Explanation of Terms.databkxls - Jefferson County Public Schools

Jefferson County Public Schools
CATS Accountability Index
CATS Cycle 1 (1999 through 2002)
Elementary Schools
Schools
Accountability
Index 1999
Accountability
Index 2000
Accountability
Index 2001
Accountability
Index 2002
Baseline
Accountability
Index 99-00
Growth
Accountability
Index 01-02
Classification
Roosevelt-Perry 40.9 44.3 50.5 51.8 42.6 51.2 Meets Goal
Rutherford 54.6 58.3 56.1 62.2 56.5 59.2 Progressing
Saint Matthews 76.8 78.4 80.8 81.4 77.6 81.1 Meets Goal
Sanders 63.4 66.2 62.2 65.5 64.8 63.9 Progressing
Schaffner Traditional 79.8 84.3 88.6 92.7 82.1 90.7 Meets Goal
Semple 46.1 48.0 53.4 57.5 47.1 55.5 Meets Goal
Shacklette 64.1 65.2 60.5 71.9 64.7 66.2 Progressing
Shelby 38.9 42.9 47.6 50.1 40.9 48.9 Meets Goal
Slaughter 43.4 50.5 48.7 52.4 47.0 50.6 Progressing
Smyrna 64.0 67.9 70.4 71.2 66.0 70.8 Meets Goal
Stonestreet 64.1 64.6 60.1 65.4 64.4 62.8 Assistance Level 2
Trunnell 51.8 48.9 57.7 67.3 50.4 62.5 Meets Goal
Tully 81.6 84.1 84.9 85.8 82.9 85.4 Meets Goal
Watson Lane 52.6 57.0 56.9 61.5 54.8 59.2 Progressing
Watterson 69.4 69.2 71.1 70.1 69.3 70.6 Progressing
Wellington 49.5 50.9 52.4 54.4 50.2 53.4 Progressing
Wheatley 62.9 53.4 59.5 56.8 58.2 58.2 Progressing
Wheeler 72.2 75.2 74.3 79.3 73.7 76.8 Meets Goal
Whitney Young 57.1 60.4 55.9 73.5 58.8 64.7 Meets Goal
Wilder 86.4 85.8 82.1 85.9 86.1 84.0 Progressing
Wilkerson 48.4 52.9 54.6 57.8 50.7 56.2 Progressing
Wilt 48.5 53.1 60.9 66.4 50.8 63.7 Meets Goal
Zachary Taylor 71.4 75.7 76.2 70.7 73.6 73.5 Progressing
Accountability Index 61.8 63.6 66.1 69.2 62.4 67.7
Accountability Index:
Baseline
Accountability Index:
Growth
Accountability Index:
Classification:
These numbers represent the actual test scores for each year achieved by the school on the new CATS test scores.
Accountability index score that describes the school's average performance during the 1998-1999 and
1999-2000 school years, and is the number against which progress shall be measured.
The average accountability index that describes the school's performance every two (2) years beginning
with the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 school years
Schools are classified into the following definitions:
Meets Goal: School meets goal if the school's growth accountability index meets or exceeds its
goal point and meets the dropout and novice reduction requirements.
Progressing: School's growth accountability index falls below its goal point and meets or exceeds its assistance point.
Assistance: School's growth accountability index falls below it assistance point.
Level 1: Classification assigned to a school that has an index score that places it in the highest 1/3 of all schools below the assistance line.
Level 2: Classification assigned to a school that has an index score that places it in the middle 1/3 of all schools below the assistance line.
Level 3: Classification assigned to a school that has an index score that places it in the lowest 1/3 of all schools below the assistance line.
Accountability, Research, Planning
RJR: dlc:se
September, 2002
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