About Our School

2004 - 2005 No Child Left Behind Report Card

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Thank you for reviewing the 2004-2005 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Report Card for Pierce Street Elementary School. As you prepare to analyze and compare our school�s data with data from the Tupelo Public School District (TPSD) and the State of Mississippi, I would like to highlight some areas for celebration while identifying other areas for focus and growth.

Let me encourage you to examine your student�s individual performance on the Mississippi Curriculum Test as his/her results compare to the various performance group(s) of which he/she is a member. As our school works to strengthen academic performance and achievement for all groups of students, please remember that within any student group, there will be students scoring at the advanced and proficient levels.

Randy D. McCoy, Ed.D.

Superintendent

State Accreditation Data

Public schools in the State of Mississippi receive annual accreditation ratings called School Performance Classifications that are reflected by the numbers 1 (low) to 5 (superior).

Pierce Street Elementary School was recognized as one of only 224 schools to earn a School Performance Classification of Level 5 Superior-Performing and exceeded the predicted growth for students.

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

Success for adequate yearly progress is measured by 100% of the subgroups achieving adequate yearly progress. Pierce Street met AYP in 4 out of the 4 areas. In addition, Pierce Street met the other academic indicator. As a result, Pierce Street Elementary is NOT in school improvement.

Data for Teachers Meeting the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) Definition of Highly Qualified Teachers

Pierce Street Elementary School has 100% of its teachers meeting the NCLB definition of highly qualified. School, district, and state highly qualified data are provided in the following table:

Group		Percent
Pierce Street		100%
TPSD		96.4%
Mississippi		93.0%

Group Performance Data
Reported As Percent of Students Scoring Basic and Above and Proficient and Above

The national goal for the No Child Left Behind Act is for 100% of our students to be proficient by 2014. The Mississippi Department of Education requires that school proficiency data be reported for all groups of students with 10 or more students in the group. Because of the possibility that a group of students may be represented by as few as 10 students, parents are encouraged to use the sub-group data with caution.

In the state of Mississippi, students� scores are classified as minimal, basic, proficient, and advanced. Each score on the following pages represents a student group. At Pierce Street there are 52 different groups that received a score. The following results were obtained:

52 of 52 student groups scored at least 90% Basic and Above
51 of 52 student groups scored at least 80% Proficient and Above

These results earned by Pierce Street students and teachers help us to better understand the goal of reaching 100% proficiency by 2014.

Click here to view individual school test data.

Pierce Street NCLB Report Card 2004-2005