AzMERIT Trends A snapshot of trends of the most comparable schools to Scottsdale Unified School District
AzMERIT TrendsA snapshot of trends of the most comparable schools to
Scottsdale Unified School District
Trends of Top Performing Unified School Districts of 2017
Math
English Language Arts
School Level Trends of Comparable SchoolsDetermined by Free and Reduced Lunch Rate
Definitions
• High SES Schools – Schools with 11-17% of students participating in Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program• Mid SES Schools – Schools with between 20 to 40% of
students participating in Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program• Low SES Schools – Schools with 70% or more of its of
students participating in Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program
Method
• Using FY2016 October 1 Enrollment Counts published by the ADE• Scottsdale schools were matched to schools that fell
within SES ranges• Inclusion of highest performing SUSD school• Identification of K-8 Traditional Schools
ElementarySchools were selected based on how closely we could match free and reduced lunch rates to other schools in the state
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017AnasaziElementary 66 79 77HopiElementarySchool 66 75 79KivaElementarySchool 74 71 81PVUSD-BoulderCreekElementarySchool 57 72 69CUSD-SantanElementary 71 77 74CFUSD-ManzanitaSchool 69 79 77GreatHeartsAcademies-ArchwayVeritas 70 74 72BASISScottsdalePrimary 77 83
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017PimaElementarySchool 53 53 58PuebloElementarySchool 72 69 80CUSD-JaneD.HullElementary 58 62 59PVUSD-MercuryMineElementarySchool 57 67 73VUSD-MesquiteElementarySchool 57 69 71
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017TavanElementarySchool 37 44 43Tonalea3-5 19 27 36YavapaiElementarySchool 30 38 44NavajoElementarySchool 35 35 47CUSD-FryeElementarySchool 28 28 29CUSD-SanMarcosElementarySchool 32 37 31
ELA-HighSES
ELA-MidSES
ELA-LowSES
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017AnasaziElementary 72 81 76HopiElementarySchool 57 66 77KivaElementarySchool 73 71 82PVUSD-BoulderCreekElementarySchool 58 73 72CUSD-SantanElementary 65 71 76CFUSD-ManzanitaSchool 63 66 65GreatHeartsAcademies-ArchwayVeritas 73 81 80BASISScottsdalePrimary 82 87
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017PimaElementarySchool 47 47 58PuebloElementarySchool 55 57 67CUSD-JaneD.HullElementary 65 70 68PVUSD-MercuryMineElementarySchool 54 66 66VUSD-MesquiteElementarySchool 76 76 82
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017TavanElementarySchool 35 44 37Tonalea3-5 13 20 28YavapaiElementarySchool 28 26 47NavajoElementarySchool 34 29 51CUSD-FryeElementarySchool 21 22 27CUSD-SanMarcosElementarySchool 35 45 35
Math-HighSES
Math-MidSES
Math-LowSES
Middle Schools
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017CocopahMiddleSchool 62 61 68PVUSD-ExplorerMiddleSchool 64 68 69CFSD-OrangeGroveMiddleSchool 63 67 69CUSD-SantanJuniorHighSchool 54 54 54
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017InglesideMiddleSchool 47 48 48MohaveMiddleSchool 47 46 56CUSD-BogleJuniorHighSchool 52 50 52PVUSD-SunriseMiddleSchool 41 48 49
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017Tonalea6-8 26 25 26PVUSD-GreenwayMiddleSchool 15 22 21CUSD-WillisJuniorHighSchool 32 35 36TESD-GilillandMS 19 19 16
ELA-HighSES
ELA-MidSES
ELA-LowSES
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017CocopahMiddleSchool 62 60 65PVUSD-ExplorerMiddleSchool 69 69 73CFSD-OrangeGroveMiddleSchool 67 68 71CUSD-SantanJuniorHighSchool 59 55 62
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017InglesideMiddleSchool 46 47 50MohaveMiddleSchool 40 41 46CUSD-BogleJuniorHighSchool 60 55 54PVUSD-SunriseMiddleSchool 43 41 43
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017Tonalea6-8 17 20 16PVUSD-GreenwayMiddleSchool 11 16 21CUSD-WillisJuniorHighSchool 40 36 36TESD-GilillandMS 23 20 21
Math-HighSES
Math-MidSES
Math-LowSES
High Schools
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017ChaparralHighSchool 44 52 51DesertMountainHighSchool 50 50 50PVUSD-HorizonHighSchool 47 46 42CUSD-PerryHighSchool 50 59 53CFSD-CatalinaFoothillsHighSchool 65 67 65
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017ArcadiaHighSchool 34 34 31SaguaroHighSchool 32 41 38CUSD-ChandlerHighSchool 37 34 35CUSD-HamiltonHighSchool 46 53 51PVUSD-ParadiseValleyHighSchool 31 30 34
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017CoronadoHighSchool 17 14 16PUHSD-CamelbackHighSchool 22 17 13PVUSD-NorthCanyonHighSchool 21 17 19MUSD-WestwoodHighSchool 23 20 19
ELA-HighSES
ELA-MidSES
ELA-LowSES
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017ChaparralHighSchool 39 48 61DesertMountainHighSchool 54 51 66PVUSD-HorizonHighSchool 41 48 42CUSD-PerryHighSchool 39 49 52CFSD-CatalinaFoothillsHighSchool 65 74 74
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017ArcadiaHighSchool 36 36 37SaguaroHighSchool 33 37 51CUSD-ChandlerHighSchool 25 35 32CUSD-HamiltonHighSchool 43 50 51PVUSD-ParadiseValleyHighSchool 25 32 33
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017CoronadoHighSchool 15 10 17PUHSD-CamelbackHighSchool 25 23 17PVUSD-NorthCanyonHighSchool 11 15 17MUSD-WestwoodHighSchool 25 17 17
Math-HighSES
Math-MidSES
Math-LowSES
K-8 Traditional
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017CheyenneTraditionalSchool 71 75 81AlhambraTraditionalSchool 79 90 92MadisonTraditionalAcademy 79 80 82PeoriaTraditionalSchool 51 68 71AbrahamLincolnTraditionalSchool 50 59 69WardTraditionalAcademy 53 59 61LibertyTraditionalSchool 36 48 56MagnetTraditionalSchool 38 37 40
Math-TraditionalSchoolK-8
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017CheyenneTraditionalSchool 76 72 84MadisonTraditionalAcademy 74 79 81AlhambraTraditionalSchool 67 75 80WardTraditionalAcademy 68 68 70AbrahamLincolnTraditionalSchool 65 66 68PeoriaTraditionalSchool 57 56 65LibertyTraditionalSchool 45 43 53MagnetTraditionalSchool 47 46 41
ELA-TraditionalSchoolK-8
Scottsdale Charter Schools
Scottsdale Charter SchoolsSchool Grade
SpanAssessment N
Tested% Passing
SUSD Highest School N Tested
SUSD Highest School % Passing
SUSD N Tested
SUSD % Passing
Great Hearts -Veritas Prep 6-12
Algebra II 101 80 481 75 (DMHS) 1,654 59
Algebra I 116 62 392/413 55 (CHP & DMHS) 2,049 52
ELA 11 69 65 512/520 40 (CHP & DMHS) 1,985 32
ELA 09 81 69 566 57 (CHP) 2,150 47
Great Hearts –Scottsdale Prep
5-12
Algebra II 81 88 481 75 (DMHS) 1,654 59
Algebra I 125 84 392/413 55 (CHP & DMHS) 2,049 52
ELA 11 73 84 512/520 40 (CHP & DMHS) 1,985 32
ELA 09 92 84 566 57 (CHP) 2,150 47
Basis Scottsdale 4-12
Algebra II 83 >98 481 75 (DMHS) 1,654 59
Algebra I ? ? 392/413 55 (CHP & DMHS) 2,049 52
ELA 11 69 >98 512/520 40 (CHP & DMHS) 1,985 32
ELA 09 82 >98 566 57 (CHP) 2,150 47
AzMERIT Discussions
Since Receipt of Results…• SUSD publicly posted data in early summer• Cabinet review of data• Admin Academy training• Governing Board Meeting of Student-level gains• 25 data lightening rounds with site administrators (4 to go)• Conversations with district administrators and site leadership
teams• Conversations with administrators of other districts• Multiple conversations with myself
Data Lightening Rounds• Big Picture of Results and Insight Seeking
• Proficiency level distributions• Growth
• Walkthrough of resources to establish goals and drill down to individual students’ trends• Raw data files• School City reports and their interactive features
• Walkthrough of resources to assist administrators and teachers• Proficiency Level Descriptors and their relationship to rigor• Item Specifications document: assists with identifying task demands of standards• School City formative assessment options and other resources
• Opportunity for principals to ask for advice and share their innovative plans for the year
• Opportunity for mutual intellectual development between site leaders, Casey, and me
Questions
Math Rankings 2015-2016District 2015 Rank District 2016 Rank
CatalinaFoothillsUnifiedDistrict 63 1 CatalinaFoothillsUnifiedDistrict 68 1
CaveCreekUnifiedDistrict 58 2 CaveCreekUnifiedDistrict 61 2
VailUnifiedDistrict 58 2 VailUnifiedDistrict 61 2
HigleyUnifiedSchoolDistrict 54 4 HigleyUnifiedSchoolDistrict 60 4
TanqueVerdeUnifiedDistrict 54 4 QueenCreekUnifiedDistrict 57 5
ChandlerUnifiedDistrict#80 53 6 Tanque VerdeUnifiedDistrict 57 5
SnowflakeUnifiedDistrict 52 7 ChandlerUnifiedDistrict#80 55 7
GilbertUnifiedDistrict 51 8 GilbertUnifiedDistrict 52 8
AshForkJointUnifiedDistrict 49 9 SnowflakeUnifiedDistrict 51 9
ScottsdaleUnifiedDistrict 47 10 ScottsdaleUnifiedDistrict 50 10