Shea+High+School+Fall+2012

= Lauren Michael = = = Charles E. Shea Senior High School Support Help Encourage Achieve



485 East Avenue Pawtucket RI 02860 Phone: (401) 729-6450 = = INTRODUCTION Charles Shea High School is one out of the three high schools in Pawtucket Rhode Island. Shea is an extremely diverse school with students from fifty different countries and has an enrollment of about 1,188 students. The current principal of the school is Donald Miller who has really helped the school in his short time there. A few years ago due to low test scores the state was going to take over the high school but the next year test scores improved so the take over never happened. Their schools quote is "Something Special Is Happening Here"

COMMUNITY Pawtucket Rhode Island is very diverse with all different types of people in the community. The census collected data and in 2010 came out with results that the child population was 16, 575 and that the percentage of children in single parent families were 43% compared to the state of Rhode Island where it was only 31%. Pawtucket Rhode Island isn't wealthy but it no matter what community there will always be single parent families because no one knows any certain situation.
 * = Ethnicity/Race ||= Pawtucket Community ||= Rhode Island ||= United States ||
 * = White ||= 64.6% ||= 81.4% ||= 72.4% ||
 * = Black/African Americans ||= 12.6% ||= 5.7% ||= 12.6% ||
 * = Asian ||= 0% ||= 2.9% ||= 4.8% ||
 * = Hispanic Latino ||= 22.5% ||= 12.4% ||= 16.3% ||

Pawtucket has a high poverty rate with almost every income being lower than the normal income of most families. In the community of Rhode Island there is also a low high school graduation rate compared to the state of Rhode Island and the United States. Only 63% of people in Pawtucket graduated high school while in Rhode Island it was 77% and in the United States there is a graduation rate of 85%. This data was collected in 2010:


 * = Income/Poverty || Pawtucket Community || Rhode Island || United States ||
 * Median Household Income || $40,198 || $54,902 || $51,914 ||
 * Median Family Income || $47,867 || $70,663 || $62,982 ||
 * All Families Below Poverty Level || 14.8% || 8.4% || 10.1% ||
 * All People Below Poverty Level || 17.8% || 12.2% || 13.8% ||

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DISTRICT The pawtucket district being compared to Barrington, Central Falls and the overall state of Rhode Island was very mixed. The NECAP assessments showed the different districts and how they compared to each other. Although Pawtucket was very far behind compared to Barrington, Pawtucket did do better than Central Falls but unfortunately not by much. Even though the assessments might not be very good in some data it showed that Barrington and Pawtucket had the same student to teacher ratio being 1:12 while Central Falls was 1:10. The students in the Pawtucket are taught by teacher who are qualified in what they do with only 1% being not highly qualified, while Central Falls has 6% of not highly qualified teachers.

THE SCHOOL These Assessments done by the NECAP were recorded in 2011-12
 * NECAP || Assessments Rhode Island || Pawtucket || Barrington || Central Falls ||
 * 11th Grade Math || 30% || 14% || 69% || 7% ||
 * 11th Grade Reading || 76% || 60% || 92% || 41% ||
 * 11th Grade Writing || 51% || 31% || 69% || 18% ||
 * 11th Grade Science || 26% || 10% || 57% || 6% ||

THE STUDENTS Assessed in 2010-2011
 * Teacher-Student&Supportive Schools || State || State Target || Pawtucket || Barrington || Central Falls ||
 * Not High Qualified Teachers || 3% || - || 1% || 1% || 6% ||
 * Attendance Rate in High School || 92% || 90% || 91% || 96% || 87% ||
 * Chronic Absenteeism || 18% || - || 22% || 5% || 32% ||
 * Percent Dropped Out || 12.5% || - || 16.7% || .3% || 8.9% ||

Unfortunately Pawtucket and Central Falls really fall behind when compared to the state and compared to schools in Barrington. Barrington is also much wealthier than the Central Falls and Pawtucket which may be taken into account because the district that both schools are in have a lower income rate. Because of these statistics it can be said that there may be a correlation between income in a district and the schooling the students receive.

SCHOOL SUMMARY The scores of Shea High School, Barrington High School, Central Falls High School and the percentage of all schools in Rhode Island were compared with each other. Three different tests were assessed the NECAP, the SAT scores which is taken to get into college, and AP scored which is for students who are in advanced placement classes. NECAP Assessments 2011-2012 SAT Scores
 * = Subjects ||= Rhode Island ||= Shea High School ||= Barrington High School ||= Central Falls High School ||
 * = 11th Grade Math ||= 30% ||= 13% ||= 69% ||= 7% ||
 * = 11th Grade Reading ||= 76% ||= 54% ||= 93% ||= 41% ||
 * = 11th Grade Writing ||= 51% ||= 28% ||= 69% ||= 18% ||
 * = 11th Grade Science ||= 26% ||= 7% ||= 57% ||= 6% ||
 * = Subjects ||= Rhode Island ||= Shea High School ||= Barrington School ||= Central Falls School ||
 * = Mathematics Average ||= 482 ||= 405 ||= 576 ||= 374 ||
 * = Reading Average ||= 482 ||= 393 ||= 554 ||= 381 ||
 * = Writing Average ||= 474 ||= 386 ||= 547 ||= 376 ||

Advance Place Scores
 * =  ||= Rhode Island ||= Shea High School ||= Barrington School ||= Central Falls School ||
 * = Number of Exams Taken ||= 4955 ||= 5 ||= 490 ||= 68 ||
 * = Number of Students to Take Exam ||= 3102 ||= 5 ||= 264 ||= 54 ||
 * = Exams Scored at College Level ||= 2875 ||= Few Data ||= 437 ||= 10 ||

All the data shown in the tables above really shows how the schools are really different. Shea High School was below the state average in every subject of the NECAP assessment, but Barrington High School was off the charts. What really stood out was the AP scores. There were only five students that took the tests out of thousand students that attend.

CONCLUSION In conclusion Charles E. Shea High School is really in need of some help. They are really below in every subject while compared to Barrington and even the state average of all the schools. Also since they are in a low income district that could definitely be a reason for this. This high school although may have extreme spirit needs extreme help academically which is beyond the students control and should really be brought to peoples attention.

= References =

http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/ www.cenus.gov www.rikidscount.org/matriarch/default.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shea_High_School http://www.psdri.net/education/school/school.php?sectionid=2034

Rubric

Introduction = REPLACEWITHSCORE/ 5 pts.
Constructive comments about report's introduction:
 * 5 - Intro provides an overview of the upcoming analysis, including what school/district/community is being analyzed, what aspects are being analyzed, and who the report is intended to inform. || 4 - Intro names the school/district/community and previews the scope of the report, but does not describe who the report is intended to inform. || 3 - Intro names the school/district/community but not much else. || 2 - Intro fails to name the school, district, and community. || 0 - No introduction section is apparent. ||

Organization = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.
Strengths and constructive comments about report's organization:
 * 5 - Report includes an Introduction, a Conclusion, and sections for the School, District, and Community. Within each section, paragraphs logically group the information presented. || 4 - Report includes all of the sections mentioned previously, but does not break down information into paragraphs within each section. || 3 - Report is missing one of the sections. || 2 - Report is missing more than one section. || 0 - Report does not include any sections. ||

Mechanics = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.

 * 5 - All information in the report is cited using APA styled- citations after the information and in a Reference section at the end of the report.

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There are extremely few typos and misspelled words in the report. || 4 - Most information is cited using APA style.

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There are a noticeable number of typos or misspellings. || 3 - Some citations in the References section are not in APA style, e.g. URLs are listed without the title of the website.

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There are many typos, misspellings, or other writing errors. || 2 - Most of the report's information is not cited, or APA style was not used. || 0 - Report does not include a Reference section. || Strengths and constructive comments about report's organization:

Conclusion = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.
Strengths and constructive comments about conclusion:
 * 5 - Conclusion reviews analysis of school, district and community and describes why findings should be important to reader. || 4 - Conclusion reviews analysis of school, district and community. || 3 - Conclusion does not refer back to report findings. || 0 - No conclusion section is apparent. ||

Creativity = REPLACEWITHSCORE / 5 pts.
Strengths and constructive comments about presentation:
 * 5 - Report is written in an engaging style. || 4 - Report has some interesting sections. || 3 - Report generally reports information without seemingly without purpose. ||

Thoroughness = REPLACEWITHSCORE /10 pts

 * 5 - Report includes at least ten different facts in each section (school, community, district) and

compares each figure with another relevant figure (e.g. state or national average) and

states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards. || 4 - Report includes at least eight different facts in each section and

compares most figures with relevant values and

states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards. || 3 - Report includes at least six different facts in each section and

compares some of the figures to other relevant figures || 2 - Report includes at least four different facts in each section and

compares some of the figures to other relevant figures. || 0 - Report includes less than four different facts for any section or

fails to compare any figures with other relevant figures. ||