Dark Green

Light Green

Yellow

Orange

Red

used for OTES

a method for showing growth of a group of students from the previous year

calculated the same for District/School and Teacher

a measure of how much teachers show love and respect to their students

Both are used for OTES

Basically the same... Smart kids should score well, not so smart kids do poorly in both

If a student gets a higher scaled score from last year, they made VA Progress

Value added is the better methodology to determine if the curriculum is working for all students

Only achievement is reported for a single student

correspond to the achievement Performance Levels of Limited, Basic, Proficient, Accelerated, and Advanced

Poor, Fair, Average, Good, Excellent

Red, Orange, Yellow, Light Green, Dark Green

Much less than average, Less than average, Average, Effective, Most Effective

Significant evidence of less progress, Moderate evidence of less progress, Evidence of similar progress, Moderate evidence of more progress, Significant evidence of more progress

is calculated the same as URM

is for 4-8 Math and ELA

is for Science and HS courses

needs at least 3 data points

Not enough prior test scores

Not enough days in school (45 missed days)

Teacher was on partial year absence

Test results were very very very different from past performance

Student was not linked during Roster Verification

only your best year

up to 3 years of VA reports

your OST Composite

only your worst years

only your most recent

Examine the Diagnostic Reports to see patterns of strengths or weaknesses

Examine past years to see if there are similar patterns from the past

Cross reference with AIR / Achievement, especially the performance level data

Nothing, since Value-Added does not use a perfect measure of statistics.