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Master Teacher Student Achievement Results
Ken Mattingly Rockcastle County Middle School Science Program Growth 2006-2013
Year
Proficient/Distinguished
State Average
2006
58%
57%
2007
70%
56%
2008
74%
60%
2009
84%
63%
2010
75%
57%
2012
76%
62%
2013
64.8%
61.2%
Jennifer McDaniel Clay County High School Shows Greatest AP Gain in National Program
2010 CCHS Mean: 6.4
2011 CCHS Mean: 29.1
Global Mean: 21.4
Global Mean: 27.6
AP Calculus Multiple Choice Section
Jennifer McDaniel applied what she learned in the Master Teacher project and saw marked results with her own students. Because of these results, she began working with other AP teachers in her school, sharing tools and strategies that they could apply to their own classroom. Among the 44 Kentucky public schools participating in Advance Kentucky, Clay County High School led the way with a one-year growth of 634% in Advanced Placement (AP)* math, science and English (MSE) qualifying scores – from 11 to 81. This number is the best in the state among participating program schools with at least 10 qualifying scores from the previous year. Gregg Fleisher, National AP Training and Incentive Program Director of the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI), said “…in 2011 Clay County High School had the single greatest year in the history of the AP Training and Incentive Program, which dates back to 1990 involving hundreds of schools in seven states.”
Exam Year
# of students enrolled
# of students scoring 3
# of students scoring 4
# of students scoring 5
2010
16
1
0
0
2011
18
8
3
2
2012
15
3
3
2
2013
15
3
3
2
2014
22
7
2
4
Clay County Sustained Growth – AP Calculus Exam
Jeremy Miller Lee County High School – Dual Credit Certification Data
High school pre-calculus is taught conceptually. I lay the foundations for trigonometry, logarithms, exponential growth and decay – all heavy concepts for students to understand. I use the time in class to help students determine their misconceptions and correct those. We look at specific ACT problems in these topics to help them meet and exceed the math benchmark so that they have the scores necessary (22 on the Math, plus Reading and English benchmarks) to be able to take College Algebra/College Pre-Calculus.
College Algebra: 97.4% pass rate
Academic Year
Number of students enrolled
Number of students who made an A, B, or C
2014
10
10
2015
12
11
2016
10
10
2017
25
24
2018
9
9
2109
13
13
Total
79
77
College Algebra: 97.4% pass rate
Academic Year
Number of students enrolled
Number of students who made an A, B, or C
2015
10
10
2016
11
11
2017
10
10
2018
23
23
2019
9
9
2020
11
11
Total
74
74
College Pre-Calculus: 100% pass rate
Academic Year
Number of students enrolled
Number of students who made an A, B, or C
2019
10
10
2020
4
4
Total
14
14
College Calculus: 100% pass rate
Susan Stringer Casey County High School Math Program Growth 2007-2011
Susan saw improved student learning which she attributed to her involvement in the Master Teacher project. By sharing her learning with her entire math department, her school’s math program:
ranking went from 140th to 21st in the state,
moved from a Persistently Low Achieving to a Proficient school, and
the percent of students scoring Proficient/Distinguished on KPREP rose by over 40%.
Academic Year
% Scoring Proficient/Distinguished
2007
26.99%
2008
36.36%
2009*
47.88%
2010
53.76%
2011
62.3%
CCHS KPREP Scores *Started work with Master Teacher Project
Year
% Scoring Proficient/Distinguished
2011-12
63.1%
2012-13
56.4%
2013-14
74.3%
Casey County Sustained Growth – Algebra 2 End of Course Assessment
Regardless of the assessment given, the students have scored well which is a testimony to the change in practice that happened in the math classrooms.