The performance of state charter schools in Georgia, 2012/2013

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
The Performance of State Charter Schools in Georgia, 2012-13
by Tim R. Sass, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor Department of Economics Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Georgia State University February 25, 2014
STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS COMMISSION OF GEORGIA

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Table of Contents
I. Introduction and Background.................................................................................................... 1 II. Methodology and Data .............................................................................................................. 6
A. Alternative Methods for Evaluating School Performance................................................. 6 1. The Value-Added Model Approach................................................................................. 7 2. The Student Growth Model Approach............................................................................ 7 3. Proficiency Targets ......................................................................................................... 8
B. Data ..................................................................................................................................... 9 III. Results All State Charters ................................................................................................... 10
A. Proficiency Targets ........................................................................................................... 10 B. Value-Added and Student Growth Model Estimates........................................................ 11 C. Summary of Findings ........................................................................................................ 12 IV. Results Individual School Summaries................................................................................ 32 Atlanta Heights Charter School............................................................................................... 33 Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) .......................................... 52 Cherokee Charter Academy .................................................................................................... 67 Coweta Charter Academy ........................................................................................................ 85 Fulton Leadership Academy ................................................................................................... 96 Georgia Connections Academy ............................................................................................. 107 Heritage Preparatory Academy ............................................................................................ 114 Ivy Preparatory Academy ..................................................................................................... 124 Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls................................................................. 138 Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy ........................................................... 155 Mountain Education Center .................................................................................................. 172 Odyssey School (Including Georgia Cyber Academy) ......................................................... 175 Pataula Charter Academy...................................................................................................... 182 Provost Academy ................................................................................................................... 200 Scholars Academy .................................................................................................................. 203 V. References ............................................................................................................................. 214

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I. Introduction and Background
The State Charter Schools Commission (SCSC) of Georgia requested the Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) to perform an evaluation of the performance of the state charter schools operating under its authority during the 2012-13 school year. GOSA contracted with Dr. Tim Sass, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Economics and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, to conduct the evaluation. The goal was to create accountability profiles for each of the schools that can be used to identify schools for remediation/improvement and/or further study on the implementation of best practices.
There were 16 state charter schools in Georgia at the end of the 2012-2013 school year. Although the current State Charter Schools Commission has only been in operation for less than a year, many of the state charter schools have been in existence for several years. Some were originally formed as state chartered special schools or were initially chartered by the original Georgia Charter Schools Commission, which was declared unconstitutional by the Georgia Supreme Court.1 Table 1 summarizes information about these 16 schools, including when the school opened, whether it is affiliated with an education management organization (EMO), grades served, curricular model, school calendar, delivery model (virtual vs. physical classrooms), attendance zone, and any special enrollment requirements (parental participation requirements or gender restrictions). The 16 schools are quite diverse in their structure, mission and service area. For example, three of the 16 state charter schools are virtual schools, and many of the state charter schools target traditionally underserved populations. Four of the schools are single-gender schools. The majority (11 of 16) serve students in a single district/county, while the remaining five schools serve students from multiple counties or the entire state.
The state charter schools also vary considerably in the populations of students they serve, as illustrated in Table 2. Six of 15 schools serve almost exclusively African-American students.2 In contrast, four have student populations in which fewer than 20 percent of students are black or Hispanic. There is considerable diversity in proportions of Limited English Proficiency (LEP) students, students eligible for Free/Reduced-Price Lunch (FRL), Students with Disabilities (SWD) and gifted students as well.
1 Details on the history of charter schools in general and more specifically state chartered schools, is contained in Georgia Department of Education (2012). 2The Georgia Cyber Academy and the Odyssey School appear as a single institution in Georgia Department of Education administrative records. Therefore, they are combined in Table 2 and all of the subsequent analyses.
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Table 1: General Characteristics of State Charter Schools

School Name
Atlanta Heights
Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and
Technology (CCAT)

Calendar Year
Opened 2010
2002

EMO Affiliation
National Heritage Academies
No

Grades K-7 6-12

Curriculum Focus School Year

None

Normal

Multi-age classrooms - students grouped
by skill level

Year-round

SingleGender School
No
No

Cherokee Charter Academy

Charter

2011

Schools

K-8

USA

None

Normal

No

Virtual/ Online School
No
No
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No
No
No

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

Enrollment Restrictions
APS District Enrollment
Zone

1 Hour of Service/week

Bulloch County Public Schools Zone

Not Specified

Cherokee County Public Schools Zone

Coweta Charter Academy

2010

Charter Schools
USA

K-5

None

Normal

No

No

No

20 hours volunteer/year

Coweta County Public Schools Zone

Fulton

Leadership

2010

No

Academy

STEM with focus on

aviation and

6-8

aeronautics -

Normal

partnership with Civil

Boys Only

No

Air Patrol

Fulton

No

Not Specified County Public

Schools Zone

Georgia

Students

Connections

2011

No

K-12

Online Curriculum

Normal

No

Yes

Online

Not Specified

residing in

Academy

State of GA

Heritage

Preparatory

2011

No

Academy

Expeditionary

Learning: project

6-7

based lectures and curriculum

Normal

No

No

delivery/GREAT

Program

APS District

No

Not Specified Enrollment

Zone

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School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

Ivy Preparatory

Academy at

2008

No

Gwinnett

Ivy Preparatory

Academy at

2011

No

Kirkwood

Ivy Preparatory

Young Men's Leadership

2011

No

Academy

Mountain

Education

2007

No

Charter School

Odyssey School (including the Georgia Cyber
Academy Program)

2004

K-12 (GCA Only)

Pataula Charter Academy

2010

No

Grades 6-10 K-7 K-7 9-12
K-11
K-8

Curriculum Focus School Year

Curriculum is entirely College Preparatory. Saturday Academy is
available to struggling students. Curriculum is entirely College Preparatory. Saturday Academy is
available to struggling students.
College Preparatory curriculum for all students.
Self-paced, individualized, evening high school for students struggling at other
schools Multi-age classrooms - students grouped
by skill level/Looping: students remain with teacher two years (Odyssey School
Only)
Expeditionary Learning: project based lectures and
curriculum delivery/Looping: students remain with teacher for two years

Extended Day/Week/
Year Extended Day/Week/
Year Extended Day/Week/
Year
Year-round
Normal
Normal

SingleGender School Girls-
Only
GirlsOnly BoysOnly
No
No
No

Virtual/ Online School
No
No No
No
GCA Program
No

Serves Multiple Counties

Parental Involvement Requirement

Enrollment Restrictions

Gwinnett

No

Not Specified County Public

Schools Zone

No

Not Specified

DeKalb County

No

Not Specified

DeKalb County

Students

Yes

No

residing in

State of GA

Yes (GCA Only)

18 hours per academic year (Odyssey School
Only)

Coweta County Public Schools Zone (GCA serves
students statewide)

Students

residing in

Baker,

Yes

Not Specified

Calhoun, Clay, Early,

Randolph

Public School

districts

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School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

Grades

Curriculum Focus

School Year

SingleGender School

Virtual/ Online School

Serves Multiple Counties

Parental Involvement Requirement

Enrollment Restrictions

Provost Academy

2012

No

9-12

Online Curriculum

Normal

No

Students

Yes

Online

Not Specified

residing in

State of GA

Scholars

Academy

2008

No

Charter School

Expeditionary

Learning: project

based lectures and

K-5

curriculum delivery/ All students receive

Normal

No

No

30 minutes of

Spanish instruction

daily

Clayton

No

Not Specified County Public

Schools Zone

Note: Grade levels served based on enrollment as of October 2012.

Sources: Georgia Department of Education (2010), Georgia Department of Education (2011), Georgia Department of Education (2013), Georgia Department of Education (n.d.), individual state charter school websites.

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Table 2: Students Served by State Charter Schools

School Name
Atlanta Heights Charter School CCAT School Cherokee Charter Academy Coweta Charter Academy Fulton Leadership Academy Georgia Connections Academy Heritage Preparatory Academy Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Mountain Education Center Odyssey School (including Georgia Cyber Academy) Pataula Charter Academy Provost Academy Georgia Scholars Academy Charter School

Pct. Female
46.7 43.9 49.6 54.1
0.0 54.2 62.0 100.0 100.0
0.0 48.1 49.8 49.3 57.2 47.5

Pct. White
0.4 79.6 76.8 72.1
0.0 57.2
0.0 2.5 0.7 1.6 92.5 61.6 80.9 35.6 0.0

Pct.

Pct.

Black Hispanic

97.7

1.6

15.3

1.3

10.8

7.3

16.0

4.9

98.7

0.7

29.5

6.2

98.2

1.2

78.0 10.3

97.8

0.4

96.9

0.4

3.3

3.6

32.0

1.0

11.9

4.9

56.0

4.7

97.5

0.5

Pct. Other
1.6 1.3 7.3 4.9 0.7 6.2 1.2 10.3 0.4 0.4 3.6 1.0 4.9 4.7 0.5

Pct. FRL 94.7 0.0 17.2 17.2 100.0 52.0 83.4 33.9 45.1 37.5 50.5 63.6 60.0 24.3 86.5

Pct. Pct. Pct.

LEP SWD Gifted

0.4

9.2

0.0

0.0 13.4 10.2

0.2

9.6 21.0

0.0

7.8 10.2

0.0 15.7

7.2

0.2

8.3

2.8

0.0

8.0 16.0

4.1

7.6

0.0

0.0

1.5

0.0

0.0

9.4

2.7

1.1 15.8

0.0

0.1 11.8

0.5

3.8 10.4

5.8

0.0 11.1

0.0

1.5

3.0

2.5

Note: For the purposes of this table, students who attended more than one school were attributed to the school where they attended the longest period of time during the year.

Source: Individual-level student data from the GAAWARDS system.

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II. Methodology and Data
A. Alternative Methods for Evaluating School Performance
In order to evaluate the performance of state charter schools, there are two related challenges that must be addressed. First, like schools chartered by local school districts, state charter schools are schools of choice. As such, students and their parents have made a conscious decision to attend these schools rather than their neighborhood traditional public school. This individual selection process makes simple comparisons of student performance in state charter schools to traditional public schools problematic. Average test scores or other measures of student performance could reflect the attributes of the students and their families, rather than the performance of the school they attend. For example, if more highly motivated students/families select state charter schools, this would impart an upward bias to the measured performance of state charter schools. Conversely, if students who are struggling are more likely to seek out alternatives to their neighborhood traditional public school, this could bias downward the average achievement in state charter schools.
Evaluation of the performance of state charter schools is further complicated by the fact that they frequently serve students from multiple counties and have specialized missions. As noted above, three of the 16 state charter schools are virtual schools, and many of the state charter schools target traditionally underserved populations, such as students at risk of dropping out. This exacerbates the selection problem; greater diversity in school programs will tend to lead to even more sorting across schools. For example, the students who choose a virtual learning environment may differ even more from the typical student in a traditional public school than would a student attending a local "brick and mortar" charter school.
Although state charter schools are particularly diverse, the challenges to evaluating their performance are not unique. The issue of selection arises in the evaluation of locally approved charters, traditional public schools and individual teachers as well. A variety of methods have been employed by state and local education authorities throughout the country to evaluate the effects of schools and teachers on student achievement. While the particulars of each evaluation system vary, the methods can be placed into three general categories: value-added models, student growth percentiles and proficiency benchmarks.3
3 A fourth method used by academic researchers to evaluate charter schools is the analysis of admission lotteries (Hoxby & Rockoff (2004), Hoxby & Murarka (2009), Dobbie & Fryer (2009), Gleason, et al. (2010)). By law, charters must hold lotteries for admission if there are more students who want to attend than there are spots available. Since admission is random, one can gauge charter performance by comparing the achievement of students who "win" the lottery and gain admission to a charter to lottery "losers" who sought admission to a charter school, but ended up attending a traditional public school. In effect, the lottery creates a randomized trial where the lottery winners are the treatment group and the lottery losers are the control group. Unfortunately, since admission lottery data are not uniformly collected and not all state charter schools are oversubscribed, this is not a viable strategy in the present context.
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1. The Value-Added Model Approach
One way to evaluate school performance is to estimate the determinants of individual student test scores using a "value-added" model (VAM) of student achievement.4 VAMs typically include statistical controls for observable student characteristics and prior academic performance in order to account for self-selection. Most often factors like free/reduced-price lunch eligibility (a proxy for family income), English language learner status, and disability status are taken into account.5 Race, gender, mobility and age are also sometimes included in the model.6 This approach has been used by academic researchers to study the impact of charter schools in many jurisdictions including Arizona (Solmon, Paark & Garcia (2001)), Florida (Sass (2006)), North Carolina (Bifulco and Ladd (2006)) and Texas (Booker, et al. (2007)). It is also being used to evaluate teacher performance in Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and Washington, DC.
In essence, the value-added model predicts what a student's test score would be based on his/her prior test scores and demographic characteristics. The difference between the actual and predicted current test score is a measure of the educational entity's contribution to student achievement. In the context of school-level evaluations, the estimated effect for a school is essentially the difference between actual and predicted test score for each student, averaged over all students in a school.
2. The Student Growth Model Approach
Several states, including Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts and New Jersey, are using student growth models to evaluate teacher performance.7 Like value-added models, the student growth model gauges the performance of teachers or schools by comparing the test scores of individual students to a reference standard. In the case of value-added, the benchmark is the expected performance of a student with the same observable characteristics and prior scores. For the student growth model, the standard is the actual performance of other students with the same prior-year test score (or history of test scores). There are two fundamental differences between the value-added model used in this analysis and the student growth model currently employed in Georgia, however. First, Georgia's student growth model does not include explicit controls for student characteristics like disability status or eligibility for
4 Details on the specification of value-added models and the estimates obtained for Georgia public schools are provided in the Technical Appendix. See also Todd and Wolpin (2003), Guarino, Reckase and Wooldridge (2012) and Sass, Semykina and Harris (2013). 5 For example, Florida's model includes disability status, English Language Learner status, gifted status, prior attendance, mobility and student age. Washington DC's model controls for poverty status, limited English proficiency status, prior attendance, mobility and poverty. Louisiana's model includes controls for disability status, gifted status, poverty and prior disciplinary actions. 6 While all value-added models include some measure of prior student performance, specific value-added specifications may vary in the degree to which observable student characteristics are taken into account (including none at all). The analysis below focuses on a value-added model that includes essentially all available student characteristics. However, the technical appendix reports results based on alternative value-added specifications with either no student characteristics (i.e. only prior test scores) and the full set of student characteristics except for race/ethnicity. The specification of value-added models used for teacher accountability systems vary across states. 7 For a list of states employing or planning to use student growth models, see Wash and Isenberg (2013).
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free/reduced-price lunch.8 This means that school-level average student growth measures will reflect both the impact of a school on student learning and the influences of student characteristics that are not accounted for by prior test scores. For example, if students with disabilities typically experience less growth in achievement than do their typical peers who started with the same prior-year test score, a school with an unusually high proportion of students with disabilities would have a lower mean student growth score than an otherwise identical school with fewer students with disabilities. Second, the student growth model approach is based on student performance rankings among students with the same prior-year test score (or history of test scores), not absolute differences in scores across students. This means there is no need to account for differences in the scaling of tests across years and subjects. It also means that student performance is gauged by the ordering of test scores, not by how much one student's score exceeds that of another.
The logic behind the approach is straightforward, though the underlying calculations are complex.9 As an example, imagine plotting the distribution of fourth-grade test scores obtained by students who all had the same third-grade test score the prior year. Students are assigned a student growth percentile (SGP) depending on where they fall in that distribution. An SGP of 70 would indicate that 70 percent of students with the same third-grade score in the prior year obtained a lower fourth-grade score. To evaluate individual teachers or schools, either the mean or the median SGP value of all students in the relevant unit is typically used.
3. Proficiency Targets
Many state school accountability systems are based in part on whether or not students meet a certain threshold achievement score on tests. For example, about one-fourth of a school's score on Georgia's College and Career Readiness Index (CCRPI) is determined by the proportion of students who "meet" or "exceed" proficiency standards established by the state.10 The proficiency targets are set by policy makers and focus on absolute performance rather than growth.
The advantage of proficiency targets is they establish an absolute benchmark and thus all schools could potentially improve from one year to the next. In contrast, both the valueadded and student growth models yield relative measures of school performance. In the case of value-added, schools are compared to the average school in a state. Student growth models yield SGPs for individual students, which by definition have a median value of 50. Therefore aggregations of student performance to the school level (whether means or medians) are implicitly tied to the median student's performance across the state.
8 Most student growth models used in teacher accountability systems do not include any student characteristics. One exception is the State of New York. In 2011/12 New York State used both "conditional" and "unconditional" student growth percentiles to evaluate teacher performance. The "conditional" SGP approach essentially estimated a value-added model and then used the resulting predictions to determine a student's ranking and SGP. See American Institutes for Research (2012). 9 Student growth percentiles are generated using a non-parametric quantile regression model. For details see Betebenner (2009) and Goldhaber, Walch and Gabele (2012). 10 For 2013, 60 percent of the CCRPI is based on "achievement" and 40 percent of the achievement score is based on content mastery. The remaining 40 percent of the CCRPI is determined by progress (25 percent) and closing achievement gaps (15 percent). The progress portion of the CCRPI is based on a school's students demonstrating typical or high growth via their student growth percentile.
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The downside of achievement levels and associated proficiency targets is that they do not control for student selection into schools. Thus, scores may reflect the abilities of students and the parental support they receive, rather than a school's contribution to student learning. For example, on average, students from more affluent families tend to score higher on achievement exams than do students from lower-income families. Thus, even if the quality of teachers and school leaders were equal across all schools in a state, the schools serving more advantaged students would tend to receive higher scores on a proficiency-target metric.
Given the problems associated with the use of proficiency targets, this report focuses on value-added and student-growth estimates to evaluate the performance of state charter schools. However, descriptive evidence in the form of proportions of students meeting proficiency standards are reported in order to provide a picture of the current achievement level of students attending state charter schools.
B. Data
To estimate the value-added model and derive estimates of the impact of each school on student achievement, data from Georgia's State Longitudinal Data System, known as GAAWARDS (Georgia's Academic and Workforce Analysis and Research Data System) are employed. GAAWARDS is maintained by the Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) and combines data from the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) along with data from eight other state agencies: Department of Labor (workforce data), Department of Early Care and Learning ("Bright From the Start" pre-K program), Georgia Student Finance Commission (financial aid), Governor's Office of Student Achievement, Georgia Professional Standards Commission (teacher licensure), Technical College System of Georgia, University System of Georgia and the State Charter Schools Commission. GAAWARDS also includes data from the Georgia Independent College Association.
For grades 3-8, achievement is measured by scores on the Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) in Reading, English Language Arts (ELA), Math, Science and Social Studies. Prior-year scores in all five subjects are used to control for student ability and prior educational inputs.11 For high school students, End-of-Course test (EOCT) scores in Math (Math II), ELA (9th Grade Literature, American Literature and Composition), Science (Biology) and Social Studies (U.S. History, Economics) are employed. For the analysis of EOCT scores, 8th grade CRCT scores in all five subjects are used as controls. Because the CRCT does not vertically align scale scores over time, and the CRCT and End-of-Course Tests can vary from year to year, all scale scores are converted to normal-curve equivalents (z-scores) based on the testing population in the state for each grade, year, and subject. Thus, school effect estimates are measured in standard deviation units or "effect sizes."
In addition to prior test scores, the value-added model includes the following student characteristics as controls: gender, foreign-born indicator, race/ethnicity, ESOL enrollment, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility, gifted status, primary-language-not-English indicator, disability status (15 specific disability categories), number of schools attended in the current
11 Same-subject actual prior-year scores are employed. For other subjects (e.g. prior-year science score when evaluating value added in math), missing values are imputed by using the mean of scores from other subjects.
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year, an indicator for students who changed schools from the prior year, number of disciplinary incidents in the prior year, and attendance in the prior year.12
Individual-level student growth percentiles were calculated by the GaDOE and provided to the GAAWARDS staff who in turn assigned anonymous student codes. A very small number of students with SGPs could not be matched to records in the GAAWARDS system and were thus excluded from the analysis. It is important to note that SGPs are not calculated by the GaDOE for students who repeat a grade or skip a grade because the pool of students who took the same grade level exam in the prior year is too small to form a valid SGP.
For both the value-added and student growth model analyses, students were assigned to schools using the "Full Academic Year" (FAY) rule used in the CCRPI calculations. For grades 3-8, the FAY was determined by the number of calendar days between the start of each school's school year and the end of the state CRCT testing window. For grades 9-12, the FAY for each school was measured by the calendar days between the start and end of the school year. For each student, the school of longest attendance was determined based on individual attendance records. The total calendar days enrolled at the school of longest attendance was then determined. If a student's calendar days of enrollment were at least 65 percent of the FAY, they were assigned to that school for the purposes of determining value-added school effects and mean or median school SGPs.
III. Results All State Charters
A. Proficiency Targets
Proficiency percentages obtained by students in state charters on the CRCT and EOCT exams, which are drawn from the 2012-13 Governor's Office of Student Achievement Report Card, are reported in the individual school summaries. Statewide and district averages are also provided for reference.13 School-specific scores are not reported for Coordinate Algebra, Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) Algebra, GPS Geometry and Math I. There were significantly fewer test takers on each of these exams, presumably due to the introduction of a new high school math sequence in fall 2012 and the associated initiation of the Coordinate Algebra EOCT. This made comparisons at the school level problematic. Similarly, there were far fewer high school test takers for the Physical Science EOCT exam since many students take the exam before grade 9.
It is important to emphasize that proficiency percentages reflect the ability and motivation of students, family resources and the quality of education received in prior years. As such, they provide a picture of the current achievement level of students, not necessarily the impact a student's current school has had on their achievement within the previous year.
12 In addition to the value-added model with all of the specified student characteristics as controls, two other specifications were also estimated. One alternative specification omitted student race/ethnicity and the other omitted all student characteristics (and thus only included prior test scores). Results based on these alternative specifications are available in the Technical Appendix. 13 Cross-school comparisons of proportions of students meeting proficiency targets are provided in the Technical Appendix.
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When considering the proficiency percentages, a few patterns emerge at the elementary level (grades 3-5). First, there is considerable variation across subjects and across grades, even within a school. Second, three state charter schools stand out as having large proportions of struggling students across multiple subjects and grade levels. Scholars Academy, Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls and Atlanta Heights each has large proportions of students who are not meeting grade-level expectations. A fourth school, Odyssey School, also tends to have much larger proportions of students in the "does not meet standards" category than the statewide average, though the percent of students not meeting expectations is not as consistently high as for the other three schools. At the other end of the scale, Coweta Charter Academy frequently has much larger percentages of students exceeding state standards than the statewide average. Cherokee Charter Academy also tends to have relatively high proportions of students exceeding grade-level expectations.
At the middle school level, three schools have large proportions of students across several subject/grade-level combinations who are failing to meet state standards: Atlanta Heights, Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy, and Heritage Academy. The two schools with students exceeding state standards in proportions much greater than the statewide average are Cherokee Charter and Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett.
Among high schools, one has large proportions of students at the lowest performance level across a majority of end-of-course exams, Provost Academy, which has nearly double the statewide percentage of students who did not meet standards on four exams: Math II, Biology, U.S. History and Economics. No state charter high school consistently has a larger proportion of students in the top performance level than the statewide average.
While proficiency targets are important to show a school's absolute performance, examining student growth within a school year provides a stronger indication of the school's impact on student learning. The next section provides an overview of the value-added and student growth estimates that provide a more complete picture of a school's impact.
B. Value-Added and Student Growth Model Estimates
By construction, the average school at a given grade grouping (elementary, middle or high school) in Georgia has a school effect of zero in the value-added model (controlling for student characteristics). The performance of each school in a given grade grouping is measured relative to this average. Thus, a positive estimated value for an elementary school's effect indicates that students attending that school experience greater growth in achievement than do students with the same observable characteristics at the average elementary school in the state. Negative values do not mean that the achievement of the school's students fell during the year. Instead, a negative school effect indicates the gap between that school's contribution to student achievement and the contribution of the average school (measured in standard deviation units). For example, a value of -0.10 means that a school's contribution to student achievement is 0.10 standard deviations below that of the average school in the state. In the same way, a value of 0.10 means that a school's effect is 0.10 standard deviations above the average school in the state. To put this in perspective, reducing class size in elementary grades by seven students is associated with a 0.10 to 0.20 standard deviation increase in student achievement (Whitehurst and Chingos (2011)) and the difference in the effectiveness of a rookie teacher and one with three years of experience is about 0.07 standard deviations (Dee and Wyckoff (2013)).
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The value-added effects for schools are statistical estimates and carry some degree of uncertainty. Along with the estimated effects, the value-added model generates a measure of the uncertainty of each school's effect, the estimated standard error. The estimated standard errors can be used to develop confidence intervals around each school's estimated impact on student achievement. With a confidence interval of approximately plus-or-minus two standard errors, one can be 95 percent confident that the true school effect lies in that range. Thus, for example, if a school's estimated effect is 0.5 and the standard error is 0.1, one can be 95 percent confident that the true effect lies in the range of 0.3 to 0.7. This information can then be used to determine how confident we are that a given school's performance is above, below, or equal to the average school. The standard errors and confidence intervals will generally be smaller the larger the number of students per school. The estimated school effect on achievement will vary with the performance of individual students. In a small school, random events like a student having a poor night's sleep or getting "lucky" in their guesses on an exam will have a larger impact on the school's overall effect creating more uncertainty in the true school effect whereas in a large school such random events will tend to cancel out. Thus, for example, the Odyssey School, which includes the virtual Georgia Cyber Academy, has the largest enrollment of any state charter school and correspondingly tends to have the smallest confidence interval.
Student growth percentiles measure where a student is in the distribution of current achievement relative to students with the same prior-year test score (or history of test scores). Thus, by definition, a score of 50 for a student indicates that about half of students with the same test score last year did better this year and about half did worse. School-level averages of student growth percentiles are reported below. The statewide school-level mean of SGPs is approximately equal to the statewide student median of 50, which provides a benchmark for comparing scores across schools. Unlike the value-added model, the student growth percentiles produced from Georgia's model do not include standard errors or confidence intervals at this time.14 Without this information, one cannot quantify the likelihood that two schools with different mean or median SGPs are in fact no different. Put differently, absent a measure of precision, we could judge one school as superior to another when in fact they are likely no different.
For both the value-added and student growth models, separate estimates are presented for different grade groupings and for different subjects. In addition, an estimated effect on average performance across all subjects in each grade grouping is produced. Thus, for example, a charter serving grades K-8 receives two value-added scores in math, one for its impact on math achievement of students in elementary grades (grades 4 and 5) and another for its impact on students in middle grades (grades 6-8).
C. Summary of Findings
A total of 18 figures are presented, one for each of the 16 specific grade group/subject combinations and two for the five-subject averages for elementary and middle school. Based on
14 It is possible to compute standard errors for student growth percentiles, but there is no single accepted methodology for doing so and most state accountability systems that utilize student growth percentiles, including Georgia's, do not report standard errors at this time. The GaDOE is still developing its approach for calculating standard errors. For a discussion of standard errors in the student growth model see Doran, Swanlund and Lemke (2012) and American Institutes for Research (2012).
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value-added, the majority of state charters perform at a level that is not significantly different from the average school in six of the 16 specific grade group/subject combinations: Elementary Reading, Elementary ELA, Elementary Science, Middle School ELA, High School American Literature and Composition and High School Economics. In four areas, the majority of state charters perform significantly worse than the average school in Georgia: Elementary Math, Middle School Math, Middle School Science and U.S. History. Conversely, state charters tend to outperform the average school in 9th Grade Literature and Composition. Results are mixed for state charters in the remaining five grade level/subject areas: Elementary Social Studies, Middle School Reading, Middle School Social Studies, High School Biology and High School Math II.
Following the 18 figures which combine results for all state charters, Section IV presents individual school summaries as well as graphs comparing each school's results with schools in the district it serves (where applicable).
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School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Scholars Atlanta Heights
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Odyssey
Pataula GA Connections
Cherokee Coweta

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Figure 1: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Average Across All Subjects [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
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90 100

80

70

Scholars Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Atlanta Heights Odyssey GA Connections Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Cherokee Pataula Coweta

60

50

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40

30

20

10

0

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Atlanta Heights Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Pataula Cherokee Scholars Ivy Prep. - Young Mens GA Connections Odyssey Coweta

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Figure 2: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Reading [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
15

90 100

80

Atlanta Heights Scholars Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Cherokee Odyssey Pataula GA Connections Coweta

70

60

50

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

40

30

20

10

0

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Pataula Scholars Atlanta Heights Cherokee Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Odyssey Ivy Prep. - Young Mens GA Connections Coweta

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Figure 3: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 English Language Arts [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
16

90 100

80

70

Scholars Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Atlanta Heights Cherokee Pataula Odyssey Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood GA Connections Coweta

60

50

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40

30

20

10

0

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Scholars GA Connections Odyssey Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Atlanta Heights Cherokee Coweta Pataula

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Figure 4: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Math [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
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90 100

80

70

Scholars Atlanta Heights GA Connections Odyssey Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Cherokee Pataula Coweta

60

50

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

40

30

20

10

0

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Pataula Atlanta Heights Odyssey Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Scholars GA Connections Cherokee Coweta

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Figure 5: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Science [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
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90 100

80

70

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Odyssey Cherokee GA Connections Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Scholars Atlanta Heights Pataula Coweta

60

50

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40

30

20

10

0

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Scholars Atlanta Heights Odyssey GA Connections Coweta Pataula Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Cherokee

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Figure 6: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
19

90 100

80

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Scholars
Odyssey Atlanta Heights GA Connections
Pataula Cherokee Coweta Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

70

60

50

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

40

30

20

10

0

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Fulton Leadership

Ivy Prep. CCAT

GA Connections Pataula

Atlanta Heights Odyssey

Mens

Cherokee

Ivy Prep. - Young Heritage Prep.

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

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Figure 7: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7 and 8 Average Across All Subjects [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
20

90 100

80

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Cherokee Ivy Prep.
Pataula Fulton Leadership

70

Mens

GA Connections CCAT

60

Odyssey

Ivy Prep. - Young Atlanta Heights

Heritage Prep.

50

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Figure 8: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7 and 8 Reading [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
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School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90 100

Atlanta Heights

Heritage Prep.

Ivy Ivy

Prep. Prep.

- Young Mens - Kirkwood

Cherokee

Ivy Prep.

Odyssey

Fulton Leadership Pataula

GA Connections CCAT

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. Ivy Prep.

Young

Mens

Cherokee

Heritage Prep. Atlanta Heights Pataula

Fulton Leadership Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Odyssey
GA Connections CCAT

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Figure 9: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7 and 8 English Language Arts [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
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0

10

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90 100

Heritage Prep.

Ivy Prep. CCAT

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Young

Mens

Atlanta Heights Cherokee
Pataula
Odyssey
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood GA Connections Ivy Prep.
Fulton Leadership

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy PHreepr.ita- gYeouPnregpM. ens Cherokee CCAT
Atlanta Heights Pataula
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep.
Odyssey GA Connections Fulton Leadership

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Figure 10: Value-Added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7 and 8 Mathematics [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
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School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

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10

20

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40

50

60

70

80

90 100

Atlanta Heights GA Connections Odyssey
Heritage Prep. IvyIvPyrePpr.e-pY. -oKunirgkwMoeonds
Cherokee
CCAT
Pataula
Fulton Leadership Ivy Prep.

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Cherokee

GA Connections

Ivy Prep. - Young Atlanta Heights

Mens

Heritage Prep.

CCAT

Odyssey Pataula

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Fulton Leadership
Ivy Prep.

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Figure 11: Value-Added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7 and 8 Science [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
24

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

10

20

30

40

50

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70

80

90 100

Heritage Prep.
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep.

Odyssey

Cherokee

GA Connections

Ivy Prep. CCAT

-

Young

Mens

Atlanta Heights Pataula
Fulton Leadership

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Heritage Prep.

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. Cherokee

Young

Mens

Ivy Prep.

GA Connections Odyssey

CCAT

Pataula
Fulton Leadership Atlanta Heights

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Figure 12: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7 and 8 Social Studies [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
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School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90 100

Ivy

Prep. - Young Odyssey

Mens

Atlanta Heights Heritage Prep. GA Connections
CCAT

Ivy Prep.
Pataula
Cherokee Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Fulton Leadership

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Atlanta Heights

Ivy

Prep. - Young Odyssey

Mens

Heritage Prep. GA Connections CCAT

Pataula
Ivy Prep. Cherokee
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Fulton Leadership

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
CCAT Provost Ivy Prep. Odyssey GA Connections Mountain Ed.

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Figure 13: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 9th Grade Literature [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
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80

Ivy Prep. Provost Odyssey GA Connections Mountain Ed.

70

60

CCAT

50

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

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30

20

10

0

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Provost Mountain Ed. CCAT Odyssey GA Connections

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Figure 14: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 American Literature [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
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80

70

GA Connections

60

CCAT

Mountain Ed. Odyssey

50

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

Provost

40

30

20

10

0

Mountain Ed.

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Provost

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Figure 15: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Mathematics II [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
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80

70

Mountain Ed.

60

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School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

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30

Provost

20

10

0

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Provost Odyssey Mountain Ed. Ivy Prep. GA Connections

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Figure 16: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Biology [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
29

90 100

80

70

Ivy Prep. Mountain Ed. GA Connections

60

50

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

Odyssey

40

Provost

30

20

10

0

GA Connections Mountain Ed.

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Provost

Odyssey

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Figure 17: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 U.S. History [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
30

90 100

80

70

60

GA Connections Mountain Ed.

50

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

40

Odyssey

30

Provost

20

10

0

GA Connections CCAT Mountain Ed.

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Provost

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Figure 18: Value-added School Effects and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Economics [Statewide]
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)
Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)
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80

GA Connections Mountain Ed. CCAT

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50

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Provost

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20

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IV. Results Individual School Summaries
The following tables summarize both state and district comparisons of performance for each state charter school. Two estimates of school performance are reported, one based on the value-added model and the other derived from the student growth models. The value-added model includes all available student characteristics (plus prior-year test scores) as controls. Results from two other value-added models, one excluding student race/ethnicity and the other including only lagged test scores, are presented in the Technical Appendix. The student growth model yields individual student growth percentiles which are then averaged across students in a school to produce a mean student growth percentile measure of school performance.
For both the value-added and student-growth percentile measures, a state percentile and a district rank are presented. The state percentile represents the proportion of schools in the state with a lower school effect. Thus, for example, a state percentile of 60 means that 60 percent of schools in the relevant grade group rank below the school. District ranks represent the position of a school relative to other schools in the same district offering the same grade group. For example a ranking of "25 out of 40" indicates that 24 schools from the relevant district have higher scores and 15 have lower scores.
For state charters serving students from a single school district or county, it is possible to compare their performance to traditional public schools and locally approved charters in the same area. For nearly all state charter students, the relevant public school option is a school in the same district as the district served by their current school. Put differently, a within-district comparison shows how students would likely fare if a state charter were to close. Five of the 15 unique state charter schools serve students from multiple counties or the entire state. Thus, the following analyses only cover the remaining 10 single-district/county state schools. Of these 10 schools, only two (Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett and CCAT) serve any high school grades. Further, Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett only serves students through grade 10, and CCAT does not have 15 or more test takers on some of the EOCT exams (see Table 4). Consequently, the within-district comparisons at the high school level are limited.
Each school summary report is structured as follows: Key Findings General Characteristics School Demographics Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject Comparison of School Impact Proficiency Level
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Atlanta Heights Charter School
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is -0.1131 in elementary grades and -0.0673 in middle grades, meaning that Atlanta Heights Charter School is below the state average in elementary grades and not significantly different than the state average in middle grades.
In general, Atlanta Heights Charter School is strong in middle school science, but its performance in math and social studies is weak relative to both the district and the state.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the district and state average in middle school science. o below the district and state average in math, science and social studies in elementary grades and in math and social studies in middle grades. o indistinguishable from the district and state average in reading and ELA in both elementary and middle grades.
General Characteristics

School Name Atlanta Heights

Calendar Year
Opened
2010

EMO Affiliation
National Heritage Academies

Grades K-7

Curriculum Focus None

School Year

SingleGender School

Normal

No

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

Enrollment Restrictions
APS District Enrollment
Zone

School Demographics
School Name Atlanta Heights Charter School

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

46.7

0.4

97.7

1.6

1.6

94.7

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.4

9.2

Pct. Gifted
0.0

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: -0.1131 Elementary / -0.0673 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0167 Elementary / - 0.0086 Middle
Atlanta Heights's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all five CRCT-tested subjects is less than that of the average elementary school in the state and district, and its contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is not statistically different from the average middle school in the state and district. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

-0.0678 0.0001 -0.1819 -0.0969 -0.2166 -0.1131

24 No 49 No 13 Lower 23 Lower 11 Lower 12 Lower

40 of 58 No 22 of 58 No 51 of 58 Lower 45 of 58 Lower 49 of 58 Lower 46 of 58 Lower

0.0158 0.0118 -0.1690 0.1448 -0.3588 -0.0673

59 No 59 No
8 Lower 89 Higher
3 Lower 21 No

10 of 27 No 15 of 27 No 26 of 27 Lower
5 of 27 Higher 26 of 27 Lower 20 of 27 No

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

49

28

31 of 58

45

35

21 of 58

38

9

50 of 58

50

49

25 of 58

37

9

46 of 58

44

15

36 of 58

49

9

23 of 27

45

24

15 of 27

38

7

26 of 27

50

47

14 of 27

37

9

20 of 27

44

11

20 of 27

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Elementary Average State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Atlanta Heights

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State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights

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Local Charters

Traditional

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Heritage Prep. Atlanta Heights

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights

Heritage Prep.

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0

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Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Elementary Reading State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Atlanta Heights

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights

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0

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Traditional

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Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Atlanta Heights

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights

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School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

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Traditional

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Atlanta Heights

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights

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School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

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Local Charters

Traditional

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Atlanta Heights

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights

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School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Atlanta Heights

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Atlanta Heights

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School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

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Local Charters

Traditional

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Middle Reading State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Heritage Prep. Atlanta Heights

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Heritage Prep.

Atlanta Heights

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Heritage Prep. Atlanta Heights

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights

Heritage Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Math State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Atlanta Heights Heritage Prep.

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Heritage Prep.

Atlanta Heights

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Atlanta Heights

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Heritage Prep.

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

Heritage Prep.

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Atlanta Heights Heritage Prep.

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights Heritage Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Proficiency Levels
System Name
Grade 3 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average

CRCT Reading

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

72

5.6

66.7

27.8

94.4

4137

11.0

45.8

43.2

89.0

124903

5.1

43.5

51.4

94.9

57

22.8

59.6

17.5

77.2

3850

12.0

46.7

41.3

88.0

123399

7.5

43.9

48.6

92.5

64 3891 123865

7.8

75.0

17.2

92.2

6.5

64.5

29.0

93.5

3.4

61.2

35.4

96.6

60 3427 125338

8.3

70.0

21.7

91.7

7.3

56.8

35.9

92.7

4.0

48.2

47.9

96.0

47

10.6

68.1

21.3

89.4

3302

7.8

64.4

27.8

92.2

125378

5.3

60.6

34.1

94.7

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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System Name
Grade 3 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

CRCT ELA
% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

72

13.9

62.5

23.6

86.1

4140

21.3

49.4

29.3

78.7

125006

11.9

53.3

34.8

88.1

57

24.6

66.7

8.8

75.4

3842

16.4

52.2

31.4

83.6

123337

9.8

52.2

38.1

90.2

64

7.8

75.0

17.2

92.2

3896

10.3

57.5

32.2

89.7

123560

5.8

54.2

40.0

94.2

60

10.0

73.3

16.7

90.0

3428

12.2

61.6

26.2

87.8

125227

7.6

58.0

34.4

92.4

47 3292 125089

8.5

57.4

34.0

91.5

8.9

52.5

38.6

91.1

6.9

46.1

46.9

93.1

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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System Name
Grade 3 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average

CRCT MATHEMATICS

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

72

36.1

48.6

15.3

63.9

4152

33.6

32.9

33.6

66.4

125413

21.5

34.8

43.7

78.5

57

38.6

59.6

1.8

61.4

3834

25.8

42.4

31.8

74.2

123079

15.7

45.2

39.1

84.3

64

18.8

67.2

14.1

81.3

3853

14.8

50.0

35.2

85.2

122863

6.9

46.1

47.0

93.1

60

45.0

43.3

11.7

55.0

3413

28.0

52.1

19.9

72.0

124619

17.2

54.8

27.9

82.8

47

25.5

61.7

12.8

74.5

3266

16.7

57.8

25.5

83.3

124261

10.1

52.7

37.3

89.9

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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System Name
Grade 3 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

CRCT SCIENCE

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

72

30.6

47.2

22.2

69.4

4249

33.6

38.6

27.8

66.4

127836

21.6

43.6

34.7

78.4

57

43.9

49.1

7.0

56.1

3958

28.0

37.1

34.8

72.0

126467

17.3

38.7

44.0

82.7

64

42.2

42.2

15.6

57.8

4053

31.1

39.0

29.9

68.9

127719

20.4

40.4

39.2

79.6

60

43.3

43.3

13.3

56.7

3558

41.8

41.0

17.1

58.2

128534

25.9

50.8

23.2

74.1

47

23.4

53.2

23.4

76.6

3425

24.9

44.3

30.8

75.1

128019

14.7

40.4

44.9

85.3

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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System Name
Grade 3 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Atlanta Heights District Average Coweta Charter Statewide Average Grade 5 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

72

15.3

59.7

25.0

84.7

4239

25.1

47.2

27.7

74.9

127417

16.6

52.6

30.8

83.4

57

42.1

56.1

1.8

57.9

3951

30.4

46.4

23.2

69.6

34

0.0

64.7

35.3

100.0

126063

18.7

55.7

25.6

81.3

64

51.6

42.2

6.3

48.4

4052

30.1

47.4

22.5

69.9

127331

19.5

55.8

24.8

80.5

60

73.3

20.0

6.7

26.7

3548

37.4

32.6

30.0

62.6

128176

22.5

36.0

41.5

77.5

47

51.1

40.4

8.5

48.9

3417

28.7

38.0

33.3

71.3

127662

17.3

33.1

49.6

82.7

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT)
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is 0.0279 in middle grades, meaning that in the middle grades the Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology is not significantly different than the state average of middle schools.
In general, the Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology is strong in middle school reading, but its performance in middle school math is weak relative to the district.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the district and state average in middle school reading. o below the district average in middle school math. o indistinguishable from the district and state average in middle school ELA, science and social studies and in 9th-Grade Literature, American Literature and Economics.

General Characteristics

School Name
Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and
Technology (CCAT)

Calendar Year
Opened
2002

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades

Curriculum Focus

School Year

Multi-age classrooms

6-12

- students grouped Year-round

by skill level

SingleGender School
No

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement

Enrollment Restrictions

1 Hour of Service/week

Bulloch County Public Schools Zone

Students Served
School Name CCAT School

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Pct. Pct. SWD

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

LEP

Gifted

43.9

79.6

15.3

1.3

1.3

0.0

0.0

13.4

10.2

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: 0.0279 Middle Overall District Effect: 0.0608 Middle
Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology's contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is not statistically different from the average middle school in the state or district. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.
In all three measured subjects, CCAT's contribution to a high school student's achievement is not statistically different from the average high school in the district or state.

Grade Level and Subject
Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Economics

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

0.3909 -0.0071 -0.1372 0.0161 -0.1358 0.0279

99 Higher 47 No 13 No 56 No 21 No 62 No

1 of 5 Higher 5 of 5 No 5 of 5 Lower 5 of 5 No 4 of 5 No 5 of 5 No

0.0215 0.0792 0.0315

56 No 72 No 55 No

2 of 4 No 1 of 4 No 2 of 4 No

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

62

97

1 of 5

44

23

5 of 5

49

48

5 of 5

46

22

5 of 5

41

17

5 of 5

48

35

5 of 5

45

22

4 of 4

44

57

2 of 4

66

91

1 of 4

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Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
CCAT

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

CCAT

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Reading State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

CCAT

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

CCAT

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT)

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
CCAT

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

CCAT

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
CCAT

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

CCAT

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
CCAT

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

CCAT

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
CCAT

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

CCAT

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT)

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: 9th Literature State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

CCAT

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

CCAT

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: American Literature State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

CCAT

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

CCAT

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT)

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Economics State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

CCAT

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

CCAT

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Proficiency Levels
System Name
Grade 6 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 6 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average

CRCT Reading

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

20

10.0

40.0

50.0

90.0

727

4.1

48.4

47.5

95.9

125338

4.0

48.2

47.9

96.0

25 654 125378

4.0

60.0

36.0

96.0

4.3

59.5

36.2

95.7

5.3

60.6

34.1

94.7

24 658 123114

0.0

45.8

54.2

100.0

2.0

54.0

44.1

98.0

2.0

52.7

45.2

98.0

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

20

10.0

60.0

30.0

90.0

732

6.8

55.5

37.7

93.2

125227

7.6

58.0

34.4

92.4

24

12.5

58.3

29.2

87.5

644

5.3

46.3

48.4

94.7

125089

6.9

46.1

46.9

93.1

24 648 122879

4.2

62.5

33.3

95.8

4.9

51.2

43.8

95.1

5.6

52.3

42.2

94.4

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System Name
Grade 6 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Grade CCAT School District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 6 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Grade CCAT School District Average Statewide Average

CRCT MATHEMATICS

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

20

35.0

50.0

15.0

65.0

727

16.1

57.2

26.7

83.9

124619

17.2

54.8

27.9

82.8

24

29.2

58.3

12.5

70.8

639

6.4

50.5

43.0

93.6

124261

10.1

52.7

37.3

89.9

24

20.8

66.7

12.5

79.2

643

6.7

53.0

40.3

93.3

122429

11.9

56.7

31.5

88.1

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

20

30.0

55.0

15.0

70.0

748

25.9

56.0

18.0

74.1

128534

25.9

50.8

23.2

74.1

24

16.7

54.2

29.2

83.3

669

11.4

40.1

48.6

88.6

128019

14.7

40.4

44.9

85.3

23

4.3

91.3

4.3

95.7

685

25.1

54.2

20.7

74.9

125726

25.8

52.1

22.1

74.2

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System Name
Grade 6 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 CCAT School District Average Statewide Average

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

21

23.8

47.6

28.6

76.2

745

21.2

42.3

36.5

78.8

128176

22.5

36.0

41.5

77.5

24

29.2

58.3

12.5

70.8

667

15.9

40.2

43.9

84.1

127662

17.3

33.1

49.6

82.7

23

17.4

56.5

26.1

82.6

679

23.3

45.4

31.4

76.7

125306

21.9

44.5

33.6

78.1

65
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System Name
9TH Grade Literature CCAT School District Average Statewide Average American Literature CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Math II CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Biology CCAT School District Average Statewide Average US History CCAT School District Average Statewide Average Economics CCAT School District Average Statewide Average

END OF COURSE TEST

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

23

4.3

60.9

34.8

95.7

697

13.1

49.5

37.4

86.9

130254

14.0

47.8

38.2

86.0

22

13.6

68.2

18.2

86.4

573

8.4

63.2

28.4

91.6

106441

9.1

58.0

32.9

90.9

2

---

---

---

---

732

30.2

56.4

13.4

69.8

100490

36.9

53.9

9.1

63.1

12

33.3

41.7

25.0

66.7

725

25.9

42.8

31.3

74.1

128980

25.7

40.1

34.1

74.3

13

23.1

53.8

23.1

76.9

603

30.7

37.6

31.7

69.3

106006

28.2

34.0

37.8

71.8

29

17.2

37.9

44.8

82.8

526

26.2

40.9

32.9

73.8

103674

20.9

39.4

39.7

79.1

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Cherokee Charter Academy
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is 0.0572 in elementary grades and -0.0897 in middle grades, meaning that Cherokee Charter Academy is above the state average in elementary grades and below the state average in middle grades.
In general, Cherokee Charter Academy's strengths include elementary science and elementary and middle school social studies, but its performance in middle school math and science is weak relative to both the district and the state.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the district and state average in elementary social studies and above the district average in elementary science and middle school social studies. o below the state and district averages in math and science in middle grades, below the state average in elementary math, and below the district average in reading and ELA in the middle grades. o indistinguishable from the district and state averages in reading and ELA in the elementary grades.
General Characteristics

School Name
Cherokee Charter Academy

Calendar Year
Opened
2011

EMO Affiliation
Charter Schools
USA

Grades K-8

Curriculum Focus None

School Year

SingleGender School

Normal

No

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

Enrollment Restrictions
Cherokee County Public Schools Zone

Students Served
School Name Cherokee Charter Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

49.6

76.8

10.8

7.3

7.3

17.2

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.2

9.6

Pct. Gifted
21.0

67
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: 0.0572 Elementary / -0.0897 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0297 Elementary / 0.0019 Middle
Cherokee Charter Academy's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all five CRCT-tested subjects is greater than that of the average elementary school in the state and district, and its contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is less than that of the average middle school in the state and district. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

0.0688 0.0260 -0.1152 0.0484 0.2142 0.0572

77 No 60 No 22 Lower 65 No 87 Higher 72 Higher

9 of 26 No 10 of 26 No 20 of 26 No
4 of 26 Higher 2 of 26 Higher 6 of 26 Higher

-0.0552 -0.0322 -0.2559 -0.1675 0.0538 -0.0897

26 No 35 No
1 Lower 9 Lower 60 No 16 Lower

18 of 19 Lower 17 of 19 Lower 19 of 19 Lower 17 of 19 Lower
3 of 19 Higher 16 of 19 Lower

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

54

68

12 of 26

50

68

8 of 26

48

40

21 of 26

45

20

19 of 26

54

69

4 of 26

50

55

12 of 26

54

51

15 of 19

50

69

12 of 19

48

42

17 of 19

45

16

17 of 19

54

74

4 of 19

50

51

12 of 19

68
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Elementary Average State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Cherokee

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Cherokee

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

69
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Cherokee

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Cherokee

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

70
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Reading State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Cherokee

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

50 60 70 80 90 100

Cherokee

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10 20 30 40

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

71
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Cherokee

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Cherokee

20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

72
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Cherokee

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Cherokee

20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

73
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Cherokee

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Cherokee

20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

74
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Cherokee

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

50 60 70 80 90 100

Cherokee

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10 20 30 40

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

75
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Reading State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Cherokee

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Cherokee

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

76
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Cherokee

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Cherokee

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

77
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Cherokee

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Cherokee

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

78
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Cherokee

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Cherokee

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

79
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Cherokee

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Cherokee

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

80
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Proficiency Levels
System Name
Grade 3 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average

CRCT Reading

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

112 3010 124903

0.9

28.6

70.5

99.1

1.9

30.7

67.4

98.1

5.1

43.5

51.4

94.9

110 2967 123399

1.8

37.3

60.9

98.2

2.8

33.0

64.2

97.2

7.5

43.9

48.6

92.5

107 2935 123865

0.0

48.6

51.4

100.0

1.2

52.4

46.5

98.8

3.4

61.2

35.4

96.6

124 2913 125338

2.4

35.5

62.1

97.6

1.3

32.6

66.1

98.7

4.0

48.2

47.9

96.0

101 3038 125378

1.0

47.5

51.5

99.0

1.9

49.4

48.7

98.1

5.3

60.6

34.1

94.7

47 2931 123114

0.0

38.3

61.7

100.0

0.5

39.5

59.9

99.5

2.0

52.7

45.2

98.0

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

112

8.0

44.6

47.3

92.0

3016

6.5

45.6

47.9

93.5

125006

11.9

53.3

34.8

88.1

109 2971 123337

0.9

44.0

55.0

99.1

4.7

43.1

52.2

95.3

9.8

52.2

38.1

90.2

81
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Grade 5 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average

107 2919 123560

0.9

48.6

50.5

99.1

3.3

46.3

50.4

96.7

5.8

54.2

40.0

94.2

124 2912 125227

7.3

41.9

50.8

92.7

3.6

46.0

50.4

96.4

7.6

58.0

34.4

92.4

101 3025 125089

5.0

30.7

64.4

95.0

3.1

33.9

63.0

96.9

6.9

46.1

46.9

93.1

47 2926 122879

2.1

42.6

55.3

97.9

2.7

36.5

60.8

97.3

5.6

52.3

42.2

94.4

CRCT MATH

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

113

21.2

34.5

44.2

78.8

3040

14.7

32.0

53.3

85.3

125413

21.5

34.8

43.7

78.5

109

11.0

40.4

48.6

89.0

2979

10.2

42.2

47.5

89.8

123079

15.7

45.2

39.1

84.3

105 2905 122863

4.8

60.0

35.2

95.2

3.8

41.6

54.6

96.2

6.9

46.1

47.0

93.1

123

16.3

52.8

30.9

83.7

2916

9.0

53.1

37.9

91.0

124619

17.2

54.8

27.9

82.8

101

10.9

50.5

38.6

89.1

2995

3.5

41.0

55.5

96.5

124261

10.1

52.7

37.3

89.9

46

6.5

82.6

10.9

93.5

2916

4.1

53.2

42.8

95.9

122429

11.9

56.7

31.5

88.1

82
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

System Name
Grade 3 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 5

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

116

11.2

48.3

40.5

88.8

3093

14.2

42.0

43.8

85.8

127836

21.6

43.6

34.7

78.4

111

4.5

27.9

67.6

95.5

3019

9.5

34.7

55.7

90.5

126467

17.3

38.7

44.0

82.7

111

12.6

44.1

43.2

87.4

3008

14.6

36.7

48.8

85.4

127719

20.4

40.4

39.2

79.6

125

20.0

52.0

28.0

80.0

2978

13.7

56.3

30.0

86.3

128534

25.9

50.8

23.2

74.1

101

7.9

34.7

57.4

92.1

3091

7.1

34.0

58.9

92.9

128019

14.7

40.4

44.9

85.3

47

4.3

76.6

19.1

95.7

2995

15.5

54.7

29.8

84.5

125726

25.8

52.1

22.1

74.2

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

116

9.5

45.7

44.8

90.5

3087

12.0

51.1

37.0

88.0

127417

16.6

52.6

30.8

83.4

111

8.1

47.7

44.1

91.9

3010

12.1

57.7

30.1

87.9

126063

18.7

55.7

25.6

81.3

83
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average

111

3.6

55.0

41.4

96.4

3001

15.7

53.6

30.7

84.3

127331

19.5

55.8

24.8

80.5

125

16.8

23.2

60.0

83.2

2965

16.4

36.8

46.8

83.6

128176

22.5

36.0

41.5

77.5

101

9.9

19.8

70.3

90.1

3080

8.2

28.2

63.6

91.8

127662

17.3

33.1

49.6

82.7

47

4.3

40.4

55.3

95.7

2983

14.0

42.6

43.4

86.0

125306

21.9

44.5

33.6

78.1

84
Cherokee Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Coweta Charter Academy
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is 0.1311, meaning that Coweta Charter Academy is above the state and district average of elementary schools.
In general, Coweta Charter Academy's strengths include elementary reading and ELA. The school's contribution to student achievement is:
o above the district and state average in reading and ELA and above the district average in science and social studies. o indistinguishable from the district and state averages in math.
General Characteristics

School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

Coweta Charter Academy

2010

EMO Affiliation
Charter Schools
USA

Grades K-5

Curriculum Focus None

School Year

SingleGender School

Normal

No

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement
20 hours volunteer/year

Enrollment Restrictions
Coweta County Public Schools Zone

Students Served
School Name Coweta Charter Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

54.1

72.1

16.0

4.9

4.9

17.2

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.0

7.8

Pct. Gifted
10.2

85
Coweta Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: 0.1311 Elementary Overall District Effect: -0.0481 Elementary
Coweta Charter Academy's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all five CRCT-tested subjects is greater than that of the average elementary school in the state and district. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

0.2511 0.2088 0.0055 0.1113 0.0927 0.1311

99 Higher 98 Higher 52 No 81 No 71 No 91 Higher

1 of 20 Higher 1 of 20 Higher 5 of 20 No 1 of 20 Higher 2 of 20 Higher 1 of 20 Higher

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

66

99

1 of 20

57

95

1 of 20

57

81

2 of 20

60

91

1 of 20

58

83

2 of 20

59

97

1 of 20

86
Coweta Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Elementary Average State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Coweta

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Coweta

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

87
Coweta Charter Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Reading State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Coweta

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Coweta

20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Coweta Charter Academy

88

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Coweta

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Coweta

10 20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Coweta Charter Academy

89

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Coweta

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Coweta

20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Coweta Charter Academy

90

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Coweta

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Coweta

20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Coweta Charter Academy

91

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Coweta

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Coweta

20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Coweta Charter Academy

92

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Proficiency Levels
System Name
Grade 3 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

CRCT Reading

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

55 1598 124903

5.5

16.4

78.2

94.5

2.7

41.7

55.6

97.3

5.1

43.5

51.4

94.9

33 1640 123399

0.0

24.2

75.8

100.0

6.0

43.6

50.4

94.0

7.5

43.9

48.6

92.5

25 1630 123865

0.0

48.0

52.0

100.0

1.7

60.7

37.6

98.3

3.4

61.2

35.4

96.6

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

55

10.9

29.1

60.0

89.1

1600

9.2

50.9

39.9

90.8

125006

11.9

53.3

34.8

88.1

33 1643 123337

0.0

30.3

69.7

100.0

8.0

53.7

38.3

92.0

9.8

52.2

38.1

90.2

25 1623 123560

0.0

48.0

52.0

100.0

4.6

52.7

42.7

95.4

5.8

54.2

40.0

94.2

Coweta Charter Academy

93

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

System Name
Grade 3 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

CRCT MATH

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

55

14.5

21.8

63.6

85.5

1606

17.7

35.7

46.5

82.3

125413

21.5

34.8

43.7

78.5

34

2.9

58.8

38.2

97.1

1641

13.9

47.7

38.5

86.1

123079

15.7

45.2

39.1

84.3

25 1616 122863

0.0

48.0

52.0

100.0

3.6

46.8

49.6

96.4

6.9

46.1

47.0

93.1

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

55

10.9

21.8

67.3

89.1

1618

15.9

44.7

39.4

84.1

127836

21.6

43.6

34.7

78.4

34

2.9

35.3

61.8

97.1

1659

13.3

39.7

47.0

86.7

126467

17.3

38.7

44.0

82.7

25

28.0

28.0

44.0

72.0

1666

14.9

41.0

44.1

85.1

127719

20.4

40.4

39.2

79.6

Coweta Charter Academy

94

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

System Name
Grade 3 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

55

7.3

34.5

58.2

92.7

1613

13.2

52.2

34.6

86.8

127417

16.6

52.6

30.8

83.4

34

0.0

64.7

35.3

100.0

1655

16.4

59.3

24.2

83.6

126063

18.7

55.7

25.6

81.3

25

24.0

52.0

24.0

76.0

1661

16.7

60.8

22.5

83.3

127331

19.5

55.8

24.8

80.5

Coweta Charter Academy

95

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Fulton Leadership Academy
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is 0.1757, meaning that Fulton Leadership Academy is above the state average among all middle schools.
In general, Fulton Leadership Academy's strengths include reading, ELA, math and social studies. The school's contribution to student achievement is:
o above the district and state average in reading, ELA, math and social studies and above the district average in science. o indistinguishable from the state average in science.

General Characteristics

School Name
Fulton Leadership Academy

Calendar Year
Opened
2010

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades

Curriculum Focus

School Year

STEM with focus on

aviation and

6-8

aeronautics -

Normal

partnership with Civil

Air Patrol

SingleGender School
Boys Only

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement

Enrollment Restrictions

Not Specified

Fulton County Public Schools Zone

Students Served
School Name Fulton Leadership Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

0.0

0.0

Pct. Black 98.7

Pct. Pct. Other

Hispanic

0.7

0.7

Pct. FRL 100.0

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.0

15.7

Pct. Gifted
7.2

96
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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: 0.1757 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0238 Middle
Fulton Leadership Academy's contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is greater than that of the average middle school in the state and district. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Grade Level and Subject
Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

0.1585 0.2002 0.1476 0.0387 0.3309 0.1757

95 Higher 98 Higher 87 Higher 62 No 97 Higher 97 Higher

1 of 24 Higher 1 of 24 Higher 2 of 24 Higher 5 of 24 Higher 2 of 24 Higher 1 of 24 Higher

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

56

72

11 of 24

54

90

5 of 24

54

71

10 of 24

54

69

5 of 24

69

99

1 of 24

58

95

3 of 24

Fulton Leadership Academy

97

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Fulton Leadership

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Fulton Leadership

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

98
Fulton Leadership Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Reading State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Fulton Leadership

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Fulton Leadership

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Fulton Leadership Academy

99

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Fulton Leadership

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Fulton Leadership

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Fulton Leadership Academy

100

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Fulton Leadership

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Fulton Leadership

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Fulton Leadership Academy

101

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Fulton Leadership

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Fulton Leadership

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Fulton Leadership Academy

102

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Fulton Leadership

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Fulton Leadership

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Fulton Leadership Academy

103

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Proficiency Levels
System Name
Grade 6 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 6 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

CRCT Reading

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

26 6940 125338

0.0

46.2

53.8

100.0

2.9

42.2

55.0

97.1

4.0

48.2

47.9

96.0

53 6902 125378

3.8

66.0

30.2

96.2

4.4

52.5

43.0

95.6

5.3

60.6

34.1

94.7

64 6938 123114

0.0

54.7

45.3

100.0

1.5

45.2

53.3

98.5

2.0

52.7

45.2

98.0

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

26 6931 125227
52 6894 125089
65 6913 122879

0.0

46.2

53.8

100.0

6.5

50.3

43.2

93.5

7.6

58.0

34.4

92.4

3.8

42.3

53.8

96.2

5.9

37.6

56.4

94.1

6.9

46.1

46.9

93.1

1.5

60.0

38.5

98.5

4.6

44.9

50.6

95.4

5.6

52.3

42.2

94.4

Fulton Leadership Academy

104

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

System Name
Grade 6 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 6 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 6 Fulton Leadership District Average

N Tested

CRCT MATH

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

24

8.3

70.8

20.8

91.7

6901

17.3

45.5

37.1

82.7

124619

17.2

54.8

27.9

82.8

53

5.7

52.8

41.5

94.3

6830

9.9

44.7

45.5

90.1

124261

10.1

52.7

37.3

89.9

65

3.1

69.2

27.7

96.9

6890

11.0

49.0

40.0

89.0

122429

11.9

56.7

31.5

88.1

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

26

15.4

73.1

11.5

84.6

7080

23.4

47.3

29.3

76.6

128534

25.9

50.8

23.2

74.1

56

8.9

55.4

35.7

91.1

7004

13.4

35.3

51.3

86.6

128019

14.7

40.4

44.9

85.3

65

10.8

76.9

12.3

89.2

7002

23.7

47.3

29.0

76.3

125726

25.8

52.1

22.1

74.2

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

26

15.4

23.1

61.5

84.6

7059

19.8

31.7

48.5

80.2

Fulton Leadership Academy

105

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Statewide Average Grade 7 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average

128176

22.5

36.0

41.5

77.5

56

10.7

30.4

58.9

89.3

6975

15.2

28.0

56.8

84.8

127662

17.3

33.1

49.6

82.7

65

4.6

53.8

41.5

95.4

6983

18.6

41.0

40.4

81.4

125306

21.9

44.5

33.6

78.1

Fulton Leadership Academy

106

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Georgia Connections Academy
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is 0.0027 in elementary grades and -0.0144 in middle grades, meaning that Georgia Connections Academy is not significantly different than the state average in elementary or middle grades.
In general, Georgia Connections Academy's strengths include elementary and middle school reading and ELA and 9th-Grade Literature and American Literature in high school. However, its performance in elementary and middle school math, middle school science and social studies, and high school U.S. History is weak relative to the state.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the state average in elementary and middle reading and ELA as well as 9th-Grade Literature and American Literature. o below the state average in elementary math, middle school math, science and social studies, and high school U.S. History. o indistinguishable from the state average in elementary science and social studies as well as high school Biology and Economics.
General Characteristics

School Name
Georgia Connections
Academy

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

Grades

2011

No

K-12

Curriculum Focus Online Curriculum

School Year

SingleGender School

Virtual/ Online School

Serves Multiple Counties

Normal

No

Yes

Online

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

Enrollment Restrictions
Students residing in State of GA

Students Served
School Name Georgia Connections Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

54.2

57.2

29.5

6.2

6.2

52.0

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.2

8.3

Pct. Gifted
2.8

107
Georgia Connections Academy

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: 0.0027 Elementary / -0.0144 Middle
Georgia Connections Academy's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all five CRCT-tested subjects is not statistically different from the average elementary school in the state, and its contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is not statistically different from the average middle school in the state. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.
In high school, Georgia Connections outperformed the state in 9th Grade Literature, American Literature but performed below the state average in U.S. History. Performance was indistinguishable in Biology and Economics.

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

0.1223 0.1452 -0.2346 0.0460 -0.0772 0.0027

89 Higher 94 Higher
7 Lower 64 No 35 No 52 No

0.2539 0.1697 -0.1853 -0.0727 -0.2334 -0.0144

98 Higher 96 Higher
6 Lower 29 Lower 10 Lower 43 No

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

58

91

53

86

39

11

45

21

38

10

46

30

58

87

53

87

39

10

45

17

38

10

46

23

Georgia Connections Academy

108

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Biology U.S. History Economics

0.2509 0.2710 0.1077 -0.3855 -0.1274

98 Higher 97 Higher 74 No
6 Lower 30 No

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

60

95

50

93

52

57

29

7

42

19

Georgia Connections Academy

109

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Proficiency Levels
System Name
Grade 3 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 4 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 5 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 6 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 7 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 8 Georgia Connections Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 4 Georgia Connections District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 6 Georgia Connections Statewide Average

N Tested

CRCT Reading

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

100 124903

6.0

38.0

56.0

94.0

5.1

43.5

51.4

94.9

106 123399

7.5

44.3

48.1

92.5

7.5

43.9

48.6

92.5

132 123865

3.8

59.8

36.4

96.2

3.4

61.2

35.4

96.6

156 125338

1.9

34.6

63.5

98.1

4.0

48.2

47.9

96.0

173 125378

5.2

53.8

41.0

94.8

5.3

60.6

34.1

94.7

202 123114

1.0

42.1

56.9

99.0

2.0

52.7

45.2

98.0

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

100

14.0

55.0

31.0

86.0

125006

11.9

53.3

34.8

88.1

106

8.5

54.7

36.8

91.5

123337

9.8

52.2

38.1

90.2

132 123560

4.5

56.1

39.4

95.5

5.8

54.2

40.0

94.2

156 125227

3.8

55.8

40.4

96.2

7.6

58.0

34.4

92.4

110
Georgia Connections Academy

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Grade 7 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 8 Georgia Connections Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 4 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 5 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 6 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 7 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 8 Georgia Connections Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 4 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 5 Georgia Connections Statewide Average

173 125089

5.2

47.4

47.4

94.8

6.9

46.1

46.9

93.1

202 122879

3.5

46.5

50.0

96.5

5.6

52.3

42.2

94.4

CRCT MATH

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

99

30.3

43.4

26.3

69.7

125413

21.5

34.8

43.7

78.5

106

20.8

59.4

19.8

79.2

123079

15.7

45.2

39.1

84.3

132

24.2

57.6

18.2

75.8

122863

6.9

46.1

47.0

93.1

155

25.2

51.6

23.2

74.8

124619

17.2

54.8

27.9

82.8

173

16.2

64.7

19.1

83.8

124261

10.1

52.7

37.3

89.9

202

30.7

55.9

13.4

69.3

122429

11.9

56.7

31.5

88.1

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

102

19.6

51.0

29.4

80.4

127836

21.6

43.6

34.7

78.4

107

14.0

54.2

31.8

86.0

126467

17.3

38.7

44.0

82.7

135

25.9

42.2

31.9

74.1

127719

20.4

40.4

39.2

79.6

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Grade 6 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 7 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 8 Georgia Connections Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 4 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 5 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 6 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 7 Georgia Connections Statewide Average Grade 8 Georgia Connections Statewide Average

155

24.5

65.2

10.3

75.5

128534

25.9

50.8

23.2

74.1

175

18.9

44.0

37.1

81.1

128019

14.7

40.4

44.9

85.3

203

27.1

59.1

13.8

72.9

125726

25.8

52.1

22.1

74.2

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

99

25.3

56.6

18.2

74.7

127417

16.6

52.6

30.8

83.4

106

18.9

66.0

15.1

81.1

126063

18.7

55.7

25.6

81.3

135

34.1

50.4

15.6

65.9

127331

19.5

55.8

24.8

80.5

155

32.9

49.7

17.4

67.1

128176

22.5

36.0

41.5

77.5

176

30.7

50.0

19.3

69.3

127662

17.3

33.1

49.6

82.7

205

22.0

50.7

27.3

78.0

125306

21.9

44.5

33.6

78.1

END OF COURSE TEST System Name
9TH Grade Literature Georgia Connections Statewide Average American Literature

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

222

5.4

48.2

46.4

94.6

130254

14.0

47.8

38.2

86.0

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Georgia Connections Statewide Average Biology Georgia Connections Statewide Average US History Georgia Connections Statewide Average Economics Georgia Connections Statewide Average

88 106441

3.4

60.2

36.4

96.6

9.1

58.0

32.9

90.9

169

22.5

45.0

32.5

77.5

128980

25.7

40.1

34.1

74.3

110

37.3

41.8

20.9

62.7

106006

28.2

34.0

37.8

71.8

55

36.4

36.4

27.3

63.6

103674

20.9

39.4

39.7

79.1

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Heritage Preparatory Academy
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is -0.1571 in middle grades, meaning that Heritage Preparatory Academy is below the state average in middle grades.
In general, Heritage Preparatory Academy's performance in math, science and social studies is weak relative to both the district and the state, and its contribution to student achievement does not exceed the state or district averages in any subject.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o below the district and state average in math, science and social studies. o indistinguishable from the district and state average in reading and ELA.

General Characteristics

School Name
Heritage Preparatory
Academy

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

Grades

2011

No

6-7

Curriculum Focus
Expeditionary Learning: project based lectures and
curriculum delivery/GREAT
Program

School Year Normal

SingleGender School
No

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

Enrollment Restrictions
APS District Enrollment
Zone

Students Served
School Name Heritage Preparatory Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

62.0

0.0

98.2

1.2

1.2

83.4

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.0

8.0

Pct. Gifted
16.0

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: -0.1571 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0086 Middle
Heritage Preparatory Academy's contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is lower than that of the average middle school in the state and district. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Grade Level and Subject
Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

-0.0127 -0.0737 -0.1578 -0.3144 -0.2528 -0.1571

44 No 18 No 10 Lower
2 Lower 9 Lower 4 Lower

17 of 27 No

52

24 of 27 No

41

25 of 27 Lower

42

27 of 27 Lower

30

22 of 27 Lower

37

27 of 27 Lower

41

28

17 of 27

7

23 of 27

18

21 of 27

1

26 of 27

9

19 of 27

4

26 of 27

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Heritage Preparatory Academy

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Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Heritage Preparatory Academy Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Heritage Prep. Atlanta Heights

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights

Heritage Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Subject Area: Middle Reading State Charter: Heritage Preparatory Academy Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Heritage Prep. Atlanta Heights

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Heritage Prep.

Atlanta Heights

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Heritage Preparatory Academy

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Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Heritage Preparatory Academy Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Heritage Prep. Atlanta Heights

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights

Heritage Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Heritage Preparatory Academy

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Subject Area: Middle Math State Charter: Heritage Preparatory Academy Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Atlanta Heights Heritage Prep.

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Heritage Prep.

Atlanta Heights

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Heritage Preparatory Academy

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Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Heritage Preparatory Academy Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Atlanta Heights

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Heritage Prep.

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

Heritage Prep.

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Heritage Preparatory Academy

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Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Heritage Preparatory Academy Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Atlanta Heights Heritage Prep.

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Atlanta Heights Heritage Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Proficiency Levels

System Name
Grade 6 Heritage Prep Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Heritage Prep Academy District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 6 Heritage Prep Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Heritage Prep Academy District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 6 Heritage Prep Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Heritage Prep Academy District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

CRCT Reading

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

81 3427 125338

1.2

53.1

45.7

98.8

7.3

56.8

35.9

92.7

4.0

48.2

47.9

96.0

67 3302 125378

7.5

79.1

13.4

92.5

7.8

64.4

27.8

92.2

5.3

60.6

34.1

94.7

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

81

2.5

72.8

24.7

97.5

3428

12.2

61.6

26.2

87.8

125227

7.6

58.0

34.4

92.4

67

13.4

62.7

23.9

86.6

3292

8.9

52.5

38.6

91.1

125089

6.9

46.1

46.9

93.1

CRCT MATH

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

81

17.3

74.1

8.6

82.7

3413

28.0

52.1

19.9

72.0

124619

17.2

54.8

27.9

82.8

67

20.9

67.2

11.9

79.1

3266

16.7

57.8

25.5

83.3

124261

10.1

52.7

37.3

89.9

122
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System Name
Grade 6 Heritage Prep Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Heritage Prep Academy District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 6 Heritage Prep Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Heritage Prep Academy District Average Statewide Average

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

81

44.4

53.1

2.5

55.6

3558

41.8

41.0

17.1

58.2

128534

25.9

50.8

23.2

74.1

70

32.9

52.9

14.3

67.1

3425

24.9

44.3

30.8

75.1

128019

14.7

40.4

44.9

85.3

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

81

25.9

66.7

7.4

74.1

3548

37.4

32.6

30.0

62.6

128176

22.5

36.0

41.5

77.5

70

34.3

45.7

20.0

65.7

3417

28.7

38.0

33.3

71.3

127662

17.3

33.1

49.6

82.7

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Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is 0.0096 in middle grades, meaning that in the middle grades the Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett is not significantly different than the state average of middle schools.
In general, the Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett is strong in middle school math, but its performance in middle school science and reading is weak relative to the district and state.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the district and state average in middle school math. o below the district and state average in middle school reading and science and the district average in social studies. o indistinguishable from the district and state average in middle school ELA, 9th-Grade Literature, and Biology as well as the state average in middle school social studies.

General Characteristics

School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

2008

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades

Curriculum Focus

School Year

Curriculum is entirely

College Preparatory. Extended

6-10 Saturday Academy is Day/Week/

available to

Year

struggling students.

SingleGender School
GirlsOnly

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement

Enrollment Restrictions

Not Specified

Gwinnett County Public Schools Zone

Students Served
School Name Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

100.0

2.5

78.0

10.3

10.3

33.9

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

4.1

7.6

Pct. Gifted
0.0

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: 0.0096 Middle Overall District Effect: 0.0396 Middle
Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett's contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is not statistically different from the average middle school in the state or district. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Grade Level and Subject
Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature Biology

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

-0.0897 0.0448 0.1633 -0.1225 0.0434 0.0096

14 Lower 74 No 90 Higher 16 Lower 58 No 54 No

28 of 31 Lower 5 of 31 No 4 of 31 Higher
30 of 31 Lower 20 of 31 Lower 23 of 31 No

0.1593 0.0626

90 No 63 No

2 of 23 No 11 of 23 No

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

54

53

29 of 31

54

90

7 of 31

56

83

11 of 31

39

5

30 of 31

47

41

23 of 31

50

52

26 of 31

51

54

8 of 23

49

42

10 of 23

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

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Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep.

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

126
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Subject Area: Middle Reading State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep.

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

127

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Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep.

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

128

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Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep.

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

129

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep.

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Ivy Prep.

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

130

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Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep.

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

131

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Subject Area: 9th Grade Literature State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep.

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

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Subject Area: Biology State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep.

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

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Proficiency Levels
System Name
Grade 6 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 6 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

CRCT Reading

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

106 12635 125338

1.9

47.2

50.9

98.1

2.5

40.6

56.9

97.5

4.0

48.2

47.9

96.0

143 12501 125378

2.1

56.6

41.3

97.9

2.5

52.7

44.8

97.5

5.3

60.6

34.1

94.7

94 12393 123114

0.0

41.5

58.5

100.0

1.6

42.4

56.0

98.4

2.0

52.7

45.2

98.0

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

107 12645 125227
143 12496 125089
95 12516 122879

1.9

49.5

48.6

98.1

4.9

51.0

44.1

95.1

7.6

58.0

34.4

92.4

0.7

34.3

65.0

99.3

2.9

37.3

59.8

97.1

6.9

46.1

46.9

93.1

3.2

37.9

58.9

96.8

3.8

44.8

51.4

96.2

5.6

52.3

42.2

94.4

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System Name
Grade 6 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 6 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

CRCT MATH

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

103

6.8

60.2

33.0

93.2

12597

10.2

51.1

38.7

89.8

124619

17.2

54.8

27.9

82.8

143

3.5

39.2

57.3

96.5

12395

3.6

41.3

55.1

96.4

124261

10.1

52.7

37.3

89.9

95

3.2

48.4

48.4

96.8

12461

5.9

48.7

45.4

94.1

122429

11.9

56.7

31.5

88.1

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

108

25.9

57.4

16.7

74.1

12980

16.0

49.6

34.4

84.0

128534

25.9

50.8

23.2

74.1

145

9.0

40.7

50.3

91.0

12807

6.3

29.7

64.0

93.7

128019

14.7

40.4

44.9

85.3

96

11.5

74.0

14.6

88.5

12784

16.6

49.7

33.8

83.4

125726

25.8

52.1

22.1

74.2

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

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System Name
Grade 6 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

107

2.8

31.8

65.4

97.2

12935

13.1

29.4

57.5

86.9

128176

22.5

36.0

41.5

77.5

145

3.4

33.1

63.4

96.6

12758

7.2

21.8

71.0

92.8

127662

17.3

33.1

49.6

82.7

95

10.5

65.3

24.2

89.5

12719

14.2

38.7

47.1

85.8

125306

21.9

44.5

33.6

78.1

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

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System Name
9TH Grade Literature Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Math II Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average Biology Ivy Prep - Gwinnett District Average Statewide Average

END OF COURSE TEST

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

34

8.8

41.2

50.0

91.2

13267

10.0

42.9

47.0

90.0

130254

14.0

47.8

38.2

86.0

48

41.7

56.3

2.1

58.3

12536

26.9

59.9

13.2

73.1

100490

36.9

53.9

9.1

63.1

34

14.7

52.9

32.4

85.3

13949

17.9

36.9

45.3

82.1

128980

25.7

40.1

34.1

74.3

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Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is -0.073 in elementary grades and 0.0392 in middle grades, meaning that Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls is not significantly different than the state or district average in elementary grades and not significantly different than the state average in middle grades.
In general, Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls' strengths include elementary social studies, middle school reading, math, and social studies, but its performance in elementary math and middle school science are weak relative to the state and district.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the district average in elementary social studies, and above both state and district average in middle school reading, math, and social studies. o below the district and state average in elementary school math, and below the state average in science in middle grades. o indistinguishable from the district and state average in elementary reading, ELA, and science and middle school ELA.

General Characteristics

School Name
Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

Calendar Year
Opened
2011

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades

Curriculum Focus

School Year

Curriculum is entirely

College Preparatory. Extended

K-7

Saturday Academy is Day/Week/

available to

Year

struggling students.

SingleGender School
GirlsOnly

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

Enrollment Restrictions
DeKalb County

Students Served
School Name Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

100.0

0.7

97.8

0.4

0.4

45.1

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.0

1.5

Pct. Gifted
0.0

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: -0.0730 Elementary / -0.0392 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0974 Elementary / - 0.0598 Middle
Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls' contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all five CRCT-tested subjects is not statistically different from the average elementary school in the state and district. Its contribution to a middle school student's crosssubject average achievement is not statistically different from the average middle school in the state but is greater than that of the average middle school in the district. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

-0.0107 0.0366 -0.4772 -0.0591 0.1437 -0.0730

45 No 66 No
1 Lower 33 No 79 No 23 No

57 of 85 No 22 of 85 No 85 of 85 Lower 38 of 85 No
9 of 85 Higher 48 of 85 No

0.1698 0.0361 0.1178 -0.2828 0.1398 0.0392

95 Higher 70 No 82 Higher
2 Lower 80 Higher 68 No

3 of 29 Higher 5 of 29 No 3 of 29 Higher 28 of 29 No 4 of 29 Higher 4 of 29 Higher

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

53

60

27 of 85

51

80

18 of 85

45

29

48 of 85

39

5

68 of 85

59

86

6 of 85

49

51

23 of 85

53

41

16 of 29

51

81

3 of 29

45

30

15 of 29

39

4

27 of 29

59

90

4 of 29

49

47

9 of 29

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Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Elementary Average State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

50 60 70 80 90 100

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10 20 30 40

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

141

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Reading State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

142

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

144

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

145

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Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Subject Area: Middle Reading State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

147

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

148

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

149

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

150

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Proficiency Levels
System Name
Grade 3 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average

N Tested

CRCT Reading

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

25 7478 124903

4.0

52.0

44.0

96.0

9.9

46.8

43.4

90.1

5.1

43.5

51.4

94.9

22

4.5

50.0

45.5

95.5

7270

13.1

46.5

40.3

86.9

123399

7.5

43.9

48.6

92.5

25 7093 123865

4.0

68.0

28.0

96.0

7.5

64.0

28.5

92.5

3.4

61.2

35.4

96.6

43 6922 125338

2.3

34.9

62.8

97.7

8.4

54.2

37.3

91.6

4.0

48.2

47.9

96.0

45

4.4

55.6

40.0

95.6

6743

12.6

62.0

25.4

87.4

125378

5.3

60.6

34.1

94.7

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

25

8.0

60.0

32.0

92.0

7461

20.2

52.3

27.5

79.8

125006

11.9

53.3

34.8

88.1

22

13.6

50.0

36.4

86.4

7265

17.7

52.4

29.9

82.3

123337

9.8

52.2

38.1

90.2

25

8.0

48.0

44.0

92.0

7067

11.7

57.4

30.9

88.3

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

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Statewide Average Grade 6 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average

123560

5.8

54.2

40.0

94.2

43

4.7

67.4

27.9

95.3

6924

13.8

61.0

25.2

86.2

125227

7.6

58.0

34.4

92.4

44

2.3

45.5

52.3

97.7

6743

15.4

50.6

34.0

84.6

125089

6.9

46.1

46.9

93.1

CRCT MATH

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

25

32.0

40.0

28.0

68.0

7537

34.9

32.7

32.4

65.1

125413

21.5

34.8

43.7

78.5

22

31.8

54.5

13.6

68.2

7293

29.9

45.6

24.5

70.1

123079

15.7

45.2

39.1

84.3

25

8.0

84.0

8.0

92.0

7086

14.9

52.8

32.2

85.1

122863

6.9

46.1

47.0

93.1

43

11.6

81.4

7.0

88.4

6898

29.1

52.2

18.7

70.9

124619

17.2

54.8

27.9

82.8

44

6.8

59.1

34.1

93.2

6738

21.8

53.4

24.8

78.2

124261

10.1

52.7

37.3

89.9

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

25

20.0

32.0

48.0

80.0

7679

34.8

39.7

25.4

65.2

127836

21.6

43.6

34.7

78.4

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Grade 4 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average

22

18.2

45.5

36.4

81.8

7488

31.0

37.8

31.3

69.0

126467

17.3

38.7

44.0

82.7

25

16.0

68.0

16.0

84.0

7330

36.8

38.0

25.2

63.2

127719

20.4

40.4

39.2

79.6

44

40.9

56.8

2.3

59.1

7109

44.1

42.5

13.4

55.9

128534

25.9

50.8

23.2

74.1

45

17.8

66.7

15.6

82.2

6890

29.3

41.6

29.1

70.7

128019

14.7

40.4

44.9

85.3

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

25

16.0

48.0

36.0

84.0

7591

26.9

49.7

23.4

73.1

127417

16.6

52.6

30.8

83.4

22

18.2

68.2

13.6

81.8

7409

31.9

51.2

16.9

68.1

126063

18.7

55.7

25.6

81.3

25

12.0

84.0

4.0

88.0

7264

33.8

49.7

16.6

66.2

127331

19.5

55.8

24.8

80.5

44

15.9

59.1

25.0

84.1

7070

36.9

34.4

28.6

63.1

128176

22.5

36.0

41.5

77.5

45

8.9

46.7

44.4

91.1

6876

31.3

35.6

33.1

68.7

127662

17.3

33.1

49.6

82.7

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls

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Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is -0.0630 in elementary grades and -0.1694 in middle grades, meaning that Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy is not significantly different than the state and district average in elementary grades and below the state and district average in middle grades.
In general, Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy's performance in middle school math, science and social studies is weak relative to the state, and its contribution to student achievement does not exceed the state or district average is any subject.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o below the state average in elementary social studies, middle school math and science, and below both the district and state average in middle school social studies. o indistinguishable from the district and state average in elementary reading, ELA, math, and science as well as middle school ELA and reading, and indistinguishable from the district average in elementary social studies and middle school math and science.

General Characteristics

School Name
Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership
Academy

Calendar Year
Opened
2011

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades K-7

Curriculum Focus
College Preparatory curriculum for all students.

School Year
Extended Day/Week/
Year

SingleGender School
BoysOnly

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

Enrollment Restrictions
DeKalb County

Students Served
School Name Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

0.0

1.6

96.9

0.4

0.4

37.5

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.0

9.4

Pct. Gifted
2.7

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: -0.0630 Elementary / -0.1694 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0974 Elementary / - 0.0974 Middle
Ivy Preparatory Academy Young Men's Leadership Academy's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all five CRCTtested subjects is not statistically different from the average elementary school in the state and district, and its contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is less than that of the average middle school in the state and district. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

0.1080 0.0856 -0.1897 -0.0486 -0.2795 -0.0630

87 No 83 No 12 No 37 No
6 Lower 25 No

17 of 85 No 12 of 85 No 59 of 85 No 34 of 85 No 73 of 85 No 44 of 85 No

-0.1073 -0.1270 -0.1765 -0.1762 -0.3463 -0.1694

9 No 5 No 7 Lower 7 Lower 4 Lower 3 Lower

27 of 29 No 27 of 29 No 22 of 29 No 22 of 29 No 26 of 29 Lower 27 of 29 Lower

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

53

56

33 of 85

43

23

66 of 85

43

21

48 of 85

45

21

46 of 85

33

4

76 of 85

43

13

56 of 85

53

35

18 of 29

43

12

26 of 29

43

21

18 of 29

45

17

20 of 29

33

4

27 of 29

43

10

23 of 29

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Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Elementary Average State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

157
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Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

50 60 70 80 90 100

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10 20 30 40

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

158

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Reading State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10 20 30 40

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

159

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

160

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

161

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

162

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

80 90 100

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

20 30 40 50 60 70

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

163

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Reading State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

164

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

165

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

166

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

167

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

168

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Proficiency Levels

System Name
Grade 3 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average

CRCT Reading

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

24 7478 124903

0.0

66.7

33.3

100.0

9.9

46.8

43.4

90.1

5.1

43.5

51.4

94.9

17

11.8

70.6

17.6

88.2

7270

13.1

46.5

40.3

86.9

123399

7.5

43.9

48.6

92.5

14 7093 123865

0.0

71.4

28.6

100.0

7.5

64.0

28.5

92.5

3.4

61.2

35.4

96.6

39

15.4

66.7

17.9

84.6

6922

8.4

54.2

37.3

91.6

125338

4.0

48.2

47.9

96.0

38

2.6

73.7

23.7

97.4

6743

12.6

62.0

25.4

87.4

125378

5.3

60.6

34.1

94.7

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

24

8.3

75.0

16.7

91.7

7461

20.2

52.3

27.5

79.8

125006

11.9

53.3

34.8

88.1

17

29.4

64.7

5.9

70.6

7265

17.7

52.4

29.9

82.3

123337

9.8

52.2

38.1

90.2

14

7.1

64.3

28.6

92.9

7067

11.7

57.4

30.9

88.3

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

169

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Statewide Average

123560

5.8

54.2

40.0

94.2

Grade 6

Ivy Prep Young Men's

39

30.8

56.4

12.8

69.2

District Average

6924

13.8

61.0

25.2

86.2

Statewide Average

125227

7.6

58.0

34.4

92.4

Grade 7

Ivy Prep Young Men's

38

5.3

44.7

50.0

94.7

District Average

6743

15.4

50.6

34.0

84.6

Statewide Average

125089

6.9

46.1

46.9

93.1

System Name
Grade 3 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Ivy Prep Young Men's

N Tested

CRCT MATH

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

24

45.8

29.2

25.0

54.2

7537

34.9

32.7

32.4

65.1

125413

21.5

34.8

43.7

78.5

17

52.9

41.2

5.9

47.1

7537

34.9

32.7

32.4

65.1

123079

15.7

45.2

39.1

84.3

14

21.4

64.3

14.3

78.6

7086

14.9

52.8

32.2

85.1

122863

6.9

46.1

47.0

93.1

39

33.3

56.4

10.3

66.7

6898

29.1

52.2

18.7

70.9

124619

17.2

54.8

27.9

82.8

38

21.1

60.5

18.4

78.9

6738

21.8

53.4

24.8

78.2

124261

10.1

52.7

37.3

89.9

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

24

29.2

54.2

16.7

70.8

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

170

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Ivy Prep Young Men's District Average Statewide Average

7679

34.8

39.7

25.4

65.2

127836

21.6

43.6

34.7

78.4

17

47.1

47.1

5.9

52.9

7488

31.0

37.8

31.3

69.0

126467

17.3

38.7

44.0

82.7

14

42.9

28.6

28.6

57.1

7330

36.8

38.0

25.2

63.2

127719

20.4

40.4

39.2

79.6

40

55.0

40.0

5.0

45.0

7109

44.1

42.5

13.4

55.9

128534

25.9

50.8

23.2

74.1

41

19.5

63.4

17.1

80.5

6890

29.3

41.6

29.1

70.7

128019

14.7

40.4

44.9

85.3

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

24

4.2

66.7

29.2

95.8

7591

26.9

49.7

23.4

73.1

127417

16.6

52.6

30.8

83.4

17

47.1

47.1

5.9

52.9

7409

31.9

51.2

16.9

68.1

126063

18.7

55.7

25.6

81.3

14

35.7

57.1

7.1

64.3

7264

33.8

49.7

16.6

66.2

127331

19.5

55.8

24.8

80.5

40

50.0

40.0

10.0

50.0

7070

36.9

34.4

28.6

63.1

128176

22.5

36.0

41.5

77.5

41

24.4

53.7

22.0

75.6

6876

31.3

35.6

33.1

68.7

127662

17.3

33.1

49.6

82.7

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

171

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Mountain Education Center
Key Findings
In general, Mountain Education Center's contribution to student achievement exceeds the state average in 9th grade literature. Since the schools serves students from multiple counties it does not have a district comparison group.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the state average in 9th grade literature. o indistinguishable from the state average in American Literature, Math II, Biology, U.S. History, and Economics

General Characteristics

School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

Mountain

Education

2007

No

Charter School

Grades 9-12

Curriculum Focus
Self-paced, individualized, evening high school for students struggling at other
schools

School Year Year-round

SingleGender School
No

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
Yes

Parental Involvement Requirement
No

Enrollment Restrictions
Students residing in State of GA

Students Served
School Name Mountain Education Center

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

48.1

92.5

3.3

3.6

3.6

50.5

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

1.1

15.8

Pct. Gifted
0.0

172
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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject

Grade Level and Subject
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Math II Biology U.S. History Economics

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

0.3869 0.0455 -0.0339 0.0423 -0.0203 0.0706

99 Higher 62 No 51 No 60 No 49 No 62 No

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

61

96

41

24

52

62

50

49

39

22

61

80

Mountain Education Center

173

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Proficiency Levels

System Name
9TH Grade Literature Mountain Education Statewide Average American Literature Mountain Education Statewide Average Math II Mountain Education Statewide Average Biology Mountain Education Statewide Average US History Mountain Education Statewide Average Economics Mountain Education Statewide Average

END OF COURSE TEST

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

56

5.4

60.7

33.9

94.6

130254

14.0

47.8

38.2

86.0

104 106441

4.8

66.3

28.8

95.2

9.1

58.0

32.9

90.9

61

39.3

60.7

100490

36.9

53.9

0.0

60.7

9.1

63.1

79

21.5

53.2

25.3

78.5

128980

25.7

40.1

34.1

74.3

168

31.5

45.2

23.2

68.5

106006

28.2

34.0

37.8

71.8

209

19.6

47.8

32.5

80.4

103674

20.9

39.4

39.7

79.1

174
Mountain Education Center

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Odyssey School (Including Georgia Cyber Academy)
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is -0.056 in elementary grades and -0.0352 in middle grades, meaning that Odyssey School is below the state average in elementary grades and middle school. Because the school's Georgia Cyber Academy serves students throughout Georgia, the school does not have a district comparison group.
In general, Odyssey School's strengths include both elementary and middle school reading and ELA as well as 9th Grade Literature and American Literature and Composition. Its performance in elementary and middle school math, science, and social studies as well as high school Biology and U.S. History is weak relative to the state.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the state average in elementary and middle school reading and ELA and 9th Grade Literature and American Literature. o below the state average in elementary and middle school math, science, and social studies and high school Biology and U.S. History.

General Characteristics

School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

Odyssey School

2004

None

Georgia Cyber

Academy (program of

2009

K-12

Odyssey School)

Grades

Curriculum Focus

School Year

Multi-age classrooms

- students grouped

K-8

by skill level/Looping:

Normal

students remain with

teacher two years

SingleGender School
No

K-11

Online Curriculum

Normal

No

Virtual/ Online School
No
Yes

Serves Multiple Counties
No
Online

Parental Involvement Requirement

Enrollment Restrictions

18 hours per academic year

Coweta County Public Schools Zone

Not Specified

Students residing in State of GA

175
Odyssey School (Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Students Served
School Name Odyssey School (including Georgia Cyber Academy)

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

49.8

61.6

32.0

1.0

1.0

63.6

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.1

11.8

Pct. Gifted
0.5

Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject

Overall School Effect: -0.0560 Elementary / -0.0352 Middle

Odyssey School's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all five CRCT-tested subjects is less than the average elementary school in the state, and its contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is less than that of the average middle school in the state. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

0.1611 0.0653 -0.1999 -0.0929 -0.1982 -0.0560

95 Higher 78 Higher 10 Lower 24 Lower 13 Lower 28 Lower

0.1746 0.1059 -0.1251 -0.0688

96 Higher 90 Higher 17 Lower 30 Lower

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

56

78

50

74

41

14

44

16

37

8

45

23

56

65

50

74

41

13

44

14

176
Odyssey School (Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Biology U.S. History

-0.2536

9

-0.0352

32

0.1888

94

0.1480

86

-0.2281

10

-0.3997

5

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Lower Lower
Higher Higher Lower Lower

37

8

45

18

57

89

42

35

32

4

29

7

177
Odyssey School (Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Proficiency Levels
System Name
Grade 3 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 4 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 5 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 6 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 7 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 8 Odyssey School Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 4 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 5 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 6 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 7

N Tested

CRCT Reading

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

677 124903

6.5

39.9

53.6

93.5

5.1

43.5

51.4

94.9

732 123399

9.2

38.1

52.7

90.8

7.5

43.9

48.6

92.5

787 123865

5.3

55.4

39.3

94.7

3.4

61.2

35.4

96.6

1042 125338

3.6

41.5

55.0

96.4

4.0

48.2

47.9

96.0

1186 125378

4.6

58.3

37.0

95.4

5.3

60.6

34.1

94.7

1214 123114

2.4

46.8

50.8

97.6

2.0

52.7

45.2

98.0

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

677

18.3

51.6

30.1

81.7

125006

11.9

53.3

34.8

88.1

730

12.2

46.6

41.2

87.8

123337

9.8

52.2

38.1

90.2

785

11.7

54.9

33.4

88.3

123560

5.8

54.2

40.0

94.2

1040 125227

7.3

52.7

40.0

92.7

7.6

58.0

34.4

92.4

178
Odyssey School (Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 8 Odyssey School Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 4 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 5 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 6 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 7 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 8 Odyssey School Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 4 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 5 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 6

1186 125089

8.9

43.3

47.8

91.1

6.9

46.1

46.9

93.1

1206 122879

6.1

51.9

42.0

93.9

5.6

52.3

42.2

94.4

CRCT MATH

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

679

36.5

28.3

35.2

63.5

125413

21.5

34.8

43.7

78.5

732

28.7

40.6

30.7

71.3

123079

15.7

45.2

39.1

84.3

785

23.8

49.4

26.8

76.2

122863

6.9

46.1

47.0

93.1

1032

25.1

53.3

21.6

74.9

124619

17.2

54.8

27.9

82.8

1180

16.9

56.3

26.9

83.1

124261

10.1

52.7

37.3

89.9

1198

27.8

57.7

14.5

72.2

122429

11.9

56.7

31.5

88.1

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

685

29.9

39.7

30.4

70.1

127836

21.6

43.6

34.7

78.4

748

22.1

40.5

37.4

77.9

126467

17.3

38.7

44.0

82.7

795

30.2

41.4

28.4

69.8

127719

20.4

40.4

39.2

79.6

Odyssey School (Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

179

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013

Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 7 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 8 Odyssey School Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 4 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 5 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 6 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 7 Odyssey School Statewide Average Grade 8 Odyssey School Statewide Average

1052

27.0

53.7

19.3

73.0

128534

25.9

50.8

23.2

74.1

1198

17.4

44.9

37.6

82.6

128019

14.7

40.4

44.9

85.3

1230

32.8

54.1

13.2

67.2

125726

25.8

52.1

22.1

74.2

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

685

34.5

51.5

14.0

65.5

127417

16.6

52.6

30.8

83.4

750

27.9

56.9

15.2

72.1

126063

18.7

55.7

25.6

81.3

795

31.7

53.5

14.8

68.3

127331

19.5

55.8

24.8

80.5

1051

34.9

43.9

21.2

65.1

128176

22.5

36.0

41.5

77.5

1197

27.9

45.2

26.9

72.1

127662

17.3

33.1

49.6

82.7

1227

30.2

49.0

20.8

69.8

125306

21.9

44.5

33.6

78.1

Odyssey School (Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

180

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System Name
9TH Grade Literature Odyssey School Statewide Average American Literature Odyssey School Statewide Average Math II Odyssey School Statewide Average Biology Odyssey School Statewide Average US History Odyssey School Statewide Average Economics Odyssey School Statewide Average

END OF COURSE TEST

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

1049

13.9

44.2

41.8

86.1

130254

14.0

47.8

38.2

86.0

54 106441

3.7

63.0

33.3

96.3

9.1

58.0

32.9

90.9

8

---

---

100490

36.9

53.9

---

---

9.1

63.1

747

24.4

53.0

22.6

75.6

128980

25.7

40.1

34.1

74.3

432

50.0

25.9

24.1

50.0

106006

28.2

34.0

37.8

71.8

11

0.0

36.4

63.6

100.0

103674

20.9

39.4

39.7

79.1

181
Odyssey School (Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

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Pataula Charter Academy

Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is -0.0094 in elementary grades and 0.0029 in middle grades, meaning that Pataula Charter Academy is not significantly different than the state average in elementary and middle grades.
In general, Pataula Charter Academy's performance is strong in both elementary and middle school social studies relative to the fivecounty area it serves, but its performance in elementary science is weak relative to the state average.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the five-county average in elementary and middle school social studies. o below the state average in elementary science. o indistinguishable from both the state and five-county average in both elementary and middle school reading, ELA and math as well as middle school science, indistinguishable from the state average in elementary and middle school social studies, and indistinguishable from the five-county average in elementary science.

General Characteristics

School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

Pataula Charter Academy

2010

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades

Curriculum Focus

School Year

Expeditionary

Learning: project

based lectures and

K-8

curriculum

Normal

delivery/Looping:

students remain with

teacher for two years

SingleGender School
No

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
Yes

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

Enrollment Restrictions
Students residing in
Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Randolph Public School districts

Students Served
School Name Pataula Charter Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

49.3

80.9

11.9

4.9

4.9

60.0

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

3.8

10.4

Pct. Gifted
5.8

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: -0.0094 Elementary / 0.0029 Middle
Pataula Charter Academy's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all five CRCT-tested subjects is not statistically different from the average elementary school in the state and five surrounding county districts. Likewise, its contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is not statistically different from the average middle school in the state and surrounding districts. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

0.0440 -0.0979 0.0630 -0.1664 0.1135 -0.0094

68 No 14 No 66 No 10 Lower 74 No 46 No

1 of 6 4 of 6 3 of 6 5 of 6 1 of 6 3 of 6

No No No No Higher No

0.0223 0.0144 -0.0806 0.0204 0.0062 0.0029

64 No 60 No 27 No 58 No 50 No 51 No

2 of 6 4 of 6 4 of 6 2 of 6 1 of 6 2 of 6

No No No No Higher No

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

57

84

1 of 6

50

73

1 of 6

50

50

3 of 6

52

62

2 of 6

50

53

2 of 6

52

66

1 of 6

57

74

2 of 6

50

74

1 of 6

50

54

1 of 6

52

60

2 of 6

50

55

2 of 6

52

65

2 of 6

Pataula Charter Academy

183

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Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Elementary Average State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Pataula

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Pataula

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

184
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Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Pataula

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Pataula

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Pataula Charter Academy

185

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Subject Area: Elementary Reading State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Pataula

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Pataula

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Pataula Charter Academy

186

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Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Pataula

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Pataula

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Pataula Charter Academy

187

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Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Pataula

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Pataula

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Pataula Charter Academy

188

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Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

S c h o o l F E in S td . D e v . U n i ts -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
P a ta u la

S ta te Ch a rter s

L o ca l C h a rte rs

Tra d itio n a l

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Pataula

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Pataula Charter Academy

189

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Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

P a t a u la

S c h o o l F E in S td . D e v . U n i ts -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

90 100

80

70

60

S c h o o l M e a n S G P i n P e r c e n t il e U n it s

S ta te Ch a rter s

L o ca l C h a rte rs

Tra d itio n a l

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

P a t a u la

S ta te Ch a rter s

L o ca l C h a rte rs

Tra d itio n a l

Pataula Charter Academy

190

50

40

30

20

10

0

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Reading State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Pataula

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Pataula

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Pataula Charter Academy

191

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Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Pataula

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Pataula

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Pataula Charter Academy

192

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Subject Area: Middle Math State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Pataula

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Pataula

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Pataula Charter Academy

193

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Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Pataula

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Pataula

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Pataula Charter Academy

194

Georgia State Charter Schools Evaluation, 2012-2013
Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Pataula

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Pataula

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Pataula Charter Academy

195

0

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Proficiency Levels
System Name
Grade 3 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 5

CRCT Reading

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

39

2.6

48.7

48.7

97.4

315

14.3

53.3

32.4

85.7

124903

5.1

43.5

51.4

94.9

41

2.4

43.9

53.7

97.6

300

17.7

57.3

25.0

82.3

123399

7.5

43.9

48.6

92.5

43

2.3

69.8

27.9

97.7

346

15.9

67.1

17.1

84.1

123865

3.4

61.2

35.4

96.6

33 321 125338

3.0

39.4

57.6

97.0

8.7

60.1

31.2

91.3

4.0

48.2

47.9

96.0

27 355 125378

0.0

63.0

37.0

100.0

7.6

73.0

19.4

92.4

5.3

60.6

34.1

94.7

35 326 123114

0.0

60.0

40.0

100.0

6.7

63.8

29.4

93.3

2.0

52.7

45.2

98.0

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

39

2.6

79.5

17.9

97.4

314

19.4

57.3

23.2

80.6

125006

11.9

53.3

34.8

88.1

41

14.6

51.2

34.1

85.4

296

18.9

64.5

16.6

81.1

123337

9.8

52.2

38.1

90.2

Pataula Charter Academy

196

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Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average

43

4.7

69.8

25.6

95.3

347

11.5

67.7

20.7

88.5

123560

5.8

54.2

40.0

94.2

33 320 125227

3.0

69.7

27.3

97.0

8.8

69.1

22.2

91.3

7.6

58.0

34.4

92.4

27

0.0

44.4

55.6

100.0

354

10.7

61.3

28.0

89.3

125089

6.9

46.1

46.9

93.1

35 326 122879

0.0

68.6

31.4

100.0

6.7

64.4

28.8

93.3

5.6

52.3

42.2

94.4

CRCT MATH

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

39

17.9

51.3

30.8

82.1

314

25.2

40.1

34.7

74.8

125413

21.5

34.8

43.7

78.5

41

7.3

43.9

48.8

92.7

300

30.0

51.3

18.7

70.0

123079

15.7

45.2

39.1

84.3

43

0.0

48.8

51.2

100.0

348

11.2

47.4

41.4

88.8

122863

6.9

46.1

47.0

93.1

33

9.1

75.8

15.2

90.9

320

20.3

63.8

15.9

79.7

124619

17.2

54.8

27.9

82.8

27

7.4

51.9

40.7

92.6

357

17.9

62.5

19.6

82.1

124261

10.1

52.7

37.3

89.9

34

2.9

70.6

26.5

97.1

326

25.8

55.2

19.0

74.2

122429

11.9

56.7

31.5

88.1

Pataula Charter Academy

197

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System Name
Grade 3 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Odyssey School Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 5

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

39

23.1

35.9

41.0

76.9

321

35.8

44.9

19.3

64.2

127836

21.6

43.6

34.7

78.4

41

14.6

34.1

51.2

85.4

302

38.7

45.7

15.6

61.3

126467

17.3

38.7

44.0

82.7

43

14.0

53.5

32.6

86.0

353

37.4

45.6

17.0

62.6

127719

20.4

40.4

39.2

79.6

1052

27.0

53.7

19.3

73.0

34

23.5

61.8

14.7

76.5

335

44.5

43.3

12.2

55.5

128534

25.9

50.8

23.2

74.1

27

3.7

48.1

48.1

96.3

357

27.7

52.9

19.3

72.3

128019

14.7

40.4

44.9

85.3

35

22.9

45.7

31.4

77.1

327

37.6

53.8

8.6

62.4

125726

25.8

52.1

22.1

74.2

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

39

15.4

69.2

15.4

84.6

321

24.6

53.0

22.4

75.4

127417

16.6

52.6

30.8

83.4

41

17.1

51.2

31.7

82.9

302

44.0

48.0

7.9

56.0

126063

18.7

55.7

25.6

81.3

Pataula Charter Academy

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Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 6 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average Grade 8 Pataula Charter Five-County Average Statewide Average

43

9.3

74.4

16.3

90.7

353

36.5

50.7

12.7

63.5

127331

19.5

55.8

24.8

80.5

34

23.5

41.2

35.3

76.5

335

40.0

41.8

18.2

60.0

128176

22.5

36.0

41.5

77.5

27

7.4

37.0

55.6

92.6

357

30.3

44.0

25.8

69.7

127662

17.3

33.1

49.6

82.7

35

5.7

45.7

48.6

94.3

327

37.6

51.4

11.0

62.4

125306

21.9

44.5

33.6

78.1

Pataula Charter Academy

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Provost Academy
Key Findings
In general, Provost Academy is strong in 9th grade literature, but its performance in Math II, Biology, U.S. History, and Economics is weak relative to the state. Because the school serves students throughout the state it does not have a district comparison group.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the state average in 9th grade literature. o below the state average in Math II, Biology, U.S. History, and Economics in high school grades. o indistinguishable from the state average in American Literature.
General Characteristics

School Name
Provost Academy

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

Grades

2012

No

9-12

Curriculum Focus Online Curriculum

School Year

SingleGender School

Virtual/ Online School

Serves Multiple Counties

Normal

No

Yes

Online

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

Enrollment Restrictions
Students residing in State of GA

Students Served
School Name Provost Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

57.2

35.6

56.0

4.7

4.7

24.3

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.0

11.1

Pct. Gifted
0.0

200
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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject

Grade Level and Subject
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Math II Biology U.S. History Economics

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

0.1512 0.0219 -0.6449 -0.2937 -0.4907 -0.2909

89 Higher 52 No
1 Lower 5 Lower 2 Lower 12 Lower

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

55

81

36

7

21

1

32

2

20

1

36

8

Provost Academy

201

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Proficiency Levels

System Name
9TH Grade Literature Provost Academy Statewide Average American Literature Provost Academy Statewide Average Math II Provost Academy Statewide Average Biology Provost Academy Statewide Average US History Provost Academy Statewide Average Economics Statewide Average

END OF COURSE TEST

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

105

17.1

53.3

29.5

82.9

130254

14.0

47.8

38.2

86.0

93

10.8

55.9

33.3

89.2

106441

9.1

58.0

32.9

90.9

65

84.6

15.4

100490

36.9

53.9

0.0

15.4

9.1

63.1

152

50.7

40.8

8.6

49.3

128980

25.7

40.1

34.1

74.3

128

57.0

35.9

7.0

43.0

106006

28.2

34.0

37.8

71.8

103674

20.9

39.4

39.7

79.1

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Scholars Academy
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is -0.1194 in elementary grades meaning that Scholars Academy is below the state and district average in elementary grades.
In general, Scholars Academy's performance in math and social studies is weak relative to both the district and the state, and its contribution to student achievement does not outpace the district or state in any subject.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o below the district and state average in math and social studies in elementary grades. o indistinguishable from the district and state average in reading, ELA and science in elementary grades.

General Characteristics

School Name
Scholars Academy

Calendar Year
Opened
2008

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades K-5

Curriculum Focus School Year

Expeditionary Learning: project based lectures and curriculum delivery/ All students receive
30 minutes of Spanish instruction
daily

Normal

SingleGender School
No

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement

Enrollment Restrictions

Not Specified

Clayton County Public Schools Zone

Students Served
School Name Scholars Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

47.5

0.0

97.5

0.5

0.5

86.5

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

1.5

3.0

Pct. Gifted
2.5

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: -0.1194 Elementary Overall District Effect: 0.0056 Elementary
Scholars Academy's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all five CRCT-tested subjects is less than that of the average elementary school in the state or district. It is important to note that averaging achievement scores across subjects masks any variation in school performance between subject areas. As a result, the table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average

Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

School Effect

State Percentile (higher is
better)

Statistically Different From State Average?

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

0.0918 -0.0719 -0.3200 -0.0307 -0.2630 -0.1194

83 No 21 No
2 Lower 10 No
7 Lower 11 Lower

7 of 36 No 31 of 36 No 36 of 36 Lower 28 of 36 No 33 of 36 Lower 34 of 36 Lower

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level.

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

State Percentile (higher is
better)

District Rank (lower is better)

50

41

20 of 36

34

2

36 of 36

34

4

36 of 36

46

26

31 of 36

33

4

36 of 36

40

4

36 of 36

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Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Elementary Average State Charter: Scholars Academy Comparison District: Clayton Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Scholars

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

50 60 70 80 90 100

Scholars

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

10 20 30 40

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Subject Area: Elementary Reading State Charter: Scholars Academy Comparison District: Clayton County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

Scholars

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Scholars

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Scholars Academy

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Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Scholars Academy Comparison District: Clayton County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Scholars

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

Scholars

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Scholars Academy

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Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Scholars Academy Comparison District: Clayton County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Scholars

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

Scholars

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Scholars Academy

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Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Scholars Academy Comparison District: Clayton County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Scholars

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

Scholars

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Scholars Academy

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Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Scholars Academy Comparison District: Clayton County Public Schools
School Value-Added Estimate with 95% Confidence Intervals (Mean Effect with all controls across all Georgia public schools= 0)

School FE in Std. Dev. Units -.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7
Scholars

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile (Median SGP across all Georgia public school students = 50)

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

School Mean SGP in Percentile Units

Scholars

0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Proficiency Levels
System Name
Grade 3 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

CRCT Reading

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

38

15.8

44.7

39.5

84.2

3895

9.8

56.2

33.9

90.2

124903

5.1

43.5

51.4

94.9

24

25.0

50.0

25.0

75.0

3867

13.0

52.0

35.0

87.0

123399

7.5

43.9

48.6

92.5

23

13.0

56.5

30.4

87.0

3768

5.1

70.1

24.8

94.9

123865

3.4

61.2

35.4

96.6

CRCT ELA

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

38

26.3

50.0

23.7

73.7

3901

21.0

58.5

20.5

79.0

125006

11.9

53.3

34.8

88.1

24

25.0

58.3

16.7

75.0

3859

16.1

57.2

26.7

83.9

123337

9.8

52.2

38.1

90.2

23

13.0

56.5

30.4

87.0

3767

9.1

59.7

31.1

90.9

123560

5.8

54.2

40.0

94.2

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System Name
Grade 3 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 4 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average
System Name
Grade 3 Scholars Academy District Average
Scholars Academy

N Tested

CRCT MATH

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

38

47.4

26.3

26.3

52.6

3909

35.4

36.2

28.3

64.6

125413

21.5

34.8

43.7

78.5

24

54.2

45.8

0.0

45.8

3866

25.3

49.5

25.2

74.7

123079

15.7

45.2

39.1

84.3

23

26.1

56.5

17.4

73.9

3758

11.6

53.9

34.5

88.4

122863

6.9

46.1

47.0

93.1

CRCT SCIENCE

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

38

42.1

39.5

18.4

57.9

3991

35.1

46.8

18.0

64.9

127836

21.6

43.6

34.7

78.4

24

45.8

41.7

12.5

54.2

3959

25.5

43.6

30.9

74.5

126467

17.3

38.7

44.0

82.7

23

34.8

34.8

30.4

65.2

3901

26.6

45.6

27.7

73.4

127719

20.4

40.4

39.2

79.6

CRCT SOCIAL STUDIES

N Tested

% Did not meet the standard

% Meets the standard

% Exceeds the standard

% Met or Exceeded the standard

38

26.3

55.3

18.4

73.7

3979

30.5

55.6

13.8

69.5

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Statewide Average Grade 4 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 5 Scholars Academy District Average Statewide Average

127417

16.6

52.6

30.8

83.4

24

41.7

54.2

4.2

58.3

3946

31.2

57.5

11.3

68.8

126063

18.7

55.7

25.6

81.3

23

34.8

60.9

4.3

65.2

3887

31.0

58.6

10.4

69.0

127331

19.5

55.8

24.8

80.5

Scholars Academy

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