District Reforms
The district’s mission is clear... to provide all students the opportunity to achieve the knowledge and skills necessary to become contributing citizens in our society. Watch here as DPS continues to challenge itself, reform and grow.
Growth vs. Status At A Glance
DPS Interactive
Watch a Video on Growth
Learn more about SPF and the indicators by watching a video by Dr. Jaime Aquino, Chief Academic Officer. Video will be available soon.
The Value of Growth Over Time
Growth vs. Status
The state and federal accountability systems, School Accountability Report (SAR) and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), are the primary measures of school performance in Colorado. However, these measures alone do not provide a true picture of a school’s performance as they only capture student performance at a given point in time (status) and do not account for the progress made year over year (growth). Unlike SAR and AYP, the School Performance Framework (SPF) takes into account a broad range of measures, including the school’s SAR and CSAP ratings in a given year, but also demonstrated improvement from one year to the next. It is these measures of progress over time – or growth – that provide a more informative view of a school’s record of driving student achievement. Therefore, performance on the growth indicator is more heavily weighted (about 60%) than performance on the status indicator (about 30%) when calculating a school’s overall SPF rating.
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