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Westfield Technical Academy

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2024 Official Accountability Report - Westfield Technical Academy

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Westfield (03250000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
Westfield Technical Academy (03250605)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
West/Central

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

Moderate progress toward targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
35% - Moderate progress toward targets	15

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2023	2024
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	52%	23%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2023 x 40%) + (2024 x 60%)	35%
	Moderate progress toward targets

2024 Points awarded

2024 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	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	2	12	47.5	0	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	1	4	-	1	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	1	4	-
	Growth total	3	8	22.5	2	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	8	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	8	8	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.0	10.7	-	0.9	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		37%		-	9%		-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		23%

2023 Points awarded

2023 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	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	6	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	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	8	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0	-	-	-
Weighted total		5.6	10.7	-	-	-	-
Percentage of possible points		52%		-	-		-
2023 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		52%

Student group percentile

This group's overall performance relative to the performance of the same student group in schools serving similar grades

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2023	2024
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	30%	36%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2023 x 40%) + (2024 x 60%)	34%
	Moderate progress toward targets

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		High Needs Student Group (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-
	Achievement total	2	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	1	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-
	Growth total	3	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	8	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	3	4	-
	Additional indicators total	7	8	10.0
Weighted total		3.9	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		36%		-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		36%

2023 Points awarded

2023 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		High Needs Student Group (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-
	Science achievement	1	4	-
	Achievement total	1	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	0	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	8	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0
Weighted total		3.2	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		30%		-
2023 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		30%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2023 Achievement	2024 Achievement	Change	2024 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	495.8	492.6	-3.2	498.0	135	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	471.8	465.0	-6.8	476.9	27	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	490.2	486.6	-3.6	492.0	80	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Low Income	491.3	486.7	-4.6	496.2	64	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	481.2	480.2	-1.0	482.6	37	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	493.0	488.7	-4.3	496.7	21	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	496.8	494.3	-2.5	501.9	105	0	Path Forward: Declined

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2023 Achievement	2024 Achievement	Change	2024 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	492.1	491.0	-1.1	496.2	132	0	Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing	472.6	469.8	-2.8	477.7	26	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	487.4	485.6	-1.8	491.6	78	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Low Income	489.4	485.0	-4.4	491.6	62	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	479.4	481.2	1.8	483.5	37	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	487.0	486.3	-0.7	490.8	21	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	493.5	492.9	-0.6	497.5	102	0	Path Forward: Declined

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2023 Achievement	2024 Achievement	Change	2024 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	486.3	489.7	3.4	504.8	126	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	473.2	468.7	-4.5	477.1	27	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	482.4	485.5	3.1	501.5	74	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Low Income	483.0	486.1	3.1	502.3	58	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	478.5	479.3	0.8	498.2	35	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	487.2	492.1	4.9	505.4	98	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2024 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	38.9	118	1	Low Growth
Lowest Performing	33.2	27	1	Low Growth
High Needs	38.1	75	1	Low Growth
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	6	-	-
Low Income	37.8	60	1	Low Growth
Students with Disabilities	37.0	36	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	1	-	-
Black or African American	-	3	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	33.4	20	1	Low Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	5	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	40.8	89	2	Typical Growth - Low

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2024 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	41.2	116	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	37.8	26	1	Low Growth
High Needs	40.7	74	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	5	-	-
Low Income	40.5	59	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	43.3	36	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	1	-	-
Black or African American	-	3	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	46.1	20	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	5	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	41.6	87	2	Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2022 Rate (%)	2023 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	91.7	96.9	5.2	95.0	128	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	91.0	96.0	5.0	95.0	100	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Low Income	88.6	95.6	7.0	93.9	90	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	97.6	96.6	-1.0	95.0	29	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	91.4	97.2	5.8	95.0	109	4	Exceeded Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2021 Rate (%)	2022 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	97.1	93.4	-3.7	95.0	121	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	95.5	92.1	-3.4	95.0	89	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Low Income	94.9	90.0	-4.9	95.0	70	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	95.7	100.0	4.3	95.0	42	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	96.6	93.3	-3.3	95.0	105	0	Declined

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2022 Rate (%)	2023 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	0.9	0.6	-0.3	1.0	543	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	1.5	0.6	-0.9	1.4	320	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Low Income	1.5	0.8	-0.7	1.4	248	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	1.5	0.0	-1.5	1.4	135	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	72	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	1.1	0.7	-0.4	1.0	445	4	Exceeded Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Low Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Students with Disabilities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chronic absenteeism - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	25.3	19.9	-5.4	22.3	544	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	30.3	18.5	-11.8	23.4	27	4	Exceeded Target
High Needs	30.4	24.9	-5.5	26.8	321	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	29	-	-
Low Income	34.5	28.6	-5.9	30.5	252	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	20.1	20.6	0.5	16.3	131	1	No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	34.2	30.1	-4.1	30.3	83	3	Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	24.3	17.7	-6.6	20.7	435	4	Exceeded Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	14.5	21.9	7.4	19.3	260	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	10.4	15.0	4.6	15.5	147	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Low Income	10.5	14.4	3.9	15.8	111	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	5.1	7.7	2.6	10.6	65	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	18.5	35.9	17.4	25.0	39	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	13.9	19.1	5.2	18.7	215	3	Met Target

Assessment participation - All students
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	136	136	100	Yes	1	133	133	100	Yes	1	136	136	100	Yes	1

Assessment participation - Student Group
Group	English language arts		Mathematics		Science		Overall
Group	Enrolled	Assessed	Enrolled	Assessed	Enrolled	Assessed	Total Enrolled	Total Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate
High Needs	80	80	78	78	80	80	238	238	100	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	8	8	7	7	8	8	23	-	-	-	-
Low Income	64	64	62	62	64	64	190	190	100	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	37	37	37	37	37	37	111	111	100	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	21	21	21	21	21	21	63	63	100	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	5	5	5	5	5	5	15	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	106	106	103	103	106	106	315	315	100	Yes	1

About this report

About the Data

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 not requiring assistance or intervention. The reason(s) for the district's or school's classification are noted on this report.

Progress toward improvement targets: The criterion-referenced target percentage combines multiple years of data related to 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 cumulative criterion-referenced target percentage of 75% or higher.

The annual 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)

The cumulative criterion-referenced target percentage represents a weighted average of the annual criterion-referenced target percentages. At a minimum, a group must have an annual criterion-referenced target percentage for the most recent year in order to receive a cumulative percentage.

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 multiple years of data for all accountability indicators. School percentiles are not calculated for districts.

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