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Student Progress
Elementary, Middle Schools
Purpose of Indicator
Student Progress shows how well students are growing or improving academically in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. This indicator also shows how the lowest performing 20% of students in a school are growing academically.
What This Means
Student progress is worth 35 rating points. A high rating point indicates that students at the school are growing or improving academically.
What makes up the Rating for this indicator?
Student Progress measures how students in elementary and middle schools are improving in English Language Arts and Math regardless of where they started (this is measured with ELA SC Ready scores and Math SC Ready scores).
Something To Think About
Look at a school’s Student Progress Rating in relation to its Academic Achievement Rating. If the Student Progress Rating is high but the Academic Achievement Rating is low, the school is doing a good job growing students but they are not, on average, meeting state standards at a high rate.
The highest rated schools have high Academic Achievement and high Student Progress.
Key Message
The economic status of students in a school does not hold students back from growing as learners. Schools serving high poverty populations have and can make incredible progress. This indicator also emphasizes the learning needs and progress of low performing students.