TCAP Testing

The importance of student performance on these tests is essential to the success of our school, our school system and our community. Student results are classified into three areas.

Advanced Proficiency
Proficient
Below Proficiency

Students are expected to make a higher score each year than the year before. Obviously, we want all of our students to be either proficient or advanced. Students that are below proficiency are expected to attend either before or after school remediation for the entire year before the next TCAP testing period. It is the responsibility of the school and parents to do what is necessary to ensure proficiency.

These student scores are representative of our community, and is an important component to industry as they look for areas to build and provide jobs. These industries want to locate in communities that have good schools, and student performances on these tests are indications of school success.

Each school receives scores from the state on how well their students test. These scores are found on the school grade card, and each school in the state receives this grade card from the state which is posted on the state web page for all to see.

This test data is also used to determine whether our school meets the standards of NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. NCLB is a federal law that demands school improvement on a yearly basis.

This years NCLB requirements are:

95% attendance rate- School wide

95% promotion rate- School wide

89% of all students in Read/La proficient or advanced

89% of all white students Proficient or advanced in Read/LA

89% of all African American students proficient or advanced in Read/LA

89% of all Special Education students proficient or advanced in Read/LA

89% of all Free/Reduced lunch students proficient or advanced in Read/LA

89% of all girls proficient or advanced in Read/LA

89% of all male students proficient or advanced in Read/LA

86% of all students proficient or advanced in Math

86% of all white students’ proficient or advanced in Math

86% of all African American students proficient or advanced in Math

86% of all Special Education students proficient or advanced in Math

86% of all Free/reduced lunch students’ proficient or advanced in math

86% of all girls proficient or advanced in math

86% of all male students proficient or advanced in math

If we do not meet the above standards we do not make what is called AYP. (Annual Yearly Progress) Schools that do not make AYP must go through school improvement each year, and is certainly frowned upon by industry looking for a new location.