Broward Effective Schools Plan – School Data Reports Indicator Descriptions

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The percentage of students tested who were proficient on the FCAT Reading, FDOE AYP Report August 2010
Mathematics, and Writing subtests, disaggregated by AYP subgroups.
AYP
Reading,
Mathematics,
Writing
FCAT Reading, The percentage of students tested who scored at each Achievement Level on the FCAT Research/Assessme Completed
Mathematics, Reading, Mathematics, Science, and Writing subtests, disaggregated by grade level. nt (Data from
Science, Writing DWH)
AYP Graduation The percentage of students who graduated within four years of initial entry into ninth FDOE AYP Report August 2010
Rate grade. Graduates include students who received a standard diploma or a diploma earned
through a GED Exit Option program. These results are used in AYP calculations.
NGA Graduation The percentage of students who have graduated within four years of entering ninth FDOE High School December
Rate grade for the first time. Students who transfer out are removed from the group of Grade Simulation 2010
students tracked. Incoming transfer students are included in the class with which they
are scheduled to graduate. A graduate is a student who receives a standard or special
diploma, a diploma through the GED program, certificate recipients, and students who
return to school for an additional year. Dropouts are defined as non-graduates.
NGA At-Risk Uses the same method of calculation used for NGA graduation rate calculation. At-risk FDOE High School December
Graduation Rate subset of overall cohort includes only those students who registered FCAT-SSS Grade Simulation 2010
Achievement Levels 2 or below in both Reading and Mathematics in 8th Grade.
FLKRS ECHOS: The proportion of KG students performing at each skill level. FAIR-K: The FDOE FLKRS Completed
proportion of KG students who scored within each achievement tier. Provided only for Report
2010 because of the implementation of FAIR.
AP Enrollment AP Enrollment: The percentage of students enrolled in at least one Advanced Placement Research/Assessme December
and Performance course, disaggregated by grade level. AP Performance: The percentage of students who nt (Data from 2010
took and passed an Advanced Placement examination. DWH)

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College Readiness The percentage of students scoring “ready” on SAT, ACT, and/or CPT any time during FDOE High School December
in Math and their high school careers divided by on-time high school graduates who scored a Level 3 Grade Simulation 2010
Reading or higher on the 10th Grade FCAT.
College Exams The average Reading and Mathematics score for students on the PSAT, ACT, SAT and Research/Assessme Completed
Performance CPT. Scores from the June 2010 administration of SAT and ACT were not included. nt -Data from DWH
Student The Florida Innovates Technology Resource Surveys solicit responses from K-12 Instructional Completed
Technology Use principals about how technology is used in schools. One question included on the Technology
from Florida survey asks, "How often students at your school use the following types of software?"
Innovates A list of software types and a frequency table are presented. Schools provide the
(FLDOE) Survey response and it is self-reported data.

Student Tool for The Student Tool for Technology Literacy (ST2L) is an interactive and performance Instructional Completed
Technology based available for 8th grade students in Florida. The tool gauges students’ existing Technology
Literacy (Middle level of technology skills. The ST2L is aligned to the grades 6-8 benchmarks of the
school only) National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS*S). The ST2L
measures proficiency in specific indicators related to these benchmarks.
The indicators can be found at http://st2l.flinnovates.org/indicators.aspx
Suspension Rate Suspensions were assigned based on the “Occur School” in Hyperion’s Discipline Research/Assessme Completed
(Internal, External, Event catalog. Rates were calculated by adding the unduplicated count of students nt (Data from
and AES) with at least one Internal, External, and AES suspension divided by the total school DWH)
membership (based on school most attended in the local Attendance Longitudinal file).
Attendance Rate The sum of days present divided by the days in membership for the school most Research/Assessme Completed
attended. nt (Data from
DWH)
Mobility Rate The total number of students who entered school after the 20th day; plus the total Research/Assessme July
number of students who withdrew from school before 170th day of the school year; nt (Data from 2010

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divided by the official School Boundaries’ 20th day enrollment count. DWH)
Truancy Rate This is a "habitual truancy" rate, which aligns with the definition of "habitual truant" as Research/Assessme August 2010
defined by Florida statute (F.S. 1003.01 (8)). This was calculated as the number of nt (Data from
students who registered 15 or more unexcused absences within either of the two DWH)
semesters, divided by the number of students enrolled at the school, for at least one
day, at any point during the same year. This is an unduplicated count of students.
Retention Rate To calculate a retention rate, each student’s grade level during the previous school year Research/Assessme September
(180th day) was compared to their grade level as of the 20th day. Students who did not nt (Data from 2010
register an increase in grade level from the previous year to the current year were DWH)
identified as having been retained.
Overage for Grade Students who are two or more years overage for the standard grade level divided by Research/Assessme July
Rate the total number of students enrolled in the school (school last attended). nt (Data from 2010
DWH)
Dropout Rate The percentage calculated by dividing (a) the number of students in grades 9-12 for FDOE Florida December
whom a dropout withdrawal code was reported by (b) the year's total enrollment for School Indicators 2010
grades 9-12. Report
Customer Survey The percentage of positive student responses with regards to each of the Customer District Customer August 2010
Scales Survey Scales. Survey
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