For the 2007 – 2008 school year, 82 percent of our public schools met or exceeded growth standards.
…but wait.
In April, the State Board of Education removed End-of Grade (EOG) Reading (grades 3-8), Algebra II, Biology, Chemistry, Physical Science, and Physics tests from the growth calculation.
In November, the State Board of Education will release performance composites (school-wide percentage of proficient students across all subjects), which will include the above tests. If there is a large difference between the growth and performance composite results, then we can assume that the absence of six tests from the growth calculation helped a number of schools meet or exceed growth standards on state tests.
