American Academy Assessment Results2018-2019 School Year

SEPTEMBER, 2019

General Information About CMAS English/Language Arts (ELA) and Math

In 2017, Colorado decided to move away from PARCC.

What used to be called PARCC is now CMAS ELA and Math.

The CMAS assessments are administered once per year in the Spring.

The Colorado Growth Model measures year over year individual student growth.

Practice tests can be found here.

Overview of 2019 American Academy Results

American Academy’s average exceeded the District and State on every test except 3rd

grade ELA (LM).

Percentage of meets and exceeds is an average of 11 points greater than DCSD.

Participation dropped, especially in middle school.

Achievement scores were up or flat year over year except 3rd grade ELA and 5-6 grade

math. ELA in grade 4 and 8 made significant gains. The Lincoln Meadows students are

still lower than the other campuses (especially in grades 3-5), however, experience

tells us that it takes a few years at AA to see high achievement (LM is still too new).

Colorado Measures of Academic Standards Background

CMAS Achievement Results At-A-Glance

These graphs show the percentage of students that met or exceeded expectations for American Academy’s

Middle School and Elementary School compared to the state and district. The dark green is the percentage

that exceeded expectations and the light green is the percentage that met expectations. Cut points

(“expectations”) for CMAS are determined by Colorado Educators working with CDE.

(-3 YoY)

(+1 YoY)

(-1 YoY)

(-4 YoY)

CMAS ELA Achievement Summary Compared to District and State

These graphs show the percentage of students that met or exceeded expectations for all grades as compared

to the state and district. The dark green is the percentage that exceeded expectations and the light green

is the percentage that met expectations.

(-9 YoY)

(+8 YoY)(+4 cohort)

(-1 YoY)(+1 cohort)

(-3 YoY)(+2 cohort)

(-1 YoY)(-2 cohort)

(+8 YoY)*(+12 cohort)

CMAS ELA Achievement Summary by Campus

These graphs show the percentage of students that met or exceeded expectations for all grades as compared

to the state and district. The dark green is the percentage that exceeded expectations and the light green

is the percentage that met expectations.

(+16, +1, +11 YoY)(+20, +16, +3 cohort)

(-9, -7, -11 YoY)

(+12, -15, +3 YoY)(+8, -12, +7 cohort) (-7, +7, -8 YoY)

(-2, +10, -1 cohort)(-10, n/a, +4 YoY)(-3, +4, -5 cohort)

(-4, n/a, +25 YoY)(-2, n/a, +2 cohort)

CMAS ELA Median Growth Percentiles

These graphs show the median growth percentile for ELA. Median Growth Percentile (MGP) tells us how well a

group of students is growing in comparison with other groups.

CMAS MATH Achievement Summary Compared to District and State

These graphs show the percentage of students that met or exceeded expectations for all grades as compared

to the state and district. The dark green is the percentage that exceeded expectations and the light green

is the percentage that met expectations.

(+5 YoY)(-6 cohort)

(0 YoY)

(-3 YoY)(-5 cohort)

(-11 YoY)(+2 cohort)

(+4 YoY)(+2 cohort)

(+24 YoY)*(+5 cohort)*

CMAS MATH Achievement Summary by Campus

These graphs show the percentage of students that met or exceeded expectations for all grades as compared

to the state and district. The dark green is the percentage that exceeded expectations and the light green

is the percentage that met expectations.

(-1, +2, +15 YoY)(-8, +1, -13 cohort)

(+2, +10, -6 YoY)

(+9, -5, -9 YoY)(-3, -6, -4 cohort) (-15, -2, -14 YoY)

(-2, +13, -2 cohort)

(-17, n/a, +9 YoY)(-6, +9, 0 cohort)

(-8, n/a, +1 YoY)(-13, n/a, +4 cohort)

CMAS MATH Median Growth Percentiles

These graphs show the median growth percentile for ELA. Median Growth Percentile (MGP) tells us how well a

group of students is growing in comparison with other groups.

CMAS Participation Rates

The graph below shows the participation percentage for our school, district and state.

CMAS Summary Results: English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA)

These graphs show the percentage of students, broken out

by grade, that fell into each “Tier” (color-coded; see key).

American Academy is above and DCSD and the state are to

the right.

CMAS English Language Arts/Literacy Year Over Year Comparison

This graph shows American Academy’s achievement scores by grade, comparing 2019 to the prior years.

CMAS Summary Results: Math

These graphs show the percentage of students, broken out

by grade, that fell into each “Tier” (color-coded; see key).

American Academy is above and DCSD and the state to the right.

CMAS Math Year Over Year Comparison

This graph shows American Academy’s achievement scores by grade, comparing 2019 to prior years.

General Information About School Performance Frameworks

The School Performance Framework (SPF) holds schools accountable for the same indicators and

measures and helps identify low performing schools.

Based on Key Indicators (for K-8): Academic Achievement and Academic Growth

Used to assign a “plan type” to each school: Performance, Improvement, Priority

Improvement, and Turnaround

Overview of 2019 American Academy Results

American Academy Exceeded Expectations in Academic Achievement (88.9% - down 0.5) and

Met Expectations for Academic Growth (71.6% - up 0.2).

Overall, AA earned 78.6% (down 0.4) of possible points, resulting in a Performance Plan.

Click to view AA’s 2019 SPF

AA’s 2019 School Performance Framework

General Information about MAP

• Computer Adaptive: The difficulty of the questions is dynamically adjusted based on student responses until it

can be determined where that student is on the learning continuum (independent of their grade).

• Nationally Normed: MAP allows us to see how our students stack up compared to over 8 million students across

the country, so the national norms are statistically significant.

• Growth Data: AA students take MAP in the Fall and again in the Spring, so parents, students, and teachers can

determine the growth made over the course of the school year.

MAP Terms

• RIT Score indicates where students are on the learning continuum, independent of grade.

• AA Fall and AA Spring: the average RIT score of AA students in the fall or spring.

• AA Growth: the difference between AA Fall and AA Spring (average RIT growth).

• Fall Norm and Spring Norm: the average RIT score of students across the country in the same grade in the fall

(beginning of school year) or spring (end of school year).

• Norm Growth: the average growth of all students across the country in the same grade that started at the same

RIT score at the beginning of the year (for example, the average growth of all third graders that started with a

RIT of 198 is 11 RIT points).

• Growth Percentile: the percentile our students’ growth fell into as compared to the growth of similar students

(same starting RIT) nationally.

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Assessments

MAP Results: Reading Growth

The chart below shows AA’s READING RIT growth percentile (red), broken out by campus (blues),

compared to the national norms (orange).

MAP Results: Reading Achievement

The chart below shows AA’s spring READING RIT scores (red), broken out by campus (blues), compared to the

national norms (orange). Note that the national norms for 9th grade and 10th grade are included as well.

MAP Results: Language Usage Growth

The chart below shows AA’s LANGUAGE USAGE RIT growth percentile (red), broken out by campus (blues),

compared to the national norms (orange).

MAP Results: Language Usage Achievement

The chart below shows AA’s spring LANGUAGE USAGE RIT scores (red), broken out by campus (blues), compared to

the national norms (orange).

MAP Results: Math Growth

The chart below shows AA’s MATH RIT growth percentile (red), broken out by campus (blues), compared

to the national norms (orange)

MAP Results: Math Achievement

The chart below shows AA’s spring MATH RIT scores (red), broken out by campus (blues), compared to the national

norms (orange).

Fall iReady Window

August 20 – September 6*

Winter iReady Window

December 2 –18

Tentative CMAS Window

April 14-15: ELA and Math (all day)

April 16: Science (5th and 8th only)

April 16: Contingency Day

Spring iReady Window

April 22 – May 6

*later for kindergarten

2019 American Academy State Testing Schedule

Assessment information is available on the AA Website

under About State Assessments.

Feel free to contact your principal or Erin Kane.

Questions?

Supplemental Information

The slides that follow breaks each grade’s math and ELA results down

even further into “subscores.”

There are two graphs per grade – one for ELA and one for Math that

show the breakdown for each grade level.

CMAS Subscores

American Academy GRADE 3: Breakdowns

American Academy GRADE 4: Breakdowns

American Academy GRADE 5: Breakdowns

American Academy GRADE 6: Breakdowns

American Academy GRADE 7: Breakdowns

American Academy GRADE 8: Breakdowns