• The percent of 12th graders participating in at least one voluntary community service project or service learning opportunity will increase by 14 percentage points. Baseline: 2006-2007, 21% of 12th graders participated in at least one voluntary community service project or service learning opportunity.

• The percent of all MLHS students participating in Key Club will increase by 25 percentage points. Baseline: 2006-2007, 8% of all MLHS students participated in Key Club.

• The average score on the MLHS 12th Grade Survey of Sensitivity to Diversity will increase by 10 percentage points for females and 10 percentage points for males. Baseline: 2007-2008, average score for females=73%; average score for males=70%.

• The percent of students’ grades of 80% or higher on teacher-constructed test items or activities that require a response reflective of thinking beyond the “knowledge” or “comprehension” levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy will increase by 5 percentage points at each grade level. Baseline 2007-2008:

o 35% of 9th grade students’ grades=80% or higher
o 53% of 10th grade students’ grades=80% or higher
o 62% of 11th grade students’ grades=80% or higher
o 52% of 12th grade students’ grades=80% or higher

• The percent of students scoring at the “Advanced Proficient” level on the Language Arts Literacy and Mathematics sections of the NJ State High School Proficiency Assessment will increase by 5 percentage points in Language Arts Literacy and 5 percentage points in Mathematics. Baseline Years (averaged): 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007:

o 47 percent of students scored at the “Advanced Proficient” level in Language Arts Literacy.
o 51 percent of students scored at the “Advanced Proficient” level in Mathematics.