Colorado Department of Education

Performance Frameworks - Assurances and Test Participation

Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County (0079)

3558 CELESTIAL AVENUE
CASTLE ROCK, CO 80104
County: NONE

(Half Day Kindergarten - Grade 11)

Charter School.

District: Charter School Institute (8001)
Number of Schools in District: 44
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Selected Report Year: 2023
Rating: Performance Plan
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on Multi-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

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
8001 Ascent Classical Academy Douglas County (0079) All Grade Levels EMH 2022 1-Year School Test Participation Assurance Does Not Meet 95% Participation
8001 Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County (0079) All Grade Levels EMH 2023 Multi-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
8001 Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County (0079) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2022 School English Language Arts All Students Does Not Meet 95% Participation 494 460 0.0% 93.1% 494 460 93.1%
8001 Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County (0079) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2022 School Math All Students Does Not Meet 95% Participation 494 455 0.0% 92.1% 494 455 92.1%
8001 Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County (0079) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2022 School Science All Students Does Not Meet 95% Participation 137 127 0.0% 92.7% 137 127 92.7%
8001 Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County (0079) All Grade Levels EMH Multi-Year 2023 School English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 1,062 987 2.9% 92.9% 1,031 987 95.7%
8001 Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County (0079) All Grade Levels EMH Multi-Year 2023 School Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 1,062 980 2.9% 92.3% 1,031 980 95.1%
8001 Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County (0079) All Grade Levels EMH Multi-Year 2023 School Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 309 283 3.6% 91.6% 298 283 95.0%