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Fayette County Schools presents test results showing year-over-year growth; accountability rules limit some school counts
Summary
Miss Dooley told the Fayette County Board that raw assessment scores show countywide gains (roughly +5% ELA, +4% math) but explained accountability rules — including a 135-day enrollment threshold and a 95% testing rate — that can exclude students from school-level accountability tallies.
Miss Dooley, the district presenter, told the Fayette County Board of Education on Aug. 20 that newly un-embargoed test data show countywide improvement but that state accountability rules limit what counts toward school ratings. "This is raw data," Dooley said, adding that accountability measures exclude students who were not enrolled 135 days at a single school and require 95% participation to count for a school’s accountability score.
Dooley highlighted districtwide gains she described as "about 5 percent in ELA and 4 percent in math," and said every tested student was included in the raw figures regardless of enrollment duration. She urged the board to consider cohort growth (tracking the same students year to year) as a clearer measure of instructional impact than year-to-year grade averages.
The presentation singled out third-grade trends and noted a small dip tied to more rigorous writing prompts on the summative test. Dooley called attention to strong performances at Meadow Bridge and Fayetteville PK–8 and singled out individual teachers by name when discussing high-performing classrooms. On subgroup performance, Dooley said special-education proficiency rose markedly this year and that the district reduced the number of students in the lowest-performing ("red") category by about 5 percent.
Board members asked for distribution data and subgroup breakdowns; Dooley said she will provide subgroup and distribution charts now that the embargo is lifted. She also noted SAT and state-rank comparisons: Oak Hill High School led the district on some SAT measures while the county moved up several places in statewide accountability rankings in both ELA and math.
Dooley said the district will continue to emphasize teacher training, attendance, and targeted interventions. She recommended the board focus on cohort and student-level data when communicating to the public to avoid confusion about how accountability tallies are calculated.
The presentation closed with an administrative request to celebrate students who hit perfect scores in writing; Dooley said the district will recognize those students at a future board meeting.
