How do we measure and report High School Readiness?
Branson Schools utilizes NWEA testing as an Interim Assessment tool to measure the impact of instruction on student learning. Interim Assessments inform students of their progress and inform teachers of the effectiveness of instruction. Identifying "growth to mastery" within the school year or across school years is the goal.
Growth
Describes the extent to which a student’s growth trajectory estimates they are “on-track” to demonstrate a foundational understanding of grade level standards by the end of that academic year.
Interim assessments used by School Innovation Waiver districts measure growth differently. These measures are used to help understand how much growth a student has made relative to where they started the school year.
Academic Readiness
Describes a student’s level of academic content knowledge at a point in time.
Interim assessments used by School Innovation Waiver districts have their own unique achievement level descriptors. These levels are used to share with students where they are in understanding the standards. See examples that follow for the level used for each districts interim assessment.
Academic Readiness by Growth Quadrant
This quadrant combines the academic readiness measure with the growth measure to describe the extent to which students are growing as expected to demonstrate understanding of grade level standards.
This simulation illustrates the percent of students academic readiness and the extent to which their growth is on-track for what is expected within each interim assessment.
