The "BRATS
FILM TOUR: Our Journey Home" is underway.
"BRATS: Our Journey Home" - the first-ever
documentary about growing up military, is coming to you.
For an 8 minute preview, please visit the web site...
www.bratsfilm.com
Here's the schedule for September, October and
early November. For quick
reference, please check the web site.
"BRATS FILM TOUR: Our Journey Home"
ESTES PARK, CO - September 16 - 7.00 pm - Estes Park Film
Festival, Historic
Park Theatre
KANSAS CITY/OVERLAND PARK/FT. LEAVENWORTH - September 18 -
5.00pm Glenwood
Arts Theater, Overland Park
DENVER, CO - September 19 - 7.30pm - University of Denver,
Lindsey
Auditorium, Strum Hall (Sturm 281) 2000 E. Asbury Ave. on
the DU campus. Free.
SAN DIEGO, CA - September 28 - 8.00pm - San Diego Film
Festival -Pacific
Gaslamp Theatre, screen #8, 701 5th Ave,
Downtown San Diego
OCEANSIDE, CA - September 29 - 7.00pm - Oceanside Public
Library/Civic
Center. 330 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside. Free.
TACOMA/SEATTLE/PUGET SOUND - October 7 & 8 - Tacoma
Film Festival - time &
location TBA.
ARLINGTON, VA - October 22 - Academy Women's Symposium
ARKANSAS - October 24, 7.00pm - Hot Springs Documentary
Festival - location
TBA-check
CINCINATTI/NORTHERN KY - October 27 - 10.30am &
October 28 - 3.00pm -
Overseas Brats Gathering - Drawbridge Inn, 2477 Royal Dr.,
Ft. Mitchell, KY
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - November 3 - Peterson AFB - Time
and location TBA
November 5 - Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival - Time
and location TBA
Please check the web site -for all Colorado Springs info.
SOUTH FLORIDA/FT. LAUDERDALE - November 6 - 7.30pm -
Ft. Lauderdale Film
Festival Location TBA - c
We're adding cities every week. Please check the web
site -
www.bratsfilm.com
Our journey home culminates in the Washington, DC area in
May, 2007.
"BRATS: Our Journey Home" is available on
DVD
DoDEA Students Continue to Score Well
The 2003 test results
show that DoDEA students' average scores remain
consistently higher than the national average (50th
percentile) in all subject areas (Reading, Language Arts,
Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science) at all grade
levels tested (3-11). Thirty-seven (37) of the 45 subtest
scores were 10-20 points above the national average of
50%; five (5) subtest scores were 21-25 points higher than
national average; and three (3) subtest scores were 7-9
points higher than the 50th percentile.
DoDEA's test results
in 2003 are reported for the comprehensive "All
Students" group rather than the "No
Accommodations" category. In order to comply with the
DoDEA Community Strategic Plan (CSP) 2001-2006 requirement
to monitor and measure the progress of all students, test
scores are presented in the "All Students"
format which includes the students tested with
accommodations and those students who tested under
standardized conditions.
The following table
provides a comprehensive picture of DoDEA 2003 TerraNova
results compared with the national average which is at the
50th percentile for all subjects and all grade levels.
The 2001-2006 CSP
renews and refines the organization's commitment to
helping all our students succeed by monitoring and
measuring student progress through standardized tests. In
addition, the CSP requires the reporting of student data
by the percentage of students within each national
percentile quarter to ensure a more accurate assessment of
the academic achievement of all students. The 2001-2006
CSP has set the following high and challenging goals:
"Seventy-five percent of all
students will perform in the top two national percentile
quarters on a standardized, norm-referenced assessment.
Fewer than 8 percent will perform at the bottom quarter
level."
The following table
provides a broad picture of the 2003 distribution of DoDEA
students' test scores in the top two national percentile
quarters of 51-99% in comparison to the national
percentage of students scoring at or above the 50th
percentile. The results show that the increase needed in
the percentage of DoDEA students scoring in the top two
national quarters is quite small, ranging from 5% to 10%.
Department of Defense
Education Activity
2006 TerraNova
DoDEA Percentage of Students in Top Quarters
Compared to National Results
| |
Percentage
of Students At or Above 51-99%
(Top Two Quarters) |
| Nation |
DoDEA
2003
|
DoDEA
2006 Goal |
Increase Needed to
Meet 2006 Goal |
| Reading
Total |
50% |
70% |
75% |
5% |
| Language
Total |
50% |
70% |
75% |
5% |
| Mathematics
Total |
50% |
67% |
75% |
8% |
| Science
Total |
50% |
65% |
75% |
10% |
| Social
Studies |
50% |
68% |
75% |
7% |
The following table
provides a display of the 2003 distribution of DoDEA
students' test scores in the lowest national percentile
quarter of 1-25% in comparison to the national percentage
of students scoring at or below the 25th percentile. The
results show that DoDEA is very near the 2006 goal in all
subject areas.
Department of Defense
Education Activity
2006 TerraNova
DoDEA Percentage of Students in Lowest Quarters
Compared to National Results
| |
Percentage
of Students At or Below 1-25%
(Lowest Quarter) |
| Nation |
DoDEA
2004
|
DoDEA
2006 Goal |
Increase Needed to
Meet 2006 Goal |
| Reading
Total |
25% |
9% |
8% |
1% |
| Language
Total |
25% |
9% |
8% |
1% |
| Mathematics
Total |
25% |
11% |
8% |
3% |
| Science
Total |
25% |
10% |
8% |
2% |
| Social
Studies |
25% |
9% |
8% |
1% |
DoDEA is comprised
of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS),
serving dependents of military and civilian employees in
foreign countries, and the Domestic Dependent Elementary
and Secondary Schools (DDESS), serving military dependents
in the United States and her territories.
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