Calculation Issues to be Determined

• Crediting of students back to the "home school"

  • Limit to only those students referred?

  • Limit to only those students whose "home schools" reflect the same grade configuration as the alternative school?

• Magnitude of Learning Gains needed to define the categories of improvement – Improving, Maintaining, Declining

  • Improvement of at least 1%, 5%, 10% over the previous performance?

  • Examine other performance measures (e.g., QA for DJJ schools) and determine their compliance with the statutory requirements.

• Cell Size

  • Unlike school grades, statute outlines that students enrolled in either membership count (fall and/or spring) are to be included.

  • At least 30 students in either count? More than 10 students?