Status for ALL students Gap closing for HIGH NEEDS students ELA and math scaled score ELA, math, and science gap Science performance index reduction ELA and math student growth ELA and math student growth measures percentile percentile ACCESS progress (English language ACCESS growth (English language Core learners) learners) Improvement in chronic Chronic student absenteeism absenteeism Access to the arts Improvement in access to the arts School climate measures Improvement in school climate Additional Proposed indicators for high schools are as follows: Status for ALL students Gap closing for HIGH NEEDS students ELA and math scaled score ELA, math, and science gap Science performance index reduction ELA and math student growth ELA and math student growth percentile percentile ACCESS progress (English language ACCESS growth (English language measures learners) learners) Graduation and dropout rates Graduation and dropout rate gap Core reduction Improvement in chronic absenteeism Chronic student absenteeism Improvement in grade 9 course Grade 9 course passing passing measures Access to advanced coursework Improvement in access to advanced Access to the arts coursework Breadth of curriculum Improvement in access to the arts School climate Improvement in breadth of Additional curriculum Improvement in school climate These measures would be aggregated into an overall school performance percentile through a methodology illustrated in the table below. Per the federal law, the core measures outlined above would be given much greater weight in the index than the additional measures. This approach differs significantly from the current accountability system due to its approach to measuring relative improvement in addition to the status of a school. The current system only looks at where a school is in relation to other schools and does compare the amount of progress that a school has made on a given indicator.
Status for ALL students Gap closing for HIGH NEEDS students Core measures ELA and math scaled score Science performance index ELA and math student growth percentile ACCESS progress (English language learners) ELA, math, and science gap reduction ELA and math student growth percentile ACCESS growth (English language learners) Additional measures Chronic student absenteeism Access to the arts School climate Improvement in chronic absenteeism Improvement in access to the arts Improvement in school climate Proposed indicators for high schools are as follows: Status for ALL students Gap closing for HIGH NEEDS students Core measures ELA and math scaled score Science performance index ELA and math student growth percentile ACCESS progress (English language learners) Graduation and dropout rates ELA, math, and science gap reduction ELA and math student growth percentile ACCESS growth (English language learners) Graduation and dropout rate gap reduction Additional measures Chronic student absenteeism Grade 9 course passing Access to advanced coursework Access to the arts Breadth of curriculum School climate Improvement in chronic absenteeism Improvement in grade 9 course passing Improvement in access to advanced coursework Improvement in access to the arts Improvement in breadth of curriculum Improvement in school climate These measures would be aggregated into an overall school performance percentile through a methodology illustrated in the table below. Per the federal law, the core measures outlined above would be given much greater weight in the index than the additional measures. This approach differs significantly from the current accountability system due to its approach to measuring relative improvement in addition to the status of a school. The current system only looks at where a school is in relation to other schools and does compare the amount of progress that a school has made on a given indicator.
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