Massachusetts School and District Profiles

Somerville High

2018

2018 Official Accountability Report - Somerville High

Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME Somerville (02740000)	TITLE I STATUS Non-Title I School
SCHOOL Somerville High (02740505)	GRADES SERVED 09,10,11,12
REGION Coastal	FEDERAL DESIGNATION -

Accountability Information

Overall classification	Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification
Partially meeting targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
29% - Partially meeting targets	38

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	1	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	1	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	3	12	40.0	0	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	7	8	20.0	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	1	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	7	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	3	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	6	8	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.9	10.0	-	0.9	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		49%		-	9%		-
Criterion-referenced target percentage		29%
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	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	1	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	1	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	2	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	2	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	1	4	-
	High school completion total	5	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	2	4	-
	Additional indicators total	6	8	10.0
Weighted total		3.4	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		32%		-
Criterion-referenced target percentage		32%
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		54

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	95.4	93.2	-2.2	96.9	288	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	89.9	86.7	-3.2	92.0	64	0	Declined
High needs	92.4	89.2	-3.2	94.5	181	0	Declined
Econ. Disadvantaged	93.5	89.1	-4.4	95.1	144	0	Declined
EL and Former EL	80.1	71.1	-9.0	83.6	51	0	Declined
Students w/ disabilities	94.4	88.5	-5.9	96.9	48	0	Declined
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	96.9	96.6	-0.3	100.0	29	1	No Change
Afr. Amer./Black	94.9	98.3	3.4	97.3	43	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic/Latino	91.7	87.8	-3.9	93.6	125	0	Declined
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	99.8	98.0	-1.8	100.0	88	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	88.6	86.9	-1.7	90.5	289	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	64.6	61.2	-3.4	68.8	65	0	Declined
High needs	83.1	80.9	-2.2	85.3	181	1	No Change
Econ. Disadvantaged	84.1	82.8	-1.3	86.5	145	1	No Change
EL and Former EL	67.4	67.2	-0.2	70.9	51	1	No Change
Students w/ disabilities	79.2	73.9	-5.3	82.9	47	0	Declined
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	96.1	93.1	-3.0	100.0	29	0	Declined
Afr. Amer./Black	82.4	83.1	0.7	85.1	43	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic/Latino	82.6	80.8	-1.8	86.4	126	1	No Change
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	96.1	96.0	-0.1	98.2	88	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	90.9	89.3	-1.6	92.7	261	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	77.1	72.3	-4.8	81.2	64	0	Declined
High needs	86.6	83.6	-3.0	89.2	159	0	Declined
Econ. Disadvantaged	86.6	84.1	-2.5	88.9	129	1	No Change
EL and Former EL	75.0	69.2	-5.8	78.3	30	0	Declined
Students w/ disabilities	90.9	77.1	-13.8	94.1	47	0	Declined
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	90.8	95.0	4.2	93.5	25	4	Exceeded Target
Afr. Amer./Black	86.0	85.6	-0.4	88.6	40	1	No Change
Hispanic/Latino	87.4	84.1	-3.3	89.8	107	0	Declined
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	96.5	96.2	-0.3	98.3	86	1	No Change

English language arts growth - High school About the Data
Group	2018 Mean SGP	2018 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	63.3	50.0	235	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	43.1	50.0	52	2	Below Target
High needs	59.0	50.0	136	3	Met Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	59.2	50.0	108	3	Met Target
EL and Former EL	-	-	15	-	-
Students w/ disabilities	52.5	50.0	43	3	Met Target
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	71.2	50.0	22	4	Exceeded Target
Afr. Amer./Black	64.3	50.0	37	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic/Latino	60.0	50.0	92	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	3	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-
White	65.0	50.0	81	4	Exceeded Target

Mathematics growth - High school About the Data
Group	2018 Mean SGP	2018 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	55.9	50.0	234	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	47.0	50.0	53	2	Below Target
High needs	55.6	50.0	134	3	Met Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	54.5	50.0	107	3	Met Target
EL and Former EL	-	-	15	-	-
Students w/ disabilities	61.8	50.0	42	4	Exceeded Target
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	71.1	50.0	22	4	Exceeded Target
Afr. Amer./Black	52.3	50.0	37	3	Met Target
Hispanic/Latino	58.3	50.0	92	3	Met Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	3	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-
White	50.9	50.0	80	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	85.0	87.9	2.9	87.0	306	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	83.6	85.2	1.6	87.4	236	2	Improved Below Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	85.2	86.0	0.8	89.0	221	2	Improved Below Target
EL and Former EL	62.3	57.4	-4.9	64.3	54	0	Declined
Students w/ disabilities	83.3	78.8	-4.5	88.5	52	0	Declined
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	89.6	100.0	10.4	91.6	28	4	Exceeded Target
Afr. Amer./Black	93.9	91.9	-2.0	99.6	37	0	Declined
Hispanic/Latino	72.0	79.4	7.4	76.4	136	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	95.5	95.1	-0.4	97.9	103	3	Met Target

Extended engagement rate - High school About the Data
Group	2015 Rate (%)	2016 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	88.5	89.8	1.3	90.5	314	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	87.6	89.2	1.6	90.7	268	2	Improved Below Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	87.5	89.6	2.1	90.7	250	2	Improved Below Target
EL and Former EL	74.1	76.6	2.5	76.1	77	3	Met Target
Students w/ disabilities	95.6	93.8	-1.8	99.9	48	0	Declined
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	95.0	93.8	-1.2	97.0	48	0	Declined
Afr. Amer./Black	88.4	98.0	9.6	94.5	49	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic/Latino	81.1	79.2	-1.9	84.8	125	0	Declined
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	96.5	97.7	1.2	98.5	88	3	Met Target

Annual dropout rate - High school About the Data
Group	2016 Rate (%)	2017 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	1.5	1.5	0.0	1.4	1,255	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	2.5	2.6	-0.1	2.3	726	1	No Change
Econ. Disadvantaged	1.6	1.2	0.4	1.4	498	4	Exceeded Target
EL and Former EL	7.9	8.8	-0.9	7.1	194	0	Declined
Students w/ disabilities	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.0	209	4	Exceeded Target
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	118	4	Exceeded Target
Afr. Amer./Black	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	171	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic/Latino	3.2	3.1	0.1	2.9	577	1	No Change
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	381	3	Met Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school About the Data
Group	2017 Rate (%)	2018 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	48.7	50.9	2.2	38.7	112	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Econ. Disadvantaged	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EL and Former EL	48.7	50.9	2.2	38.7	112	3	Met 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	25.3	22.2	3.1	23.4	1,235	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	26.4	27.7	-1.3	20.9	65	0	Declined
High needs	32.0	28.5	3.5	29.4	734	4	Exceeded Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	29.1	30.3	-1.2	25.4	489	0	Declined
EL and Former EL	38.9	29.7	9.2	31.2	276	4	Exceeded Target
Students w/ disabilities	30.1	29.8	0.3	26.4	188	2	Improved Below Target
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	13.2	17.6	-4.4	10.6	102	0	Declined
Afr. Amer./Black	15.3	17.0	-1.7	11.9	165	0	Declined
Hispanic/Latino	34.7	27.7	7.0	31.5	571	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	18.2	16.7	1.5	16.2	378	3	Met Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school About the Data
Group	2017 Rate (%)	2018 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	61.9	62.1	0.2	68.0	581	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	42.4	45.0	2.6	50.4	329	2	Improved Below Target
Econ. Disadvantaged	50.8	48.2	-2.6	61.1	249	0	Declined
EL and Former EL	26.4	34.1	7.7	35.8	123	2	Improved Below Target
Students w/ disabilities	38.5	30.5	-8.0	43.9	95	0	Declined
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	80.0	77.8	-2.2	91.8	54	0	Declined
Afr. Amer./Black	55.6	56.3	0.7	63.6	87	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic/Latino	53.1	55.9	2.8	63.0	263	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	72.3	70.8	-1.5	78.7	168	0	Declined

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	300	298	99	Yes	1	298	297	100	Yes	1	300	299	100	Yes	1
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High needs	191	190	99	Yes	1	189	188	99	Yes	1	191	190	99	Yes	1
Econ. Disadvantaged	152	151	99	Yes	1	150	150	100	Yes	1	152	152	100	Yes	1
EL and Former EL	58	58	100	Yes	1	57	57	100	Yes	1	58	57	98	Yes	1
Students w/ disabilities	50	50	100	Yes	1	49	48	98	Yes	1	50	50	100	Yes	1
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	29	29	100	Yes	1	29	29	100	Yes	1	29	29	100	Yes	1
Afr. Amer./Black	44	44	100	Yes	1	44	44	100	Yes	1	44	44	100	Yes	1
Hispanic/Latino	135	134	99	Yes	1	133	133	100	Yes	1	135	134	99	Yes	1
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	89	88	99	Yes	1	89	88	99	Yes	1	89	89	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.

Resources
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Glossary of 2018 Accountability Terms