1. 2012 A-F LETTER GRADES Arizona Department of Education - Research & Evaluation Division

2. 2012 A-F Letter Grades 1733 Schools Included

3. Percent Passing – All Schools * *K-2 School not included Frequency of Schools

4. Mean Growth – All Schools * *K-2 School not included Frequency of Schools Overall Growth Points

5. 2012 A-F Letter Grades Traditional A-F Letter Grades NumberPercent A38224 B55435 C46630 D15810 NR121 Total 1572 Small Schools A-F Letter Grades NumberPercent A125 B3315 C3415 D8237 NR6128 Total 222 K-2 A-F Letter Grades ABCDTotal Number432312 Percent33251725

6. Traditional Schools Comparison – 2011 and 2012 20% 24% 36% 33% 30%12% 10%

7. Traditional Schools Comparison – 2011 and 2012 Total Points 2012

8. 2012 A-F Letter Grades Alternative Schools Number A-ALT9 B-ALT37 C-ALT50 D-ALT32 NR-ALT35 Total163

9. 2012 A-F Letter Grades

10. 2012 A-F Letter Grades – All, Charter & Non-Charter Non-Charter(N=1288)Charter(N=284)ALL(N=1572) Non-Charter(N=89)Charter(N=133)ALL(N=222)Non-Charter(N=62)Charter(N=101)ALL(N=163) Traditional Small Schools Alternative Schools

11. 2012 A-F Letter Grades - LEAs LEAsNumberPercent A11622 B15629 C14627 D10419 Pending143 Total536 LEAsNumberPercent A-ALT37 B-ALT1633 C-ALT2552 D-ALT48 Total48 *Please Note: LEAs with only one school - the LEA’s A-F Letter Grade is the same as their school LEAs with only Alternative schools - the LEA’s letter grade is an average of their schools’ All components of the A-F Letter Grade model (Traditional*) used for LEAs was calculated at the LEA level 1% cap applies at the LEA level for students taking AIMS A

12. Success Stories A School went from a ‘D’ to an ‘A’ with a 32 point increase in growth and a 20 point increase in composite points A Charter school increased 20 points in growth and had 7 point increase in composite points A high school with 100% Native American population went from a ‘D’ in 2011 to a ‘B’ in 2012 with a 20 point increase in growth and a 4 point increase in composite points 2 schools went from a ‘D’ to an ‘A’ 11 schools went from a ‘D’ to a ‘B’ 18 schools had an increase of 20+ growth points

13. Thank you Dr. Carrie L. Giovannone Deputy Associate Superintendent Research & Evaluation achieve@azed.gov achieve@azed.gov 602-542-5151