Colorado Department of Education

Performance Frameworks - Assurances and Test Participation

Ponderosa Elementary School (7116)

1885 SOUTH LIMA STREET
AURORA, CO 80012
County: ARAPAHOE

(Pre-K - Grade 5)

District: Cherry Creek 5 (0130)
Number of Schools in District: 66
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Selected Report Year: 2023
Rating: Improvement Plan
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2022
Rating: Performance Plan: Low Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2019
Rating: Improvement Plan: Meets 95% Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2018
Rating: Priority Improvement Plan: Meets 95% Participation
Performance Watch Status: Year 1 of Priority Improvement or Turnaround
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2017
Rating: Improvement Plan: Low Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2016
Rating: Performance Plan
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Assurances

In addition to evaluating student outcomes on Academic Achievement, Academic Growth and Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness indicators, the performance framework reports verify that districts and schools are operating in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements outlined by state legislation. Districts must demonstrate compliance with requirements concerning budget and finance policies, safety provisions, and student participation in annual state assessments. Schools are not individually accountable for meeting finance and safety provisions but must demonstrate compliance with annual testing requirements. Failure to meet these requirements may result in a lowered performance rating. The visual below shows whether districts and schools have met these assurances.

Assurances - (2023)

DISTRICT CODE DISPLAY NAME EMH LEVEL EMH TYPE REPORT YEAR REPORT TYPE DATA SET INDICATOR RATING
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 2016 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 2017 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 2018 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 2019 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 2022 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 2023 1-Year Report School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation

Test Participation Rates

Test participation rates are used to determine whether districts and schools comply with the statutory requirement that students participate in annual state assessments. Districts and schools are required to have a minimum of 95% of students participate in the annual state assessments in English Language Arts, Math, and Science. Failure to meet the 95% threshold in more than one subject area may result in the overall performance rating being lowered by one level.

Colorado statute does allow parents to opt children out of the annual state assessments. These students are not represented in the participation rate calculations that are used to determine whether districts and schools fulfill the requirements of the Test Participation Assurance. In the bar graphs below, the Accountability Participation Rate for each subject area shows the rate of participation among those students whose parents who did not excuse them from testing. This means that parent excusals are not represented in either the denominator or the numerator for the Accountability Participation Rate. Total Participation Rates are shown in the text that appears above each bar graph. The Total Participation Rate reflects the percentage of students out of the total population who tested. For the Total Participation Rates, parent excusals are treated as non-participants.

Test Participation Rates - (2023)

DISTRICT CODE DISPLAY NAME EMH LEVEL EMH TYPE REPORT YEAR REPORT TYPE DATA SET SUBINDICATOR STUDENT GROUP RATING TOTAL STUDENTS STUDENTS TESTED PARENT EXCUSALS PERCENTAGE TOTAL RATE ACCOUNTABILITY DENOMINATOR ACCOUNTABILITY NUMERATOR ACCOUNTABILITY RATE
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2016 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 381 373 1.80% 97.90% 374 373 99.70%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2016 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 380 373 1.60% 98.20% 374 373 99.70%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2016 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 134 131 1.50% 97.80% 132 131 99.20%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2017 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 358 320 10.60% 89.40% 320 320 100.00%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2017 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 358 319 10.90% 89.10% 319 319 100.00%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2017 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 125 112 10.40% 89.60% 112 112 100.00%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2018 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 375 365 2.70% 97.30% 365 365 100.00%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2018 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 375 361 3.70% 96.30% 361 361 100.00%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2018 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 120 117 2.50% 97.50% 117 117 100.00%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2019 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 345 336 2.00% 97.40% 338 338 100.00%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2019 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 345 338 2.00% 98.00% 338 338 100.00%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2019 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 118 115 2.50% 97.50% 115 115 100.00%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2022 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 278 245 7.6% 88.1% 257 249 96.9%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2022 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 278 244 8.6% 87.8% 254 244 96.1%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2022 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 102 87 10.8% 85.3% 91 87 95.6%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2023 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 265 246 3.8% 92.8% 255 253 99.2%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2023 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 265 247 5.7% 93.2% 250 247 98.8%
130 Ponderosa Elementary School (7116) All Grade Levels E 1-Year 2023 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 91 85 6.6% 93.4% 85 85 100.0%