ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL Principal: Michael C. Hazen Assistant to the Principal: David F. Demaree Our mission is to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s challenges by developing students who think critically and take ownership of their own learning, character, and achievement.
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2013-2014 Designated a letter grade of an Four Star “A” School Status 2013-2014 2013-2014 2011-2012 2011-2012
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2013-2015 • Received Four Star School Status from the state of Indiana. • Designated an “A” school by the Indiana Department of Education. • Implemented a spring musical performed by the Taft Drama Club. The first phenomenal hit was “Schoolhouse Rock Jr., Live.” This year’s performance was a smashing rendition of “Annie Jr.” • Established a stakeholder committee to create more partnerships with parents and local businesses to participate in the decision-making process to better Robert A. Taft Middle School for our students. • Placed 17 th in the state for Science Olympiad. • Placed 21 st in the state for Academic Super Bowl. • Raised funds for Taft’s PTA Scholarship Endowment Fund that increased the balance to over $47,000 that is on deposit with the Crown Point Community Foundation. Three scholarships will be awarded to Taft students graduating from Crown Point High School. • Named a “Miracle school” by Riley’s Children’s Hospital. • Had an 8 th grade student qualify for the State Geography Bee during the 2013-2014 school year. This year, we had a 6 th grade student also qualify for this event. • Launched a “Student of the Month” program. • Converted the Robotics club to a team and they began participating in regional competitions.
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL REPORT CARDS 2012 2013 2014 A B A
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL 2013-2014 REPORT CARD Overall Student Performance • Taft students exceeded the 90% passing rate and 83.5% state average for mathematics. • Taft students reached an 88% passing rate which is above the 81% state average for ELA.
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL 2013-2014 REPORT CARD Student Growth • Student growth did not affect our letter grade. • In mathematics, we missed the bonus target by 0.8% for top 75% of students achieving high growth.
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL ISTEP+ % PASSING TRENDS PASSING BOTH MATH & ELA 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% Percent Passing 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2011 2012 2013 2014 Pass 79% 87% 83% 85%
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL ISTEP+ % PASSING TRENDS MATHEMATICS 100% 90% 80% 70% Percent Passing 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2011 2012 2013 2014 Pass+ 25% 34% 37% 40% Pass 60% 56% 51% 50%
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL ISTEP+ % PASSING TRENDS LANGUAGE ARTS 100% 90% 80% 70% Percent Passing 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2011 2012 2013 2104 Pass+ 22% 30% 28% 27% Pass 63% 59% 56% 60%
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL 6 TH GRADE MATHEMATICS ISTEP+ RESULTS IN COMPARISON TO LEAGUE SCHOOLS 95.9% 100.0% 92.0% 90.2% This ISTEP+ trend data for 6 th grade 88.1% 90.0% 82.0% math shows that from 2010-2014, the 80.0% percentage of students passing the 70.0% ISTEP+ math test gradually increases, 60.0% and our percentage of students passing is 50.0% comparable with our league schools. This 40.0% information lets us know that we are 30.0% hovering around the 90% pass rate for the 20.0% past few years, and we have some area for 10.0% improvement within our league of 0.0% schools. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Robert A Taft MS 82.0% 88.1% 95.9% 90.2% 92.0% Colonel Wheeler 89.2% 93.3% 88.6% 94.2% 94.4% Summit MS 86.8% 82.3% 88.2% 93.9% 92.5% Zionsville West 91.6% 93.9% 97.4% 95.4% 95.3% Westfield Int/MS 91.6% 94.8% 94.5% 92.0% 92.3% Avon Int W/MS N 81.6% 84.9% 94.5% 95.1% 96.7% Kahler 89.5% 80.2% 84.2% 87.0% 79.7% Liberty Int./Chesterton MS 87.4% 93.1% 92.4% 89.3% 93.4% Benjamin Franklin 87.5% 89.2% 95.5% 90.9% 92.9% Schmucker 84.3% 89.7% 89.4% 91.2% 90.3%
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL 6 TH GRADE ELA ISTEP+ RESULTS IN COMPARISON TO LEAGUE SCHOOLS 100.0% 93.2% 89.9% This ISTEP+ trend data for 6 th grade 86.4% 86.1% 90.0% 84.2% language arts shows that from 2010-2014, 80.0% the percentage of students passing the 70.0% ISTEP+ language arts test gradually 60.0% increases, and our percentage of students 50.0% passing is comparable with our league 40.0% schools. This information lets us know that 30.0% we are on average hovering a little below the 20.0% 90% pass rate for the past few years, and we 10.0% are towards the top of our league of schools 0.0% based on our passing rate. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Robert A Taft MS 84.2% 86.4% 93.2% 86.1% 89.9% Colonel Wheeler 84.8% 89.7% 87.6% 91.2% 91.8% Summit MS 87.2% 91.3% 84.6% 79.6% 85.6% Zionsville West 89.3% 84.3% 93.8% 88.6% 86.8% Westfield Int/MS 84.7% 83.8% 89.0% 88.0% 87.8% Avon Int W/MS N 75.9% 82.2% 87.9% 81.8% 88.1% Kahler 83.7% 82.4% 79.7% 82.8% 77.6% Liberty Int./Chesterton MS 72.0% 83.6% 84.2% 85.3% 84.6% Benjamin Franklin 91.1% 92.8% 93.3% 86.7% 89.5% Schmucker 84.7% 84.9% 88.4% 86.8% 85.0%
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL 7 TH GRADE MATHEMATICS ISTEP+ RESULTS IN COMPARISON TO LEAGUE SCHOOLS 100.0% 90.8% 91.1% 89.5% This ISTEP+ trend data for 7 th grade math 90.0% 83.0% 82.2% shows that from 2010-2014, the percentage of 80.0% students passing the ISTEP+ math test jumped 70.0% from 82% in 2012 to above the 90% passing 60.0% rate. When comparing the passing rates of Robert A. Taft Middle School’s students with 50.0% our league schools’ students, our passing rate 40.0% falls within the range of scores. This means 30.0% that we are making improvements in this area 20.0% and need to continue implementing strategies 10.0% and best practices that have proven successful 0.0% with our students. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Robert A Taft MS 83.0% 82.2% 90.8% 91.1% 89.5% Colonel Wheeler 86.8% 90.7% 90.5% 89.4% 91.0% Summit MS 84.2% 87.9% 78.7% 88.9% 91.2% Zionsville West 88.9% 91.2% 93.5% 96.2% 94.9% Westfield Int/MS 86.9% 91.8% 91.1% 90.6% 93.3% Avon Int W/MS N 86.3% 88.2% 89.4% 85.8% 87.2% Kahler 81.8% 80.6% 81.8% 78.1% Liberty Int./Chesterton MS 84.0% 86.4% 84.4% 86.5% 89.3% Benjamin Franklin 81.1% 88.1% 88.7% 91.9% 97.4% Schmucker 82.1% 87.2% 84.3% 90.5% 89.1%
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL 7 TH GRADE ELA ISTEP+ RESULTS IN COMPARISON TO LEAGUE SCHOOLS 100.0% 90.4% This ISTEP+ trend data for 7 th grade language 88.6% 85.6% 85.6% 85.1% 90.0% arts shows that from 2010-2014, the percentage 80.0% of students passing the ISTEP+ language arts 70.0% test shows a range from 85%-90%. When 60.0% comparing the passing rate of Robert A. Taft Middle School students with our league 50.0% schools’ students, our passing rates are 40.0% comparable and have been towards the top for 30.0% the past two years. This means that we are 20.0% making improvements in this area and need to 10.0% continue implementing strategies and best 0.0% practices that have proven successful with our 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 students. Robert A Taft MS 85.6% 85.1% 90.4% 88.6% 85.6% Colonel Wheeler 85.7% 90.3% 84.6% 87.8% 89.1% Summit MS 86.8% 90.2% 85.2% 82.6% 82.8% Zionsville West 82.4% 90.2% 92.4% 89.7% 92.0% Westfield Int/MS 86.9% 89.3% 88.4% 86.8% 87.4% Avon Int W/MS N 87.1% 91.1% 90.0% 84.9% 86.4% Kahler 83.3% 86.4% 79.2% 78.9% Liberty Int./Chesterton MS 79.7% 83.6% 81.6% 83.1% 84.0% Benjamin Franklin 94.3% 93.0% 93.7% 88.6% 82.0% Schmucker 84.7% 91.0% 89.1% 87.1% 90.0%
ROBERT A. TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL 8 TH GRADE MATHEMATICS ISTEP+ RESULTS IN COMPARISON TO LEAGUE SCHOOLS 100.0% 91.0% 90.0% 89.8% 86.8% 86.3% 90.0% This ISTEP+ trend data for 8 th grade math 80.0% shows that from 2010-2014, the percentage of students passing the ISTEP+ math test shows a 70.0% fluctuation between 86% and 91% for the past 60.0% five years. When comparing the passing rates of 50.0% Robert A. Taft Middle School students with our 40.0% league schools’ students, our passing rates fall 30.0% within the range of all our league schools. This data tells us that we still have room to improve 20.0% when compared to our league schools. 10.0% 0.0% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Robert A Taft MS 91.0% 86.3% 90.0% 86.8% 89.8% Colonel Wheeler 84.5% 88.6% 92.4% 92.9% 88.6% Summit MS 94.5% 90.5% 89.1% 83.9% 85.4% Zionsville West 93.8% 93.8% 95.8% 95.5% 95.7% Westfield Int/MS 86.5% 87.4% 91.0% 91.1% 91.4% Avon Int W/MS N 87.7% 91.4% 94.5% 93.9% 94.2% Kahler 84.9% 81.3% 83.4% 77.5% 81.8% Liberty Int./Chesterton MS 81.5% 87.9% 78.5% 78.9% 87.0% Benjamin Franklin 87.9% 91.8% 89.3% 89.9% 92.4% Schmucker 83.6% 90.7% 94.0% 93.6% 90.1%
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