7 ⱡ 18.6 11.0 17.1 17.1 Not Eligible 22.3 ⱡ * 23.4 ⱡ 18.0 ⱡ 22.1 ⱡ 22.4 ⱡ English Language Learner Status ELL 15.9 15.5 4.7 14.9 14.2 Not ELL 20.2 ⱡ * 21.3 ⱡ 15.0 19.8 ⱡ 20.0 ⱡ *Indicates a mean score approximately at or above the 50 th percentile among test takers nationally. ⱡ Indicates a mean score approximately at or above the 50 th percentile among test takers in Florida. a Asian and Multiracial students’ scores were not statistically different for Reading exams. b Asian and White students’ scores were not statistically different for combined English and Writing exams. c Asian and White students’ scores were not statistically different for Science and Reasoning exams. d There were no significant gender differences for composite scores. e Asian and White students’ composite scores were not statistically different.

Equity Audit: First Interim Report Academic Achievement: End of Course Exam Scores • Differences: • Some score differences based on gender • White and Asian students scored higher than their Black, Hispanic, and Multiracial peers • Students from low-income backgrounds scored lower • English Language Learners scored lower • Mean scores for Black students was below passing level for all exams • Mean scores for English Language Learners was below passing level for all exams

Equity Audit: First Interim Report Mean EOC Scores in the School District of Palm Beach County, 2014 Algebra Geometry Biology U.S. Category History All Students 405.2 405.5 404.7 406.6 Gender 404.8 a Female 408.3 406.7 404.1 404.5 a Male 402.4 404.4 409.1 Race Ethnicity Asian 428.5 427.7 422.2 418.2 a Black 395.8 ⱡ 389.8 ⱡ 390.6 ⱡ 392.2 ⱡ Hispanic 402.0 402.7 401.0 403.9 Multiracial 408.5 408.9 411.3 413.2 White 416.1 417.1 417.0 418.8 a National School Lunch Program (Poverty) Eligible 399.9 397.7 397.2 398.5 Not Eligible 418.2 417.9 417.2 418.9 English Language Learner Status ELL 385.9 ⱡ 374.6 ⱡ 368.1 ⱡ 368.8 ⱡ Not ELL 408.6 408.7 408.5 410.7 ⱡ Indicates a mean score below the FLDOE level for passing. a There were not significant gender differences for Biology exam scores.

Student ESE Classifications, Retention, and Alternative Education