DISTRICT LEVEL GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT REPORTS
FIND – Use the report to locate information and answer the following questions:
QUESTIONS
1. How many schools have median Student Growth
Percentiles (SGPs) below the 50th percentile of growth?
Note: The 50th percentile can be thought of as the “average” growth exhibited by
WV students.
2. What is the approximate number of schools exhibiting
a median SGP that falls into the LOW, TYPICAL, and
HIGH ranges?
Note: The mouseover function can help you read the median SGP for each school.
3. According to the Mathematics Bubble Charts, how
many schools in your district have the following
percentages of free and reduced price lunch students?
Note: this figure represents the percentage of students included in the model,
NOT the percentage of the school’s total enrollment.
4. According to the Mathematics Bubble Charts, how
many schools in your district have the following
schools sizes?
Note: this figure represents the percentage of students included in the model,
NOT the school’s total enrollment.
RESPONSES
MATH
RLA
LOW
(1 to 34)
MATH
RLA
< 20 %
(Purple)
20 to 40%
(Blue)
40 to 60%
(Green)
60 to 80%
(Gold)
> 80%
(Red)
50
100
250
500
TYPICAL
(35 TO 65)
HIGH
(66 TO 99)
FIND – Use the report to locate information and answer the following questions:
5. Using the mouseover function in the PDF chart,
identify the highest and lowest growth schools in
your district.
LOWEST GROWTH
HIGHEST GROWTH
MATH
RLA
Note: Growth is plotted from low to high, horizontally.
6. Using the mouseover function in the PDF Chart,
identify the following information for the lowest and
highest growth schools in your district.
MEDIAN MATH
SGP
# with MATH
SGPs
MEDIAN RLA
SGP
Number with
RLA SGPs
LOWEST GROWTH
SCHOOL
HIGHEST GROWTH
SCHOOL
Note: Adobe’s mouseover function is not supported on iPad because iPad does
not have a mouse.
7. Using the mouseover function in the PDF chart,
identify the highest and lowest achieving school in
your district.
Note: Achievement is plotted from low to high, vertically.
8. Using the mouseover function in the PDF Chart,
identify the following information for the lowest and
highest achieving schools in your district.
Note: It is common for the number of students tested in a given content area to
differ from the number for which growth data are available. Also, the schoolwide
percent proficient commonly differs from the percentage reported for AYP. This is
because the percentages reported in the Bubble charts include ALL students
tested at the school, while AYP calculations include ONLY those students for which
the school is formally held accountable.
LOWEST ACHIEVING
HIGHEST ACHIEVING
MATH
RLA
% Proficient
MATH
LOWEST
ACHIEVING
SCHOOL
HIGHEST
ACHIEVING
SCHOOL
# Tested
MATH
%Proficient
RLA
# Tested RLA
ANALYZE AND INTERPRET: Use what you have discovered to answer the following questions:
QUESTIONS
RESPONSES
1. Divide the Math and Reading/Language
Arts bubble charts into four quadrants by
drawing a horizontal line at the 50%
Proficient mark and a vertical line at the
50th growth percentile. How many schools
fall into each quadrant?
HIGHER
HIGHER
ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT
LOWER
GROWTH
HIGHER
GROWTH
(Top Left)
(Top Right)
LOWER
GROWTH
HIGHER
GROWTH
LOWER
LOWER
ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT
(Bottom Left)
(Bottom Right)
MATH
RLA
Note: The quadrant labels can be seen in white text on the bubble
chart.
2. Navigate to the last chart in your packet
(where you can see all the schools broken
out by the percentage of students eligible
for free and reduced price lunch. Divide this
chart into quadrants using the method
above. How do the low SES schools tend to
fare in growth vs. the higher SES schools?
How does this relationship change when
you examine achievement?
Note: Start by determining if there are more Low SES schools
exhibiting low growth or low achievement than higher SES schools
GROWTH
MATH
RLA
ACHIEVEMENT
FIND – Use the report to locate information and answer the following questions:
3. How would you prioritize support services
to schools in your district based upon their
position in these quadrants?
HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT
&
LOWER GROWTH
(TOP LEFT)
HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT
&
HIGHER GROWTH
(TOP RIGHT)
LOWER GROWTH
&
LOWER ACHIEVEMENT
(BOTTOM LEFT)
HIGHER GROWTH
&
LOWER ACHIEVEMENT
Note: Consider the level of priority you would assign to each
quadrant (e.g., 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th). Also consider what services you might
provide to each quadrant based upon this information.
(BOTTOM RIGHT)
PLAN NEXT STEPS: Now that you know something about the growth that has occurred in your district
this past year, where can you go to get more information?
RESOURCES/DESCRIPTION
Growth Model District Level Summary Report: This report, available to
certain users via the WVDE NCLB private site, presents summary level
growth information for the state, the selected district, and all schools
within that district for which growth data are available. The report
includes the number and percentage of students who achieved low,
typical, and high growth as well as the median growth percentile for the
state, county, and each school and the percentage of students who
achieved proficiency. Each school name is clickable for further drill down
to the available school level reports. These data are available for
mathematics and reading/language arts.
Growth Model School Level Summary Report: This report, available via
the WVDE NCLB private site, presents summary level growth information
for a selected school. The report presents the number and percentage of
students within the school who achieved low, typical, and high growth as
well as the median growth percentile for the school and the percentage
of students who achieved proficiency. These data are provided for the all
subgroup and disaggregated by grade level. County and state data are
also presented for comparison purposes. The report contains a number of
clickable links: (1) school level keeping up/catching up status report, (2)
growth model school level summary data disaggregated by subgroups, (3)
a graphical representation of the growth model school level summary
report, and (4) links to the available “Grade Level Growth and
Achievement Reports.” These data are provided for mathematics and
reading/language arts.
QUESTIONS
What rates of growth are being
observed in our district and how do
school level growth data relate to
the district as a whole? To the
state?
RESPONSE
Growth Model District Keeping Up/Catching Up Status Report: This
report, also available only to certain users via the WVDE NCLB private
site, presents additional summary level growth information for the state,
the selected district, and all schools within that district for which growth
data are available. Specifically, the report shows the number and
percentage of students projected to “catch up” or “keep up” with
proficiency expectations based upon their observed growth and the
model’s estimate regarding the level of growth that is necessary for the
student to reach or maintain proficiency within a defined period of time.
Each school name is clickable for further drill down to similar reports at
the school level.
How many students in our district
are projected to “catch up” to
proficiency expectations if they
maintain their current growth?
How many are projected to “keep
up” with these expectations if they
maintain their current growth?
What schools have large
percentages in either category?
Growth Model School Level Keeping Up/Catching Up Status Report: This
report, available via the WVDE NCLB private site, presents additional
summary level growth information for the selected school. Specifically,
the report shows the number and percentage of students projected to
“catch up” or “keep up” with proficiency expectations based upon their
observed growth and the model’s estimate regarding the level of growth
that is necessary for the student to reach or maintain proficiency within a
defined period of time. This information is provided for all students and
disaggregated by grade. A clickable link provides keep up/catch up
information for students in the school disaggregated by subgroup.
Grade Level Growth and Achievement Report: This report, available for
both mathematics and reading/language arts for each grade level where
growth data are available, illustrates the growth and achievement levels
of all students in a given grade within a single school. Current year
achievement for each student (scale score and achievement level) is
plotted on the vertical axis and observed growth (SGP) on the horizontal
axis. Mouseover functionality in the PDF file displays each student’s name
as well as their observed SGP, target SGP, scale score, and corresponding
achievement level for the most recent academic year.
How is growth distributed within
each grade level?
What is the relationship between
growth and achievement within
each grade level band?
Electronic Confidential Summary Report (eCSR): This report, accessible via What specific content standards
the WVDE NCLB private site, provides summary academic achievement
are priorities in our district or in
data for a selected grade level within a selected school. The report
individual schools?
provides the number of students tested and the distribution of students
disaggregated by academic achievement level. The report also provides
the mean scale score for the grade and aggregated numbers and
percentages of students who were assessed “at or above mastery” or
“below mastery” expectations. These data are presented for all students
as well as disaggregated by subgroup. County and state data are provided
for comparison. Further, the report provides school level summary
information about all students’ mastery of grade level content standards.
WESTEST 2 Content Standards and Objectives Analysis Report (WESTEST
2/CSO Analysis): This report, accessible via the WVDE NCLB private site,
provides summary academic achievement data for a selected grade level
within the selected school. Users can examine student performance on
the WESTEST 2 by content standard. The number of items tested for each
content standard, the average number of correct responses, and the
percentage correct are displayed. Data are accessible for each content
area, grade, and subgroup and school, district and state results are
provided for comparison.