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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain to me how Sela is ranked in a tier when it has no PARCC score?  I do not understand this at all and it seems to undermine the whole tier system since you are no longer comparing apples to apples.  The other schools that are not tiered did not have PARCC scores.  And, for example, this is the first year that CMI is tiered.  I do not see how Sela got a ranking - this must be a mistake, and if so, it should be fixed because it is misleading.  Not knowing the school at all - I know happy people there - but this makes no sense.[/quote]

In 2014-15 DCPCSB developed a PMF approach for ECE (PK-3 to 2nd). The idea was that although students shouldn't take an assessment like PARCC there needed to be some accountability measures and standard metrics.

50% of the PMF ranking for a PK3-2nd school is based on student performance and 50% on school culture and some other factors.

Schools like Bridges that are growing one grade at a time and are planned to go to 5th, will not be ranked until their oldest students reach 4th. Sela is only going to 3nd at this point, and has students in their top grade, thus is ranked.

See page 2 at this link for Sela's scores. http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/Sela%20PCS_EC_PK-2_2016.pdf

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Great answer. But the sheet says Sela is going to 5th, just like Bridges. But I still don't agree a pk3-2 should be ranked. Scores? Sure. But not ranked tiers as 50% is based on a very easy measure that's easy to obtain 100% on every year. Other things are graded are easily obtained measures like attendance. If that's the case, why not rank AppleTree for Gold testing?[/quote]

Agree that the asterisk on Bridges' sheet would seem to apply to Sela (i.e., "Schools that are growing one grade at a time that do not yet serve grade 4 or higher will receive an overall score but no tier").  [b]So I'm not sure why Sela got a tier but Bridges didn't.
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Also, while a tier 1 ranking is nice publicity and great recognition for hard-working teachers and a committed administration, I agree that not having PARCC scores makes horizontal comparison to other schools noisy at best.

So I'm more focused on time series analysis.  Sela's 2016 report compared to its 2015 report shows marked improvement in student progress in both reading and math as assessed by NWEA MAP (17.6 to 70 reading; 33.3 to 82 math), as well as school environment (e.g., re-enrollment from 46.6 percent to 76.1 percent).  What's more, Sela's total enrollment--which is an important indicator for young schools and has been the subject of some speculation on this board in the past--has risen from 86 to 134.  In short, although the data don't allow for perfect comparison of Sela to other schools, they do show significant progress on both objective (e.g., re-enrollment, total enrollment) and more subjective measures (e.g., NWEA MAP assessments) year-over-year.  That is worth celebration in my mind, tier or no tier.

And for full disclosure, yes I am a happy Sela parent :)

http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/Sela_PCS_2014-2015%20PMF.pdf

http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/Sela%20PCS_EC_PK-2_2016.pdf[/quote]

Per the PMF Policy and Technical Guide (see page 6 of the link below):

"Schools that recently opened and are growing one grade at a time that do not yet serve grade 4 or higher [b]and also do not use Northwest Evaluation Association Measures of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP) will receive an overall score but no tier. (Note: Schools that choose to give NWEA MAP will follow the framework guidelines for schools ending prior to grade 4 and will receive a tier.)[/b]"

Bridges did not have 4th grade last year and chose not to give the NWEA MAP, so it didn't get a tier.  Sela also did not have a 4th grade, but it chose to give the NWEA MAP, so it got a tier.

http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/Vote--2015-16%20PMF_Policy%20%20Tech_March%20Meeting%20Final%20Clean%20Copy.pdf[/quote]

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