Colorado Department of Education

Performance Frameworks - Assurances and Test Participation

Independence Academy (2128)

675 29 RD
GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81504
County: MESA

(Pre-K - Grade 8)

Charter School.

District: Mesa County Valley 51 (2000)
Number of Schools in District: 45
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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: Improvement 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: 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: Improvement Plan: Low Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
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: Insufficient State Data: Low Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Revised 1-Year Report Rating: Not based on Framework Points Earned

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
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 2016 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 2017 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 2018 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 2019 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 2022 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 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
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2016 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 219 183 16.00% 83.60% 184 183 99.50%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2016 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 219 180 16.40% 82.20% 183 180 98.40%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2016 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 62 49 21.00% 79.00% 49 49 100.00%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2017 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 251 221 12.00% 88.00% 221 221 100.00%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2017 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 251 215 14.30% 85.70% 215 215 100.00%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2017 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 72 57 20.80% 79.20% 57 57 100.00%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2018 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 241 196 18.70% 81.30% 196 196 100.00%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2018 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 241 193 19.90% 80.10% 193 193 100.00%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2018 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 78 57 26.90% 73.10% 57 57 100.00%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2019 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 234 207 11.50% 88.50% 207 207 100.00%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2019 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 234 203 13.20% 86.80% 203 203 100.00%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2019 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 63 50 20.60% 79.40% 50 50 100.00%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2022 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 288 278 3.5% 96.5% 278 278 100.0%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2022 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 288 277 3.8% 96.2% 277 277 100.0%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2022 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 95 91 3.2% 95.8% 92 91 98.9%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2023 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 301 296 1.7% 98.3% 296 296 100.0%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2023 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 301 296 1.7% 98.3% 296 296 100.0%
2000 Independence Academy (2128) All Grade Levels EM 1-Year 2023 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 98 94 3.1% 95.9% 95 94 98.9%