Initiatives

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Glossary

Achievement Gaps

Gap measures are used to identify discrepancies between the performance of a specificstudent subgroup in a school (focus group) and the performance of the general districtstudent population (reference groups) at the same educational level ... read more

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

Schools are rated based on the percentage of AYP targets made (also called "cells") in Reading and Math in the previous two years. ... read more

Attendance Rate

Student Attendance Rate is calculated using the data available in Infinite Campus foreach of the previous two years. ... read more

AYP Growth

The schools are rated based on the change in the percentage of the total targets made(also called “cells”) from one year to the next. Two periods (2007 to 2008 and 2008 to2009) were evaluated. The combination of the two growth scores ... read more

Catch-Up Growth

Catch-up growth refers to the percentage of students transitioning from a lower to higherperformance level from one year to the next (for example, the percentage of studentsmoving up from unsatisfactory, up from low-partially proficient, or up from ... read more

Colorado ACT

The Colorado ACT (COACT) assesses post-secondary readiness for grade 11 students inthe areas of reading, English, math, and science. This measure uses the school’spercentage of students whose composite score is 20 or above. The 2008 and the ... read more

Continuously Enrolled Growth

This measure evaluates the change in the growth of continuously enrolled students.Continuous enrollment means being enrolled in the same school for 3 consecutive yearsat the elementary or middle school level. Starting in 2009, this measure does not ... read more

CSAP Proficient or Above

Student achievement status indicates the percentage of student who scored at or above proficient level. All content areas are included but are assessed separately. Where Lectura and Escritura are used, these are included as reading and writing ... read more

Early Literacy - DRA

The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA/DRA2) data are used as the measure ofearly literacy (this applies to elementary schools only). Schools are rated based on thepercentage of students in Grades K-3 scoring at grade level or above. Only ... read more

Growth Percentile

This measure of student longitudinal growth (in CSAP Reading, Math, and Writing) provides the percentile of each student's growth in one year compared to all other students in the state who have the same performance history. This history includes ... read more

Keep-Up Growth

Keep-Up Growth refers to the percentage of students staying in the proficient andadvanced categories, as well as students who moved from proficient to the advancedcategory. It is limited to CSAP Reading, Math, and Writing. Each year’s keep-up ... read more

Graduation Rate

This measure uses the graduation rates published by CDE for DPS high schools withgraduating classes. Only the 2008 graduation rate is used. ... read more

Parent Satisfaction

The school’s percentage of Parent Satisfaction Survey items that received a positiveresponse is evaluated. ... read more

Re-Enrollment Rate

Re-enrollment refers to the percent of 2008 students who enrolled again in the sameschool in 2009. For those schools that have more than one educational levels, a reenrollmentrate was calculated for each level. Students below kindergarten in ... read more

SAR Academic Growth Rating

This measure of student longitudinal growth is the rating reported on the state School Accountability Report. ... read more

SAR Overall Academic Performance Rating

This measure of student achievement status is reported on the state School Accountability Report. ... read more

Similar School Clusters

Schools are clustered together based on the percentage of students who qualify for freeorreduced-price lunches and the percentage of students who are ethnic minorities. TheOctober Count of each school year is used for this analysis. In 2008-2009, ... read more