Colorado Department of Education

Performance Frameworks - Assurances and Test Participation

Southern Hills Middle School (8135)

1500 KNOX DRIVE
BOULDER, CO 80305
County: BOULDER

(Grade 6 - Grade 8)

District: Boulder Valley Re 2 (0480)
Number of Schools in District: 55
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Selected Report Year: 2023
Rating: Performance 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: Performance Plan: Low Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2018
Rating: Performance Plan: Low Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2017
Rating: Performance 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: Low Participation
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
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 2016 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 2017 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 2018 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 2019 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 2022 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 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
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2016 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 557 403 27.60% 72.40% 403 403 100.00%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2016 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 557 405 27.30% 72.70% 405 405 100.00%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2016 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 174 152 11.50% 87.40% 154 152 98.70%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2017 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 561 427 23.40% 76.10% 430 429 99.80%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2017 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 561 427 23.90% 76.10% 427 427 100.00%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2017 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 204 151 26.00% 74.00% 151 151 100.00%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2018 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 555 479 13.30% 86.30% 481 479 99.60%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2018 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 555 477 13.70% 85.90% 479 477 99.60%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2018 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 189 154 17.50% 81.50% 156 154 98.70%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2019 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 537 479 10.40% 89.20% 481 480 99.80%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2019 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 537 479 10.60% 89.20% 480 479 99.80%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2019 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 178 157 11.80% 88.20% 157 157 100.00%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2022 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 484 412 14.7% 85.1% 413 413 100.0%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2022 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 484 413 14.7% 85.3% 413 413 100.0%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2022 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 161 127 21.1% 78.9% 127 127 100.0%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2023 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 447 347 21.9% 77.6% 349 349 100.0%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2023 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 446 352 21.1% 78.9% 352 352 100.0%
480 Southern Hills Middle School (8135) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2023 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 170 114 31.2% 67.1% 117 114 97.4%