SPS
LEAP & Testing
High School Accountability
Growth & Progress
Grades & Labels
100

SPS stands for 

What is School Performance Score?

100

The subject areas for K-8 testing. 

What are ELA, math, science, and social studies?

100

Name one way students can earn credential points. 

What is Industry-based credentials, Advance Placement tests, Dual Enrollment, CLEP, or IB. 

100

Math, English Language Arts, and English Language Learners

What are the "Growing" areas?

100

This department releases the official school letter grades. 

What is the LA Department of Education?

200

Under the SPS system, A, B, C, D, F stand for

What are the letter grades schools can earn?

200

This shows students are proficient. 

What are Mastery and Advanced?

200

High schools have an additonal category. 

What is Thriving?

200

Growth is important for which student groups. 

Who are students in ELA, math, and EL who have not reached Mastery?

200

The label schools receive from LDOE when they need more intervention. 

What is Comprehensive Intervention Required (CIR)?

300

Two major components affect K-8 school's SPS?

What are Growing and Proficient?

300

The highest performance level.

What is Advanced?

300

ACT of 20+, WorkKeys of Gold+, and ASVAB of 59%+

What are Nationally Recognized Assessments?

300

The LA tool used to compare student growth statewide. 

What is value-added or growth index models? 

300

School letter grades are updated 

What is annually?