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District 20 reports accreditation with distinction and meets 9 of 10 student achievement indicators
Summary
District presenters told the board the district was accredited with distinction for the 15th consecutive year and that nine of ten Ends 1.1 indicators were met; the report included ICAP and college- and career-readiness metrics and digital resource access information.
Academy School District 20 administrators delivered the annual Ends 1.1 monitoring report on student knowledge and skills, reporting that the district was accredited with distinction and that nine of ten indicators met the stated standards.
Jolynn (presenter) told the board the district received the Colorado Department of Education's "accredited with distinction" rating and that the monitoring framework relies on District Performance Framework (DPF) measures including CMAS, PSAT/SAT and postsecondary/workforce readiness indicators. She said reasonable progress on Ends 1.1 is achieved by meeting at least eight of ten indicators; the district met nine.
Dr. Carraso (presenter) summarized college-and-career-readiness measures for the graduating class of 2024 (1,753 graduates). Highlights and baseline comparisons in the report included:
- CTE pathway completion: 30.2% (below the district baseline of 60%). - Work-based learning experience: 15.4% (above the 7.9% baseline and up from 12.1%). - Industry certifications: 10% (up from 4.9% and above the 3.7% baseline). - College credit earned by graduates: 32% (up from 21.9% and above the 21.2% baseline). - AP/IB test scores (3+ on AP or 4+ on IB): 40.9% (up from 38.7% and slightly above the 38.9% baseline).
The presenters attributed the district's progress on many indicators to the Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) work and said the district moved from the Naviance platform to a new college-and-career navigator system to reduce data loss and improve reporting; they said a midyear staff change had contributed to missing ICAP data in high schools, noting middle schools met a 95% engagement goal (96%) while high schools fell short at 87% because of data loss.
The monitoring report also included digital resources and device access (policy E1.1.1). Presenters said the district maintains a 1:1 Windows laptop distribution for grades 3— and a 3:1 iPad ratio for kindergarten through grade 2 (with some schools funding lower ratios). They described increased, sustained use of Schoology and Seesaw and cited an example in which AI tools provided more detailed, actionable feedback to students than peer review, improving revision cycles in an eighth-grade video-production lesson.
The presenters closed by recommending continued investments in professional learning and the new college-and-career platform to track ICAP work and college-and-career indicators.
Ending: The board accepted the report for monitoring purposes. Presenters said they will return with future updates and data as the new platforms and programs mature.
