Standard I:

Classroom Contextual Factors (DM1)

Demographics - Student gender - Race - Language proficiency - Exceptionalities - Prior Knowledge - Subgroup

Demographics:
With twelve boys and ten girls, there is a total of 22 students in Mrs. Hs 4th grade class. Figure 1 shows the gender makeup of the classroom. The classroom includes six students who are of a racial minority. Figure 2 shows the racial makeup of the class. Within the class there are sixteen Caucasians, two pacific islanders, two Hispanics, one African American, and one Navajo. Figure 1

Gender
45%
Male Female

55%

Figure 2

STUDENT ETHNICITY
[CATEGORY NAME] 1 [CATEGORY NAME] 2 [CATEGORY NAME] 1 [CATEGORY NAME] 2

[CATEGORY NAME] 16

Exceptionalities
Six students were given an advanced assessment which showed that five of them are borderline gifted and talented (GATE) and one student was officially labeled as a GATE student. Two students are in Special Education. Five students are diagnosed with ADD or ADHD. Three students see the school psychologist regularly. One student has a blood disorder and one student has very severe food allergies. Figure 4 shows the breakdown of exceptionalities. Notice the numbers do not add up to 22 because some students have more than one exceptionality.

Figure 4

Student Exceptionalities
14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 1 5 12

Language Proficiency:
Figure three shows that out of the 22 total students, four of them are considered English Language Learners. Student #1 is of Navajo and Hispanic descent and the language spoken in his home are English, Navajo, and Spanish. He has reached proficiency in English or a level 5 on the UALPA scale. Student #22 is Hispanic and although only Spanish is used in the home, he is proficient in English and no longer needs to attend ELL programs. Student #10s ethnicity is Hawaiian and Polynesian. Although she is considered and ELL student, she only knows a few words in Tagalog and is highly proficient in English. Student #8 is Hispanic and both English and Spanish are used within the home. He is the only student who is still bridging in English and involved in language interventions. This student attends an afterschool program called, Imagine Learning.
Figure 3

English Language Learners

20 18 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Non-ELL ELL-proficient ELL-Bridging 3 1

Prior Knowledge:
According to the DRA a level, a 40 means that a student is on a 4th grade level. Students below level 40 are below grade level and students who are above 40 are above grade level. In Mrs. Hs class at this particular time, all students are either on or below reading level. Twelve are on level and ten are below. The specific levels are shown in the chart below. Figure 5:

DRA LEVELS
level 20 Level 34 Level 40

4 students

11 students 6 students

Students math levels are tested through a program called Success Maker. These levels show what grade level each student is performing at. For example, someone with a score of 4.0 is right on a 4th grade level. Three students tested below a fourth grade level and all others were either on or above level. The specific scores are shown in the figure below (figure 6). The average level of Mrs. Hs class is 4.24.

Figure 6

Math levels

9%

5%

9% 4% 9%
5.5 5.25 4.5 4.25

41%

23%

4 3.75 3.25

Subgroups
Based on the contextual factors of the classroom I have decided to focus my analyses on specific subgroups. As I address and analyze the subgroups I will refer to them using the key in Figure 7. Along with the subgroups shown in the figure, I will also be analyzing the difference between male and female scores.
Figure 7

Subgroup Key

E S A R

ELL Special Education ADD/ADHD Racial Minority

Figure 8 breaks down contextual factors by showing which students belong to a subgroup along with their specific ethnicity, exceptionality, reading score, and math score.

Figure 8

Subgroup 1 E ,S, A 2 3 4 5 R

Ethnicity Navajo/Hispanic Caucasian Caucasian Caucasian Pacific Islander

Exceptionality ADD, SpEd

DRA 40 40

Math 3.75 4.0 5.5 3.25 3.75

Should be tested for gate Reading pullout

40 20 40

6 7 A 8 E, R 9 A 10 E, R 11 R 12 G, A 13 A,S 14 G 15 G 16 17 18 G 19 G, A 20 G 21 22 E, R

Caucasian Caucasian Hispanic Caucasian Pacific Islander African American Caucasian Caucasian Caucasian Caucasian Caucasian Caucasian Caucasian Caucasian Caucasian Caucasian Hispanic Borderline GATE Borderline GATE, ADHD GATE STUDENT Visits Psychologist Borderline GATE, Blood disorder, ADD ADD, SpED, Psychologist, reading pull Borderline GATE Borderline GATE Severe Allergies Psychologist, ADD, Reading pullout Reading pullout, ADHD

34 20 40 20 40 34 40 30 40 40 40 34 34 40 40 34 40

4.25 4.0 4.0 4.25 4.0 4.25 5.5 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.25 4.25 4.0 5.25 4.0 4.0