Colorado Department of Education

Performance Frameworks - Assurances and Test Participation

Merrill Middle School (5826)

1551 SOUTH MONROE STREET
DENVER, CO 80210
County: DENVER

(Grade 6 - Grade 8)

District: Denver County 1 (0880)
Number of Schools in District: 198
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Selected Report Year: 2024
Rating: Performance Plan
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

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: Meets 95% 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: Revised 1-Year Report Rating: Not based on Framework Points Earned

Selected Report Year: 2018
Rating: Improvement Plan: Meets 95% Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Revised 1-Year Report Rating: Not based on Framework Points Earned

Selected Report Year: 2017
Rating: Improvement Plan: Meets 95% Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Revised 1-Year Report Rating: Not based on Framework Points Earned

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 - (2024)

DISTRICT CODE DISPLAY NAME EMH LEVEL EMH TYPE REPORT YEAR REPORT TYPE DATA SET INDICATOR RATING
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 2016 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 2017 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 2018 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 2019 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 2022 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 2023 1-Year Report School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 2024 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 - (2024)

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
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2016 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 544 508 0.70% 93.40% 540 532 98.50%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2016 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 544 533 0.70% 98.00% 540 533 98.70%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2016 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 180 175 0.60% 97.20% 179 175 97.80%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2017 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 573 514 2.60% 89.70% 558 542 97.10%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2017 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 573 558 2.60% 97.40% 558 558 100.00%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2017 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 192 186 2.60% 96.90% 187 186 99.50%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2018 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 556 524 2.50% 94.20% 542 537 99.10%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2018 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 556 539 2.50% 96.90% 542 539 99.40%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2018 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 170 163 4.10% 95.90% 163 163 100.00%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2019 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 586 549 3.20% 93.70% 567 566 99.80%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2019 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 584 562 3.30% 96.20% 565 562 99.50%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2019 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 213 205 3.80% 96.20% 205 205 100.00%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2022 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 608 553 3.8% 91.0% 585 579 99.0%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2022 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 608 578 4.4% 95.1% 581 578 99.5%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2022 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 208 199 2.4% 95.7% 203 199 98.0%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2023 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 622 564 5.6% 90.7% 587 586 99.8%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2023 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 622 584 6.1% 93.9% 584 584 100.0%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2023 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 204 192 5.9% 94.1% 192 192 100.0%
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2024 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 639 563 0.052 0.881 606 599 0.988
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2024 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 638 600 0.053 0.94 604 600 0.993
880 Merrill Middle School (5826) All Grade Levels M 1-Year 2024 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 214 200 0.065 0.935 200 200 1