Schools garner Gold Performance Acknowledgments

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November 11, 2009 — Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District received Gold Performance Acknowledgments from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on Thursday, Nov. 5 for attendance rate and TAKS achievement.

Gold Performance Acknowledgments measure and recognize districts and campuses for performance in several areas. Overall, the GPA system’s indicators address numerous elements that appear throughout Goal 1 of CFISD’s District Action Plan which states “students’ academic performance and achievement level will reflect excellence in learning and attainment of both high expectations and high standards.”

The following 18 campuses were acknowledged for attendance:

• High School: Cypress Ridge

• Middle Schools: Watkins, Labay, Cook, Truitt, Hamilton, Aragon, Goodson, Spillane and Hopper

• Elementary Schools: Hamilton, Copeland, Ault, Kirk, Gleason, Sampson, A. Robison and Keith

TAKS Commended Performance is the highest performance category established by the State Board of Education. Students who earn this laudable status have performed at a level that is considerably above the passing standard and have shown a thorough understanding of the knowledge and skills (TEKS) for the subject and grade level tested.

The following 24 campuses were acknowledged for Commended Performance in reading/ELA:

• High Schools: Windfern and Cypress Ranch

• Middle Schools: Arnold, Campbell, Watkins, Labay, Cook, Hamilton, Thornton, Aragon, Goodson, Kahla, Spillane and Hopper

• Elementary Schools: Post, Lamkin, Hamilton, Copeland, Ault, Farney, Sampson, Birkes, Keith and Warner

The following 39 campuses were acknowledged for Commended Performance in math:

• Middle School: Hamilton

• Elementary Schools: Bane, Lamkin, Matzke, Holbrook, Adam, Hancock, Millsap, Lieder, Moore, Lowery, Wilson, Owens, Emmott, Holmsley, Jowell, Fiest, Bang, Hamilton, Metcalf, Hairgrove, Reed, Copeland, Willbern, Sheridan, Ault, Kirk, Farney, Gleason, Walker, Sampson, Birkes, A. Robison, Tipps, Keith, Lee, Danish, Postma and Warner

The following 11 campuses were acknowledged for Commended Performance in writing:

• Middle Schools: Hamilton, Goodson and Spillane

• Elementary Schools: Moore, Wilson, Holmsley, Hamilton, Farney, Sampson, Keith and Warner

The following 37 campuses were acknowledged for Commended Performance in science:

• Middle Schools: Hamilton, Goodson and Spillane

• Elementary Schools: Bane, Lamkin, Matzke, Adam, Hancock, Millsap, Lieder, Moore, Frazier, Owens, Emmott, Holmsley, Jowell, Fiest, Bang, Hamilton, Metcalf, Hairgrove, Reed, Copeland, Willbern, Sheridan, Ault, Gleason, Sampson, A. Robison, Keith, Lee, Danish, Andre’, Postma, Black, Warner and M. Robinson

The following 24 campuses were acknowledged for Commended Performance in social studies:

• High Schools: Cy-Fair, Jersey Village, Cypress Creek, Langham Creek, Cypress Falls, Windfern, Cypress Springs, Cypress Ridge, Cypress Woods and Cypress Ranch

• Middle Schools: Arnold, Dean, Bleyl, Watkins, Labay, Cook, Truitt, Hamilton, Thornton, Aragon, Goodson, Kahla, Spillane and Hopper

CFISD schools were also acknowledged for Comparable Improvement, which comprises two separate acknowledgments for reading and math.

The following 31 campuses were acknowledged for Comparable Improvement in reading:

• High Schools: Cy-Fair, Jersey Village, Langham Creek, Cypress Springs, Cypress Woods, Cypress Ranch and Cypress Lakes

• Middle Schools: Cook, Truitt, Thornton and Hopper

• Elementary Schools: Bane, Millsap, Lieder, Moore, Lowery, Owens, Metcalf, Hairgrove, Willbern, Sheridan, Kirk, Farney, Gleason, Sampson, Duryea, Keith, Lee, Danish, Andre’ and Warner

The following eight campuses were acknowledged for Comparable Improvement in math:

• High School: Cypress Ranch

• Middle School: Truitt

• Elementary Schools: Hamilton, Willbern, Sheridan, Keith, Danish and McFee

Acknowledgments were also awarded to CFISD high schools for Advanced Course Completion, Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate (AP/IB) Results, College-Ready Graduates, Texas Success Initiative (TSI) and SAT/ACT Results.

For evaluating Advanced Course/Dual Enrollment Completion, TEA awards schools with 30 percent or more of 9th-12th-grade students completing and receiving credit for at least one Advanced/Dual Enrollment course. Cypress Creek and Cypress Springs received the acknowledgment for their percentage of students completing advanced courses. AP/IB Results reward schools with 15 percent of more of 11th and 12th-grade students taking at least one AP or IB examination and 50 percent or more of 11th and 12th-grade examinees scoring at or above the criterion on at least one examination (3 and above for AP; 4 and above for IB). Cypress Creek was acknowledged for AP/IB Results.

The TSI indicates a high percentage of grade 11 students who are ready to begin college-level work based on their performance on the TAKS exit-level examination. The method divides the number of test takers with a scale score of 2200 on mathematics by the total number of grade 11 test takers in mathematics. Cypress Woods received acknowledgment in TSI Math.

Schools recognized for College-Ready Graduates are determined by dividing the number of 2008 graduates who scored at or above the college-ready criteria on both ELA and mathematics by the number of graduates with results in both subjects to evaluate. Jersey Village and Cypress Creek high schools received this acknowledgment.