MV, Aurora, Miller schools improve on 2017

DESE test results released, local schools better than last year
The Mt. Vernon, Aurora and Miller school districts all made percentage-wise improvements on the MSIP 5, according to the recently released Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Annual Performance Report for 2018.
Mt. Vernon scored 116 points out of a possible total of 120, or 96.7-percent. Its score among the MSIP 5 standards was: Academic Achievement, 38 out of 40; Subgroup Achievement, 9.5 out of 10; College and Career Readiness, 30 out of 30; Attendance Rate, 10 out of 10, and Graduation Rate, 28.5 out of 30.
The score was a jump of more than six-percentage points over the district’s 2017 MSIP score, which was 126.5 out of a possible 140, or 90.4-percent. The district’s scores for 2014 through 2016 were: 2014, 134.5 out of 140, or 96.1-percent; 2015, 139.5 out of 140, or 99.6-percent, and 2016, 136 out of 140, or 97.1-percent.
Aurora scored 109.9 out of 120, or 91.6-pecent. It’s scores among the MSIP 5 Standards were: Academic Achievement, 34.7 out of 40; Subgroup Achievement, 7.7 out of 10; College and Career Readiness, 27.5 out of 30, Attendance Rate, 10 out of 10, and Graduation Rate; 30 out of 30.
Aurora’s score was about a four-percentage point increase out of its 2017 MSIP score, which was 122.5 out of 140, or 87.5-percent. The district’s scores for 2014 through 2016 were: 2014, 102.5 out of 140, or 73.2-percent; 2015, 132 out of 140, or 94.3-percent, and 2016, again 132 out of 140, or 94.3-percent. Miller scored 112.9 out of 120, or 94.1-percent. The district’s score among the MSIP 5 standards were: Academic Achievement, 37.4 out of 40; Subgroup Achievement, 9.5 out of 10; College and Career Readiness, 26 out of 30; Attendance Rate, 10 out of 10, and Graduation Rate, 30 out of 30.
The score was an increase of almost 5-percentage points over the district’s 2017 score, which was 125.5 out of 140, or 89.6-percent. Miller R-2’s MSIP 5 scores for 2014 through 2016 were: 2014, 123.5 out of 140, or 88.2-percent; 2015, 128.5 out of 140, or 91.8-percent, and 2016; 129 out of 140, or 92.1-percent.
The MSIP 5 is the state’s accountability program for reviewing and accrediting the public-school districts in Missouri, and it measures each district on five standards: Academic Achievement, Subgroup Achievement, College and Career Readiness, Attendance Rate and Graduation Rate.
Academic Achievement measures student academic achievement on the Missouri Action Planning (MAP) test, while Subgroup Achievement measures the academic performance of the students in the identified subgroups: free or reduced lunch, English language learners, racial/ethnic background, and students with disabilities. College and Career Readiness measured the districts’ post-secondary preparation for all students, Attendance Rate measured the students’ regular attendance at school, and Graduation Rate measured the percentage of students who completed high school.