Massachusetts School and District Profiles

Doherty Memorial High

2018

2018 Official Accountability Report - Doherty Memorial High

Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME Worcester (03480000)	TITLE I STATUS Title I School
SCHOOL Doherty Memorial High (03480512)	GRADES SERVED 09,10,11,12
REGION West/Central	FEDERAL DESIGNATION -

Accountability Information

Overall classification	Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification
Partially meeting targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
23% - Partially meeting targets	22

OVERALL AND SUBGROUP DATA
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall results

Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		All students (High school grades)			Lowest performing students (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %	Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	1	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	1	4	-
	Achievement total	1	12	40.0	1	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	0	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	20.0	0	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	8	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	2	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	6	8	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		3.8	10.0	-	0.7	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		38%		-	7%		-
Criterion-referenced target percentage		23%
Criterion-referenced target percentage		Partially meeting targets

Subgroup results

Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		High needs Subgroup (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	1	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-
	Science achievement	1	4	-
	Achievement total	2	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	2	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	10	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-
	Additional indicators total	3	8	10.0
Weighted total		4.2	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		39%		-
Criterion-referenced target percentage		39%
Criterion-referenced target percentage		Partially meeting targets
Subgroup percentile
This group's overall performance relative to the performance of the same subgroup in schools administering similar assessments		20

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - legacy MCAS Composite Performance Index (CPI) - High school About the Data
Group	2017 Achievement	2018 Achievement	Change	2018 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	94.7	93.5	-1.2	96.4	372	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	86.4	79.6	-6.8	89.1	81	0	Declined
High needs	90.3	89.5	-0.8	92.5	222	1	No Change
Econ. Disadvantaged	89.3	89.2	-0.1	91.1	176	1	No Change
EL and Former EL	84.5	85.3	0.8	87.5	109	2	Improved Below Target
Students w/ disabilities	84.0	81.0	-3.0	87.0	63	0	Declined
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	97.3	92.9	-4.4	100.0	21	0	Declined
Afr. Amer./Black	96.5	90.6	-5.9	99.1	80	0	Declined
Hispanic/Latino	85.0	89.7	4.7	87.0	116	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	99.0	97.6	-1.4	100.0	137	4	Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - legacy MCAS Composite Performance Index (CPI) - High school About the Data
Group	2017 Achievement	2018 Achievement	Change	2018 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	87.0	82.8	-4.2	89.2	369	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	58.8	45.8	-13.0	61.3	83	0	Declined
High needs	77.4	73.8	-3.6	79.8	220	0	Declined
Econ. Disadvantaged	77.2	73.4	-3.8	79.7	174	0	Declined
EL and Former EL	71.7	66.9	-4.8	76.8	108	0	Declined
Students w/ disabilities	60.1	57.5	-2.6	63.9	63	0	Declined
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	93.8	90.5	-3.3	97.8	21	0	Declined
Afr. Amer./Black	84.9	74.4	-10.5	89.8	80	0	Declined
Hispanic/Latino	72.6	74.6	2.0	75.8	113	3	Met Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	94.1	92.2	-1.9	95.8	137	1	No Change

Science achievement - legacy MCAS Composite Performance Index (CPI) - High school About the Data
Group	2017 Achievement	2018 Achievement	Change	2018 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	86.5	83.5	-3.0	89.0	337	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	56.4	56.0	-0.4	59.4	83	1	No Change
High needs	75.5	75.4	-0.1	77.8	198	1	No Change
Econ. Disadvantaged	74.1	76.1	2.0	77.0	154	3	Met Target
EL and Former EL	74.0	71.2	-2.8	77.3	92	0	Declined
Students w/ disabilities	57.8	59.4	1.6	61.0	61	2	Improved Below Target
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Afr. Amer./Black	85.9	78.0	-7.9	89.1	66	0	Declined
Hispanic/Latino	71.8	73.1	1.3	75.8	105	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	93.0	91.9	-1.1	95.5	130	1	No Change

English language arts growth - High school About the Data
Group	2018 Mean SGP	2018 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	46.0	50.0	310	2	Below Target
Lowest Performing	28.1	50.0	61	0	Below Target
High needs	43.1	50.0	172	2	Below Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	43.6	50.0	137	2	Below Target
EL and Former EL	44.4	50.0	72	2	Below Target
Students w/ disabilities	28.5	50.0	50	0	Below Target
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	17	-	-
Afr. Amer./Black	51.0	50.0	61	3	Met Target
Hispanic/Latino	39.8	50.0	93	1	Below Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	17	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-
White	48.3	50.0	122	2	Below Target

Mathematics growth - High school About the Data
Group	2018 Mean SGP	2018 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	52.1	50.0	308	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	28.8	50.0	62	0	Below Target
High needs	48.5	50.0	172	2	Below Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	46.5	50.0	137	2	Below Target
EL and Former EL	46.1	50.0	74	2	Below Target
Students w/ disabilities	38.8	50.0	51	1	Below Target
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	17	-	-
Afr. Amer./Black	49.0	50.0	61	2	Below Target
Hispanic/Latino	44.8	50.0	93	2	Below Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	17	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-
White	57.4	50.0	120	3	Met Target

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school About the Data
Group	2016 Rate (%)	2017 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	84.4	88.3	3.9	88.2	343	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	80.1	84.9	4.8	84.2	259	4	Exceeded Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	81.5	84.6	3.1	86.4	241	2	Improved Below Target
EL and Former EL	76.8	75.7	-1.1	82.8	111	0	Declined
Students w/ disabilities	50.0	79.3	29.3	58.9	58	4	Exceeded Target
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	0	-	-
Asian	93.1	91.7	-1.4	99.3	24	0	Declined
Afr. Amer./Black	89.7	89.7	0.0	96.0	58	1	No Change
Hispanic/Latino	75.8	76.3	0.5	80.9	114	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	89.4	97.1	7.7	93.2	140	4	Exceeded Target

Extended engagement rate - High school About the Data
Group	2015 Rate (%)	2016 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	87.6	89.8	2.2	90.7	384	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	84.9	87.5	2.6	89.6	287	2	Improved Below Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	85.2	89.0	3.8	90.1	265	2	Improved Below Target
EL and Former EL	85.7	85.3	-0.4	91.1	95	1	No Change
Students w/ disabilities	82.8	71.9	-10.9	89.6	64	0	Declined
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	91.2	96.6	5.4	96.2	29	3	Met Target
Afr. Amer./Black	83.6	94.8	11.2	88.4	58	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic/Latino	80.2	82.3	2.1	85.7	124	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	92.9	93.8	0.9	95.8	160	2	Improved Below Target

Annual dropout rate - High school About the Data
Group	2016 Rate (%)	2017 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	1.8	1.6	0.2	1.6	1,542	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	2.9	2.3	0.6	2.6	903	4	Exceeded Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	2.9	1.9	1.0	2.6	674	4	Exceeded Target
EL and Former EL	4.3	4.3	0.0	3.9	348	1	No Change
Students w/ disabilities	2.1	2.5	-0.4	1.9	244	0	Declined
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Asian	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.0	122	4	Exceeded Target
Afr. Amer./Black	1.3	2.0	-0.7	1.2	250	0	Declined
Hispanic/Latino	3.8	3.1	0.7	3.4	486	3	Met Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	54	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.0	626	4	Exceeded Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school About the Data
Group	2017 Rate (%)	2018 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	29.4	31.0	1.6	38.7	248	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Econ. Disadvantaged	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EL and Former EL	29.4	31.0	1.6	38.7	248	2	Improved Below Target
Students w/ disabilities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Afr. Amer./Black	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hispanic/Latino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chronic absenteeism - High school About the Data
Group	2017 Rate (%)	2018 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	21.6	18.9	2.7	19.2	1,603	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	21.1	24.1	-3.0	11.5	83	0	Declined
High needs	29.5	25.9	3.6	26.3	973	3	Met Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	32.5	28.1	4.4	29.2	647	4	Exceeded Target
EL and Former EL	27.0	23.9	3.1	22.0	523	2	Improved Below Target
Students w/ disabilities	36.1	32.0	4.1	32.6	294	4	Exceeded Target
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	12.2	11.8	0.4	8.5	119	2	Improved Below Target
Afr. Amer./Black	16.1	11.9	4.2	11.7	268	3	Met Target
Hispanic/Latino	33.8	29.9	3.9	29.9	498	3	Met Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	64	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	16.2	14.7	1.5	13.0	651	2	Improved Below Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school About the Data
Group	2017 Rate (%)	2018 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	56.9	62.1	5.2	63.0	736	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	42.9	40.9	-2.0	49.2	406	0	Declined
Econ. Disadvantaged	43.9	41.5	-2.4	50.4	313	0	Declined
EL and Former EL	39.0	37.2	-1.8	43.2	215	0	Declined
Students w/ disabilities	18.4	34.0	15.6	24.4	103	4	Exceeded Target
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	69.7	76.1	6.4	75.5	71	3	Met Target
Afr. Amer./Black	56.4	55.5	-0.9	65.6	110	1	No Change
Hispanic/Latino	41.6	40.2	-1.4	49.1	209	0	Declined
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	26	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	66.5	75.5	9.0	73.2	319	4	Exceeded Target

Assessment participation About the Data
Group	English language arts					Mathematics					Science
Group	Enrolled	Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate	Enrolled	Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate	Enrolled	Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate
All Students	397	393	99	Yes	1	396	390	98	Yes	1	397	395	99	Yes	1
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	247	243	98	Yes	1	246	241	98	Yes	1	247	245	99	Yes	1
Econ. Disadvantaged	196	193	98	Yes	1	195	191	98	Yes	1	196	194	99	Yes	1
EL and Former EL	131	128	98	Yes	1	131	127	97	Yes	1	131	129	98	Yes	1
Students w/ disabilities	66	64	97	Yes	1	66	64	97	Yes	1	66	66	100	Yes	1
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Asian	21	21	100	Yes	1	21	21	100	Yes	1	21	21	100	Yes	1
Afr. Amer./Black	83	83	100	Yes	1	83	83	100	Yes	1	83	83	100	Yes	1
Hispanic/Latino	134	131	98	Yes	1	133	128	96	Yes	1	134	132	99	Yes	1
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	17	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	141	140	99	Yes	1	141	140	99	Yes	1	141	141	100	Yes	1

About this Report

Overall classification: All Massachusetts districts and schools with sufficient data are classified into one of two accountability categories: districts and schools requiring assistance or intervention, and districts and schools without required assistance or intervention. The reason(s) for the district or school's classification are noted on this report.

Progress toward improvement targets: The criterion-referenced target percentage combines information about achievement, growth, high school completion, English learner progress, advanced coursework completion, and chronic absenteeism into a single number between 0 and 100. For a group to be considered to be meeting targets it must have a criterion-referenced target percentage of 75% or higher.

The criterion-referenced target percentage is calculated by dividing the weighted total points earned by the weighted total possible points. The calculation for each is displayed below.

Weighted total of points earned = (Total achievement points earned x Achievement weight) + (Total growth points earned x Growth weight) + (Total high school completion points earned x high school completion weight) + (EL progress points earned x EL progress weight) + (Total additional indicator points earned x Additional indicator weight)

Weighted total of possible points = (Total achievement possible points x Achievement weight) + (Total growth possible points x Growth weight) + (Total high school completion possible points x high school completion weight) + (EL progress possible points x EL progress weight) + (Total additional indicator possible points x Additional indicator weight)

Accountability percentile: An accountability percentile between 1 and 99 is reported for most schools. This number is an indication of the school's overall performance relative to other schools that serve similar grades, and is calculated using data for all accountability indicators. School percentiles are not calculated for districts.

Determination of need for special education technical assistance or intervention: The U.S. Department of Education requires Massachusetts to determine which districts (including single school districts) have specific needs for technical assistance or intervention in the area of special education. A district's determination is based on four categories: Meets Requirements (MR); Needs Assistance (NA); Needs Intervention (NI); and Needs Substantial Intervention (NSI). In most cases these categories correspond to the district's results, except when the district has specific compliance needs. This designation helps signal whether outcomes for all students in the district indicate progress, including that of students with disabilities, or whether technical assistance and/or intervention is needed to improve outcomes for all children, especially students with disabilities.

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