CICS Basil (PreK-8)

Understanding Outcomes

• The No Child Left Behind Adequate Yearly Progress target for ISAT in 2009 was 70% of
  students meeting and/or exceeding state standards.
• The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) measures the percent of individual students
  meeting and/or exceeding set growth targets based on normative data.
  • NWEA measures of 50-70% of students meeting their individual growth targets are considered above average
  • NWEA measures greater than 70% of students meeting their individual growth target are considered exemplary
• Growth index measures the amount of points on NWEA’s scale in which a student or group
  is above or below typical growth.