[CharterSchools] A Memo from ACSA Founder Brian Riedlinger

[charterschools at LACharter.org]

Friends of Algiers Charter School Association:

There is some checking still to do but let me 'stick out my chest' a little. 
Being part of the
Teacher Advancement Program (TAP), all ACSA schools are assessed by their 
student test scores in a Value Added model. In simple terms each student's score 
is recorded from last year's test scores. Then using all of the schools in the 
state - an estimation is drawn from where the student should be after a year.

Scores are pretty simple. If students gained one year in a year the student 
and school composite would be 3. A score of 2 is one standard deviation below 
the norm and a 1 is two standard deviations
below average. Likewise a score of 4 is one SD above the norm and a score of 
5 is two SD above the norm.

The good news....Of the 6 ACSA schools who have been testing long enough to 
make the judgment...Five of our schools scored 5's and one school scored a 
three. Assessments were made on two other schools, but the numbers cannot be 
really used...but those scored 5's also.That means one school scored in the 
average/expected range and all others scored more than one year progress and as much 
as two years in a year.

OK I'll suck my chest back in...for now. Just wanted to share the magic 
happening in ACSA classrooms

Brian Riedlinger
briedlinger at algierscharterschools.org




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