Component 1: Student Achievement

The ultimate goal of Urban Dreams is improved student achievement.  The project components are designed to contribute to academic gains.  The project objectives call for measurable student achievement in core academic areas by the end of the 2001-2002 academic year.

The project is accomplishing all of the stated data collection activities including the administration, collection and analysis of district performance assessments and the SAT/9 (Objective 1.1).  All participating students are now identified and a database has been created that enables the project to track individual student’s SAT/9 scores (as Normal Curve Equivalents, or NCE), attendance, and other indicators.  Baseline data for both 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 have been recorded and analyzed for this narrative.

Table 2 contains an overview of the 2001 SAT/9 results for each of the participating schools.  The results demonstrate the current academic status of the students at the target schools:

Table 2:   2001 SAT/9 Results for All 9th, 10th and 11th Grade Students at Participating High Schools (National Percentiles)

Schools Reading   Math   Language   Social Science N
9th 10th 11th 9th 10th 11th 9th 10th 11th 9th 10th 11th All

Castlemont

15

13

15

32

26

28

26

17

22

27

19

30

 776

Dewey

10

9

13

20

16

18

16

10

14

26

15

21

 156

Far West

27

19

-

41

30

23

41

34

-

47

56

26

  57

Fremont

13

13

13

28

26

31

26

22

25

26

18

28

1,049

McClymonds

13

9

12

23

17

17

27

12

16

22

16

29

 284

Oakland Sr.

20

21

25

45

45

54

39

32

44

35

32

51

1,079

Street Academy

21

19

19

26

16

20

29

29

31

25

32

51

 118

Skyline

30

29

35

50

43

49

45

41

46

39

33

58

1,351

Oakland Tech.

21

20

29

38

36

45

33

25