District Reforms

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Glossary

Achievement Gaps

Gap measures are used to identify discrepancies between the performance of a specific student subgroup in a school (focus group) and the performance of the general district student population (reference groups). Performance refers to the ... 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

Each school's student attendance rate for each of the previous two years is calculated using the data available in Infinite Campus. ... read more

AYP Growth

The schools are rated based on the change in the percentage of the total targets made (also called "cells"). ... read more

Catch-Up Growth

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

Colorado ACT

The Colorado ACT assesses post-secondary readiness for grade 11 students in the areas of reading, English, math, and science. For accreditation, the school's average composite score is used. Two years of Colorado ACT composite data are assessed ... read more

Continuous Enrollment Rate

This rate is the percentage of the 2004-2005 students who remained in the same school for 3 consecutive years (i.e., returning in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007). This measure does not apply to schools that were opened after the 2004-2005 school ... read more

Continuously Enrolled Growth

This measure evaluates the change in the performance growth of continuously enrolled students. Continuous enrollment means being enrolled in the same school for 3 consecutive years at the elementary or middle school level and 2 consecutive years ... 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) and its Spanish counterpart, Evaluacion del desarollo de la Lectura (EDL/EDL2) data are used as the measure of early literacy (this applies to elementary schools only). Schools are rated based on the ... 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 and advanced categories, as well as students who moved from proficient to the advanced category. 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 with graduating classes. Only the first year's graduation rate is used. ... read more

Parent Satisfaction

This measure is currently under development. ... read more

Re-Enrollment Rate

Re-enrollment refers to the percent of 2006 students who enrolled again in the same school in 2007. For those schools that have more than one SAR Educational Levels, a re-enrollment rate was calculated for each level. Students below kindergarten ... 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 free- or reduced-price lunches and the percentage of students who are ethnic minorities. The October Count of year 2 is used for this analysis. Elementary schools ... read more