Annual Report to the Public

December 1, 2009
(To fulfill No Child Left Behind Reporting Requirements) 

DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROGRESS REPORT
Adams 14 is committed to improving the education we deliver to students. Adams 14 is moving forward with implementation of the District Strategic Plan. Consistent with the academic focus of the District, the three goals for academic success outlined in the plan are:

  • Increase quality instructional practices;
  • Increase collaboration;
  • Increase the use of data to inform instruction.

Adams 14's strategy for improvement is stated as follows: to improve student achievement so that 80% of students assessed will be on grade level by 2014 by ensuring that each classroom has a dynamic, standards-based teacher who provides powerful 21st century learning experiences to all students.

For more information about Adams 14's strategy for success, visit our webpage for the strategic plan.

ASSESSMENT DATA
Colorado’s state assessment system includes three different types of assessments to measure student achievement. The main assessment used in the state is the CSAP, which assesses students in reading, writing and math state standards in grades 3 through 10. The CSAP science assessment is also given in 5th, 8th and 10th grade. The second assessment available is for students in third and fourth grade who are receiving instruction in Spanish. The Lectura is the Spanish reading version of the CSAP and the Escritura is the Spanish writing version of the CSAP. These assessments are scored with the following ratings: Unsatisfactory (student is not demonstrating knowledge of the content standards), Partially Proficient (student is beginning to demonstrate knowledge on the standards), Proficient (student is meeting the standards), Advanced (student is above and beyond the standards), and No Score (the student was unable to complete the test). The third assessment, the CSAPA (CSAP Alternate), is available for use with students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. It is used to assess reading, writing, math and science content knowledge. Only about 1% of students in Colorado take the CSAPA.

Third Grade CSAP - Reading:

Disaggregated Groups Year Unsat Partial Proficient Proficient Advanced No Score Total
State Average 2009 8.73% 18.30% 65.65% 6.94% 0.37% 60064
2008 10.88% 18.38% 63.82% 6.51% 0.41% 57917
2007 9.79% 18.62% 64.18% 6.92% 0.49% 56475
District Average 2009 14.84% 28.57% 53.80% 2.41% 0.37% 539
2008 14.69% 32.80% 50.91% 1.41% 0.20% 497
2007 16.81% 26.64% 54.15% 2.18% 0.22% 458
White 2009 9.52% 20.63% 60.32% 7.94% 1.59% 63
2008 16.47% 24.71% 55.29% 3.53% 0.00% 85
2007 12.16% 20.27% 59.46% 8.11% 0.00% 74
Hispanic 2009 15.54% 30.20% 52.30% 1.75% 0.22% 457
2008 14.97% 34.52% 49.24% 1.02% 0.25% 394
2007 17.23% 28.81% 52.54% 1.13% 0.28% 354
Black 2009 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2008 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2007 27.27% 18.18% 54.55% 0.00% 0.00% 22
American Indian or Alaskan Native 2009 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2008 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2007 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Asian or Pacific Islander 2009 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2008 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2007 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Male 2009 15.41% 31.95% 50.00% 2.26% 0.38% 266
2008 15.89% 32.56% 49.61% 1.55% 0.39% 258
2007 20.63% 22.42% 52.91% 3.59% 0.45% 223
Female 2009 14.29% 25.27% 57.51% 2.56% 0.37% 273
2008 13.39% 33.05% 52.30% 1.26% 0.00% 239
2007 13.19% 30.64% 55.32% 0.85% 0.00% 235
English Language Learners 2009 19.47% 31.27% 47.79% 1.47% 0.00% 339
2008 16.28% 32.56% 49.83% 1.00% 0.33% 301
2007 19.23% 31.92% 47.69% 0.77% 0.38% 260
Economically Disadvantaged 2009 14.63% 30.60% 51.88% 2.44% 0.44% 451
2008 16.40% 34.14% 47.58% 1.61% 0.27% 372
2007 18.55% 28.67% 50.36% 2.17% 0.24% 415
Students with Disabilities 2009 33.33% 35.71% 26.19% 2.38% 2.38% 42
2008 42.55% 36.17% 21.28% 0.00% 0.00% 47
2007 40.00% 24.44% 31.11% 2.22% 2.22% 45
Gifted and Talented 2009 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2008 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2007 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Migrant 2009 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2008 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2007 29.41% 35.29% 35.29% 0.00% 0.00% 17

Click here for detailed CSAP results for all grades and subjects at the CDE website.

Results for individual Adams 14 schools can be found by clicking the school's name below.

 Alsup Elementary

Kemp Elementary

Kearney Middle

 Central Elementary Monaco Elementary  Community Leadership Academy 
 Dupont Elementary Rose Hill Elementary         Adams City High 
 Hanson PreK-8             Adams City Middle  Lester Arnold High 

GROWTH DATA
The Colorado Growth Model provides a common understanding of how individual students and groups of students progress from year to year toward state standards based on where each individual student begins.
The Colorado Growth Model uses a common measure to describe how much growth each student makes and how much growth is needed to reach state standards. In doing so, it provides a complete history of all students’ individual-level test scores from the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP). The model depicts academic growth in a user-friendly and interactive display that relates normative information about student progress toward the criteria of reaching different state proficiency levels.

Click here for the 2009 Adams 14 District Growth Summary.
Click here for the 2009 Adams 14 School Growth Summaries.

NAEP DATA
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a.k.a. "the Nation's Report Card," is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in different subject areas. Its two major goals are to measure student achievement and to report change in performance over time. NAEP provides results for the nation as a whole and for individual states. Performance is reported by groups of students (e.g. gender, racial and ethnic groups) and by participation in special programs such as those servicing students with special needs and limited English proficiency. Each of these assessments/studies is based on a representative sample of the student population of the state and the nation and none are designed to produce individual district, school or student data.
Visit the Nation's Report Card website for detailed NAEP results from Colorado students.

Click here for the NAEP results for Colorado.

ACCOUNTABILITY DATA
Adequate Yearly Progress determinations and Highly Qualified Teacher information are requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The following data shows how our District is doing in relation to these measures

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Elementary School Level Data:

Student group Reading/Language Arts Mathematics Other Indicator
Percent
Tested

Goal: 95%

Percent
Part. Proficient,
Proficient,
& Advanced *

Goal: 88.46%

Percent
Tested

Goal: 95%

Percent
Part. Proficient,
Proficient,
& Advanced *

Goal: 89.09%

Advanced Performance
Reading *

Goal: 1.21%

Advanced Performance
Mathematics *

Goal: 1.21%

District State District State District State District State District State District State
All Students 98.63 99.28 83.80 88.55 98.19 99.63 87.06 90.79 2.29 7.60 10.98 27.61
African American 100.00 99.22 94.87 81.03 100.00 99.51 88.98 80.26 11.35 2.99 21.32 13.84
American Indian/
Native Alaskan
NA 99.52 NA 83.79 NA 99.57 NA 85.39 NA 4.30 NA 17.74
Asian/Pacific
Islander
NA 99.34 NA 92.96 NA 99.34 NA 95.47 NA 11.84 NA 44.33
Hispanic 98.48 98.69 82.89 79.42 97.87 99.65 87.10 84.21 1.73 2.34 10.76 13.02
White 99.10 99.58 90.93 93.97 99.55 99.65 90.54 95.21 8.89 10.67 18.20 35.79
Students with
Disabilities
97.63 98.18 66.57 56.83 97.63 98.57 71.99 65.78 4.29 1.41 10.78 7.35
English Language
Learners
98.31 98.04 81.21 74.13 97.60 99.55 87.35 81.66 1.72 1.82 10.56 11.68
Economically
Disadvantaged
98.53 98.88 82.72 79.84 98.16 99.57 86.13 83.72 2.25 2.32 10.79 13.19

*Confidence Intervals Used

Legend
  Not Applicable
  Made AYP Goal
  AYP Goal Not Made
  Made Safe Harbor
  Made Matched Safe Harbor

Middle School Level Data:

Student group Reading/Language Arts Mathematics Other Indicator
Percent
Tested

Goal: 95%

Percent
Part. Proficient,
Proficient,
& Advanced *

Goal: 86.81%

Percent
Tested

Goal: 95%

Percent
Part. Proficient,
Proficient,
& Advanced *

Goal: 79.75%

Advanced Performance
Reading *

Goal: 1.21%

Advanced Performance
Mathematics *

Goal: 1.21%

District State District State District State District State District State District State
All Students 97.46 99.30 84.08 89.03 97.75 99.35 78.06 84.97 2.72 9.42 11.83 23.46
African American NA 99.06 NA 80.95 NA 98.99 NA 71.77 NA 3.36 NA 9.65
American Indian/
Native Alaskan
NA 98.65 NA 86.62 NA 98.99 NA 78.17 NA 5.49 NA 15.79
Asian/Pacific
Islander
NA 99.53 NA 92.63 NA 99.50 NA 93.47 NA 16.43 NA 42.09
Hispanic 97.04 99.23 82.82 79.05 97.30 99.29 77.52 73.94 2.08 2.43 10.54 9.40
White 99.08 99.35 93.36 94.31 99.54 99.41 84.75 91.03 9.64 12.93 21.11 30.32
Students with
Disabilities
97.04 97.64 58.23 55.54 97.04 97.95 48.16 48.60 3.10 1.00 4.57 4.11
English Language
Learners
96.74 99.30 81.51 72.99 97.58 99.38 78.15 71.25 1.53 1.66 11.00 9.53
Economically
Disadvantaged
97.12 99.09 83.17 79.34 97.48 99.13 77.59 73.52 2.11 2.38 10.55 9.32

*Confidence Intervals Used

Legend
  Not Applicable
  Made AYP Goal
  AYP Goal Not Made
  Made Safe Harbor
  Made Matched Safe Harbor

High School Level Data:

Student group Reading/Language Arts Mathematics Other Indicator
Percent
Tested

Goal: 95%

Percent
Part. Proficient,
Proficient,
& Advanced *

Goal: 89.83%

Percent
Tested

Goal: 95%

Percent
Part. Proficient,
Proficient,
& Advanced *

Goal: 73.50%

Graduation
Rate

Goal: 59.50%

District State District State District State District State District State
All Students 96.26 97.39 86.10 92.42 95.89 97.61 40.68 65.78 41.10 73.90
African American NA 95.56 NA 87.42 NA 96.14 NA 45.06 NA 64.10
American Indian/
Native Alaskan
NA 95.67 NA 90.78 NA 96.13 NA 53.13 NA 57.50
Asian/Pacific
Islander
NA 98.58 NA 93.62 NA 98.45 NA 80.16 NA 82.80
Hispanic 96.43 96.86 85.91 85.43 96.27 97.02 40.29 44.25 37.80 55.60
White 94.62 97.77 94.48 96.01 95.58 98.00 54.75 76.62 52.90 81.60
Students with
Disabilities
96.02 94.54 53.73 64.95 95.59 95.27 23.93 24.95 38.60 63.00
English Language
Learners
97.92 97.31 85.72 79.81 98.18 97.40 42.73 40.97 35.10 52.00
Economically
Disadvantaged
96.19 96.48 85.35 85.15 95.86 96.79 40.92 44.70 57.50 59.30

*Confidence Intervals Used

Legend
  Not Applicable
  Made AYP Goal
  AYP Goal Not Made
  Made Safe Harbor
  Made Matched Safe Harbor

AYP data for individual Adams 14 schools can be found by clicking the links below.

 Alsup Elementary

Kemp Elementary

Kearney Middle

 Central Elementary Monaco Elementary  CLA Elementary 
 Dupont Elementary Rose Hill Elementary         Adams City High 
 Hanson Elementary           Adams City Middle  Lester Arnold High 
 Hanson Middle CLA Middle

 

STATUS OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IN THE DISTRICT
If Title I schools do not make AYP for two consecutive years in the same content area, they are placed on School Improvement.

Improvement levels

Schools

Percent of District schools

Not on Improvement

Alsup Elementary
Central Elementary - Math
CLA Elementary
Dupont Elementary
Hanson Elementary - Math
Kemp Elementary
Monaco Elementary

Rose Hill Elementary - Reading
CLA Middle
Hanson Middle
Adams City High
Lester Arnold High

86%

School Improvement- Year 1

Rose Hill Elementary - Math

Central Elementary - Reading

Hanson Elementary - Reading

Kearney Middle - Math

29%

School Improvement- Year 2

No schools

0%

Corrective Action

No schools

0%

Restructuring- Planning

Adams City Middle

Kearney Middle - Reading

14%

Restructuring- Implementation

No schools

0%

TEACHER DATA

Teachers Highly Qualified in the District
School Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Percentage Not Highly Qualified - 16.00% 14.11% 3.75% 4.27% 1.90%
Percentage Highly Qualified 84.39% 84.00% 85.89% 96.25% 95.73% 98.10%
Target Percentage - 89.54% 94.77% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Target Made - NO NO NO NO NO

Classrooms in the District Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers
School Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Percentage Not Highly Qualified - 15.81% 14.54% 3.96% 4.57% 1.91%
Percentage Highly Qualified 86.06% 84.19% 85.46% 96.04% 95.43% 98.09%
Target Percentage - 90.66% 95.33% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Target Made - NO NO NO NO NO

Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers in the District by High and Low Poverty
  High Poverty Schools1 Low Poverty Schools2
Percentage in District 95.28% *
Percentage in State 96.98% 98.02%
* No schools in district at this poverty level.

Professional Qualifications of Teachers
Professional Qualification Percent of Teachers
Bachelors Degree 56.66%
Masters Degree 42.13%
PhD 0.73%
 
Teacher Licenses
License Percent of Teachers
Initial 22.76%
Emergency 0.00%

1 Schools are ranked from highest to lowest based on their free and reduced lunch eligibility
counts. High-poverty schools are the 25% of schools with the highest poverty rate.
2 Low-Poverty schools are the 25% of schools with the lowest poverty rate, as measured by
free and reduced lunch eligibility.