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Tempe Elementary review: district average 79.98 keeps schools at a B as staff outline paths to raise scores
Summary
District staff told the governing board the Tempe Elementary district averaged 79.98 under Arizona’s A–F system, keeping it in the B range, and detailed how proficiency, growth, EL measures and bonus points affect school letter grades and where gains and losses occurred.
Doctor Ashley Hargrave, the district’s director of school leadership and federal programs, told the Tempe Elementary School District governing board on Nov. 19 that the district’s average total points were 79.98 under Arizona’s A–F accountability model, placing the district in the B range.
Hargrave said the state’s letter-grade calculation is based on a 100-point model: 30% proficiency, 50% growth, up to 10% for English learners (EL), and 10% for acceleration and readiness. She explained proficiency multipliers (partially proficient = 0.6; proficient = 1.0; highly proficient = 1.3), the state’s two calculation methods (single-year snapshot and a stability model) and the 95% testing participation requirement that can reduce proficiency scores if not met. “This is our average, total points as…
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