1. Legislative Requirement 2013
House File 215

2. Category Cut Scores Based on a Normal Distribution across Measures

3. Percent of Schools in Each Category
Exceptional 3% of schools
High-Performing 12% of schools
Commendable 35% of schools
Acceptable 35% of Schools
Needs Improvement 12% of schools
Priority 3% of schools
A high level view of student performance across multiple measures to determine an overall performance rating
Two years of data
More stable indicator

4. Educational Measures and Their Weights
High School
(9-12)
Middle School
(6-8)
Elementary School (PK-5)
Proficiency
22.2%
25.0%
28.6%
Closing Achievement Gap
College & Career Ready Growth
11.1%
12.5%
14.3%
Annual Expected Growth
College and Career Readiness
N/A
Graduation Rate
Attendance
5.6%
6.3%
7.1%
Staff Retention
Total
100.0%

5. Cut Points for Each Category
High Schools
Middle Schools
Elementary Schools
Exceptional
75.0 and above
71.0 and above
79.0 and above
High Performing
70.0 to 74.9 to
73.0 to 78.9
Commendable
65.4 to 69.9 to
67.0 to 72.9
Acceptable
60.0 to 65.3 to
61.0 to 66.9
Needs Improvement
56.0 to 59.9
53.0 to
55.0 to 60.0
Priority
55.9 and below
52.9 and below
54.9 and below

6. Educational Measures Proficiency College and Career Readiness Growth
Percent of students scoring proficient on the Iowa Assessment
Across reading and math
Across two school years
College and Career Readiness Growth
Based on a national standard score needed to reach college/career readiness by 12 grade (306)
5th grade student NSS of 220
Needs a 306 in 12 grade
= 86 across 7 years = 12.3 NSS units that year
Recalculated every year
If a student is already CCR they count
FAY students for two years

7. Educational Measures Grade Reading Math 3rd to 4th 15 4th to 5th 14
Annual Expected Growth using NSS units
FAY students for two years
Grade
Reading
Math
3rd to 4th 15
4th to 5th 14
5th to 6th 13
6th to 7th 12
8th to 8th 11
8th to 9th 10
9th to 10th 8
10th to 11th 7

8. Educational Measures continued
Closing the Achievement Gap Score
Grade 3-8 and used to compute an achievement gap score
Iowa Assessments
Notice in this example the gap decreased by 5%
A T-scale score is calculated from the percentage
Group
Percent Proficient
math and reading combined
ELL, IEP and/or students receiving FRL
60.0%
65.0%
All other students
75.0%
GAP
15.0%
10.0%

9. Educational Measures continued..
College and Career Readiness
The percent of students that are at or above a college readiness benchmark on the Iowa Assessments in reading and math
2 years of data
CCR means the acquisition of knowledge and skills a student needs to enroll and succeed in credit bearing first year courses at a postsecondary institution without the need for remediation
Grade 5-11 = 75 NPR
ACT Cut Scores in Reading = 22 and Math = 22 that represent CCR

10. Graduation Rate
The percent of students who complete high school in 5 Year Years
A two year composite score is used

11. Attendance The average daily attendance rate of students
The aggregate days of student attendance (days present) in the school or school district divided by the aggregate days of enrollment
Across two years

12. Staff Retention The percent of licensed staff who are retained
All licensed staff members except nurses and coaches
Only full time staff members are retained in the base year
Retirements, move outs of state, or staff dismissals are all treated the same
Fall Basic Educational Data Survey (BEDS) Staff Collection
Additional School Report Measures to come
Parental Involvement
Community Activities and Involvement

13. Connection between State Report Card and Differentiated Accountability
None
This is a stand alone School Report Card to fulfill HF 215