SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

2008-2009

WALLACE GRADE SCHOOL

COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

DISTRICT #195

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2008-2009

WALLACE GRADE SCHOOL

COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT #195

1463 N. 33^RD Road, Ottawa, IL. 61350

(815) 433-2986

Acknowledgments:

Thanks to the following for their assistance in the development of the following plan:

Anne Barlow Keeley Welch Linda Liebhart

Gene Duffy Tammy Hambleton Gary Grunstad

Nancy Boam Jim Lamb Dawn Maguire

Martha Maney Peggy Miller Mollie Nagle

Donna McNamara Kristel Schlorff Jenny Vogel

Louise Collins Maryann Schultz Kathi Shope

Mike Matteson Michael Stone Teresa Sigler

Chris Dvorak Rick Mangold Carrie Underhill

Toni Edgcomb Joe Schmidt Aaron Walker

Kathy Ferko Bill Vogel Tasha Clapp

Steve Sharp Rhonda Wilkinson Vicki Wielgopolan

Wendy Navarro Ashley Christensen Sandi Kurtz

Gail Butterworth Carol Taylor Kathy Schulz

Process of School Improvement

Wallace Grade School believes that rather than having a static team devoted to improving student achievement, all district stakeholders should have a role in the school improvement process. Thus, the composition of the SIP team varies depending on the task at hand. Administrators, teachers, support staff, parents, students, community members, and members of the Wallace Grade School Board of Education all contribute to improving our school.

School improvement is an ongoing, year-round, cycle of setting goals, monitoring progress, evaluating changes, and providing corrective feedback. Contributions to the improvement of Wallace Grade School is gleaned from school committees, parent and student surveys, goal-setting meetings, staff meetings all have their place in our school improvement process.

DISTRICT CORE VALUES

Core Values: Achievement, Celebration, Collaboration, Diversity, Fulfillment of Needs,

Life-long Learning, Tradition, Moral Character.

The Wallace Grade School Family believes that:

The instructional program should …..

• be based on rigorous standards that challenge and engage all students.
• teach skills needed in the real world including the latest technology.
• develop well-rounded students by providing varied educational opportunities.
• foster a love of learning among students

Teachers, administrators and other staff should …..

• meet student psychological needs of love and belonging, power, fun, and freedom.
• model the importance of life-long learning with a commitment to professional growth.
• collaborate with one another on a regular basis on curriculum, instruction,
• individual students, and school improvement initiatives.
• have high expectations for all students to learn and achieve, and accept responsibility for helping students meet those expectations.
• create partnerships and communicate regularly with parents and community stakeholders.

School should reflect a positive environment that …..

• is emotionally and physically safe and supportive
• celebrates the efforts and successes of teachers and students
• honors and promotes valued traditions
• expects trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship from everyone.

DISTRICT VISION STATEMENT

Wallace Grade School exists in order to serve the educational needs of the children of the district. Our employees strive to provide a well-rounded educational experience that prepares students to become contributing adults and builds self-confidence. We work to create an environment for learning that is safe, positive, encouraging, and enjoyable. We are committed to challenge each student with high expectations for learning and success. Children will be actively engaged in their learning. We need the support and cooperation of caring and concerned families to accomplish our goals. We must protect the best interest of all of the residents of our district. That includes decision-making based on input from different sources and exercising fiscal responsibility. Mutual respect, communication, and cooperation are the keys to a healthy learning environment. We have to work together to provide the best program for all.

DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT

The Wallace School family learns and grows together.

SCHOOL - COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION

Our district is a rural, single building district located in central LaSalle County north of Ottawa. The school district services an area of 49 square miles. Over the past several years the population of our district has continued to change from what was once primarily farm families to what is becoming a population of subdivision residents in the country. All of our students are bused to school. The total enrollment of the district was 317 students in grades K-8 at the close of the 2007-2008 school year.

SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

Listed below is information from our School Report Card, which gives further information about Wallace Grade School. The numbers in parentheses are state averages.

Category 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008

Attendance Rate 97.2% 96.9% 96.9% 96.7% 96.6% 96.5%

Student Mobility 18.5% 8.2% 11.3% 10.1% 10.2% 10.4%

Chronic Truancy 0 0.7% 0.4% 0.6% 1.0% 1.3%

Low-Income 2.1% 7.9% 9.7% 16.0% 15.9% 20.1%

RETENTION AND EXPULSION

During the 2007-2008, one student was retained (kindergarten). No students were expelled.

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Besides the ISAT tests, students in District #195 are assessed using AIMSWEB testing for Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, and Math Computation. Also, the Explore test battery is given to 8^th grade students. AIMSWEB testing is administered for all students three times throughout the year—Fall, Winter, and Spring Benchmarking. ISAT tests are given in the spring of each school year. Beginning the 2006-2007 school year, AIMSWEB testing replaced Stanford Fall testing.

TEST SCORE SUMMARY

ISAT 2008 SCORES

GRADE READING MATH SCIENCE

3^RD IN 0% warning 0% warning not tested

19% below 0% below

36 students 56% meet 25% meet

25% exceed 75% exceed

*81% meet/exceed *100% meet/exceed

(93% in 2007) (100% in 2007)

(74% in 2006) (100% in 2006)

3^RD OUT 0% warning 0% warning not tested

0% below 0% below

4 students 50% meet 50% meet

50% exceed 50% exceed

*100% meet/exceed *100% meet/exceed

4^th IN 0% warning 0% warning 0% warning

17% below 7% below 7% below

30 students 60% meet 70% meet 73% meet

23% exceed 23% exceed 20% exceed

*83% meet/exceed *93% meet/exceed *93% meet/exceed

(92% in 2007) (96% in 2007) (100% in 2007)

(91% in 2006) (100% in 2006) (97% in 2006)

4^th OUT 0% warning 0% warning 0% warning

33% below 67% below 33% below

3 students 67% meet 33% meet 67% meet

0% exceed 0% exceed 0% exceed

*67% meet/exceed *33% meet/exceed *67% meet/exceed

5^th IN 0% warning 0% warning not tested

11% below 15% below

26 students 54% meet 85% meet

35% exceed 0% exceed

*89% meet/exceed *85% meet/exceed

(79% in 2007) (91% in 2007)

(91% in 2006) (97% in 2006)

5^th OUT 0% warning 0% warning not tested

33% below 50% below

6 student 50% meet 50% meet

17% exceed 0% exceed

*67% meet/exceed *50% meet/exceed

6^th IN 3% warning 3% warning not tested

6% below 6% below

34 students 53% meet 70% meet

38% exceed 21% exceed

*91% meet/exceed *91% meet/exceed

(94% in 2007) (94% in 2007)

(77% in 2006) (81% in 2006)

6^th OUT 0% warning 0% warning not tested

33% below 0% below

3 student 33% meet 100% meet

33% exceed 0% exceed

*66% meet/exceed *100% meet/exceed

GRADE READING MATH SCIENCE

7^th IN 0% warning 0% warning 0% warning

14% below 14% below 3% below

37 students 70% meet 68% meet 73% meet

16% exceed 19% exceed 24% exceed

*86% meet/exceed *87% meet/exceed *97% meet/exceed

(90% in 2007) (90% in 2007) (97% in 2007)

(73% in 2006) (82% in 2006) (98% in 2006)

7^th OUT 0% warning 0% warning 25% warning

75% below 50% below 0% below

4 students 25% meet 50% meet 75% meet

0% exceed 0% exceed 0% exceed

*25% meet/exceed *50% meet/exceed *75% meet/exceed

8^th IN 0% warning 0% warning not tested

9% below 12% below

33 students 67% meet 70% meet

24% exceed 18% exceed

*91% meet/exceed *88% meet/exceed

(90% in 2007) (90% in 2007)

(93% in 2006) (87% in 2006)

8^th OUT 0% warning 0% warning

0% below 0% below

0% meet 0% meet

0% exceed 0% exceed

0 % meet/exceed 0% meet/exceed

AVERAGE IN *87% meet/exceed *91% meet/exceed *95% meet/exceed

(90% in 2007) (94% in 2007) (99% in 2007)

(83% in 2006) (93% in 2006) (98% in 2006)

AVERAGE OUT *65% meet/exceed *67% meet/exceed *71% meet/exceed

ISAT 2008 SCORES COMPARED TO 2007

WRITING

GRADE 2008 2007

5^TH IN 8% warning/2 students 0% warning/0 students

46% below/12 students 52% below/17 students

26 students 42% meets/11 students 39% meet/13 students 33 students

4% exceeds/1 student 9% exceed/3 students

46% meet/exceed/13 students 48% meet/exceed/16 students

5^TH OUT 33% warning/2 students 0% warning/0 students

50% below/3 students 0% below

6 students 17% meets/1 student 0% meet 0 students

0% exceeds/0 students 0% exceed

17% meets/exceeds/1 student 0% meet/exceed

6^TH IN 0% warning/0 students not tested in 2007

23% below/8 students

34 students 65% meets/22 students

9% exceed/3 students

74% meet/exceed/25 students

6^TH OUT 0% warning/0 students not tested in 2007

0% below/0 students

3 students 100% meets/3 students

0% exceed/0 students

100% meet/exceed/3students

8^TH IN 0% warning/0 students 2% warning/1 student

28% below/9 students 25% below/10 students

32 students 69% meets/22 students 65% meet/26 students 41 students

3% exceed/1 student 8% exceed/3 students

72% meet/exceed/23 students 73% meet/exceed/29 students

8^TH OUT 0% warning/0 students 0% warning/0 students

100% below/1 student 100% below/1 student

1 student 0% meet/0 students 0% meet/0 students 1 student

0% exceed/0 students 0% exceed/0 students

0% meet/exceed/0 students 0% meet/exceed/0 students

AVERAGE 64% meet/exceed 60.5% meet/exceed

IN

TEST SCORE SUMMARY:

ISAT Trends Scores Grade Eight

READING	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Comprehension							New ratings School/State
A. Literature	72	68*	70	72	77	75	11.4/10.9
B. Elements and Techniques	71	64*	66*	74	70	67
Applications of Strategies
A. Reading	76	67*	73*	78	81	73	18.4/17.9
B. Strategies	69	65*	67	72	72	60*	3.4/3.3
C. Vocabulary	75	60*	70	72	71	82	4.7/4.7
MATHEMATICS
Estimation/number sense/computation	66	61	64	65	65	63	9.2/8.3
Algebraic patterns/variables	61	58*	63	65	62	58	11.9/10.5
Algebraic relationships/representations	65	63	66	60*	63	61
Geometric concepts	65	57*	60	58	63	65	8.4/7.4
Geometric relationships	62	46*	43*	49*	68	81
Measurement	62	58	64	62	60	52	5.8/5.5
Data organization/analysis	69	66	61	63	63	74
Probability	66	62	70	65	69	67	6.6/6.0

Scores represent the percent of multiple-choice test items answered correctly for the sets of standards within the learning area. The data reported above are for ALL students

* represents percentages that are equaled or exceeded by the State

ISAT Trends Scores Grade Five

READING	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Comprehension							New ratings School/State
A. Literature	74	76	76	74	71*	77	9.4/9.4
B. Elements and Techniques	76	76	72	68	70	77
Applications of Strategies
A. Reading	74	81	76	75	69*	80	20.8/20.2
B. Strategies	76	76	73	72	72	59	3.0/3.1
C. Vocabulary	76	74	75	68	67	93	1.7/1.5
MATHEMATICS
Estimation/number sense/computation	63	59	65	65	60*	63	13.1/13.3
Algebraic patterns/variables	65	57*	68	68	65*	67	9.0/8.6
Algebraic relationships/representations	61	58	61	63	55*	62
Geometric concepts	67	56*	54*	65	60*	76	8.5/8.8
Geometric relationships	71	56*	57*	74	70	63
Measurement	65	65	62	62	52*	63	7.5/6.8
Data organization/analysis	63	62	61	61*	64	56*
Probability	73	66	72	63*	52*	71	6.0/5.9

Scores represent the percent of multiple-choice test items answered correctly for the sets of standards within the learning area. The data reported above are for ALL students

* represents percentages that are equaled or exceeded by the State

ISAT Trends Scores Grade Three

READING	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Comprehension							New ratings School/State
A. Literature	78	73	78	72	78	74	10.3/9.3
B. Elements and Techniques	79	78	76	78	78	74
Applications of Strategies
A. Reading	78	77	80	74*	80	76	22.1/19.7
B. Strategies	77	73	78	72	78	79	3.8/3.5
C. Vocabulary	81	75	71	83	72	81	2.7/2.3
MATHEMATICS
Estimation/number sense/computation	71	76	76	78	79	87	20.2/17.5
Algebraic patterns/variables	67	75	79	79	81	83	6.3/5.5
Algebraic relationships/representations	73	71	74	80	80	87
Geometric concepts	82	74	79	80	83	76	10.8/9.4
Geometric relationships	87	68	86	74	82	73
Measurement	65	68	69	72	76	79	8.9/7.6
Data organization/analysis	85	87	78	78	82	79
Probability	72	81	77	77	71	73	7.5/6.6

Scores represent the percent of multiple-choice test items answered correctly for the sets of standards within the learning area. The data reported above are for ALL students

* represents percentages that are equaled or exceeded by the State/School Report Card.

TEST SCORE SUMMARY (Continued):

Third Grade Reading

Students/School Year	Meets and exceeds	Exceeds Standards	Meets Standards	Below Standards	Academic Warning
All students/2008-2009
Non-disabled/2008-2009
All students/2007-2008	81	25	56	19	0
Non-disabled/2007-2008	79	26	53	21	0
All students/2006-2007	93	30	63	7	0
Non-disabled/2006-2007	93	32	61	7	0
All Students/2005-2006	74	22	52	26	0
Nondisabled/2005-2006	73	23	50	27	0
All Students/2004-2005	86	33	53	10	3
Non-disabled/2004-05	96	39	57	4	0
All Students/2003-2004	80	33	47	13	7
Non-disabled/2003-04	86	36	50	14	0
All Students/2002-2003	92	24	68	8	0
Non-disabled/2002-03	92	24	68	8	0
All Students/2001-2002	78	26	52	23	0
Non-disabled/2001-02	80	27	53	20	0
All Students/2000-2001	82	24	58	15	3
Non-disabled/2000-01	83	28	55	17	0

Fifth Grade Reading

Students/School Year	Meets and Exceeds	Exceeds Standards	Meets Standards	Below Standards	Academic Warning
All students/2008-2009
Non-disabled/2008-2009
All students/2007-2008	89	35	54	11	0
Non-disabled/2007-2008	95	40	55	5	0
All students/2006-2007	79	26	53	18	3
Non-disabled/2006-2007	89	32	57	11	0
All Students/2005-2006	91	37	54	9	0
Nondisabled/2005-2006	91	38	53	9	0
All Students/2004-2005	60	14	46	39	0
Non-disabled/2004-05	54	15	39	46	0
All Students/2003-2004	65	24	41	35	0
Non-disabled/2003-04	69	25	44	31	0
All Students/2002-2003	68	23	45	32	0
Non-disabled/2002-03	70	23	47	30	0
All Students/2001-2002	76	28	48	25	0
Non-disabled/2001-02	81	31	50	19	0
All Students/2000-2001	85	41	44	15	0
Non-disabled/2000-01	89	46	43	11	0

Eighth Grade Reading

Students/School Year	Meets and Exceeds	Exceeds Standards	Meets Standards	Below Standards	Academic Warning
All students/2008-2009
Non-disabled/2008-2009
All students/2007-2008	91	24	67	9	0
Non-disabled/2007-2008	97	26	71	3	0
All students/2006-2007	90	13	77	7	3
Non-disabled/2006-2007	94	16	78	3	0
All Students/2005-2006	93	10	83	7	0
Nondisabled/2005-2006	100	13	88	0	0
All Students/2004-2005	88	9	79	12	0
Non-disabled/2004-05	95	11	84	5	0
All Students/2003-2004	78	2	76	21	0
Non-disabled/2003-04	81	3	78	19	0
All Students/2002-2003	76	0	76	24	0
Non-disabled/2002-03	78	0	78	22	0
All Students/2001-2002	53	3	50	47	0
Non-disabled/2001-02	58	3	55	41	0
All Students/2000-2001	75	0	75	25	0
Non-disabled/2000-01	79	0	79	21	0

TEST SCORE SUMMARY (Continued):

Third Grade Math

Students/School Year	Meets and Exceeds	Exceeds Standards	Meets Standards	Below Standards	Academic Warning
All students/2008-2009
Non-disabled/2008-2009
All students/2007-2008	100	75	25	0	0
Non-disabled/2007-2008	100	77	23	0	0
All students/2006-2007	100	70	30	0	0
Non-disabled/2006-2007	100	71	29	0	0
All Students/2005-2006	100	74	26	0	0
Nondisabled/2005-2006	100	73	27	0	0
All Students/2004-2005	94	67	27	3	3
Non-disabled/2004-205	100	78	22	0	0
All Students/2003-2004	90	57	33	0	10
Non-disabled/2003-04	97	61	36	0	4
All Students/2002-2003	96	40	56	4	0
Non-disabled/2002-03	96	40	56	4	0
All Students/2001-2002	93	45	48	6	0
Non-disabled/2001-02	94	47	47	7	0
All Students/2000-2001	94	39	55	6	0
Non-disabled/2000-01	100	45	55	0	0

Fifth Grade Math

Students/School Year	Meets and Exceeds	Exceeds Standards	Meets Standards	Below Standards	Academic Warning
All students/2008-2009
Non-disabled/2008-2009
All students/2007-2008	85	0	85	15	0
Non-disabled/2007-2008	91	0	91	9	0
All students/2006-2007	91	12	79	6	0
Non-disabled/2006-2007	100	14	86	0	0
All Students/2005-2006	97	6	91	3	0
Nondisabled/2005-2006	97	6	91	3	0
All Students/2004-2005	79	0	79	18	4
Non-disabled/2004-05	81	0	81	19	0
All Students/2003-2004	77	12	65	21	3
Non-disabled/2003-04	82	13	69	19	0
All Students/2002-2003	74	0	74	26	0
Non-disabled/2002-03	77	0	77	23	0
All Students/2001-2002	68	3	65	33