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Category 4

Academic Learning

Measures how much students are learning core academic content, developing their own academic identities, and progressing along positive trajectories. It considers factors like engagement in school, problem solving, and college-going rates.

Subcategory 4A

Performance

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Seeks to determine the degree to which students are performing as expected and on-track for graduation. It includes measures of overall performance as rated by teachers.

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Measure 4A-i

Overall Performance
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Draws on anonymous teacher reports about the efforts and abilities of their students. In the future this measure will also include the results of teacher-designed curriculum-embedded performance assessments.

  • Relative to what you know of students this age, how academically able are your students?
  • If student work from your classes was compared with work from "average" classes of the same grades/subjects in your state, how do you think an objective observer would rate the work?
  • If an observer sat in on one of your classes for a week, how would she or he rate your students?

  • 9th grade passing rate  

Subcategory 4B

Student Commitment To Learning

Ideal

Seeks to determine the degree to which students are invested in the process of learning. It includes measures of engagement in school and degree completion.

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Measure 4B-i

Engagement In School
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Draws on anonymous student reports about their level of focus, participation, and interest in class.

  • The school day goes by fast.
  • I like my class.
  • I am excited to come to school.
  • I get to learn about things that I am interested in at my school.
  • Most of the time, I am excited about learning.
  • There are times when I have choices about what I learn.
  • There are times when I get to share my ideas with my classmates.
  • How excited are you about going to this class?
  • Overall, how interested are you in this class?
  • How often do you get so focused on class activities that you lose track of time?

Measure 4B-ii

Degree Completion
Ideal

Tracks the percentage of students in each school who receive a high school diploma within 4 years and 5 years of starting 9th grade.

  • 4-year on-time graduation rate (HS only)  
  • Percent students retained in a grade
  • 5-year graduation rate (HS only)  

Subcategory 4C

Critical Thinking

Growth

Seeks to determine whether students are learning to think critically and applying that learning to their lives outside of school. It includes measures of problem solving emphasis.

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Measure 4C-i

Problem Solving Emphasis
Growth

Draws on anonymous teacher reports about how often their students have the opportunity to generate their own interpretations of material and apply knowledge to new situations.

  • How often do students at your school come up with their own interpretations of material?
  • How often do students apply ideas they have learned to new situations?
  • How often do students collaborate in class to solve complex problems?

Subcategory 4D

College & Career Readiness

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Seeks to determine the degree to which students are prepared for college and beyond (applicable to high schools only). It includes measures of college-going & persistence and career preparation & placement.

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Measure 4D-i

College & Career Placement
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Tracks the percentage of students enrolling in college or beginning a career immediately after high school graduation.

  • Placement in college or career (HS only)  

Measure 4D-ii

Career Preparation
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Tracks student access to career technical education courses.

  • Student to career-technical education courses (HS only)