Common use of Assessments and Intervention Clause in Contracts

Assessments and Intervention. For the school to ensure dramatic academic results, student academic progress must be measured and analyzed frequently and action plans must be efficiently and effectively put into place. Columbus Collegiate Academy - West will administer all state-mandated assessments and will use those results to inform the school’s development over time. The school will also implement the NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (a national, computer-adaptive assessment administered in September, December, and May) to monitor student progress and provide comparative analysis with a local and national cohort. The school director will lead teachers in the development and review of end-of-trimester exams that identify those specific skills and content knowledge that students must master at discrete points in time in each subject and at each grade level. The trimester exams will align with state and national standards and reflect the structure of questions used on the Ohio Achievement Assessment, with the goal of preparing our students to succeed in demanding high schools. • Ohio Achievement Assessment (OAA): Columbus Collegiate - West will administer the OAA assessments in every year as required. Columbus Collegiate will use the OAA, a criterion-referenced assessment, to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational program as described in our Accountability Plan. OAA scores will be used by the state to determine that adequate yearly progress (AYP) has been met across all qualified demographic groups and to determine the School Report Card rating. OAA scores will be used by CCA-West to determine if the academic goals set out in the Accountability Plan have been met. The OAA will drive our internal assessment system, specifically informing the scope and sequence of study and the creation of internal end- of-trimester assessments. • Northwest Educational Association Measures of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP): Columbus Collegiate will administer the NWEA, a national adaptive test of foundational skills, in September, December, and May of each school year. The test, administered upon enrollment, will provide a benchmark score against which all future academic growth can be measured per student and per cohort. Ongoing test results will allow a comparative analysis on a national level • Trimester Comprehensive Exams (Comps): During Summer Institute, teachers at Columbus Collegiate examine the content and skills that must be mastered in each core subject at each grade level, conduct an item analysis of all assessments students must successfully master, and then divide all standards, skills, and content knowledge into three separate trimesters of study. Under the direction and leadership of the school director, teachers create individual trimester exams in each core subject that align with Ohio Academic Content Standards (in the future, these exams will align with the Common Core standards and the PARCC assessment). Teachers then create three trimester sequences of study that guide instruction throughout the year and prepare students for these comprehensive assessments. Trimester Comps are administered in November, February, and May. To ensure rigorous exams that accurately evaluate mastery of the Ohio Academic Content Standards, the school director monitors the process of developing, standardizing, and implementing all exams, as well as their alignment with individual learning units. Teachers review results of all Comps under the guidance of the school director. Teachers examine content mastery by the majority of students for information to guide general instruction (as well as content mastery by individual students to guide individual instruction and tutoring for students who are not meeting expectations). Teachers re-teach standards that were not met by a majority of students, using different instructional methods to ensure greater mastery. Further, teachers analyze which standards were taught most effectively for the purposes of improving their instructional practice overall. These three measures will allow CCA-West to effectively measure and report student achievement on an absolute scale (OAA and Trimester Comps), within-year student gains/losses (NWEA and Trimester Comps), and year-to-year student gains/losses (NWEA and OAA). Results from Trimester Comps will affect student grades and be included on trimester report cards. Results from the NWEA and OAA will be included in aggregate on CCA-West’s annual report. In addition, the school director will deliver an academic report outlining all of these measures to the Board of Trustees two times each year.

Assessments and Intervention. For the school to ensure dramatic academic results, student academic progress must be measured and analyzed frequently and action plans must be efficiently and effectively put into place. Columbus Collegiate Academy - West will administer all state-mandated assessments and DECA PREP will use those results to inform the school’s development over time. The school will also implement the NWEA Northwest Education Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (a national, computerMAP) and state-adaptive assessment administered in September, December, and May) mandated assessments. Staff will examine MAP scores to monitor student progress and provide comparative analysis with a local draw comparisons to state and national cohortperformance. DECA PREP will define clear formative and summative assessment strategies. More importantly, it will focus on the efficacy of instruction based on the data. Cumulative, end-of- year exams and capstone projects will be introduced to fourth graders. The school director will lead teachers metrics to assess the K–8 program in literacy and STEM content are grounded in the development Ohio content standards and review of the Common Core. DECA’s commitment to ACT end-of-trimester course exams set the long-term exit standards; tracking college graduations makes the final product transparent. This process must begin, at the latest, in Kindergarten—with clear instructional focus and the expectation that identify those all students will meet or exceed grade-level benchmarks. Ohio Achievement Assessments (OAA) Ohio State Tests, Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), are the specific skills academic assessments that will be used. DECA has committed considerable resources to addressing test-taking strategies and reviewing test content knowledge that students must master at discrete points outside the school day. Programs such as Saturday OAA Boot Camp and intensive language-arts study groups have positively impacted scores. However, the strongest interventions have resulted from consistent use of diagnostic data to inform the next day’s tutorials in time DECA classrooms. The K–8 school will define clear formative and summative assessment strategies. More importantly, it will focus on the efficacy of instruction based on the data. Lessons learned from the 7–12 model will be adapted to young learners with the same level of intensity. DECA PREP will not engage in each subject social promotion. Students will be promoted when they have demonstrated mastery of academic standards and at exit goals for each grade level. The trimester exams use of summer intervention will align with state afford struggling students additional time to meet the standards, as will tutoring and national standards home reinforcement. Strict attendance policies have worked at DECA and reflect the structure of questions used on the Ohio Achievement Assessment, with the goal of preparing our students to succeed in demanding high schools. • Ohio Achievement Assessment (OAA): Columbus Collegiate - West will administer the OAA assessments in every year as required. Columbus Collegiate will use the OAA, a criterion-referenced assessment, to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational program as described in our Accountability Plan. OAA scores will be used by the state emulated at DECA PREP. Make-up time requirements have served to determine that adequate yearly progress (AYP) has been met across all qualified demographic groups hold students and to determine the School Report Card ratingtheir parents accountable for missed instructional time. OAA scores Multiple layers of student and family support will be used by CCA-West to determine if the academic goals set out in the Accountability Plan have been met. The OAA will drive our internal assessment systemavailable for all students; however, specifically informing the scope and sequence of study and the creation of internal end- of-trimester assessments. • Northwest Educational Association Measures of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP): Columbus Collegiate will administer the NWEA, a national adaptive test of foundational skills, in September, December, and May of each school year. The test, administered upon enrollment, will provide a benchmark score against which all future academic growth can be measured per student and per cohort. Ongoing test results will allow a comparative analysis on a national level • Trimester Comprehensive Exams (Comps): During Summer Institute, teachers at Columbus Collegiate examine the content and skills that must be mastered in each core subject at each grade level, conduct an item analysis of all assessments students must successfully master, and then divide all standards, skills, and content knowledge into three separate trimesters of study. Under the direction and leadership of the school director, teachers create individual trimester exams in each core subject that align with Ohio Academic Content Standards (in the future, these exams will align with the Common Core standards and the PARCC assessment). Teachers then create three trimester sequences of study that guide instruction throughout the year and prepare students for these comprehensive assessments. Trimester Comps are administered in November, February, and May. To ensure rigorous exams that accurately evaluate mastery of the Ohio Academic Content Standards, the school director monitors the process of developing, standardizing, and implementing all exams, as well as their alignment with individual learning units. Teachers review results of all Comps under the guidance of the school director. Teachers examine content mastery by the majority of students for information to guide general instruction (as well as content mastery by individual students to guide individual instruction and tutoring for students who are do not meeting expectations). Teachers re-teach standards that were demonstrate readiness will not met by a majority of students, using different instructional methods to ensure greater mastery. Further, teachers analyze which standards were taught most effectively for the purposes of improving their instructional practice overall. These three measures will allow CCA-West to effectively measure and report student achievement on an absolute scale (OAA and Trimester Comps), within-year student gains/losses (NWEA and Trimester Comps), and year-to-year student gains/losses (NWEA and OAA). Results from Trimester Comps will affect student grades and be included on trimester report cards. Results from the NWEA and OAA will be included in aggregate on CCA-West’s annual report. In addition, the school director will deliver an academic report outlining all of these measures to the Board of Trustees two times each yearpromoted.

Assessments and Intervention. For the school to ensure dramatic academic results, student academic progress must be measured and analyzed frequently frequently, and action plans must then be efficiently and effectively put into place. Columbus Collegiate Academy - West will administer all state-mandated assessments and will use those results to inform the school’s development over time. The school We will also implement the NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (a national, computer-adaptive assessment administered in September, December, and May) to monitor student progress and to provide comparative analysis with a local and national cohort. The school director will lead teachers in the development and review of end-of-end- of- trimester exams that identify those specific skills and content knowledge that students must master at discrete points in time in each subject and at each grade level. The trimester exams will align with state and national standards and reflect the structure of questions used on the Ohio Achievement Assessment, with the goal of preparing our students to enter and succeed in demanding high schools. • Ohio Achievement Assessment (OAA): Columbus Collegiate - West will administer the OAA assessments in every year as required. Columbus Collegiate will use the OAA, a criterion-referenced assessment, to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational program as described in our Accountability Plan. OAA scores will be used by the state to determine that adequate yearly progress Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) has been met across all qualified demographic groups and to determine the School Report Card rating. OAA scores will be used by CCA-West Columbus Collegiate to determine if the academic goals goals, set out in the Accountability Plan Plan, have been met. The OAA will drive our internal assessment system, specifically informing the scope and sequence of study and the creation of internal end- of-trimester assessments. assessments.14 • Northwest Educational Association Measures of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP): Columbus Collegiate will administer the NWEA, a national adaptive test of foundational skills, in September, December, and May of each school year. The test, administered upon enrollment, will provide a benchmark score against which all future academic growth can be measured per student and per cohort. Ongoing test results will allow a comparative analysis on a national level level. • Trimester Comprehensive Exams (Comps): During Summer Institutesummer institute, teachers at Columbus Collegiate examine the content and skills that must be mastered in each core subject at each grade level, conduct an item analysis of all assessments students must successfully master, and then divide all standards, skills, and content knowledge into three separate trimesters of study. Under the direction and leadership of the school director, teachers create individual trimester exams in each core subject that align with Ohio Academic Content Standards (in the future, these exams will align with the 14 Columbus Collegiate transitioned to the Common Core standards for the 2012–2013 school year. As soon as there are resources available, the school will begin preparing students to take the PARCC assessment. Common Core Standards and the PARCC assessment). Teachers then create three trimester sequences of study that guide instruction throughout the year and prepare students for these comprehensive assessments. Trimester Comps are administered in November, February, and May. To ensure rigorous exams that accurately evaluate mastery of the Ohio Academic Content Standards, the school director monitors the process of developing, standardizing, and implementing all exams, as well as their alignment with individual learning units. Teachers review results of all Comps comps under the guidance of the school director. Teachers examine content mastery by the majority of students for information to guide general instruction (as well as content mastery by individual students to guide individual instruction and tutoring for students who are not meeting expectations). Teachers re-teach standards that were not met by a majority of students, using different instructional methods to ensure greater mastery. Further, teachers analyze which standards were taught most effectively for the purposes of improving their instructional practice overall. These three measures will allow CCA-West us to effectively measure and report student achievement on an absolute scale (OAA and Trimester Comps), within-year student gains/losses (NWEA and Trimester Comps), ) and year-to-year student gains/losses (NWEA and OAA). Results from Trimester Comps will affect effect student grades and be are included on trimester report cards. Analysis of these exams at the student, standard, and question level are key drivers of our intervention program. Results from the NWEA and OAA will be are included in aggregate on CCA-West’s in Columbus Collegiate's annual report. In addition, the school director will deliver delivers an academic report outlining all of these measures to the Board of Trustees two times each year.