The performance of state charter schools in Georgia, 2014/2015

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
The Performance of State Charter Schools in Georgia, 2014-2015
By Tim R. Sass, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor
Department of Economics Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Georgia State University
May 17, 2016

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Table of Contents
Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... 1 I. Introduction and Background.................................................................................................... 3 II. Methodology and Data .............................................................................................................. 8
A. Alternative Methods for Evaluating School Performance................................................. 8 1. The Value-Added Model Approach................................................................................. 9 2. The Student Growth Model Approach............................................................................ 9 3. Proficiency Targets ....................................................................................................... 10
B. Data ................................................................................................................................... 11 III. Results All State Charters ................................................................................................... 12
A. Proficiency Targets ........................................................................................................... 12 B. Value-Added and Student Growth Model Estimates........................................................ 13 C. Summary of Findings ........................................................................................................ 14 IV. Results Individual School Summaries................................................................................ 34 Atlanta Heights Charter School............................................................................................... 35 Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) .......................................... 54 Cherokee Charter Academy .................................................................................................... 73 Coweta Charter Academy........................................................................................................ 95 Fulton Leadership Academy ................................................................................................. 115 Georgia Connections Academy ............................................................................................. 136 Georgia Cyber Academy ........................................................................................................ 147 Graduation Achievement Charter High School (Formerly Provost Academy) ................. 156 Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett................................................................................. 163 Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls................................................................. 180 Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy ........................................................... 201 Mountain Education Center .................................................................................................. 225 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy) .................................................. 232 Pataula Charter Academy...................................................................................................... 250 Utopian Academy for the Arts............................................................................................... 276 V. References ............................................................................................................................. 287

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Executive Summary
A total of 15 state charter schools operated in Georgia during the 2014-15 school year. Two of the schools, Georgia Cyber Academy and the Odyssey School, had previously appeared as a single institution in the Georgia Department of Education's administrative records. Thus, this report documents the performance of 15 state charter schools in the 2014-15 school year and also provides performance data for 2013-14 and 2012-13 for 13 the state charter schools, other than Georgia Cyber and Odyssey, which operated in 2014-15. Key findings are:
State charter schools are diverse and many provide learning environments that differ from those of traditional public schools. State charter schools vary along multiple dimensions, including grade levels, student demographics, instructional mode (face-to-face or virtual), curricular focus and geographic area served. Four of fifteen schools serve only elementary and middle grades, another five serve elementary, middle and at least some high school grades, three serve both middle and high grades, one serves only middle school students and two only serve grades 9-12. Four of the fifteen are single-gender schools, and African-American enrollment at five schools is 95 percent or more. One school has over 20 percent of students classified as gifted, while four report no gifted students. Three of the fifteen schools provide fully online course offerings while the remaining 12 provide face-to-face instruction exclusively. The three fully online virtual schools and one "brick-and-mortar" school enroll students from throughout the state, one school enrolls students who reside within a five-county region, and the remaining ten enroll students from a single school district only.
The majority of state charter schools serving elementary grades perform as well as the average public elementary school in the state. The estimated contribution to student achievement in grades 4 and 5 across all four Milestones-tested subjects (math, ELA, science and social studies) was not significantly different from the state average for five of the nine state charter schools serving elementary grades. Performance for the other four was significantly below the state average. This cross-subject average masks significant variation across subjects, however. For example, in ELA only two of the nine schools performs below the average elementary school in the state while in math six of the nine are significantly below the state average.
Most state charter schools serving middle grades perform as well or better than the average public middle school in the state. The estimated contribution to student achievement in grades 6-8 averaged across all four Milestones-tested subjects is not significantly different from the state average for seven of the 13 state charter schools that enroll students in one or more of grades 6-8. The cross-subject average performance of two state charters exceeds that of the average middle school in the state, and the contribution to student achievement for four state charters falls below the state average. Performance of state charters serving middle grades is particularly strong in language arts, with the performance of six schools exceeding the state average and the performance of another six is not significantly different from the state average; only one school's performance in language arts is significantly below the state average. In contrast, performance of state charter schools was relatively weak in science. None of the 13 state charter schools serving middle school students had estimated contributions to student achievement in science that exceeded the state average, the performance of seven schools was not significantly different from the state average and the performance of six fell below the state average. Performance in math and social studies were both quite mixed, with some state charters exceeding the statewide average and some falling below the state average in each subject.
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The performance of state charter schools serving high school grades is uneven when compared to the average public high school in the state. Variation across subjects must be interpreted with caution, however, since some state charters have just begun to expand their range of grade offerings into high school and, thus, the sample of schools varies across subject areas. Further, three of the five state charters offering all high school grades (9-12) are virtual schools. In 9th Grade Literature, five of nine state charters are performing above the state average and the performance of the other four is not significantly different from the state average. For the five schools with test scores for American Literature, the contribution to student achievement for three schools is not significantly different from the state average while performance of the other two exceeds the state average. For Analytic Geometry four of six schools perform at a level indistinguishable from the state average and two perform below the state average. In Coordinate Algebra, performance of two of nine state charter schools exceeds the state average, performance of six is not significantly different from the state average and the performance of one school falls below the state average. In Biology two of nine schools perform above the state average, performance of four schools is indistinguishable from the state average and performance of the other three schools is significantly below the state average. In Physical Science four of seven schools have estimated contributions to student achievement below the state average and performance of the other three is indistinguishable from the state average. In economics three of four schools fall significantly below the state average and one school is above the state average. Performance is also generally low in U.S. History, with four of six schools performing below the state average and two whose performance is indistinguishable from the state average.
The majority of state charter schools serving elementary grades perform as well as the average elementary school in their district(s). Similar to statewide comparisons, the contribution to student achievement averaged across all four Milestones-tested subjects is not statistically different from the average of all elementary schools in the relevant district for six of eight state charters serving elementary grades. The cross-subject average performance is below that of the average school in the relevant district for the other two state charter schools which enrolled elementary school students.
The performance of most state charter schools serving middle grades is equal to or better than the average of all middle schools in the relevant district(s). Of the eleven state charter schools serving middle grades that are not statewide virtual schools, five perform better than the average of middle schools in their district (based on cross-subject averages of the estimated contribution to student achievement). One performs worse than the average school in their district, and the performance of the other five schools is indistinguishable from the average school in the district.
For a majority of subjects at the high school level, most state charters perform at a level that is indistinguishable from the average school in their district. Of the six state charter schools serving one or more high school grades and with a less than a statewide attendance zone, the performance of one is indistinguishable from the district average in all subjects, two are higher than the district average in one subject and indistinguishable from the district average in all others, two are above average in one subject and below average in one other and the last school is lower than the relevant district average in a single subject.
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I. Introduction and Background
There were 15 state charter schools operating in Georgia during the 2014-15 school year. Although the current State Charter Schools Commission has only been in operation since 2013, a number 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 the 15 schools that operated during the 2014-15 school year, 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 15 schools are quite diverse in their structure, mission and service area. For example, three of the 15 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 of state charter schools (10 of 15) serve students in a single district/county, one school (Pataula Charter Academy) has an attendance zone that spans multiple counties and the remaining four schools (three of which are virtual schools) serve students from the entire state.
The state charter schools also vary considerably in the populations of students they serve, as illustrated in Table 2. Five of the 15 schools serve almost exclusively African-American students. In contrast, five 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.
1Details on the history of charter schools in general and more specifically state chartered schools, are contained in Georgia Department of Education (2012).
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Table 1: General Characteristics of State Charter Schools

School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

Atlanta Heights
Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and
Technology (CCAT)
Cherokee Charter Academy

2010 2002 2011

EMO Affiliation
National Heritage Academies
No
Charter Schools
USA

Grades K-8 6-12 K-8

Curriculum Focus School Year

None

Normal

Multi-age classrooms - students grouped
by skill level

Year-round

None

Normal

SingleGender School
No
No
No

Coweta Charter Academy

2010

Charter Schools
USA

K-7

None

Normal

No

STEM with focus on

Fulton Leadership Academy

2010

No

aviation and

6-10

aeronautics -

Normal

partnership with Civil

Boys Only

Air Patrol

Georgia

Connections

2011

No

K-12

Online Curriculum

Normal

No

Academy

Georgia Cyber Academy

2009

K-12

K-12

Online Curriculum

Normal

No

Grad

Achievement

(formerly

2012

No

9-12

Online Curriculum

Normal

No

Provost

Academy)

Virtual/ Online School
No
No
No
No
No
Yes Yes
Yes

Serves Multiple Counties
No
No
No
No
No
Online Online
Online

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

Enrollment Restrictions
Atlanta Public Schools Zone

1 Hour of Service/week

Bulloch County Public Schools Zone

Not Specified

Cherokee County Public Schools Zone

20 hours volunteer/year

Coweta County Public Schools Zone

Not Specified

Fulton County Public Schools Zone

Not Specified Not Specified

Students residing in State of GA
Students residing in State of GA

Not Specified

Students residing in State of GA

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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

2004

No

Pataula Charter Academy

2010

No

Utopian

Academy for the 2014

No

Arts

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

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
Expeditionary Learning: project based lectures and
curriculum delivery/Looping: students remain with teacher for two years
Expeditionary Learning Curriculum.
Single-gender instructional

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

SingleGender School
Girls Only
GirlsOnly BoysOnly
No
No
No
No

Virtual/ Online School
No No No No
No
No
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement

Enrollment Restrictions

Not Specified

Gwinnett County Public Schools Zone

DeKalb

No

Not Specified

County

Schools Zone

DeKalb

No

Not Specified

County

Schools Zone

Students

Yes

No

residing in

State of GA

No

18 hours per academic year

Coweta County Public Schools Zone

Students

residing in

Baker,

Yes

Not Specified

Calhoun, Clay, Early,

Randolph

Public School

districts

No

Attendance of a New Parent Orientation

Students residing in
Clayton County, GA

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School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

Grades

Curriculum Focus School Year
approach, and classes in the dramatic, media, and culinary arts.

SingleGender School

Virtual/ Online School

Serves Multiple Counties

Parental Involvement Requirement
Meeting & sign an agreement

Enrollment Restrictions

Note: Grade levels served based on enrollment as of October 2014.

Sources: Georgia Department of Education (2010), Georgia Department of Education (2011), Georgia Department of Education (2015a), Georgia Department of Education (2015c), individual-level data from GAAWARDS and 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 Georgia Cyber Academy Grad Achievement (Formerly Provost 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 Pataula Charter Academy Utopian Academy for the Arts

Pct.

Pct.

Pct.

Pct.

Pct.

Pct.

Female White Black Hispanic Other

FRL

50.7

0.1 95.0

4.4

0.4 95.3

51.0 78.9 17.7

1.4

2.0

0.0

47.8 75.6 12.6

6.5

5.3 99.9

50.3 79.1

8.9

5.9

6.1 20.0

0.0

0.0 99.6

0.4

0.0 99.6

55.6 53.3 31.6

7.2

7.9 46.6

51.3 55.5 31.9

5.9

6.7 65.4

51.0 23.4 66.0

7.9

2.7

0.9

100.0

1.6 71.2 17.8

9.4 42.4

100.0

0.8 98.4

0.3

0.5 46.1

0.0

0.9 97.0

0.6

1.5 41.7

48.9 87.8

5.8

6.1

0.3 66.9

43.9 54.0 24.9 10.6 10.4 25.2

45.8 80.2 11.1

5.2

3.5 57.1

60.7

0.6 97.1

1.2

1.2

1.7

Pct.

Pct.

Pct.

LEP SWD Gifted

1.9

7.6

0.0

0.0 12.9

2.0

2.6 11.8 10.3

0.0

8.8 14.4

0.0 13.4 14.5

0.2 10.3

4.2

0.2 12.8

8.2

0.4 12.1

0.0

3.6

7.4

0.0

0.0

3.9

1.3

0.0

7.7

2.1

2.0 15.0

0.0

1.6 19.5 13.5

2.7 11.8

6.6

0.0

5.2 22.5

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 15 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.2
2 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 (2011), 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.3 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.4 Race, gender, mobility and age are also sometimes included in the model.5 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 has also been 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 or 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 (known as a school fixed effect or school FE) 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, have used student growth models to evaluate teacher performance.6 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
3 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 (2015) and Sass, Semykina and Harris (2014). 4 For example, Florida's model includes disability status, English Language Learner status, gifted status, prior attendance, student mobility and student age. Washington DC's model controls for poverty status, limited English proficiency status, prior attendance, student mobility and poverty. Louisiana's model includes controls for disability status, gifted status, poverty and prior disciplinary actions. 5 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. 6 For a list of states employing or planning to use student growth models, see Walsh and Isenberg (2015).
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controls for student characteristics like disability status or eligibility for free/reduced-price lunch.7 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.8 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 twenty percent of a school's score on Georgia's College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) is determined by the proportion of students who satisfy content mastery standards established by the state. Points are awarded for "developing," "proficient," and "distinguished" learners, with each category determined by the percentage of students scoring above a certain threshold.9 In general, proficiency targets (including those in the CCRPI) and associated threshold scores for determining achievement levels are set by policy makers and focus on absolute performance rather than growth.
The advantage of proficiency targets is that 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.
7 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). 8 Student growth percentiles are generated using a non-parametric quantile regression model. For details see Betebenner (2009) and Goldhaber, Walch and Gabele (2013). 9See Georgia Department of Education (2016).
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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 Pre-Kindergarten-20 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) with data from eight other state agencies: Department of Labor (workforce data), Department of Early Care and Learning ("Bright From the Start" Georgia's 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 Milestones end-of-grade exam in English Language Arts (ELA), Math, Science and Social Studies. Prior to 2014-15 Georgia used the Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) to evaluate student achievement in elementary and middle grades. Thus, prior-year scores for each of four subjects, which are used to control for student ability and prior educational inputs, come from the CRCT.10 To minimize problems associated with different scales across tests, all scale scores (both current-year Milestones scores and prior-year CRCT 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."
For high school students, Milestones End-of-Course (EOC) test scores in Math (Analytic Geometry, Coordinate Algebra), ELA (9th Grade Literature and Composition, American Literature and Composition), Science (Biology, Physical Science) and Social Studies (U.S. History, Economics) are employed. For the analysis of EOC test 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, scores are normalized to have a mean of zero and standard deviation of one.
10 Both same-subject actual prior-year scores and prior scores in other subjects are employed as controls. 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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In addition to prior test scores, the value-added model includes the following student characteristics as controls: gender, foreign-born indicator, race/ethnicity, limited English proficiency (LEP) enrollment, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility, gifted status, primary-languagenot-English indicator, disability status (15 specific disability categories), number of schools attended in the current year, an indicator for students who changed schools from the prior year, number of disciplinary incidents in the prior year, attendance in the prior year and the difference between a student's age (in months) and the modal age of students in the same grade.11,12
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, FAY was determined by the number of calendar days between the start of each school's school year and the end of the state Milestones testing window. For grades 9-12, 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 Milestones EOG and EOC exams are those reported publicly by the GaDOE and are presented in the individual school summaries.13 Statewide and district averages are also provided for reference.14 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
11 The difference between a student's age and the modal age of other students in the same grade is included to control for students who had previously be retained or started kindergarten late. This variable was not included in the value-added model used for 2012-13 state charter schools accountability report. 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. 13Georgia Department of Education (2015b). Minor differences in underlying data sometimes result in slight discrepancies when compared to the proficiency levels published on the Governor's Office of Student Achievement's Report Card. 14 Cross-school comparisons of proportions of students meeting proficiency targets are provided in the Technical Appendix.
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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.
When considering the proficiency percentages, a few patterns emerge at the elementary and middle school levels (grades 3-5 and 6-8). 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/grades. Atlanta Heights and Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy each have 50 percent or more of their students in the "Beginning Learner" category for both math and ELA in multiple grade levels. Similarly, Provost Academy has over half of their students in the Beginning Learner category in six courses: 9th-Grade Literature, Coordinate Algebra, Analytic Geometry, Biology, Physical Science, U.S. History and Economics. At the other end of the scale, Cherokee Charter Academy has 8 grade/subject combinations in which 15 percent or more of their students are in the top-level "distinguished" category. The next closest is Coweta Charter Academy with five grade/subjects in which 15 percent of students are classified as "Distinguished."
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 & 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 & Wyckoff (2015)).
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
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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 Georgia Cyber Academy, which has the largest enrollment of any state charter school, 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.15 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.16 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, four for each of the subjects tested in elementary school, four more for the same subjects in middle school, eight high school courses for which EOCTs are administered, and two for the four-subject averages for elementary and middle school.
15 For 2013-14 the GaDOE computed student growth percentiles in two different ways. In the "cohort SGP" approach, statistical models are updated annually so that the median student receives a SGP of 50 each year. This means that the baseline is reset each year and (as with value-added measures), it is not possible to measure a general increase in student achievement gains across all students. In attempt to capture general changes over time in teacher effectiveness the GaDOE also computed a "baselinereferenced SGP." As the name implies, the baseline-referenced SGP uses the same model each year which was developed using a baseline cohort of students. This results in SGPs relative to the baseline cohort and therefore allows for the possibility of universal improvement in performance over time. However, as a consequence, the median baseline-referenced SGP does not necessarily equal 50. In 201314 cohort-referenced SGPs were used for EOCTs in math, but baseline-referenced SGPs were used for the CRCTs and all non-math EOCTs. Due to the adoption of the new Milestones exams, in 2014-15 only cohort-referenced SGPs were computed. See McCaffrey, Castellano and Lockwood (2014). 16 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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Based on value-added, the majority of state charters perform at a level that is not significantly different from the average school in Georgia in six of the 16 specific grade group/subject combinations: Elementary ELA, Elementary Social Studies, Middle School Science, American Literature, Analytic Geometry and Coordinate Algebra. In four areas, the majority of state charters perform significantly worse than the average school in Georgia: Elementary Math, Physical Science, Economics and U.S. History. Conversely, state charters tend to outperform the average school in 9th Grade Literature. Results are mixed for state charters in the remaining five grade level/subject areas: Elementary Science, Middle Math, Middle ELA, Middle Social Science and Biology. The variation in effectiveness across subject areas could be due to a variety of factors, including teacher quality and instructional methods, which may vary across schools.
The comparisons with state averages provide an overall picture of state charter school performance. More relevant are comparisons between individual state charter schools and other schools (both traditional public schools and local charters) in the geographic areas they serve. Following the 18 figures mentioned above that 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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Figure 1: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Average Across All Subjects [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Average Across All Subjects [Statewide]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls
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Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Average Across All Subjects [Statewide]
Median SGP across all Georgia public schools = 50
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Figure 2: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 English Language Arts [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 English Language Arts [Statewide]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls
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Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 English Language Arts [Statewide]
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Figure 3: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Math [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Math [Statewide]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls
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Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Math [Statewide]
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Figure 4: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Science [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Science [Statewide]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls
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Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Science [Statewide]
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Figure 5: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies [Statewide]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls
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Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies [Statewide]
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Figure 6: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7 and 8 Average Across All Subjects [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects [Statewide]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls
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Figure 7: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7 and 8 English Language Arts [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts [Statewide]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls
Georgia public schools = 0
Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts [Statewide]
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Figure 8: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7 and 8 Mathematics [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math [Statewide]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls
Georgia public schools = 0
Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math [Statewide]
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Figure 9: Value-Added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7 and 8 Science [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science [Statewide]
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Figure 10: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7 and 8 Social Studies [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies [Statewide]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls
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Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies [Statewide]
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Figure 11: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 9th Grade Literature [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 9th Grade Literature [Statewide]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls
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Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 9th Grade Literature [Statewide]
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Figure 12: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 American Literature [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 American Literture [Statewide]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls
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Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 American Literture [Statewide]
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Figure 13: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Analytic Geometry [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Analytic Geometry [Statewide]
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Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Analytic Geometry [Statewide]
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Figure 14: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Coordinate Algebra [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Coordinate Algebra [Statewide]
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Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Coordinate Algebra [Statewide]
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Figure 15: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Biology [Statewide]
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Figure 16: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Physical Science [Statewide]
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Physical Science [Statewide]
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Figure 17: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Economics [Statewide]
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Figure 18: Value-added Schools Effects (School FE) and Mean Student Growth Percentiles for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 U.S. History [Statewide]
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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 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, some do not currently serve all high school grades or have fewer than 15 test takers on some of the EOCT exams. Consequently, the within-district comparisons at the high school level are limited.
For both the value-added and student-growth metrics a comparison between a school's performance in 2014/15 and their performance in 2013/14 and 2012/13 is provided. Estimates for all three years are based on the model used in 2013/14, and thus the performance estimates for 2012/13 reported here differ from those in the 2012/13 State Charter Schools Performance Report.17
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 Summary Results from 2013/14 and 2012/13 Comparison of School Impact Proficiency Level
17 The value-added model used in the 2012/13 report did not include a control for a student's age relative to the age of their grade-level peers. Also, the mean student growth percentiles in the 2012/13 report are school wide averages that include all students in a school for which a student growth percentile was calculated. The student growth percentiles averages for 2012/13 reported here include only those students that are included in the value-added model and are limited to the same grade range as reported for the value-added estimates (i.e. elementary, middle and high).
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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 -0.0201 in elementary grades and -0.0053 in middle grades, meaning that Atlanta Heights Charter School's impact on student achievement is not significantly different than the state average in elementary grades or in middle grades.
In general, Atlanta Heights Charter School is strong in middle school ELA, but its performance in middle school Social Studies is weak relative to both the district and the state. Elementary ELA is weak relative to the district.
Atlanta Heights Charter School's 2014/15 performance in elementary and middle grades is generally comparable to performance in 2013/14. Performance in elementary school math in 2014/15 improved relative to performance in 2013/14.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the district average in middle school ELA o below the district average in ELA in elementary grades but not different from the state average o below the district and state average in social studies in middle grades o indistinguishable from the district and state average in math, science and social studies in elementary grades and in math and science in middle grades.
General Characteristics

School Name Atlanta Heights

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: -0.0201 Elementary / -0.0053 Middle Overall District Effect: 0.0129 Elementary / 0.0041 Middle
Atlanta Heights's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all four Milestones-tested 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 also 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 ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

-0.0424 0.0786 -0.0804 -0.0372 -0.0201
0.1164 -0.0637 0.0388 -0.1324 -0.0053

37

No

70

No

29

No

41

No

43

No

88

Higher

30

No

64

No

18

Lower

45

No

46 of 58 17 of 58 40 of 58 30 of 58 36 of 58

Lower No No No No

7 of 25 14 of 25
8 of 25 20 of 25 10 of 25

No No No Lower No

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

46

29

49 of 58

53

63

17 of 58

41

12

49 of 58

40

12

39 of 58

45

21

40 of 58

54

80

11 of 25

45

23

15 of 25

47

32

15 of 25

50

46

12 of 25

49

43

11 of 25

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History
Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14, and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results
Atlanta Height's performance in elementary and middle grades in 2014/15 is generally on par with its performance in 2013/14. The all-subject elementary school average value added has changed little, moving from -0.1056 in 2012/13 to -0.1152 in 2013/14 to -0.0201 in 2014/15. In 2012/13 the all-subject average value-added for middle grades was -0.0678, whereas in 2013/14 it was -0.0143 and in 2014/15 it is -0.0053. Relative performance in elementary school math in 2014/15 was significantly higher than in 2013/14.

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

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

School Effect
-0.0634 0.0050 -0.1719 -0.0884 -0.2057 -0.1056
0.0098 0.0094 -0.1668 0.1443 -0.3561 -0.0678

2012/13

District Rank

Statistically Different From

(lower is better)

District Average?

39 of 58 20 of 58 49 of 58 44 of 58 47 of 58 46 of 58

No No Lower No Lower Lower

10 of 27 15 of 27 26 of 27
5 of 27 26 of 27 20 of 27

No No Lower Higher Lower No

School Effect

2013/14

District Rank

Statistically Different From

(lower is District Average? better)

-0.1293 0.0227 -0.1838 -0.1083 -0.1692 -0.1152

45 of 57 Lower 16 of 57 No 43 of 57 Lower 33 of 57 No 39 of 57 No 36 of 57 Lower

-0.0582 0.1470 -0.0462 0.0409 -0.1613 -0.0143

17 of 26 No 3 of 26 Higher
18 of 26 No 6 of 27 Higher
18 of 27 No 13 of 27 No

School Effect

2014/15

District Rank

Statistically Different From

(lower is District Average? better)

-0.0424 0.0786 -0.0804 -0.0372 -0.0201

46 of 58 Lower 17 of 58 No 40 of 58 No 30 of 58 No 36 of 58 No

0.1164 -0.0637 0.0388 -0.1324 -0.0053

7 of 25 No 14 of 25 No
8 of 25 No 20 of 25 Lower 10 of 25 No

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

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Grade Level and Subject

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

2012/13

44

48 of 58

43

22 of 58

38

53 of 58

43

47 of 58

41

37 of 58

42

48 of 58

53

16 of 27

46

15 of 27

37

26 of 27

58

5 of 27

33

23 of 27

45

20 of 27

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

2013/14

47

40 of 57

46

31 of 57

34

48 of 57

45

37 of 57

37

43 of 57

42

44 of 57

51

21 of 26

50

8 of 26

40

22 of 26

51

10 of 27

53

8 of 27

49

15 of 27

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

2014/15

46

49 of 58

53

17 of 58

41

49 of 58

40

39 of 58

45

40 of 58

54

11 of 25

45

15 of 25

47

15 of 25

50

12 of 25

49

11 of 25

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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 for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Average Across All Subjects - [APS]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Atlanta Heights

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects - [APS]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Atlanta Heights

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 English Language Arts - [APS]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Atlanta Heights

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Math - [APS]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Atlanta Heights

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Science - [APS]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Atlanta Heights

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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 for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies - [APS]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Atlanta Heights

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts - [APS]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Atlanta Heights

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Middle Math State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math - [APS]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Atlanta Heights

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Atlanta Heights Charter School

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Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Atlanta Heights Comparison District: Atlanta Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science - [APS]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Atlanta Heights

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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 for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies - [APS]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Atlanta Heights

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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 Grade 8 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

81

54.3

30.9

9.9

4.9

4,483

41.3

25.8

22.4

10.4

131,790

33.1

30.0

26.5

10.4

80

50.0

41.3

6.3

2.5

4,095

38.2

27.9

22.4

11.5

128,768

29.2

33.7

28.0

9.1

65

33.8

41.5

16.9

7.7

3,970

35.5

28.8

26.3

9.5

127,875

27.1

33.7

31.3

8.0

76

48.7

28.9

22.4

-

3,495

42.2

28.0

23.4

6.5

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

51

51.0

33.3

11.8

3.9

3,507

39.1

31.3

23.8

5.8

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

38

36.8

42.1

15.8

5.3

3,400

33.7

36.0

23.6

6.7

130,002

24.1

36.9

31.4

7.6

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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 Grade 8 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

82

36.6

41.5

18.3

3.7

4,490

30.7

38.4

24.0

6.9

132,515

21.4

40.5

30.3

7.7

80

38.8

41.3

18.8

1.3

4,100

31.3

36.6

23.4

8.7

129,480

20.2

39.5

31.3

9.0

65

33.8

44.6

20.0

1.5

3,979

36.9

33.1

21.2

8.8

128,542

25.4

36.5

27.5

10.6

76

44.7

47.4

7.9

-

3,491

39.2

35.3

17.7

7.8

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

52

57.7

36.5

5.8

-

3,501

40.0

33.2

17.4

9.4

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

38

65.8

18.4

15.8

-

3,398

40.4

36.1

14.9

8.5

130,485

24.8

38.3

24.8

12.1

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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 Grade 8 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

82

46.3

40.2

11.0

2.4

4,490

35.2

36.3

18.3

10.3

132,348

24.4

41.2

24.0

10.4

80

50.0

40.0

10.0

-

4,098

43.6

29.7

19.9

6.8

129,369

29.0

37.5

26.7

6.8

65

55.4

26.2

16.9

1.5

3,975

42.7

29.0

19.9

8.4

128,422

29.9

34.0

28.4

7.7

77

64.9

28.6

6.5

-

3,486

52.7

23.0

20.3

4.0

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

52

63.5

26.9

5.8

3.8

3,498

47.4

25.8

19.9

7.0

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

38

63.2

23.7

13.2

-

3,390

54.9

24.7

15.2

5.2

130,366

38.5

29.8

24.8

6.9

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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 Grade 8 Atlanta Heights District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

82

39.0

48.8

11.0

1.2

4,452

34.6

37.0

16.3

12.1

131,732

26.2

44.1

19.7

10.0

80

41.3

42.5

13.8

2.5

4,075

42.4

29.3

20.2

8.1

128,744

28.9

36.4

26.4

8.3

65

38.5

55.4

3.1

3.1

3,961

34.9

38.3

16.4

10.4

127,850

25.3

45.6

19.3

9.8

76

64.5

34.2

1.3

-

3,476

43.0

31.2

13.7

12.1

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

51

56.9

35.3

7.8

-

3,478

40.2

34.2

16.3

9.2

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

38

63.2

18.4

13.2

5.3

3,358

42.2

32.7

15.2

9.9

129,668

29.5

37.9

22.0

10.6

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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 0.0059 in middle grades, meaning that in the middle grades the performance of Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology is not significantly different from the state average of middle schools. The value-added estimates in Biology, Coordinate Algebra, Physical Science and U.S. History are also not significantly different from the state and district averages.
In general, the Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology is weak in middle school Math relative to both the state and district but strong in 9th Grade Literature relative to the district.
Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology's performance in middle grades in 2014/15 is generally better than in 2013/14; its performance in high school is better in most subject relative to its performance in 2013/14.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the district average in 9th Grade Literature o below the state and district averages in middle school math o indistinguishable from the district and state average in middle school ELA, science and social studies and in Biology, Coordinate Algebra, Physical Science and U.S. History.

General Characteristics

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

Calendar Year
Opened
2002

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades

Curriculum Focus

School Year

SingleGender School

Multi-age classrooms

6-12

- students grouped Year-round

No

by skill level

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement

Enrollment Restrictions

1 Hour of Service/week

Bulloch County Public Schools Zone

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Students Served
School Name CCAT School

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Pct. Pct. SWD

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

LEP

Gifted

51.0

78.9

17.7

1.4

2.0

0.0

0.0

12.9

2.0

Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: 0.0059 Middle Overall District Effect: 0.0111 Middle
Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology's contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is also 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.
In four of the five measured subjects, CCAT's contribution to a high school student's achievement is not statistically different from the average high school in the district and the average high school in the state.

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Grade Level and Subject
Elementary ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

0.0799 -0.1349 0.0292 0.0428 0.0059
0.1683
-0.0907 -0.0166
0.0425 -0.1956

80 No 14 Lower 60 No 57 No 51 No
87 No
32 No 46 No
64 No 22 No

1 of 5 5 of 5 1 of 5 3 of 5 2 of 5

No Lower No No No

1 of 4 Higher

3 of 4 No 4 of 4 No
3 of 4 No 4 of 4 No

53

73

1 of 5

46

28

5 of 5

49

43

1 of 5

56

80

2 of 5

51

56

2 of 5

52

60

1 of 4

56

71

2 of 4

51

53

4 of 4

50

55

2 of 4

52

59

2 of 4

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology's performance in 2014/15 is generally better in the middle grades relative to its performance in 2013/14. The all-subjects average contribution to achievement of middle school students was -0.1966 in 2013/14 compared to 0.0368 in 2012/13 and 0.0059 in 2014/2015. In high school, results were mixed, with improvement in the school's contribution to student achievement in 9th Grade Literature and Physical Science and little change in Biology.
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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

2014/15

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

0.3976 0.0044 -0.1289 0.0244 -0.1271 0.0368
-0.0193 0.1228
-0.1950 0.0602
-0.3156

1 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 of 5 4 of 5 4 of 5

Higher No Lower No No No

3 of 4 No 1 of 4 No

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

0.0315 -0.1982 -0.2933 -0.2847 -0.2441 -0.1966
0.0781
-0.3250 -0.0988

1 of 5 5 of 5 5 of 5 5 of 5 5 of 5 5 of 5

No No Lower Lower Lower Lower

2 of 4 No

4 of 4 Lower 2 of 4 No

-0.3788 -0.4934

4 of 4 Lower 4 of 4 Lower

0.0799 -0.1349 0.0292 0.0428 0.0059
0.1683

1 of 5 5 of 5 1 of 5 3 of 5 2 of 5

No Lower No No No

1 of 4 Higher

-0.0907 -0.0166

3 of 4 No 4 of 4 No

0.0425 -0.1956

3 of 4 No 4 of 4 No

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Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

2012/13

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower
is better)

Student Growth Percentiles

2013/14

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower
is better)

65

1 of 5

47

4 of 5

50

5 of 5

47

5 of 5

43

5 of 5

50

5 of 5

49

3 of 4

45

1 of 4

39

4 of 4

66

1 of 4

38

4 of 4

50

4 of 5

41

5 of 5

37

5 of 5

34

5 of 5

38

5 of 5

39

5 of 5

54

2 of 4

38

4 of 4

56

1 of 4

25

4 of 4

23

4 of 4

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

2014/15

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower
is better)

53

1 of 5

46

5 of 5

49

1 of 5

56

2 of 5

51

2 of 5

52

1 of 4

56

3 of 4

51

4 of 4

50

3 of 4

52

4 of 4

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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 for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects - [Bulloch]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

CCAT

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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CCAT

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts - [Bulloch]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

61 Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT)

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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 for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math - [Bulloch]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

CCAT

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science - [Bulloch]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

CCAT

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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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 for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies - [Bulloch]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

CCAT

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

64 Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT)

CCAT

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: 9th Grade Literature State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 9th Grade Literature - [Bulloch]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Biology State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Biology - [Bulloch]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

CCAT

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Coordinate Algebra State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Coordinate Algebra - [Bulloch]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

CCAT

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

67 Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT)

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Physical Science State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Physical Science - [Bulloch]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

CCAT

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: U.S. History State Charter: Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT) Comparison District: Bulloch County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 U.S. History - [Bulloch]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

CCAT

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Proficiency Levels

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

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

27

29.6

40.7

29.6

-

750

35.2

27.7

31.2

5.9

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

26

38.5

26.9

19.2

15.4

690

32.5

35.8

28.1

3.6

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

17

17.6

47.1

17.6

17.6

713

25.5

35.8

34.5

4.2

130,002

24.1

36.9

31.4

7.6

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

N Tested

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

27

40.7

37.0

18.5

3.7

750

25.2

38.8

27.6

8.4

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

26

30.8

34.6

30.8

3.8

690

20.0

38.3

28.3

13.5

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

17

47.1

23.5

23.5

5.9

718

23.1

36.6

28.0

12.3

130,485

24.8

38.3

24.8

12.1

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

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

27

37.0

33.3

25.9

3.7

746

44.8

25.2

27.7

2.3

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

26

38.5

23.1

38.5

-

690

38.1

32.2

23.6

6.1

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

17

47.1

29.4

11.8

11.8

717

40.7

33.8

21.5

4.0

130,366

38.5

29.8

24.8

6.9

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

N Tested

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

27

33.3

48.1

7.4

11.1

747

35.2

40.6

14.6

9.6

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

26

42.3

23.1

26.9

7.7

690

26.7

42.8

21.9

8.7

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

17

29.4

41.2

17.6

11.8

714

24.2

41.5

22.1

12.2

129,668

29.5

37.9

22.0

10.6

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System Name
9th Grade Literature CCAT District Average Statewide Average American Literature CCAT District Average Statewide Average Coordinate Algebra CCAT District Average Statewide Average Analytic Geometry CCAT District Average Statewide Average Biology CCAT District Average Statewide Average Physical Science CCAT District Average Statewide Average U.S. History CCAT District Average Statewide Average Economics CCAT District Average Statewide Average

MILESTONES END OF COURSE TESTS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

20

30.0

40.0

25.0

5.0

457

30.6

33.7

30.9

4.8

115,991

24.1

36.9

32.6

6.4

12

33.3

33.3

33.3

-

243

41.6

36.6

18.1

3.7

94,938

24.9

39.0

29.6

6.6

22

31.8

59.1

9.1

-

421

29.0

39.4

24.5

7.1

131,559

31.0

35.4

25.8

7.8

11

54.5

36.4

9.1

-

392

30.4

31.9

28.3

9.4

105,376

35.3

36.2

22.5

5.9

22

36.4

36.4

27.3

-

401

31.2

24.9

33.7

10.2

110,879

37.0

24.9

28.8

9.3

25

48.0

40.0

12.0

-

388

35.8

38.7

22.7

2.8

79,313

35.2

34.0

25.7

5.1

21

42.9

38.1

19.0

-

425

24.7

33.2

31.3

10.8

96,247

26.9

33.6

29.8

9.7

11

45.5

45.5

9.1

-

314

39.8

34.7

22.6

2.9

61,076

31.7

31.6

30.5

6.2

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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 -0.0264 in elementary grades and 0.0910 in middle grades, meaning that Cherokee Charter Academy is not significantly different state and district average in elementary grades and above the state average and district in middle grades.
In general, Cherokee Charter Academy's performance is strong in middle school ELA and social studies, but its performance in elementary school math is weak relative to both the district and the state.
Cherokee Charter Academy's performance in 2014/15 is generally comparable to performance in 2013/14 in the middle grades and generally better in the elementary grades in 2014/15 compared to 2013/14.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the district and state average in middle school ELA and social studies o above the district average in middle school science and elementary school ELA. o below the state and district averages in math in elementary grades, o indistinguishable from the district and state averages in elementary science and social studies, middle school math,

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

47.8

75.6

12.6

6.5

5.3

99.9

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

2.6

11.8

Pct. Gifted
10.3

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject Overall School Effect: -0.0264 Elementary / 0.0910 Middle Overall District Effect: 0.0014 Elementary / 0.0264 Middle Cherokee Charter Academy's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all four Milestones-tested 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 higher 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.
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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Elementary ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History

0.0629 -0.1024 -0.0527 -0.0417 -0.0264
0.1474 0.0643 0.0691 0.1013 0.0910

70 No 25 Lower 38 No 40 No 41 No
92 Higher 72 No 72 No 74 Higher 84 Higher

4 of 25 22 of 25 15 of 25 15 of 25 15 of 25

Higher Lower No No No

3 of 13 8 of 13 3 of 13 5 of 13 4 of 13

Higher No Higher Higher Higher

50

50

4 of 25

47

40

22 of 25

47

35

19 of 25

45

30

20 of 25

47

34

20 of 25

53

76

3 of 13

55

74

8 of 13

51

61

6 of 13

49

45

9 of 13

52

69

5 of 13

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results Cherokee Charter Academy's performance in 2014/15 is generally better in the elementary grades relative to 2013/14. In 2014/2015 the school's cross-subject contribution to student achievement in the elementary grades was -0.0264 whereas in 2013/14 it was -0.1228 and in 2012/13 it was 0.0554. Cherokee Charter Academy's performance in the middle grades in 2013/14 was comparable to 2012/13. In 2014/2015 the school's cross-subject contribution to student achievement in middle grades was 0.0910, whereas in 2013/14 it was 0.0727 and in 2012/13 it was -0.0943. Cherokee Charter Academy did not serve any high school grades in 2014/15, and therefore it is not possible to make any year-toyear comparisons at the high school level.
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Value-Added (Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

2012/13

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

2014/15

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

0.0685 0.0235 -0.1179 0.0472 0.2112 0.0554

9 of 26 10 of 26 20 of 26
4 of 26 2 of 26 6 of 26

No No No Higher Higher Higher

-0.0589 -0.0381 -0.2599 -0.1713 0.0486 -0.0943

18 of 19 17 of 19 19 of 19 17 of 19
3 of 19 16 of 19

Lower Lower Lower Lower Higher Lower

-0.0924 -0.0999 -0.1660 -0.1501 -0.0971 -0.1228

21 of 25 16 of 25 22 of 25 19 of 25 14 of 25 19 of 25

No No Lower Lower No Lower

0.0292 0.0640 -0.0453 0.0387 0.2596 0.0727

12 of 18 8 of 18
14 of 18 7 of 18 4 of 18 4 of 18

No No Lower Higher Higher Higher

0.0544

4 of 7 No

-0.0740 0.0579

7 of 7 No 4 of 7 No

0.0629 -0.1024 -0.0527 -0.0417 -0.0264

4 of 25 22 of 25 15 of 25 15 of 25 15 of 25

Higher Lower No No No

0.1474 0.0643 0.0691 0.1013 0.0910

3 of 13 8 of 13 3 of 13 5 of 13 4 of 13

Higher No Higher Higher Higher

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

Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

2012/13

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

2014/15

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

Elementary

Reading

0.0685 9 of 26 No

ELA

0.0235 10 of 26 No

Math

-0.1179 20 of 26 No

Science

0.0472 4 of 26 Higher

Social Studies

0.2112 2 of 26 Higher

All-Subject Average

0.0554 6 of 26 Higher

Middle

Reading

-0.0589 18 of 19 Lower

ELA

-0.0381 17 of 19 Lower

Math

-0.2599 19 of 19 Lower

Science

-0.1713 17 of 19 Lower

Social Studies

0.0486 3 of 19 Higher

All-Subject Average

-0.0943 16 of 19 Lower

High

9th Grade Literature

American Literature

Analytic Geometry

Biology

Coordinate Algebra

Economics

Math II

Physical Science

U.S. History

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

-0.0924 -0.0999 -0.1660 -0.1501 -0.0971 -0.1228

21 of 25 16 of 25 22 of 25 19 of 25 14 of 25 19 of 25

No No Lower Lower No Lower

0.0292 0.0640 -0.0453 0.0387 0.2596 0.0727

12 of 18 8 of 18
14 of 18 7 of 18 4 of 18 4 of 18

No No Lower Higher Higher Higher

0.0544

4 of 7 No

-0.0740 0.0579

7 of 7 No 4 of 7 No

0.0629 -0.1024 -0.0527 -0.0417 -0.0264

4 of 25 22 of 25 15 of 25 15 of 25 15 of 25

Higher Lower No No No

0.1474 0.0643 0.0691 0.1013 0.0910

3 of 13 8 of 13 3 of 13 5 of 13 4 of 13

Higher No Higher Higher Higher

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Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

2012/13

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower
is better)

54

11 of 26

48

11 of 26

47

18 of 26

50

12 of 26

59

3 of 26

52

8 of 26

55

16 of 19

52

10 of 19

48

18 of 19

42

14 of 19

50

3 of 19

49

14 of 19

Student Growth Percentiles

2013/14

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower
is better)

46

11 of 25

42

13 of 25

43

20 of 25

43

20 of 25

42

19 of 25

43

19 of 25

54

13 of 18

51

3 of 18

51

14 of 18

50

8 of 18

57

4 of 18

53

6 of 18

53

1 of 7

36

7 of 7

68

1 of 7

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

2014/15

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower
is better)

50

4 of 25

47

22 of 25

47

19 of 25

45

20 of 25

47

20 of 25

53

3 of 13

55

8 of 13

51

6 of 13

49

9 of 13

52

5 of 13

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Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Elementary Average State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Average Across All Subjects - [Cherokee]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Cherokee

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects - [Cherokee]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Cherokee

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Cherokee

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 English Language Arts - [Cherokee]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Math - [Cherokee]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Cherokee

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Science - [Cherokee]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Cherokee

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies - [Cherokee]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Cherokee

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts - [Cherokee]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Cherokee

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math - [Cherokee]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Cherokee

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science - [Cherokee]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Cherokee

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Cherokee Charter Academy Comparison District: Cherokee County Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies - [Cherokee]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Cherokee

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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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

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

113

26.5

27.4

30.1

15.9

3,192

24.6

29.2

33.0

13.2

131,790

33.1

30.0

26.5

10.4

107

15.9

34.6

34.6

15.0

3,080

22.5

34.4

34.9

8.1

128,768

29.2

33.7

28.0

9.1

89

18.0

37.1

38.2

6.7

3,182

20.4

34.5

38.1

7.0

127,875

27.1

33.7

31.3

8.0

94

18.1

24.5

42.6

14.9

3,164

19.2

30.7

40.4

9.7

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

75

25.3

34.7

32.0

8.0

3,100

19.9

31.5

40.2

8.5

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

78

15.4

30.8

42.3

11.5

3,085

13.8

32.1

43.9

10.2

130,002

24.1

36.9

31.4

7.6

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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

N Tested

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

113

7.1

38.1

42.5

12.4

3,202

16.6

38.5

35.6

9.3

132,515

21.4

40.5

30.3

7.7

107

14.0

36.4

42.1

7.5

3,094

14.4

33.8

39.5

12.3

129,480

20.2

39.5

31.3

9.0

89

20.2

48.3

25.8

5.6

3,186

16.1

35.3

36.0

12.7

128,542

25.4

36.5

27.5

10.6

94

20.2

33.0

36.2

10.6

3,174

15.1

38.4

36.1

10.4

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

75

18.7

40.0

28.0

13.3

3,109

14.2

34.6

33.5

17.8

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

78

25.6

38.5

25.6

10.3

3,100

13.8

34.6

35.5

16.0

130,485

24.8

38.3

24.8

12.1

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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

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

113

15.0

34.5

35.4

15.0

3,203

18.9

41.8

28.3

11.1

132,348

24.4

41.2

24.0

10.4

107

17.8

39.3

29.0

14.0

3,091

20.7

37.0

34.9

7.4

129,369

29.0

37.5

26.7

6.8

89

21.3

40.4

36.0

2.2

3,185

22.2

35.3

33.4

9.1

128,422

29.9

34.0

28.4

7.7

94

23.4

23.4

41.5

11.7

3,166

22.7

27.2

40.9

9.1

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

75

24.0

33.3

34.7

8.0

3,106

25.2

30.5

34.4

9.9

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

78

26.9

32.1

30.8

10.3

3,092

25.9

31.6

35.0

7.4

130,366

38.5

29.8

24.8

6.9

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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

N Tested

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

113

17.7

38.9

23.9

19.5

3,193

21.5

45.1

23.2

10.2

131,732

26.2

44.1

19.7

10.0

107

17.8

43.0

25.2

14.0

3,069

21.0

37.0

33.1

8.9

128,744

28.9

36.4

26.4

8.3

89

19.1

50.6

24.7

5.6

3,168

18.8

48.5

22.3

10.4

127,850

25.3

45.6

19.3

9.8

94

17.0

42.6

31.9

8.5

3,153

19.6

41.9

25.2

13.3

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

75

8.0

37.3

33.3

21.3

3,079

16.8

35.8

30.4

17.1

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

78

19.2

38.5

32.1

10.3

3,072

19.5

40.2

29.7

10.6

129,668

29.5

37.9

22.0

10.6

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System Name
9th Grade Literature Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Coordinate Algebra Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Analytic Geometry Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average Physical Science Cherokee Charter District Average Statewide Average

MILESTONES END OF COURSE TESTS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

19

-

-

68.4

31.6

3,291

10.9

32.7

47.2

9.2

115,991

24.1

36.9

32.6

6.4

16

-

25.0

56.3

18.8

3,580

13.7

33.4

42.0

10.8

131,559

31.0

35.4

25.8

7.8

11

-

18.2

72.7

9.1

2,690

19.9

36.9

35.7

7.5

105,376

35.3

36.2

22.5

5.9

30

-

26.7

56.7

16.7

2,179

25.0

35.8

34.6

4.6

79,313

35.2

34.0

25.7

5.1

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Coweta Charter Academy
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on an elementary student's average achievement across all subjects is -0.0404, meaning that Coweta Charter Academy's performance is indistinguishable from either the state average or the district average of elementary schools. In middle school the school's contribution to student achievement averaged across all subjects is -0.1878, meaning that Coweta Charter Academy's contribution to student achievement is below both the state average and the district average of middle schools.
In general, Coweta Charter Academy's strength is elementary ELA, but has weak performance in 3 out 4 subjects in its middle grades. Coweta Charter Academy's performance in the elementary grades in 2014/15 is generally on par with its performance in 2013/14 except
math performance fell. On the other hand, its performance in the middle grades in 2014/15 is generally worse than its performance in 2013/14 The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the district average in elementary ELA o lower than the state and district average in elementary math, middle school math, middle school science, and middle school social
studies. o indistinguishable from the district and state averages in elementary social studies, and middle school ELA.
General Characteristics

School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

Coweta Charter Academy

2010

EMO Affiliation
Charter Schools
USA

Grades K-7

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

50.3

79.1

8.9

5.9

6.1

20.0

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.0

8.8

Pct. Gifted
14.4

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject Overall School Effect: -0.0404 Elementary / -0.1878 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0273 Elementary / 0.0014 Middle Coweta Charter Academy's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all four Milestones-tested subjects is indistinguishable from the average elementary school in the state and the average elementary school in the district. The school's contribution to student achievement averaged across all middle school subjects is below both the average middle school in the state and 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.
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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Elementary ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History

0.0660 -0.1416 -0.0911 0.0195 -0.0404
0.0438 -0.1991 -0.3250 -0.2972 -0.1878

71 No 19 Lower 27 Lower 55 No 36 No
68 No 4 Lower 2 Lower 5 Lower 3 Lower

4 of 21 17 of 21 16 of 21
7 of 21 15 of 21

Higher Lower No No No

4 of 8 8 of 8 8 of 8 8 of 8 8 of 8

No Lower Lower Lower Lower

55

76

2 of 21

43

23

18 of 21

45

28

17 of 21

50

47

10 of 21

48

35

14 of 21

49

47

7 of 8

41

11

8 of 8

29

2

8 of 8

36

7

8 of 8

39

4

8 of 8

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results
Coweta Charter Academy's performance in elementary grades in 2014/15 is generally equivalent to their performance in 2013/14. In 2014/15 the school's cross-subject contribution to student achievement in the elementary grades was -0.0404 and in 2013/14 it was 0.0491 and in 2012/13 it was 0.1291. Its performance in elementary math substantially fell in 2014/15 relative to the previous year. In 2014/2015 the school's cross-subject contribution to student achievement in middle grades was -0.1878, whereas in 2013/14 it was -0.0017. The cross-subject average contribution to student achievement in middle grades fell from 20113/14 to 2014/15.

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

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

2014/15

District

Statistically

Rank (lower is

Different From District

better)

Average?

0.2499 0.2064 0.0029 0.1093 0.0906 0.1291

1 of 20 1 of 20 5 of 20 1 of 20 2 of 20 1 of 20

Higher Higher No No Higher Higher

0.0191 0.0529 0.0323 0.0683 0.0809 0.0491
0.2024 0.1401 -0.1909 0.0712 -0.2366 -0.0017

2 of 20 1 of 20 8 of 20 5 of 20 2 of 20 2 of 20

No Higher No No No Higher

1 of 7 1 of 7 7 of 7 2 of 7 7 of 7 6 of 7

No No Lower No Lower No

0.0660 -0.1416 -0.0911 0.0195 -0.0404

4 of 21 17 of 21 16 of 21
7 of 21 15 of 21

Higher Lower No No No

0.0438 -0.1991 -0.3250 -0.2972 -0.1878

4 of 8 8 of 8 8 of 8 8 of 8 8 of 8

No Lower Lower Lower Lower

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

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

2014/15

District

Statistically

Rank (lower is

Different From District

better)

Average?

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Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

2012/13

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower
is better)

66

1 of 20

57

1 of 20

57

2 of 20

60

1 of 20

57

2 of 20

59

1 of 20

Student Growth Percentiles

2013/14

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower
is better)

53

3 of 20

47

5 of 20

51

6 of 20

51

11 of 20

52

4 of 20

51

3 of 20

62

1 of 7

55

1 of 7

41

7 of 7

51

3 of 7

39

7 of 7

49

4 of 7

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

2014/15

School Mean of Individual
SGPs

District Rank (lower
is better)

55

2 of 21

43

18 of 21

45

17 of 21

50

10 of 21

48

14 of 21

49

7 of 8

41

8 of 8

29

8 of 8

36

8 of 8

39

8 of 8

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Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Elementary Average State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Average Across All Subjects - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Coweta Charter Academy

102

Odyssey Coweta

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Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 English Language Arts - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Coweta Charter Academy

103

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Math - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta

Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Coweta Charter Academy

104

Odyssey

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Science - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Coweta Charter Academy

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Odyssey Coweta

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Coweta Charter Academy

106

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta

Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Coweta Charter Academy

107

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Odyssey

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Coweta Charter Academy

108

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Coweta Charter Academy

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Coweta Charter Academy Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Coweta Charter Academy

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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 Grade 6 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

93

11.8

29.0

43.0

16.1

1,605

28.2

31.8

31.3

8.7

131,790

33.1

30.0

26.5

10.4

95

16.8

27.4

28.4

27.4

1,586

26.7

35.1

30.0

8.1

128,768

29.2

33.7

28.0

9.1

95

8.4

27.4

48.4

15.8

1,605

23.6

34.5

35.9

6.1

127,875

27.1

33.7

31.3

8.0

89

18.0

37.1

38.2

6.7

1,680

26.4

29.2

37.6

6.9

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

48

20.8

33.3

43.8

2.1

1,673

24.1

32.1

36.9

6.9

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

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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 Grade 6 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

93

14.0

29.0

39.8

17.2

1,608

14.5

44.0

35.6

6.0

132,515

21.4

40.5

30.3

7.7

94

10.6

37.2

41.5

10.6

1,590

15.2

41.6

34.7

8.6

129,480

20.2

39.5

31.3

9.0

94

4.3

34.0

51.1

10.6

1,607

19.6

35.8

33.4

11.1

128,542

25.4

36.5

27.5

10.6

89

21.3

50.6

25.8

2.2

1,691

19.2

38.7

33.3

8.8

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

48

18.8

41.7

33.3

6.3

1,679

16.5

39.4

31.3

12.7

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

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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 Grade 6 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

93

12.9

30.1

33.3

23.7

1,604

18.6

43.9

28.1

9.4

132,348

24.4

41.2

24.0

10.4

94

14.9

27.7

41.5

16.0

1,585

25.0

40.4

27.8

6.7

129,369

29.0

37.5

26.7

6.8

94

9.6

40.4

40.4

9.6

1,601

25.0

33.8

33.6

7.6

128,422

29.9

34.0

28.4

7.7

89

40.4

31.5

24.7

3.4

1,686

30.5

27.5

35.8

6.1

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

47

38.3

31.9

23.4

6.4

1,683

28.2

32.7

30.5

8.6

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

Coweta Charter Academy

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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 Grade 6 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Coweta Charter District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

92

12.0

57.6

22.8

7.6

1,597

20.7

44.7

23.6

11.0

131,732

26.2

44.1

19.7

10.0

94

10.6

31.9

36.2

21.3

1,579

25.1

38.3

27.5

9.1

128,744

28.9

36.4

26.4

8.3

93

7.5

48.4

29.0

15.1

1,599

22.3

48.8

19.8

9.1

127,850

25.3

45.6

19.3

9.8

89

30.3

50.6

13.5

5.6

1,681

21.3

38.5

23.4

16.8

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

46

30.4

41.3

15.2

13.0

1,672

22.3

40.6

25.4

11.7

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

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Fulton Leadership Academy
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects in middle school is 0.0477, meaning that Fulton Leadership Academy is not statistically different from the state average and above the district average of all middle schools. The school's contributions to student achievement in high school courses is mixed: 9th Grade Literature and Coordinate Algebra are both above district averages; Coordinate Algebra is also above the state average; American Literature, Analytical Geometry and Biology are indistinguishable from both state and district averages; and lastly, Physical Science and U.S. History are both below the state averages with performance in U.S. History also below the district average.
In general, Fulton Leadership Academy's strengths include middle school ELA and math as well as Coordinate Algebra, but its performance in middle school science and Physical science is relatively weak in comparison to the state average.
Relative to 2013/14, Fulton Leadership Academy's performance in 2014/15 is generally comparable to the previous year. The school's contribution to student achievement is:
o above the district and state average in middle school ELA, middle school math and Coordinate Algebra. o above the district average in middle school social studies and 9th Grade Literature. o below the state average in middle school science and Physical Science. o indistinguishable from both the district and state averages in American Literature, Analytical Geometry and Biology.

General Characteristics

School Name
Fulton Leadership Academy

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

2010

No

Grades Curriculum Focus School Year

STEM with focus on

aviation and

6-10

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

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Students Served

School Name Fulton Leadership Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

0.0

0.0

99.6

0.4

0.0

99.6

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.0

13.4

Pct. Gifted
14.5

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

Overall School Effect: 0.0477 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0132 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 district but indistinguishable 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 three of the seven measured subjects, Fulton Leadership Academy's contribution to a high school student's achievement is not statistically different from the average high school in the district and the average high school in the state. In two of the seven subjects, their contribution to student's achievement is higher than the district average; whereas, in the final two subjects, Fulton Leadership Academy's contribution to a high school student's achievement is lower than state average.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Elementary ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History

0.1206 0.1185 -0.1251 0.0569 0.0477
0.1753 0.1358 -0.0012 -0.0342 0.3821
-0.2165 -0.5687

88 Higher 83 Higher 16 Lower 61 No 69 No
88 No 77 No 52 No 45 No 98 Higher
10 Lower 1 Lower

4 of 24 6 of 24 17 of 24 7 of 24 8 of 24

Higher Higher No Higher Higher

4 of 19 5 of 20 13 of 20 10 of 20 1 of 19

Higher No No No Higher

15 of 18 No 20 of 20 Lower

45

18

21 of 24

55

74

7 of 24

43

20

17 of 24

53

63

10 of 24

49

42

13 of 24

46

32

10 of 19

46

32

13 of 20

43

20

13 of 20

47

40

13 of 20

74

99

1 of 19

34

6

17 of 18

24

1

20 of 20

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results Fulton Leadership Academy's performance in 2014/15 is generally comparable to its performance in 2013/14 in middle grades. In 2012/13 its average contribution to student achievement across all five middle school subjects tested on the CRCT was 0.1670, in 2013/14 it was 0.1033, and the four middle school subjects tested on the Milestones in 2014/15 was 0.0477. Fulton Leadership Academy had comparable performance in 2014/15 to 2013/14 in 9th Grade Literature and Physical Science and slight improvement in Coordinate Algebra, the other subjects were not offered in 2013/14.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

Elementary

Reading

ELA

Math

Science

Social Studies

All-Subject Average

Middle

Reading

0.1512 1 of 24 Higher

ELA

0.1882 1 of 24 Higher

Math

0.1392 2 of 24 Higher

Science

0.0314 5 of 24 No

Social Studies

0.3217 2 of 24 Higher

All-Subject Average

0.1670 1 of 24 Higher

High

9th Grade Literature

American Literature

Analytic Geometry

Biology

Coordinate Algebra

Economics

Math II

Physical Science

U.S. History

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

0.2748 0.2197 -0.0113 -0.0705 0.1128 0.1033

1 of 24 2 of 24 14 of 24 19 of 24 5 of 24 5 of 24

Higher Higher No No Higher Higher

0.3009 1 of 19 Higher

0.2485 6 of 18 No -0.0105 12 of 19 No

0.1206 0.1185 -0.1251 0.0569 0.0477
0.1753 0.1358 -0.0012 -0.0342 0.3821
-0.2165 -0.5687

2014/15

District

Statistically

Rank (lower is

Different From District

better)

Average?

4 of 24 6 of 24 17 of 24 7 of 24 8 of 24

Higher Higher No Higher Higher

4 of 19 5 of 20 13 of 20 10 of 20 1 of 19

Higher No No No Higher

15 of 18 No 20 of 20 Lower

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Grade Level and Subject

2012/13

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

57

12 of 24

54

6 of 24

53

9 of 24

57

5 of 24

69

1 of 24

58

2 of 24

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

Student Growth Percentiles

2013/14

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

63

2 of 24

49

14 of 24

44

16 of 24

47

15 of 24

53

6 of 24

51

12 of 24

65

1 of 19

52

11 of 18

48

10 of 19

2014/15

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

45

21 of 24

55

7 of 24

43

17 of 24

53

10 of 24

49

13 of 24

46

10 of 19

46

13 of 20

43

13 of 20

47

13 of 20

74

1 of 19

34

17 of 18

24

20 of 20

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Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Fulton Leadership

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Fulton Leadership

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Fulton Leadership Academy

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Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Fulton Leadership

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Fulton Leadership Academy

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Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Fulton Leadership

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Fulton Leadership Academy

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Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Fulton Leadership

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Fulton Leadership Academy

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Subject Area: 9th Grade Literature State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 9th Grade Literature - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Fulton Leadership

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Fulton Leadership Academy

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Subject Area: American Literature State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 American Literture - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Fulton Leadership

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Fulton Leadership Academy

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Subject Area: Analytic Geometry State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Analytic Geometry - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Fulton Leadership

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Fulton Leadership Academy

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Subject Area: Biology State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Biology - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Fulton Leadership

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Fulton Leadership Academy

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Subject Area: Coordinate Algebra State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Coordinate Algebra - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Fulton Leadership Academy

130

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

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Physical Science State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Physical Science - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Fulton Leadership Academy

131

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

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: U.S. History State Charter: Fulton Leadership Academy Comparison District: Fulton County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 U.S. History - [Fulton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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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

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

82

20.7

37.8

39.0

2.4

6,962

25.0

26.7

35.8

12.5

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

62

29.0

35.5

30.6

4.8

6,976

25.0

28.6

35.2

11.2

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

63

27.0

36.5

34.9

1.6

7,159

20.4

32.0

34.0

13.6

130,002

24.1

36.9

31.4

7.6

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

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

82

14.6

46.3

35.4

3.7

6,978

24.5

31.2

28.2

16.1

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

62

27.4

35.5

29.0

8.1

6,991

23.2

30.7

25.8

20.3

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

63

11.1

52.4

31.7

4.8

7,164

25.3

30.9

23.3

20.5

130,485

24.8

38.3

24.8

12.1

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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

MILESTONES SCIENCE

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

82

32.9

30.5

35.4

1.2

6,981

33.0

23.6

34.6

8.8

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

62

37.1

33.9

21.0

8.1

6,986

34.2

25.3

28.2

12.3

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

63

55.6

34.9

9.5

-

7,154

37.3

24.7

26.3

11.8

130,366

38.5

29.8

24.8

6.9

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

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

82

18.3

40.2

30.5

11.0

6,941

26.3

35.3

21.3

17.1

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

62

22.6

45.2

21.0

11.3

6,942

26.0

30.2

22.9

20.9

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

63

22.2

50.8

19.0

7.9

7,122

30.1

33.7

23.0

13.2

129,668

29.5

37.9

22.0

10.6

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System Name
9th Grade Literature Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average American Literature Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Coordinate Algebra Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Analytic Geometry Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Biology Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average Physical Science Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average U.S. History Fulton Leadership District Average Statewide Average

MILESTONES END OF COURSE TESTS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

37

10.8

54.1

35.1

-

7,363

22.5

33.1

33.7

10.7

115,991

24.1

36.9

32.6

6.4

37

24.3

40.5

29.7

5.4

6,040

21.9

34.2

33.5

10.4

94,938

24.9

39.0

29.6

6.6

37

13.5

59.5

21.6

5.4

7,488

30.4

28.9

25.7

15.1

131,559

31.0

35.4

25.8

7.8

37

29.7

40.5

27.0

2.7

7,062

30.6

25.7

27.2

16.5

105,376

35.3

36.2

22.5

5.9

35

31.4

20.0

37.1

11.4

7,465

34.8

22.0

29.6

13.6

110,879

37.0

24.9

28.8

9.3

39

51.3

35.9

12.8

-

5,134

40.2

27.2

24.6

8.0

79,313

35.2

34.0

25.7

5.1

24

58.3

29.2

12.5

-

5,514

25.3

30.5

29.6

14.6

96,247

26.9

33.6

29.8

9.7

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Georgia Connections Academy
Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is -0.1057 in elementary grades and -0.0570 in middle grades, meaning that Georgia Connections Academy's performance is below the state average in elementary and middle grades. The school's estimated contribution to student achievement exceeds the state average in 9th Grade Literature and American literature, but is below the state average in Economics, Physical Science and U.S. History.
In general, Georgia Connections Academy's strengths include middle school ELA, and 9th Grade Literature and American Literature in high school. However, its performance in elementary and middle school math and social studies, and high school Economics, Physical Science, and U.S. History is weak relative to the state. Because the school serves students throughout the state it does not have a district comparison group.
Relative to 2014/15, Georgia Connections Academy's performance appears to be comparable to the previous year. The school's contribution to student achievement is:
o above the state average in middle school ELA, 9th Grade Literature, and American Literature. o below the state average in elementary math, elementary social studies, middle school math, middle school social studies, high
school Economics, Physical Science and U.S. History. o indistinguishable from the state average in elementary ELA, elementary and middle school science, and in high school Analytic
Geometry, Biology, and Coordinate Algebra.

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

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Students Served
School Name Georgia Connections Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

55.6

53.3

31.6

7.2

7.9

46.6

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.2

10.3

Pct. Gifted
4.2

Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: -0.1057 Elementary / -0.0570 Middle
Georgia Connections Academy's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all four Milestones-tested subjects is lower than that of the average elementary school in the state, and its contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is also lower 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.
In high school, Georgia Connections outperformed the state in 9th Grade Literature and American Literature but performed below the state average in Economics, Physical Science, and U.S. History. Performance was indistinguishable in Analytic Geometry, Biology, and Coordinate Algebra.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Elementary ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History

-0.0283 -0.2107 -0.0425 -0.1470 -0.1057
0.0978 -0.1495 0.0046 -0.2033 -0.0570
0.1376 0.1250 -0.0274 0.0302 0.0515 -0.1729 -0.1566 -0.3950

41 No 9 Lower 42 No 19 Lower 16 Lower
84 Higher 11 Lower 51 No 11 Lower 27 Lower
81 Higher 74 Higher 45 No 59 No 67 No 28 Lower 18 Lower 4 Lower

39

5

42

20

44

19

46

32

42

11

46

23

41

12

45

25

43

20

44

15

49

42

49

47

51

60

48

45

54

67

53

61

38

12

32

7

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results Georgia Connections Academy's performance in 2014/15 appears to be comparable to the previous school year. In 2012/13 the school's cross-subject average contribution to student achievement in the elementary grades was 0.0029, whereas in 2013/14 it was -0.1212 and -0.1057 in 2014/15. The school's cross-subject average contribution to student achievement in middle school grades was 0.0127 in 2012/13 and -0.0674 in 2013/14 and was -0.0570 in 2014/15.

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Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

0.1209 0.1455 -0.2357 0.0497 -0.0792 0.0029

0.0969 0.0054 -0.3276 -0.0886 -0.2563 -0.1212

-0.0283 -0.2107 -0.0425 -0.1470 -0.1057

0.2552 0.1707 -0.1863 -0.0726 -0.2303 -0.0127

0.1862 0.1092 -0.1937 -0.0858 -0.3521 -0.0674

0.0978 -0.1495 0.0046 -0.2033 -0.0570

0.2365 0.2714
0.1091 -0.2022 -0.1109

0.1506 0.1558 -0.2586 -0.0935 -0.0574 -0.3992

0.1376 0.1250 -0.0274 0.0302 0.0515 -0.1729

-0.1532 -0.3671

-0.1895 -0.5646

-0.1566 -0.3950

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

2014/15

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

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Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

2012/13

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

SGPs

55 55 38 49 48 49

61 53 40 44 34 46

62 54

50 43 42

48 29

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

Student Growth Percentiles

2013/14

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

54 48 30 46 39 43
59 53 36 43 33 45
55 50 37 38 50 39
36 21

2014/15

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

39 42 44 46 42
46 41 45 43 44
49 49 51 48 54 53
38 32

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Proficiency Levels

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

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

152

37.5

30.3

26.3

5.9

131,790

33.1

30.0

26.5

10.4

186

29.6

33.9

30.6

5.9

128,768

29.2

33.7

28.0

9.1

198

23.7

33.8

35.9

6.6

127,875

27.1

33.7

31.3

8.0

246

23.2

30.5

36.6

9.8

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

318

23.0

36.8

34.0

6.3

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

358

15.6

40.2

36.9

7.3

130,002

24.1

36.9

31.4

7.6

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

N Tested

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

152

32.9

43.4

20.4

3.3

132,515

21.4

40.5

30.3

7.7

187

30.5

41.7

22.5

5.3

129,480

20.2

39.5

31.3

9.0

198

43.4

30.8

19.7

6.1

128,542

25.4

36.5

27.5

10.6

247

29.1

40.9

26.7

3.2

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

316

23.7

41.8

28.2

6.3

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

359

39.0

42.9

14.8

3.3

130,485

24.8

38.3

24.8

12.1

Georgia Connections Academy

143

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

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

154

31.2

33.8

24.0

11.0

132,348

24.4

41.2

24.0

10.4

187

29.4

41.2

25.7

3.7

129,369

29.0

37.5

26.7

6.8

197

28.9

41.1

26.9

3.0

128,422

29.9

34.0

28.4

7.7

246

33.3

27.2

35.8

3.7

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

315

26.0

34.9

29.8

9.2

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

359

44.3

31.8

18.9

5.0

130,366

38.5

29.8

24.8

6.9

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144

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

N Tested

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

153

42.5

46.4

9.8

1.3

131,732

26.2

44.1

19.7

10.0

187

33.2

41.2

20.3

5.3

128,744

28.9

36.4

26.4

8.3

195

28.2

47.2

17.9

6.7

127,850

25.3

45.6

19.3

9.8

245

34.3

48.6

14.3

2.9

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

313

33.2

48.6

13.4

4.8

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

355

31.3

49.6

14.9

4.2

129,668

29.5

37.9

22.0

10.6

Georgia Connections Academy

145

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015

System Name
9th Grade Literature GA Connections Statewide Average American Literature GA Connections Statewide Average Coordinate Algebra GA Connections Statewide Average Analytic Geometry GA Connections Statewide Average Biology GA Connections Statewide Average Physical Science GA Connections Statewide Average U.S. History GA Connections Statewide Average Economics GA Connections Statewide Average

MILESTONES END OF COURSE TESTS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

344

16.0

41.6

35.5

7.0

115,991

24.1

36.9

32.6

6.4

347

15.6

45.5

32.9

6.1

94,938

24.9

39.0

29.6

6.6

337

27.3

45.1

23.4

4.2

131,559

31.0

35.4

25.8

7.8

316

27.5

36.4

31.0

5.1

105,376

35.3

36.2

22.5

5.9

382

35.1

27.0

28.0

9.9

110,879

37.0

24.9

28.8

9.3

235

48.1

31.1

18.3

2.6

79,313

35.2

34.0

25.7

5.1

376

43.9

37.0

17.0

2.1

96,247

26.9

33.6

29.8

9.7

132

35.6

36.4

27.3

0.8

61,076

31.7

31.6

30.5

6.2

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015

Georgia Cyber Academy
Key Findings The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is -0.0937 in elementary grades and -0.1136 in middle grades, meaning that Georgia Cyber's performance is below the state average in elementary and middle grades. The school's estimated contribution to student achievement exceeds the state average in 9th Grade Literature and American literature, but is below the state average in Analytic Geometry, Biology, Economics, Physical Science and U.S. History. In general, Georgia Cyber's strengths include 9th Grade Literature and American Literature in high school. However, its performance in all elementary subjects, all middle school subjects, and high school Analytic Geometry, Biology, Economics Physical Science, and U.S. History 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, and American Literature. o below the state average in elementary and middle school ELA, elementary and middle school math, elementary and middle school science, elementary and middle school social studies, high school Analytic Geometry, Biology, Economics, Physical Science and U.S. History. o indistinguishable from the state average in Coordinate Algebra.

General Characteristics

School Name
Georgia Cyber Academy

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

2009

K-12

Grades K-12

Curriculum Focus Online Curriculum

School Year

SingleGender School

Virtual/ Online School

Serves Multiple Counties

Normal

No

Yes

Yes

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

Enrollment Restrictions
Students residing in State of GA

Students Served
School Name Georgia Cyber Academy

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

51.3

55.5

31.9

5.9

6.7

65.4

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.2

12.8

Pct. Gifted
8.2

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject Overall School Effect: -0.0937 Elementary / -0.1136 Middle Georgia Cyber's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all four Milestones-tested subjects is lower than that of the average elementary school in the state, and its contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is also lower 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. In high school, Georgia Cyber outperformed the state in 9th Grade Literature and American Literature but performed below the state average in Analytic Geometry, Biology, Economics, Physical Science, and U.S. History. Performance was indistinguishable in Coordinate Algebra.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Elementary ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History

-0.0452 -0.1172 -0.0451 -0.1546 -0.0937
-0.0382 -0.1312 -0.0493 -0.2376 -0.1136
0.1437 0.2270 -0.1537 -0.1949 -0.0008 -0.1260 -0.1464 -0.3317

36 Lower 23 Lower 41 Lower 18 Lower 19 Lower
36 Lower 15 Lower 33 Lower 8 Lower 12 Lower
83 Higher 91 Higher 20 Lower 14 Lower 51 No 35 Lower 19 Lower 7 Lower

43

14

43

24

44

21

48

39

44

18

44

12

48

38

46

30

44

22

45

22

51

56

54

69

48

44

35

7

51

52

53

59

43

25

35

12

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

Georgia Cyber Academy

149

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14, and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results Previously, Georgia Cyber was included within Odyssey School and not a separate entity, therefore it is not possible to make any year-to-year comparisons for Georgia Cyber.

Georgia Cyber Academy

150

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Proficiency Levels

System Name
Grade 3 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 4 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 5 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 6 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 7 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 8 GA Cyber Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

698

44.6

25.1

23.5

6.9

131,790

33.1

30.0

26.5

10.4

745

34.0

32.8

28.1

5.2

128,768

29.2

33.7

28.0

9.1

812

38.3

30.4

25.4

5.9

127,875

27.1

33.7

31.3

8.0

1,030

33.0

29.1

31.4

6.5

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

1,220

32.9

32.0

30.2

4.8

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

1,389

25.5

39.0

30.2

5.3

130,002

24.1

36.9

31.4

7.6

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015

System Name
Grade 3 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 4 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 5 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 6 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 7 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 8 GA Cyber Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

715

39.0

34.7

21.1

5.2

132,515

21.4

40.5

30.3

7.7

753

34.1

34.0

26.4

5.4

129,480

20.2

39.5

31.3

9.0

819

47.0

27.4

18.7

7.0

128,542

25.4

36.5

27.5

10.6

1,036

32.8

37.5

24.2

5.5

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

1,238

31.3

37.9

22.5

8.3

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

1,394

38.1

37.4

17.1

7.3

130,485

24.8

38.3

24.8

12.1

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System Name
Grade 3 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 4 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 5 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 6 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 7 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 8 GA Cyber Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

712

36.2

32.9

20.2

10.7

132,348

24.4

41.2

24.0

10.4

754

36.5

36.5

22.4

4.6

129,369

29.0

37.5

26.7

6.8

821

41.4

30.2

21.8

6.6

128,422

29.9

34.0

28.4

7.7

1,041

37.6

26.5

29.7

6.2

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

1,231

39.6

29.3

24.2

6.9

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

1,398

50.0

26.0

19.7

4.3

130,366

38.5

29.8

24.8

6.9

Georgia Cyber Academy

153

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System Name
Grade 3 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 4 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 5 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 6 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 7 GA Cyber Statewide Average Grade 8 GA Cyber Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

708

51.3

33.5

11.3

4.0

131,732

26.2

44.1

19.7

10.0

754

41.8

35.1

19.0

4.1

128,744

28.9

36.4

26.4

8.3

807

42.3

38.3

11.0

8.4

127,850

25.3

45.6

19.3

9.8

1,038

42.1

39.3

13.4

5.2

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

1,224

41.3

36.6

16.3

5.7

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

1,389

43.9

38.7

13.7

3.7

129,668

29.5

37.9

22.0

10.6

Georgia Cyber Academy

154

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System Name
9th Grade Literature GA Cyber Statewide Average American Literature GA Cyber Statewide Average Coordinate Algebra GA Cyber Statewide Average Analytic Geometry GA Cyber Statewide Average Biology GA Cyber Statewide Average Physical Science GA Cyber Statewide Average U.S. History GA Cyber Statewide Average Economics GA Cyber Statewide Average

MILESTONES END OF COURSE TESTS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

1,267

23.8

40.6

30.5

5.1

115,991

24.1

36.9

32.6

6.4

902

20.0

42.5

30.9

6.7

94,938

24.9

39.0

29.6

6.6

1,482

44.6

39.2

13.1

3.1

131,559

31.0

35.4

25.8

7.8

1,205

48.1

36.5

12.6

2.7

105,376

35.3

36.2

22.5

5.9

1,431

57.2

24.9

15.4

2.5

110,879

37.0

24.9

28.8

9.3

963

51.2

33.5

13.3

2.0

79,313

35.2

34.0

25.7

5.1

952

49.7

31.9

15.2

3.2

96,247

26.9

33.6

29.8

9.7

142

43.0

37.3

19.7

-

61,076

31.7

31.6

30.5

6.2

Georgia Cyber Academy

155

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015

Graduation Achievement Charter High School (Formerly Provost Academy)
Key Findings
In general, Grad Achievement performance in Analytic Geometry, Biology, Coordinate Algebra, Economics, Physical Science and U.S. History is weak relative to the state. Because the school serves students throughout the state it does not have a district comparison group.
Grad Achievement's performance in 2014/15 is comparable to its performance in 2013/14. The school's contribution to student achievement is:
o below the state average in Analytic Geometry, Biology, Coordinate Algebra, Economics, Physical Science and U.S. History. o indistinguishable from the state average in 9th Grade Literature and American Literature.

General Characteristics

School Name
Grad Achievement
(Formerly 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 Grad Achievement (Formerly Provost Academy)

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Pct. Pct. SWD

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

LEP

Gifted

51.0

23.4

66.0

7.9

2.7

0.9

0.4

12.1

0.0

Graduation Achievement Charter High School (formerly Provost Academy)

156

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject Grad Achievement's contribution to student achievement was below the state average in Analytic Geometry, Biology, Coordinate Algebra, Economics, Physical Science and U.S. History; it was not significantly different from the state average in 9th Grade Literature or American Literature.

Graduation Achievement Charter High School (formerly Provost Academy)

157

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Elementary ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History

-0.0063 -0.0384 -0.2705 -0.1563 -0.1866 -0.3359 -0.1910 -0.4187

44 No 40 No 6 Lower 20 Lower 9 Lower 12 Lower 15 Lower 4 Lower

44

24

43

20

38

9

38

10

40

12

35

7

39

14

29

3

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

Graduation Achievement Charter High School (formerly Provost Academy)

158

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015

Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results

Grad Achievement's performance in 2014/15 is generally comparable to 2013/14.

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

2014/15

District

Statistically

Rank (lower is better)

Different From District Average?

0.1668 0.0233
-0.2831 -0.3020 -0.3012

-0.0349 -0.1480 -0.3882 -0.1998 -0.3199 -0.4493

-0.0063 -0.0384 -0.2705 -0.1563 -0.1866 -0.3359

Graduation Achievement Charter High School (formerly Provost Academy)

159

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

2014/15

District

Statistically

Rank (lower is

Different From District

better)

Average?

Math II Physical Science U.S. History

-0.6350 -0.1548 -0.4902

-0.4450 -0.3824 -0.4703

-0.1910 -0.4187

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

Graduation Achievement Charter High School (formerly Provost Academy)

160

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015

Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

2012/13

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

56 37
30 29 33 17 43 20

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

Student Growth Percentiles

2013/14

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

69 37
35 34 61 37 27 26

2014/15

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

44 43 38 38 40 35
39 29

Grad Achievement (formerly Provost Academy)

161

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Proficiency Levels

System Name
9th Grade Literature Grad Achievement Statewide Average American Literature Grad Achievement Statewide Average Coordinate Algebra Grad Achievement Statewide Average Analytic Geometry Grad Achievement Statewide Average Biology Grad Achievement Statewide Average Physical Science Grad Achievement Statewide Average U.S. History Grad Achievement Statewide Average Economics Grad Achievement Statewide Average

MILESTONES END OF COURSE TESTS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

137

54.0

35.0

9.5

1.5

115,991

24.1

36.9

32.6

6.4

177

44.6

39.0

14.1

2.3

94,938

24.9

39.0

29.6

6.6

175

77.7

17.1

4.6

0.6

131,559

31.0

35.4

25.8

7.8

185

74.1

22.7

3.2

-

105,376

35.3

36.2

22.5

5.9

167

77.2

12.6

8.4

1.8

110,879

37.0

24.9

28.8

9.3

190

69.5

23.7

6.3

0.5

79,313

35.2

34.0

25.7

5.1

185

68.6

28.1

3.2

-

96,247

26.9

33.6

29.8

9.7

159

67.9

22.6

8.8

0.6

61,076

31.7

31.6

30.5

6.2

162 Graduation Achievement Charter High School (formerly Provost Academy)

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015

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 0.0542 in middle grades, meaning that, in the middle grades, the Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett is higher than the state and district averages of middle schools. The school's estimated contribution to student achievement in 9th Grade Literature is also higher than the state and district averages, while Biology and Coordinate Algebra are no different from the state averages (Biology is below the district average).
In general, the Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett is strong in middle school math and social studies, and 9th Grade Literature. Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett's performance in 2014/15 is generally improved from its performance in 2013/14 and 2012/13. The school's contribution to student achievement is:
o above the state and district averages in middle school math, middle school social studies, and 9th Grade Literature. o below the district average in Biology. o indistinguishable from the district and state in middle school ELA and science, and Coordinate Algebra.
General Characteristics

School Name
Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

Calendar Year
Opened
2008

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades Curriculum Focus School Year

Curriculum is entirely

College Preparatory. Extended

6-12 Saturday Academy is Day/Week/

available to

Year

struggling students.

SingleGender School
Girls Only

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

1.6

71.2

17.8

9.4

42.4

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

3.6

7.4

Pct. Gifted
0.0

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject Overall School Effect: 0.0542 Middle Overall District Effect: 0.0102 Middle Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett's contribution to a middle school student's cross-subject average achievement is statistically the average school in the state and 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.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Elementary ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History

0.0219 0.1494 -0.0530 0.0930 0.0542
0.3120
-0.2175 0.0922

60 No 88 Higher 32 No 71 Higher 73 Higher
98 Higher
10 No 75 No

12 of 32 6 of 32
24 of 33 12 of 33
9 of 33

No Higher No Higher Higher

1 of 22 Higher

22 of 23 Lower 6 of 21 No

52

65

12 of 32

53

67

11 of 32

44

20

28 of 33

48

37

26 of 33

49

43

22 of 33

63

93

1 of 22

34

5

22 of 23

50

50

6 of 21

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett's performance in 2014/15 is generally improved from its performance in 2013/14 and 2012/13. The estimated impact on student achievement averaged across all subjects was 0.0542 in 2014/15 compared to -0.0027 in 2013/14 and 0.0077 in 2012/13. Changes in estimated performance in specific subjects showed that social studies improved significantly across the period.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

Elementary

Reading

ELA

Math

Science

Social Studies

All-Subject Average

Middle

Reading

-0.0930 29 of 31 Lower

ELA

0.0389 8 of 31 No

Math

0.1717 3 of 31 Higher

Science

-0.1281 30 of 31 Lower

Social Studies

0.0398 20 of 31 Lower

All-Subject Average

0.0077 23 of 31 No

High

9th Grade Literature

0.1515 3 of 23 No

American Literature

Analytic Geometry

Biology

0.0557 11 of 23 No

Coordinate Algebra

-0.0725 16 of 22 No

Economics

Math II

-0.5441 23 of 23 Lower

Physical Science

U.S. History

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

0.0148 -0.0256 0.0831 -0.0681 -0.0138 -0.0027

30 of 30 29 of 30 22 of 30 30 of 31 29 of 31 29 of 31

Lower Lower Lower Lower Lower Lower

0.0103 17 of 23 No

0.0219 0.1494 -0.0530 0.0930 0.0542
0.3120
-0.2175 0.0922

2014/15

District

Statistically

Rank (lower is

Different From District

better)

Average?

12 of 32 6 of 32
24 of 33 12 of 33
9 of 33

No Higher No Higher Higher

1 of 22 Higher

22 of 23 Lower 6 of 21 No

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Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

2012/13

School Mean of

District Rank

Individual SGPs (lower is better)

55

29 of 31

54

7 of 31

57

10 of 31

30

29 of 31

47

22 of 31

50

26 of 31

51

6 of 23

46

12 of 23

45

15 of 22

22

23 of 23

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level

Student Growth Percentiles

2013/14

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

55

29 of 30

45

30 of 30

47

28 of 30

44

28 of 31

38

28 of 31

46

28 of 31

47

17 of 23

2014/15

School Mean of

District Rank

Individual SGPs (lower is better)

52

12 of 32

53

11 of 32

44

28 of 33

48

26 of 33

49

22 of 33

63

1 of 22

34

22 of 23

50

6 of 21

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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 for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects - [Gwinnett]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep.

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts - [Gwinnett]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep.

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math - [Gwinnett]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep.

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science - [Gwinnett]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep.

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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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 for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies - [Gwinnett]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep.

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: 9th Grade Literature State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 9th Grade Literature - [Gwinnett]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Biology State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Biology - [Gwinnett]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep.

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett

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Subject Area: Coordinate Algebra State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Gwinnett Comparison District: Gwinnett County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Coordinate Algebra - [Gwinnett]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep.

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Proficiency Levels

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

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

106

22.6

25.5

37.7

14.2

13,134

22.5

27.8

36.6

13.2

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

84

19.0

39.3

34.5

7.1

13,248

23.3

29.9

36.4

10.4

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

74

17.6

32.4

37.8

12.2

13,637

19.1

34.3

35.5

11.1

130,002

24.1

36.9

31.4

7.6

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

N Tested

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

106

15.1

40.6

37.7

6.6

13,200

17.4

33.5

32.0

17.1

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

84

17.9

36.9

27.4

17.9

13,310

16.5

32.1

30.9

20.5

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

74

13.5

35.1

32.4

18.9

13,705

16.6

35.8

29.6

18.0

130,485

24.8

38.3

24.8

12.1

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

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

106

32.1

31.1

34.9

1.9

13,169

26.4

24.4

38.3

10.9

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

84

34.5

38.1

21.4

6.0

13,304

25.8

26.0

32.6

15.6

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

73

34.2

32.9

31.5

1.4

13,691

32.3

28.6

28.8

10.3

130,366

38.5

29.8

24.8

6.9

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

N Tested

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

106

22.6

34.9

25.5

17.0

13,095

19.7

33.6

24.9

21.8

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

84

19.0

39.3

28.6

13.1

13,208

18.6

28.8

26.9

25.6

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

74

24.3

40.5

27.0

8.1

13,588

22.1

33.3

26.2

18.4

129,668

29.5

37.9

22.0

10.6

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System Name
9th Grade Literature Ivy Prep District Average Statewide Average American Literature Ivy Prep District Average Statewide Average Coordinate Algebra Ivy Prep District Average Statewide Average Analytic Geometry Ivy Prep District Average Statewide Average Biology Ivy Prep District Average Statewide Average U.S. History Ivy Prep District Average Statewide Average Economics Ivy Prep District Average Statewide Average

MILESTONES END OF COURSE TESTS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

17

17.6

35.3

41.2

5.9

13,537

16.6

35.8

38.7

8.9

115,991

24.1

36.9

32.6

6.4

6

-----

-----

-----

-----

11,563

20.9

35.8

33.7

9.5

94,938

24.9

39.0

29.6

6.6

17

23.5

52.9

23.5

-

16,630

20.9

32.9

35.3

10.8

131,559

31.0

35.4

25.8

7.8

4

-----

-----

-----

-----

8,971

32.7

39.0

25.3

2.9

105,376

35.3

36.2

22.5

5.9

18

72.2

11.1

16.7

-

13,808

25.6

24.2

35.1

15.1

110,879

37.0

24.9

28.8

9.3

6

-----

-----

-----

-----

11,477

19.8

33.1

35.2

11.9

96,247

26.9

33.6

29.8

9.7

2

-----

-----

-----

-----

4,926

31.0

32.8

30.2

6.0

61,076

31.7

31.6

30.5

6.2

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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 -0.2723 in elementary grades and 0.0254 in middle grades, meaning that Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls is below the state and district averages in elementary grades and not significantly different than the state and district averages in middle grades.
In general, Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls' strengths include middle school ELA and social studies, but its performance in elementary ELA, math, science, and social studies as well as middle school math are weak relative to the state and district.
Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls' performance in 2014/15 is largely similar to its achievement in 2013/14 and weaker than in 2012/13. The estimated impact on student achievement averaged across all subjects in elementary school was -0.2723 in 2014/15, compared to -0.3300 in 2013/14 and -0.0757 in 2012/13. In middle school the cross-subject average contribution to student achievement was 0.0254 in 2014/15, compared to 0.0339 in 2012/13 and -0.0171 in 2013/14.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the state average in middle school ELA and social studies. o below the district and state average in middle school science as well as every elementary subject. o indistinguishable from the district and state average in middle school math.

General Characteristics

School Name
Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood

Calendar Year
Opened
2011

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades Curriculum Focus School Year

Curriculum is entirely

College Preparatory. Extended

K-9

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

DeKalb County Schools Zone

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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

0.8

98.4

0.3

0.5

46.1

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.0

3.9

Pct. Gifted
1.3

Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: -0.2723 Elementary / 0.0254 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0062 Elementary / 0.0250 Middle
Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls' contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all subjects is below that of the average elementary school in the state and district. 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. While the school did serve students in grade 9, there were fewer than 15 students taking any one EOC exam and thus no value-added or SGP results are reported at the high school level.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Elementary ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History

-0.3281 -0.1598 -0.1962 -0.4082 -0.2723
0.1347 -0.0505 -0.1927 0.2065 0.0254

1 Lower 15 Lower 7 Lower 1 Lower 1 Lower
91 Higher 34 No 6 Lower 90 Higher 59 No

86 of 86 71 of 86 80 of 86 86 of 86 86 of 86

Lower Lower Lower Lower Lower

6 of 33 19 of 33 32 of 33
7 of 33 16 of 33

No No Lower Higher No

31

1

86 of 86

38

11

78 of 86

32

2

85 of 86

27

1

85 of 86

32

1

86 of 86

55

86

12 of 33

47

33

22 of 33

40

11

31 of 33

60

89

7 of 33

50

55

17 of 33

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero. High school results are omitted because there were fewer than 15 students taking any one EOC exam.

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls' performance in 2014/15 is largely similar to its achievement in 2013/14, and weaker than in 2012/13. The estimated impact on student achievement averaged across all subjects in elementary school was -0.2723 in 2014/15, compared to -0.3300 in 2013/14 and -0.0757 in 2012/13. In middle school the cross-subject average contribution to student achievement was 0.0254 in 2014/15, compared to 0.0339 in 2012/13 and -0.0171 in 2013/14.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

Elementary

Reading

-0.0193 58 of 85 No

ELA

0.0208 27 of 85 No

Math

-0.4699 85 of 85 Lower

Science

-0.0600 36 of 85 No

Social Studies

0.1479 8 of 85 Higher

All-Subject Average

-0.0757 48 of 85 No

Middle

Reading

0.1660 3 of 29 Higher

ELA

0.0294 5 of 29 No

Math

0.1129 3 of 29 Higher

Science

-0.2869 28 of 29 Lower

Social Studies

0.1340 4 of 29 Higher

All-Subject Average

0.0339 4 of 29 Higher

High

9th Grade Literature

American Literature

Analytic Geometry

Biology

Coordinate Algebra

Economics

Math II

Physical Science

U.S. History

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

-0.1971 -0.2659 -0.2206 -0.4394 -0.5292 -0.3300

82 of 85 84 of 85 68 of 85 85 of 85 85 of 85 85 of 85

Lower Lower No Lower No Lower

0.1309 0.1044 -0.0223 -0.1542 -0.1171 -0.0171

6 of 30 No 5 of 30 No 12 of 30 No 26 of 30 No 19 of 30 No 10 of 30 No

-0.3281 -0.1598 -0.1962 -0.4082 -0.2723
0.1347 -0.0505 -0.1927 0.2065 0.0254

2014/15

District

Statistically

Rank (lower is

Different From District

better)

Average?

86 of 86 71 of 86 80 of 86 86 of 86 86 of 86

Lower Lower Lower Lower Lower

6 of 33 19 of 33 32 of 33
7 of 33 16 of 33

No No Lower Higher No

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Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

2012/13

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

44

74 of 85

48

31 of 85

25

85 of 85

48

29 of 85

56

9 of 85

44

52 of 85

58

6 of 29

53

5 of 29

56

4 of 29

34

28 of 29

61

3 of 29

52

5 of 29

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

Student Growth Percentiles

2013/14

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

44

73 of 85

33

85 of 85

33

75 of 85

25

85 of 85

16

85 of 85

30

85 of 85

56

11 of 30

53

4 of 30

39

23 of 30

51

10 of 30

39

24 of 30

47

17 of 30

2014/15

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

31

86 of 86

38

78 of 86

32

85 of 86

27

85 of 86

32

86 of 86

55

12 of 33

47

22 of 33

40

31 of 33

60

7 of 33

50

17 of 33

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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 for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Average Across All Subjects - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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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 for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 English Language Arts - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Math - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Science - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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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 for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Academy at Kirkwood for Girls Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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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 Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

%

%

Beginning Developing

Learner

Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

50

38.0

32.0

24.0

6.0

7,898

43.7

27.0

20.6

8.7

131,790

33.1

30.0

26.5

10.4

49

49.0

28.6

20.4

2.0

7,521

37.5

30.8

24.0

7.7

128,768

29.2

33.7

28.0

9.1

25

40.0

44.0

16.0

-

7,387

34.4

31.9

27.1

6.6

127,875

27.1

33.7

31.3

8.0

27

37.0

40.7

22.2

-

6,966

41.0

29.1

24.1

5.8

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

26

38.5

38.5

23.1

-

6,856

41.2

29.5

24.5

4.8

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

42

11.9

47.6

38.1

2.4

7,158

34.0

36.1

24.4

5.5

130,002

24.1

36.9

31.4

7.6

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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 Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

50

32.0

44.0

24.0

-

8,015

35.1

37.9

21.7

5.4

132,515

21.4

40.5

30.3

7.7

49

36.7

42.9

18.4

2.0

7,624

32.8

38.9

22.7

5.7

129,480

20.2

39.5

31.3

9.0

25

44.0

40.0

16.0

-

7,476

37.0

35.3

20.2

7.4

128,542

25.4

36.5

27.5

10.6

27

14.8

70.4

14.8

-

7,018

39.2

37.9

17.9

5.0

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

26

42.3

50.0

7.7

-

6,907

38.4

36.4

18.0

7.3

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

42

42.9

42.9

14.3

-

7,193

40.8

38.6

14.5

6.1

130,485

24.8

38.3

24.8

12.1

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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 Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

%

%

Beginning Developing

Learner

Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

50

38.0

42.0

12.0

8.0

7,985

36.9

37.7

17.7

7.7

132,348

24.4

41.2

24.0

10.4

49

63.3

24.5

10.2

2.0

7,608

43.0

33.2

18.8

5.0

129,369

29.0

37.5

26.7

6.8

25

56.0

36.0

8.0

-

7,455

44.5

31.7

18.3

5.6

128,422

29.9

34.0

28.4

7.7

27

74.1

25.9

-

-

6,998

54.3

23.9

17.9

3.9

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

26

69.2

26.9

3.8

-

6,876

51.0

24.7

18.8

5.6

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

42

66.7

31.0

2.4

-

7,172

54.8

25.7

15.7

3.8

130,366

38.5

29.8

24.8

6.9

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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 Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

50

30.0

44.0

20.0

6.0

7,868

39.0

40.5

13.8

6.7

131,732

26.2

44.1

19.7

10.0

49

59.2

28.6

12.2

-

7,496

43.1

34.4

17.4

5.0

128,744

28.9

36.4

26.4

8.3

25

44.0

52.0

4.0

-

7,358

39.5

41.2

12.7

6.6

127,850

25.3

45.6

19.3

9.8

27

33.3

55.6

11.1

-

6,929

42.3

36.2

13.1

8.4

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

26

26.9

57.7

15.4

-

6,786

42.1

33.6

15.1

9.3

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

42

16.7

69.0

14.3

-

7,115

46.5

33.7

14.0

5.7

129,668

29.5

37.9

22.0

10.6

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System Name
9th Grade Literature Ivy Prep - Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Coordinate Algebra Ivy Prep - Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average Biology Ivy Prep - Kirkwood District Average Statewide Average

MILESTONES END OF COURSE TESTS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

13

7.7

46.2

46.2

-

5,489

35.8

33.4

25.3

5.5

115,991

24.1

36.9

32.6

6.4

12

33.3

50.0

16.7

-

6,905

42.8

34.8

17.9

4.4

131,559

31.0

35.4

25.8

7.8

14

71.4

21.4

7.1

-

5,018

52.6

21.7

19.1

6.7

110,879

37.0

24.9

28.8

9.3

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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 -0.1201 in elementary grades and -0.0257 in middle grades, meaning that Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy is below both the state and district average in elementary grades and not significantly different from the state and district average in middle grades.
In general, Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy's performance in elementary science, elementary social studies, middle school math, and Biology is weak relative to the state and district. However, its contribution to student achievement in 9th Grade Literature is strong, exceeding the state average.
Performance at Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy generally improved in the elementary and middle grades relative to the prior year.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o below the state and district averages in elementary science, elementary social studies, middle school math, and Biology. o above the state average in 9th Grade Literature. o indistinguishable from the state and district averages in elementary ELA, elementary Math, middle school ELA, middle school science, and Coordinate Algebra.

General Characteristics

School Name
Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership
Academy

Calendar Year
Opened
2011

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades K-9

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

0.9

97.0

0.6

1.5

41.7

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

0.0

7.7

Pct. Gifted
2.1

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject
Overall School Effect: -0.1201 Elementary / -0.0257 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0062 Elementary / 0.0250 Middle
Ivy Preparatory Academy Young Men's Leadership Academy's contribution to an elementary student's average achievement across all five CRCTtested subjects is less than 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 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.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Elementary ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History

0.0077 0.0058 -0.2092 -0.3171 -0.1201
0.0545 -0.1417 0.0605 -0.0888 -0.0257
0.3080
-0.2499 0.0212

52 No 52 No 6 Lower 2 Lower 13 Lower
72 No 13 Lower 70 No 27 No 37 No
98 Higher
7 Lower 58 No

69 of 86 32 of 86 82 of 86 82 of 86 70 of 86

No No Lower Lower Lower

23 of 33 30 of 33 12 of 33 24 of 33 22 of 33

No Lower No Lower No

2 of 24 No

24 of 24 Lower 13 of 22 No

47

35

79 of 86

53

61

36 of 86

38

5

82 of 86

29

1

84 of 86

42

9

79 of 86

49

43

26 of 33

38

5

32 of 33

54

78

7 of 33

48

40

23 of 33

47

32

25 of 33

54

68

10 of 24

35

6

24 of 24

48

40

17 of 22

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results Ivy Preparatory Academy Young Men's Leadership Academy's performance in 2014/15 is generally improved relative to its performance in 2013/14. The cross-subject average contribution to student achievement in elementary grades rose from -0.3223 in 2013/14 to -.1201 in 2014/15. In middle grades, the school's overall performance in 2014/15 rose slightly from its performance in the prior year; the cross-subject average contribution to student achievement in the middle grades was -0.0257 compared to -0.0616.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

Elementary

Reading

0.0933 21 of 85 No

ELA

0.1069 7 of 85 No

Math

-0.1621 52 of 85 No

Science

-0.0668 39 of 85 No

Social Studies

-0.2730 72 of 85 No

All-Subject Average

-0.0589 42 of 85 No

Middle

Reading

-0.0990 26 of 29 No

ELA

-0.1412 27 of 29 No

Math

-0.1696 22 of 29 No

Science

-0.1815 23 of 29 No

Social Studies

-0.3371 27 of 29 Lower

All-Subject Average

-0.1695 27 of 29 Lower

High

9th Grade Literature

American Literature

Analytic Geometry

Biology

Coordinate Algebra

Economics

Math II

Physical Science

U.S. History

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

-0.2072 -0.1430 -0.4430 -0.3944 -0.4343 -0.3223

84 of 85 79 of 85 83 of 85 84 of 85 81 of 85 84 of 85

Lower No Lower Lower No Lower

0.1313 0.0359 0.1302 -0.1275 -0.4200 -0.0616

5 of 30 11 of 30
5 of 30 22 of 30 30 of 30 22 of 30

No No Higher No Lower No

0.0077 0.0058 -0.2092 -0.3171 -0.1201
0.0545 -0.1417 0.0605 -0.0888 -0.0257
0.3080
-0.2499 0.0212

2014/15

District

Statistically

Rank (lower is

Different From District

better)

Average?

69 of 86 32 of 86 82 of 86 82 of 86 70 of 86

No No Lower Lower Lower

23 of 33 30 of 33 12 of 33 24 of 33 22 of 33

No Lower No Lower No

2 of 24 No

24 of 24 Lower 13 of 22 No

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Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

2012/13

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

56

15 of 85

49

26 of 85

43

47 of 85

46

43 of 85

39

63 of 85

47

40 of 85

52

19 of 29

40

27 of 29

43

19 of 29

44

19 of 29

31

26 of 29

42

24 of 29

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

Student Growth Percentiles

2013/14

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

40

82 of 85

38

83 of 85

23

84 of 85

32

82 of 85

25

83 of 85

31

84 of 85

56

10 of 30

49

20 of 30

50

6 of 30

44

24 of 30

27

30 of 30

45

25 of 30

2014/15

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

47

79 of 86

53

36 of 86

38

82 of 86

29

84 of 86

42

79 of 86

49

26 of 33

38

32 of 33

54

7 of 33

48

23 of 33

47

25 of 33

54

10 of 24

35

24 of 24

48

17 of 22

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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 for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Average Across All Subjects - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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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 for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 English Language Arts - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Math - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Science - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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213

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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215

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Kirkwood

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

216

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: 9th Grade Literature State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 9th Grade Literature - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 9th Grade Literature - [Dekalb]

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0

State Charters
Median SGP across all Georgia public schools = 50

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

217

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Biology State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Biology - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Biology - [Dekalb]

100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0
Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

State Charters
Median SGP across all Georgia public schools = 50

Local Charters

Traditional

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

218

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Coordinate Algebra State Charter: Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy Comparison District: DeKalb County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Coordinate Algebra - [Dekalb]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

Mean Student Growth Percentile for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Coordinate Algebra - [Dekalb]

Ivy Prep. - Young Mens

100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0

State Charters
Median SGP across all Georgia public schools = 50

Local Charters

Traditional

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219

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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 Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Young Men's District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

%

%

Beginning Developing

Learner

Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

41

51.2

22.0

22.0

4.9

7,898

43.7

27.0

20.6

8.7

131,790

33.1

30.0

26.5

10.4

43

41.9

37.2

18.6

2.3

7,521

37.5

30.8

24.0

7.7

128,768

29.2

33.7

28.0

9.1

23

52.2

30.4

13.0

4.3

7,387

34.4

31.9

27.1

6.6

127,875

27.1

33.7

31.3

8.0

27

59.3

22.2

18.5

-

6,966

41.0

29.1

24.1

5.8

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

24

54.2

37.5

8.3

-

6,856

41.2

29.5

24.5

4.8

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

36

50.0

38.9

11.1

-

7,158

34.0

36.1

24.4

5.5

130,002

24.1

36.9

31.4

7.6

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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 Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Young Men's District Average Statewide Average

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

41

26.8

51.2

22.0

-

8,015

35.1

37.9

21.7

5.4

132,515

21.4

40.5

30.3

7.7

43

30.2

30.2

39.5

-

7,624

32.8

38.9

22.7

5.7

129,480

20.2

39.5

31.3

9.0

23

56.5

30.4

13.0

-

7,476

37.0

35.3

20.2

7.4

128,542

25.4

36.5

27.5

10.6

27

59.3

33.3

7.4

-

7,018

39.2

37.9

17.9

5.0

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

24

50.0

45.8

4.2

-

6,907

38.4

36.4

18.0

7.3

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

36

50.0

50.0

-

-

7,193

40.8

38.6

14.5

6.1

130,485

24.8

38.3

24.8

12.1

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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 Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Young Men's District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

%

%

Beginning Developing

Learner

Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

41

36.6

39.0

17.1

7.3

7,985

36.9

37.7

17.7

7.7

132,348

24.4

41.2

24.0

10.4

43

55.8

32.6

11.6

-

7,608

43.0

33.2

18.8

5.0

129,369

29.0

37.5

26.7

6.8

23

60.9

34.8

-

4.3

7,455

44.5

31.7

18.3

5.6

128,422

29.9

34.0

28.4

7.7

27

55.6

29.6

11.1

3.7

6,998

54.3

23.9

17.9

3.9

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

24

58.3

25.0

16.7

-

6,876

51.0

24.7

18.8

5.6

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

36

63.9

25.0

11.1

-

7,172

54.8

25.7

15.7

3.8

130,366

38.5

29.8

24.8

6.9

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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 Grade 8 Ivy Prep - Young Men's District Average Statewide Average

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

41

31.7

43.9

14.6

9.8

7,868

39.0

40.5

13.8

6.7

131,732

26.2

44.1

19.7

10.0

43

58.1

37.2

4.7

-

7,496

43.1

34.4

17.4

5.0

128,744

28.9

36.4

26.4

8.3

23

47.8

47.8

-

4.3

7,358

39.5

41.2

12.7

6.6

127,850

25.3

45.6

19.3

9.8

27

63.0

29.6

3.7

3.7

6,929

42.3

36.2

13.1

8.4

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

24

62.5

25.0

4.2

8.3

6,786

42.1

33.6

15.1

9.3

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

36

50.0

44.4

5.6

-

7,115

46.5

33.7

14.0

5.7

129,668

29.5

37.9

22.0

10.6

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System Name
9th Grade Literature Ivy Prep - Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Coordinate Algebra Ivy Prep - Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Analytic Geometry Ivy Prep - Young Men's District Average Statewide Average Biology Ivy Prep - Young Men's District Average Statewide Average

MILESTONES END OF COURSE TESTS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

23

21.7

47.8

26.1

4.3

5,489

35.8

33.4

25.3

5.5

115,991

24.1

36.9

32.6

6.4

20

35.0

50.0

10.0

5.0

6,905

42.8

34.8

17.9

4.4

131,559

31.0

35.4

25.8

7.8

1

-----

-----

-----

-----

5,628

39.6

37.2

18.1

5.2

105,376

35.3

36.2

22.5

5.9

22

50.0

36.4

13.6

-

5,018

52.6

21.7

19.1

6.7

110,879

37.0

24.9

28.8

9.3

Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy

224

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015

Mountain Education Center
Key Findings
Mountain Education Center's contribution to student achievement exceeds the state average in 9th Grade Literature, Coordinate Algebra, Biology, and Economics. Since the school serves students from multiple counties it does not have a district comparison group.
Compared to 2013/14, Mountain Education Center saw an increase in the contribution to student achievement in all subjects with the exception of Physical Science.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the state average in 9th Grade Literature, Coordinate Algebra, Biology and Economics. o indistinguishable from the state average in American Literature, Analytic Geometry, Physical Science, and U.S. History.

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

48.9

87.8

5.8

6.1

0.3

66.9

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

2.0

15.0

Pct. Gifted
0.0

225 Mountain Education Center

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject Mountain Education Center's contribution to student achievement is greater than the state average in 9th Grade Literature, Coordinate Algebra, Biology and Economics. The table below includes the school's effect on student achievement in each subject area.

Mountain Education Center

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Elementary ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
Middle ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average
High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Physical Science U.S. History

0.2010 -0.0338 0.0978 0.2099 0.2837 0.1413 0.0295 -0.0013

91 Higher 41 No 73 No 87 Higher 96 Higher 72 Higher 60 No 51 No

65

97

50

51

60

90

64

91

66

97

59

82

58

86

48

46

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

Mountain Education Center

227

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results Mountain Education Center's performance in 2014/15 was generally improved from its performance in 2013/14 in most subjects. In particular, the school's contribution to performance in Biology and Coordinate Algebra both improved by more than 0.2 standard deviations between 2013/14 and 2014/15.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

2014/15

District

Statistically

Rank

Different From

(lower is

District

better)

Average?

Elementary

Reading

ELA

Math

Science

Social Studies

All-Subject Average

Middle

Reading

ELA

Math

Science

Social Studies

All-Subject Average

High

9th Grade Literature

0.4303

American Literature

-0.0020

Analytic Geometry

Biology

0.0675

Coordinate Algebra

Economics

0.0413

Math II

-0.0506

Physical Science

0.0078

U.S. History

-0.0463

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

0.0498 -0.1565
-0.0198 -0.1002 0.0812 0.3140 0.0914 -0.0678

0.2010 -0.0338 0.0978 0.2099 0.2837 0.1413
0.0295 -0.0013

Mountain Education Center

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Grade Level and Subject
Elementary Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average Middle Reading ELA Math Science Social Studies All-Subject Average High 9th Grade Literature American Literature Analytic Geometry Biology Coordinate Algebra Economics Math II Physical Science U.S. History

2012/13

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

65 40
50
60 51 55 37

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

Student Growth Percentiles

2013/14

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

44 46
46 49 61 64 52 43

2014/15

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

65 50 60 64 66 59
58 48

Mountain Education Center

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Proficiency Levels

System Name
9th Grade Literature Mountain Ed. Statewide Average American Literature Mountain Ed. Statewide Average Coordinate Algebra Mountain Ed. Statewide Average Analytic Geometry Mountain Ed. Statewide Average Biology Mountain Ed. Statewide Average Physical Science Mountain Ed. Statewide Average U.S. History Mountain Ed. Statewide Average Economics Mountain Ed. Statewide Average

MILESTONES END OF COURSE TESTS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

62

25.8

53.2

19.4

1.6

115,991

24.1

36.9

32.6

6.4

113

31.0

43.4

24.8

0.9

94,938

24.9

39.0

29.6

6.6

32

31.3

28.1

40.6

-

131,559

31.0

35.4

25.8

7.8

31

19.4

51.6

25.8

3.2

105,376

35.3

36.2

22.5

5.9

64

31.3

37.5

26.6

4.7

110,879

37.0

24.9

28.8

9.3

83

31.3

37.3

28.9

2.4

79,313

35.2

34.0

25.7

5.1

124

25.0

42.7

30.6

1.6

96,247

26.9

33.6

29.8

9.7

195

27.7

38.5

32.8

1.0

61,076

31.7

31.6

30.5

6.2

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State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015

Odyssey School (Not 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 -0.0338 in elementary grades and -0.0372 in middle grades, meaning that Odyssey School is indistinguishable from the state and district averages in elementary and middle school.
In general, Odyssey School's strengths include elementary science and middle school math and its weaknesses include elementary math, middle school science, and middle school social studies.
The school's contribution to student achievement is: o above the state average in elementary science and middle school math o indistinguishable from the state average in elementary ELA, middle school ELA, and elementary social studies o below the state average in elementary math, middle school science, and middle school social studies
No historical comparisons are available because Odyssey and Georgia Cyber Academy were treated as a single school in prior years.

General Characteristics

School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

Odyssey School

2004

No

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

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
No

Parental Involvement Requirement

Enrollment Restrictions

18 hours per academic year

Coweta County Public Schools Zone

Students Served
School Name Odyssey School (not including Georgia Cyber Academy)

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

43.9

54.0

24.9

10.6

10.4

25.2

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

1.6

19.5

Pct. Gifted
13.5

232 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject Overall School Effect: -0.0338 Elementary / -0.0372 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0273 Elementary / 0.0014 Middle Odyssey School's contribution to an elementary student and a middle school student's average achievement across all four Milestones-tested subjects is indistinguishable from the average elementary and 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.
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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

Elementary

ELA

-0.0161

44 No

11 of 21 No

48

37

Math

-0.2688

4 Lower

21 of 21 Lower

39

12

Science

0.1375

84 Higher

1 of 21 Higher

57

81

Social Studies

0.0032

51 No

8 of 21 No

52

60

All-Subject Average

-0.0338

39 No

11 of 21 No

49

42

Middle

ELA

0.0245

61 No

7 of 8 No

48

41

Math

0.1091

80 Higher

2 of 8 No

62

94

Science

-0.1295

15 Lower

7 of 8 No

40

11

Social Studies

-0.1622

15 Lower

7 of 8 Lower

39

10

All-Subject Average

-0.0372

33 No

7 of 8 No

47

30

High

9th Grade Literature

American Literature

Analytic Geometry

Biology

Coordinate Algebra

Economics

Physical Science

U.S. History

Note: statistical significance based on a 95 percent confidence level. By construction, the statewide average value-added school effect is zero.

9 of 21 20 of 21
1 of 21 8 of 21 13 of 21
8 of 8 1 of 8 7 of 8 7 of 8 7 of 8

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14, and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results In prior years, data on Odyssey School included students enrolled in the Georgia Cyber Academy, therefore it is not possible to make any yearto-year comparisons for the Odyssey School.
235 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Comparison of School Impact Subject Area: All-Subject Elementary Average State Charter: Odyssey School Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Average Across All Subjects - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

236 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

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Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Odyssey School Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

237 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

Odyssey Coweta

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Odyssey School Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 English Language Arts - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

238 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Odyssey School Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Math - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta

Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

239 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

Odyssey

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Odyssey School Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Science - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

240 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Odyssey School Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Odyssey Coweta

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

241 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Odyssey School Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta

Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

242 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Odyssey School Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Odyssey

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

243 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Odyssey School Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

244 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Odyssey School Comparison District: Coweta County Public Schools
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies - [Coweta]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Coweta Odyssey

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Proficiency Levels

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

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

44

43.2

27.3

20.5

9.1

1,605

28.2

31.8

31.3

8.7

131,790

33.1

30.0

26.5

10.4

50

20.0

44.0

30.0

6.0

1,586

26.7

35.1

30.0

8.1

128,768

29.2

33.7

28.0

9.1

47

51.1

31.9

14.9

2.1

1,605

23.6

34.5

35.9

6.1

127,875

27.1

33.7

31.3

8.0

49

38.8

24.5

34.7

2.0

1,680

26.4

29.2

37.6

6.9

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

33

30.3

42.4

21.2

6.1

1,673

24.1

32.1

36.9

6.9

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

41

14.6

39.0

41.5

4.9

1,732

18.6

36.6

37.5

7.3

130,002

24.1

36.9

31.4

7.6

246 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

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

N Tested

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

44

22.7

38.6

27.3

11.4

1,608

14.5

44.0

35.6

6.0

132,515

21.4

40.5

30.3

7.7

50

24.0

46.0

30.0

-

1,590

15.2

41.6

34.7

8.6

129,480

20.2

39.5

31.3

9.0

47

57.4

31.9

10.6

-

1,607

19.6

35.8

33.4

11.1

128,542

25.4

36.5

27.5

10.6

49

26.5

44.9

26.5

2.0

1,691

19.2

38.7

33.3

8.8

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

32

31.3

31.3

21.9

15.6

1,679

16.5

39.4

31.3

12.7

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

41

17.1

39.0

29.3

14.6

1,734

17.9

38.5

29.7

13.9

130,485

24.8

38.3

24.8

12.1

247 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

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

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

44

34.1

36.4

18.2

11.4

1,604

18.6

43.9

28.1

9.4

132,348

24.4

41.2

24.0

10.4

50

18.0

54.0

26.0

2.0

1,585

25.0

40.4

27.8

6.7

129,369

29.0

37.5

26.7

6.8

47

40.4

36.2

14.9

8.5

1,601

25.0

33.8

33.6

7.6

128,422

29.9

34.0

28.4

7.7

49

44.9

26.5

28.6

-

1,686

30.5

27.5

35.8

6.1

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

33

24.2

45.5

21.2

9.1

1,683

28.2

32.7

30.5

8.6

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

41

29.3

41.5

22.0

7.3

1,723

32.0

30.4

30.5

7.1

130,366

38.5

29.8

24.8

6.9

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

N Tested

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

44

34.1

54.5

9.1

2.3

1,597

20.7

44.7

23.6

11.0

131,732

26.2

44.1

19.7

10.0

50

22.0

56.0

18.0

4.0

1,579

25.1

38.3

27.5

9.1

128,744

28.9

36.4

26.4

8.3

47

34.0

44.7

17.0

4.3

1,599

22.3

48.8

19.8

9.1

127,850

25.3

45.6

19.3

9.8

49

42.9

40.8

16.3

-

1,681

21.3

38.5

23.4

16.8

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

32

21.9

56.3

15.6

6.3

1,672

22.3

40.6

25.4

11.7

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

41

22.0

36.6

29.3

12.2

1,724

24.4

39.2

25.9

10.5

129,668

29.5

37.9

22.0

10.6

249 Odyssey School (Not Including Georgia Cyber Academy)

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015

Pataula Charter Academy

Key Findings
The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is 0.0109 in elementary grades and 0.0450 in middle grades, meaning that Pataula Charter Academy is not significantly different than the state average in elementary and middle grades. It is statistically above the district in middle school. At the high school level, the value-added estimates in Biology are above the state average while other subjects are indistinguishable from the state average.
In general, Pataula Charter Academy's performance is strong in middle school ELA and middle school social studies relative to the fivecounty area it serves, but its performance in other elementary and middle school subjects is average. The school's performance is also strong in high school Biology where its contribution to student achievement exceeds the state average.
Relative to 2013/14, Pataula Charter Academy's performance is generally equivalent in 2014/15. The school's contribution to student achievement is:
o above the five-county average in middle school social studies, middle school ELA, and Biology. o indistinguishable from the state average in all elementary subjects, middle school math, middle school science, middle school social
studies, 9th Grade Literature, Analytic Geometry, Coordinate Algebra, and Physical Science General Characteristics

School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

Pataula Charter Academy

2010

Students Served
School Name Pataula Charter Academy

EMO Affiliation
No

Grades Curriculum Focus School Year

Expeditionary

Learning: project

based lectures and

K-10

curriculum

Normal

delivery/Looping:

students remain with

teacher for two years

SingleGender School
No

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties
Yes

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

45.8

80.2

11.1

5.2

3.5

57.1

Parental Involvement Requirement
Not Specified

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

Pct. Pct. SWD

LEP

2.7

11.8

Pct. Gifted
6.6

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject Overall School Effect: 0.0109 Elementary / 0.0450 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0235 Elementary / -0.0271 Middle
Pataula Charter Academy's contribution to an elementary student and a middle school student's average achievement across all five CRCTtested subjects is not statistically different from the average elementary and middle school in the state. It is above the five surrounding county districts in middle school. 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.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Elementary

ELA

0.0324

60 No

Math

-0.0174

46 No

Science

0.0497

66 No

Social Studies

-0.0176

46 No

All-Subject Average

0.0109

54 No

Middle

ELA

0.1489

93 Higher

Math

-0.0050

50 No

Science

-0.0615

28 No

Social Studies

0.0830

68 No

All-Subject Average

0.0450

68 No

High

9th Grade Literature

-0.0032

45 No

American Literature

Analytic Geometry

-0.1087

30 No

Biology

0.6431

99 Higher

Coordinate Algebra

-0.1156

20 No

Economics

Physical Science

0.1011

74 No

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

2 of 6 No 4 of 6 No 2 of 6 No 3 of 6 No 3 of 6 No

1 of 6 3 of 6 3 of 6 2 of 6 2 of 6

Higher No No Higher Higher

3 of 5 No

4 of 5 1 of 5 5 of 6

No Higher No

2 of 5 No

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

49

47

1 of 6

53

63

3 of 6

52

62

1 of 6

51

54

3 of 6

52

60

1 of 6

55

84

2 of 6

50

49

2 of 6

53

70

2 of 6

52

57

2 of 6

52

69

2 of 6

43

21

2 of 5

50

56

4 of 5

74

99

1 of 5

54

65

2 of 6

50

55

2 of 5

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results Relative to 2013/14, Pataula Charter Academy's performance is generally equivalent in 2014/15.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores)

2012/13

2013/14

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

District Rank (lower is better)

Statistically Different From
District Average?

School Effect

2014/15

District

Statistically

Rank

Different From

(lower is District Average?

better)

Elementary

Reading

0.0463

1 of 6

No

ELA

-0.0925

4 of 6

No

Math

0.0694

3 of 6

No

Science

-0.1610

5 of 6

No

Social Studies

0.1182

1 of 6

Higher

All-Subject Average

-0.0045

3 of 6

No

Middle

Reading

0.0215

2 of 6

No

ELA

0.0133

4 of 6

No

Math

-0.0816

4 of 6

No

Science

0.0203

2 of 6

No

Social Studies

0.0052

2 of 6

Higher

All-Subject Average

0.0025

2 of 6

No

High

9th Grade Literature

American Literature

Analytic Geometry

Biology

Coordinate Algebra

Economics

Math II

Physical Science

U.S. History

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

-0.0234 0.0136 -0.0156 -0.0553 0.0028 -0.0091
0.0440 -0.0283 -0.0886 -0.1229 0.0127 -0.0332
0.3183
0.3016
0.0945

4 of 6 4 of 6 3 of 6 3 of 6 3 of 6 3 of 6
2 of 6 5 of 6 5 of 6 3 of 6 1 of 6 2 of 6
2 of 6 No
1 of 5 No
3 of 6 No

No No No No No No
No No No No Higher No

0.4804

1 of 6 Higher

0.0324 No -0.0174 No 0.0497 No -0.0176 No 0.0109 No

2 of 6 4 of 6 2 of 6 3 of 6 3 of 6

0.1489 -0.0050 -0.0615 0.0830 0.0450
-0.0032
-0.1087 0.6431 -0.1156

1 of 6 3 of 6 3 of 6 2 of 6 2 of 6

Higher No No Higher Higher

3 of 5 No

4 of 5 1 of 5 5 of 6

No Higher No

0.1011

2 of 5 No

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Grade Level and Subject

2012/13

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

Elementary

Reading

54

1 of 6

ELA

44

2 of 6

Math

48

4 of 6

Science

44

5 of 6

Social Studies

52

2 of 6

All-Subject Average

49

2 of 6

Middle

Reading

57

2 of 6

ELA

55

1 of 6

Math

50

1 of 6

Science

58

2 of 6

Social Studies

48

3 of 6

All-Subject Average

54

2 of 6

High

9th Grade Literature

American Literature

Analytic Geometry

Biology

Coordinate Algebra

Economics

Math II

Physical Science

U.S. History

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

Student Growth Percentiles

2013/14

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

46

5 of 6

51

1 of 6

43

3 of 6

47

3 of 6

50

4 of 6

48

3 of 6

55

4 of 6

49

3 of 6

41

1 of 6

48

3 of 6

47

3 of 6

48

3 of 6

69

2 of 6

78

1 of 5

64

1 of 6

65

1 of 6

2014/15

School Mean of Individual SGPs

District Rank (lower is better)

49

1 of 6

53

3 of 6

52

1 of 6

51

3 of 6

52

1 of 6

55

2 of 6

50

2 of 6

53

2 of 6

52

2 of 6

52

2 of 6

43

2 of 5

50

4 of 5

74

1 of 5

54

2 of 6

50

2 of 5

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255

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
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 for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Average Across All Subjects - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Pataula

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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256 Pataula Charter Academy

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Pataula

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

257

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary ELA State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 English Language Arts - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Pataula

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

Pataula Charter Academy

258

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Mathematics State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Math - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Pataula

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

259

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Science State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Science - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Pataula

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

260

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Elementary Social Studies State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Pataula

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

261

Pataula

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

262

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Pataula

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

263

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Pataula

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

264

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Pataula

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

265

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: 9th Grade Literature State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 9th Grade Literature - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Pataula

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

266

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Analytical Geometry State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Analytic Geometry - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Pataula

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

267

Pataula

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Biology State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Biology - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

268

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Coordinate Algebra State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Coordinate Algebra - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Pataula

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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Pataula Charter Academy

269

State Charter Schools Performance Evaluation, 2014-2015
Subject Area: Physical Science State Charter: Pataula Charter Academy Comparison Districts: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, and Randolph
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 9 through 12 Physical Science - [BCCER]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

Pataula

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

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270

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

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

44

47.7

31.8

18.2

2.3

359

46.0

34.0

17.8

2.2

131,790

33.1

30.0

26.5

10.4

45

15.6

46.7

35.6

2.2

319

46.4

34.5

13.2

6.0

128,768

29.2

33.7

28.0

9.1

46

23.9

45.7

26.1

4.3

315

41.3

38.7

19.0

1.0

127,875

27.1

33.7

31.3

8.0

43

18.6

27.9

39.5

14.0

300

56.0

27.0

15.3

1.7

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

42

19.0

57.1

23.8

-

339

47.2

33.6

18.9

0.3

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

38

18.4

39.5

36.8

5.3

318

40.9

38.7

17.9

2.5

130,002

24.1

36.9

31.4

7.6

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

N Tested

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

44

40.9

47.7

11.4

-

359

23.4

51.8

21.4

3.3

132,515

21.4

40.5

30.3

7.7

45

11.1

46.7

37.8

4.4

319

31.7

46.1

18.5

3.8

129,480

20.2

39.5

31.3

9.0

46

21.7

47.8

26.1

4.3

315

23.5

46.0

25.4

5.1

128,542

25.4

36.5

27.5

10.6

43

20.9

37.2

39.5

2.3

300

45.3

44.7

8.0

2.0

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

42

19.0

57.1

11.9

11.9

339

31.9

44.5

18.9

4.7

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

38

18.4

57.9

15.8

7.9

318

31.1

48.7

16.0

4.1

130,485

24.8

38.3

24.8

12.1

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

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

44

29.5

52.3

15.9

2.3

359

37.9

43.2

15.3

3.6

132,348

24.4

41.2

24.0

10.4

45

20.0

40.0

35.6

4.4

319

51.1

37.0

11.3

0.6

129,369

29.0

37.5

26.7

6.8

46

19.6

50.0

26.1

4.3

314

34.7

41.7

20.4

3.2

128,422

29.9

34.0

28.4

7.7

43

16.3

30.2

51.2

2.3

300

62.7

24.7

9.7

3.0

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

42

47.6

33.3

11.9

7.1

339

61.4

26.8

10.6

1.2

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

38

50.0

28.9

21.1

-

318

60.1

25.8

12.6

1.6

130,366

38.5

29.8

24.8

6.9

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

N Tested

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

44

47.7

50.0

2.3

-

359

31.5

45.4

15.9

7.2

131,732

26.2

44.1

19.7

10.0

45

22.2

51.1

26.7

-

319

45.1

37.3

13.5

4.1

128,744

28.9

36.4

26.4

8.3

46

17.4

58.7

10.9

13.0

314

26.4

49.7

16.6

7.3

127,850

25.3

45.6

19.3

9.8

43

18.6

25.6

39.5

16.3

300

59.0

31.0

6.0

4.0

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

42

26.2

47.6

21.4

4.8

338

48.5

35.8

12.1

3.6

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

38

26.3

39.5

28.9

5.3

319

49.8

33.9

12.2

4.1

129,668

29.5

37.9

22.0

10.6

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System Name
9th Grade Literature Pataula Charter District Average Statewide Average American Literature Pataula Charter District Average Statewide Average Coordinate Algebra Pataula Charter District Average Statewide Average Analytic Geometry Pataula Charter District Average Statewide Average Biology Pataula Charter District Average Statewide Average Physical Science Pataula Charter District Average Statewide Average

MILESTONES END OF COURSE TESTS

% N Tested Beginning
Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

38

13.2

39.5

44.7

2.6

308

50.5

37.7

11.1

0.7

115,991

24.1

36.9

32.6

6.4

1

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274

37.6

42.3

19.0

1.1

94,938

24.9

39.0

29.6

6.6

37

24.3

51.4

24.3

-

371

48.0

39.6

10.8

1.6

131,559

31.0

35.4

25.8

7.8

35

20.0

51.4

28.6

-

339

49.0

40.7

10.0

0.3

105,376

35.3

36.2

22.5

5.9

41

9.8

12.2

51.2

26.8

296

60.5

20.6

16.2

2.7

110,879

37.0

24.9

28.8

9.3

41

14.6

41.5

41.5

2.4

318

68.1

26.5

5.0

0.3

79,313

35.2

34.0

25.7

5.1

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Utopian Academy for the Arts

Key Findings

The value-added estimate of the school's impact on a student's average achievement across all subjects is -0.0906 in middle grades, meaning Utopian Academy for the Arts is below the state and district average in middle grades.
In general, Utopian's performance is weak in middle school science and social studies. Because 2014/15 was the first year of operation, historical comparisons are not possible. The school's contribution to student achievement is:
o above the district average in middle school math o indistinguishable from the state and district average in ELA o below the state and district average in science and social studies.

General Characteristics

School Name

Calendar Year
Opened

EMO Affiliation

Utopian

Academy for the 2014

No

Arts

Grades 6-7

Curriculum Focus School Year

Expeditionary Learning Curriculum.
Single-gender instructional approach, and classes in the dramatic, media, and culinary arts.

Extended Day/Week/
Year

SingleGender School
No

Virtual/ Online School
No

Serves Multiple Counties

Parental Involvement Requirement

Enrollment Restrictions

No

Attendance of a New Parent Orientation
Meeting & sign an agreement

Students residing in
Clayton County, GA

Students Served
School Name Utopian

Pct. Female Pct. White

Pct.

Pct. Pct. Other

Pct.

Pct. Pct. SWD

Pct.

Black Hispanic

FRL

LEP

Gifted

60.7

0.6

97.1

1.2

1.2

1.7

0.0

5.2

22.5

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Value-Added and SGP Results Summary by Grade Level and Subject Overall School Effect: -0.0906 Middle Overall District Effect: -0.0269 Middle
Utopian Academy for the Art's contribution to a middle student's average achievement across all subjects is below 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.

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Grade Level and Subject

School Effect

Value-Added

(Controls for Student Demographics and Prior Test Scores

State

Statistically District Rank Statistically

Percentile Different from

(lower is

Different from

(higher is State Average?

better)

District

better)

Average?

Elementary

ELA

Math

Science

Social Studies

All-Subject Average

Middle

ELA

-0.0091

48 No

Math

0.0585

70 No

Science

-0.2408

4 Lower

Social Studies

-0.1752

13 Lower

All-Subject Average

-0.0906

18 Lower

High

9th Grade Literature

American Literature

Analytic Geometry

Biology

Coordinate Algebra

Economics

Physical Science

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

13 of 18 3 of 18
18 of 18 18 of 18 17 of 18

No Higher Lower Lower Lower

Student Growth Percentiles

School Mean

State

District Rank

of Individual Percentile

(lower is

SGPs

(higher is

better)

better)

52

64

8 of 18

61

93

1 of 18

34

4

18 of 18

47

33

17 of 18

48

39

9 of 18

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Comparison of 2014/15, 2013/14, and 2012/13 Value-Added and SGP Summary Results Utopian Academy began operation in 2014/15, therefore it is not possible to make any year-to-year comparisons for Utopian Academy.

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Subject Area: All-Subject Middle Average State Charter: Utopian Academy for the Arts Comparison District: Clayton County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Average Across All Subjects - [Clayton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Utopian

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle ELA State Charter: Utopian Academy for the Arts Comparison District: Clayton County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 English Language Arts - [Clayton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Utopian

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Mathematics State Charter: Utopian Academy for the Arts Comparison District: Clayton County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Math - [Clayton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Utopian

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Science State Charter: Utopian Academy for the Arts Comparison District: Clayton County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Science - [Clayton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Utopian

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Subject Area: Middle Social Studies State Charter: Utopian Academy for the Arts Comparison District: Clayton County
School Value Added for Schools Serving Grades 6, 7, and 8 Social Studies - [Clayton]
Mean Effect with 95% Confidence Intervals, All Controls

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7

Utopian

0

-.7 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.1

Georgia public schools = 0

State Charters

Local Charters

Traditional

School FE in Std. Dev. Units

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Proficiency Levels

System Name
Grade 6 Utopian Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Utopian Academy District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES ELA

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

119

27.7

37.8

30.3

4.2

3,847

41.2

31.9

23.5

3.4

126,186

30.9

30.2

31.3

7.7

48

41.7

33.3

25.0

-

3,929

41.5

34.1

22.3

2.2

127,931

30.5

33.0

30.2

6.4

System Name
Grade 6 Utopian Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Utopian Academy District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES MATHEMATICS

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

119

22.7

52.1

22.7

2.5

3,860

42.0

40.0

14.4

3.7

126,733

25.5

38.9

26.4

9.2

48

31.3

43.8

25.0

-

3,940

40.1

40.6

15.5

3.9

128,303

25.2

37.7

25.0

12.2

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System Name
Grade 6 Utopian Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Utopian Academy District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES SCIENCE

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

119

62.2

29.4

7.6

0.8

3,863

50.7

28.6

18.5

2.1

126,614

35.1

27.0

31.6

6.3

48

43.8

33.3

20.8

2.1

3,935

49.6

30.5

17.1

2.8

128,203

35.1

29.3

26.5

9.1

System Name
Grade 6 Utopian Academy District Average Statewide Average Grade 7 Utopian Academy District Average Statewide Average

N Tested

MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES

% Beginning Learner

% Developing Learner

% Proficient Learner

% Distinguished Learner

119

37.8

52.1

6.7

3.4

3,836

39.8

41.2

14.4

4.6

126,092

29.1

38.9

19.5

12.4

48

31.3

45.8

16.7

6.3

3,917

40.4

38.8

15.2

5.6

127,547

27.8

36.2

21.9

14.0

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