ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT Linden Charter Academy

November 2019 OUR MISSION To transform public education through accountability, innovation and access to quality education for all students.

OUR VISION We envision a diverse and dynamic public education marketplace that fosters academic excellence for all children.

ACADEMY OVERVIEW

4 Demographics 5 Composite Resident District

ACADEMIC

6 Reading Achievement & Growth 8 Math Achievement & Growth 10 Michigan Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) Achievement 11 Student Growth 12 Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) Achievement 14 Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Achievement

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ENROLLMENT BY SUBGROUP TOTAL ENROLLMENT BY YEAR

900 777 791 48% 753 733 766 Enrolled 42% 600 3 or More 41% Years

48% Students 300 51%

0 0% 0% English 2014−2015 2015−2016 2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019 Language 0% Learner 0% Fig. D−2 0% STUDENTS PER GRADE

9% 90 29 36 29 26 10% 40 46 26 Special 60 10% Education 90 87

Students 65 12% 30 58 58 56 51 47 44 11% 0 4 K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 98% Students Enrolled 0−2 Years Free/ 98% Reduced 97% Students Enrolled 3+ Years Lunch 97% Fig. D−3 95% RACIAL/ETHNIC BREAKDOWN 99% Your CMU State 99% School Average Average Students 98% of Color African American 96.2% 44.9% 17.6% 97% American Indian 0.3% 0.3% 0.6% 98% Asian 0.1% 3.3% 3.5% Hawaiian 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Hispanic 0.0% 3.3% 8.0%

2018−2019 2017−2018 2016−2017 Multiracial 2.8% 8.0% 4.2% White 0.6% 40.1% 66.0% 2015−2016 2014−2015 Fig. D−4

Fig. D−1

The Composite Resident District (CRD) illustrates the public school district to which students would be assigned if they were not enrolled in the Academy. Due to geographical constraints, the map may not show all districts.

Linden Charter Saginaw County Academy

Clio Westwood ! School Heights 1 Beecher ( New Lothrop 34 89 Student 3 Mt. Morris Lapeer Population: 14 County Lowest 25% Kearsley 25% - 50% Flushing 2 6 50% - 75% (! Flint 567 Highest 25% Atherton Carman-Ainsworth 1 68 Miles Swartz Creek 0 3.5 7 5

Genesee County Shiawassee County

Oakland County Linden 1 (!

Livingston County

Student’s Resident District Number of Students Percent of Students Flint, School District of the City of 567 71.6% Beecher Community School District 89 11.2% Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools 68 8.6% Westwood Heights Schools 34 4.3% Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools 14 1.8% Flushing Community Schools 6 0.8% Swartz Creek Community Schools 5 0.6% New Lothrop Area Public Schools 3 0.4% Kearsley Community School District 2 0.3% Atherton Community Schools 1 0.1% Clio Area School District 1 0.1% Linden Community Schools 1 0.1% Saginaw, School District of the City of 1 0.1%

Fig. D-5

MAP® SPRING RESULTS − READING ACHIEVEMENT STUDENTS ENROLLED FOR THREE OR MORE YEARS AS COMPARED TO THE ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS

300

250

200 Average Scaled Score Average

150 193 201 206 213 219 Grade 3 4 5 6 7

2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019 Achievement Targets

PERCENT OF STUDENTS MEETING THE TARGET 2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019

38% 37% 40%

38% Students Met Target 37% Students Met Target 40% Students Met Target

62% Students Did Not Meet Target 63% Students Did Not Meet Target 60% Students Did Not Meet Target

Fig. A−1

MAP FALL−TO−SPRING RESULTS − READING GROWTH

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5

220

200 Grade 5

Grade 4 Grade 4

Grade 3 Grade 3 180 Grade 3

160 Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring

Grade 6 Grade 7 NA

220 Grade 7 Grade 6 Grade 6 200 Grade 5 Grade 5

Grade 4 180

160 Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring

2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019

Very Low (1−44) Low (45−49) Moderate (50−64) High (65−99)

MEDIAN GROWTH PERCENTILE & PERCENT OF STUDENTS IN PERCENTILE CATEGORIES 2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019

31% 32% 35%

46% 50% 45 48% 47 51

12% 16% 17% 6% 5% 2%

Very Low (1−44) Low (45−49) Moderate (50−64) High (65−99)

Fig. A−2

© 2019 The Governor John Engler Center for Charter Schools at Central Michigan University Academic Performance Report 7 Linden Charter Academy Math Achievement MAP SPRING RESULTS − MATH ACHIEVEMENT STUDENTS ENROLLED FOR THREE OR MORE YEARS AS COMPARED TO THE ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS

300

250

200 Average Scaled Score Average

150 195 206 207 216 220 Grade 3 4 5 6 7

2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019 Achievement Targets

PERCENT OF STUDENTS MEETING THE TARGET 2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019

15% 19% 22%

15% Students Met Target 19% Students Met Target 22% Students Met Target

85% Students Did Not Meet Target 81% Students Did Not Meet Target 78% Students Did Not Meet Target

Fig. A−3

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5

220

200 Grade 5

Grade 4 Grade 4

Grade 3 Grade 3 180 Grade 3

Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring

Grade 6 Grade 7 NA

220 Grade 7 Grade 6 Grade 6 200 Grade 5 Grade 5 Grade 4

180

Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring

2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019

Very Low (1−44) Low (45−49) Moderate (50−64) High (65−99)

MEDIAN GROWTH PERCENTILE & PERCENT OF STUDENTS IN PERCENTILE CATEGORIES 2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019

23% 23%

39% 42%

31 11% 38 56 61% 58% 13% 6% 6% 5% 14%

Very Low (1−44) Low (45−49) Moderate (50−64) High (65−99)

Fig. A−4

© 2019 The Governor John Engler Center for Charter Schools at Central Michigan University Academic Performance Report 9 Linden Charter Academy Michigan Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) Achievement

M−STEP ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS PERCENT PROFICIENT FOR ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 7 AS COMPARED TO THE COMPOSITE RESIDENT DISTRICT, LOCAL DISTRICT AND STATE AVERAGE 50% 46.0% 47.3% 43.9% 44.3% 40%

33.0% 31.4% 30%

21.9% 23.1% 20% 19.3% 22.2% 17.2% 18.1% 13.5% 15.8% Percent Proficient Percent 10% 10.3% 11.0%

2015−2016 2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019

Academy Composite Resident District Local District State Average

M−STEP MATH PERCENT PROFICIENT FOR ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 7 AS COMPARED TO THE COMPOSITE RESIDENT DISTRICT, LOCAL DISTRICT AND STATE AVERAGE 50%

40% 37.9% 38.7% 37.3% 37.4%

30%

20% 18.1% 11.9%

Percent Proficient Percent 9.8% 10% 8.3% 7.9% 7.1% 7.7% 7.2% 6.7% 7.1% 5.2% * 0%

2015−2016 2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019

Academy Composite Resident District Local District State Average

Fig. A−5

* Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) – Federal law that prohibits student-identiﬁable education data from being publicly disseminated. A group of 10 or fewer students or percentage values of 5% or less is considered to contain student-identiﬁable data.

10 Academic Performance Report © 2019 The Governor John Engler Center for Charter Schools at Central Michigan University Linden Charter Academy Student Growth ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MEAN STUDENT GROWTH PERCENTILE FOR ALL STUDENTS AS COMPARED TO THE COMPOSITE RESIDENT DISTRICT, LOCAL DISTRICT AND STATE AVERAGE

61 60 55 52 50 50 50 50 45 42 41 40 44 43 40 38 34

Mean Student Growth Percentile Mean Student Growth 20

2015−2016 2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019

Academy Composite Resident District Local District State Average

MATH MEAN STUDENT GROWTH PERCENTILE FOR ALL STUDENTS AS COMPARED TO THE COMPOSITE RESIDENT DISTRICT, LOCAL DISTRICT AND STATE AVERAGE

62 60 59

50 50 50 50 50 48 42 42 41 40 41 35 41 36 32 20 Mean Student Growth Percentile Mean Student Growth

2015−2016 2016−2017 2017−2018 2018−2019

Academy Composite Resident District Local District State Average

Fig. A−6

PSAT GRADE 8 EVIDENCE−BASED READING AND WRITING PERCENT OF STUDENTS ADVANCED OR PROFICIENT 80%

60%

40%

24.3%

Percent Proficient Percent 20% 46.6% 31.9% 61.9% 0% 2018−2019

Academy Composite Resident District Local District State Average

PSAT GRADE 8 MATH PERCENT OF STUDENTS ADVANCED OR PROFICIENT 80%

60%

40%

Percent Proficient Percent 20% 12.3% 6.6% 3.1% 41.4% 0% 2018−2019

Academy Composite Resident District Local District State Average

Fig. A−7

12 Academic Performance Report © 2019 The Governor John Engler Center for Charter Schools at Central Michigan University Linden Charter Academy PSAT Achievement PSAT GRADES 9 & 10 EVIDENCE−BASED READING AND WRITING PERCENT OF STUDENTS ADVANCED OR PROFICIENT

100%

75%

Not Applicable 50% Percent Proficient Percent

25%

PSAT GRADES 9 & 10 MATH PERCENT OF STUDENTS ADVANCED OR PROFICIENT

100%

75%

Not Applicable 50% Percent Proficient Percent 25%

Fig. A−8

GRADE 11 SAT EVIDENCE−BASED READING AND WRITING PERCENT PROFICIENT FOR ALL STUDENTS IN GRADE 11 AS COMPARED TO THE COMPOSITE RESIDENT DISTRICT, LOCAL DISTRICT AND STATE AVERAGE 100%

75%

Not Applicable 50% Percent Proficient Percent 25%

GRADE 11 SAT MATH PERCENT PROFICIENT FOR ALL STUDENTS IN GRADE 11 AS COMPARED TO THE COMPOSITE RESIDENT DISTRICT, LOCAL DISTRICT AND STATE AVERAGE 100%

75%

Not Applicable 50% Percent Proficient Percent 25%

Fig. A−9

Fig. D-1 CEPI Public Data; Michigan Student Data System (MSDS) fall – Unaudited Fig. D-2 CEPI Public Data Fig. D-3 MSDS fall – Unaudited; The display of 3+ students in kindergarten and ﬁrst grade is due to the enrollment date provided in the fall MSDS. Fig. D-4 MSDS fall – Unaudited Fig. D-5 MSDS fall – Unaudited Fig. A-1 NWEA’s MAP: reading – spring; MSDS fall – Unaudited Fig. A-2 NWEA’s MAP: reading – spring Fig. A-3 NWEA’s MAP: math – spring; MSDS fall – Unaudited Fig. A-4 NWEA’s MAP: math – spring Fig. A-5 Spring M-STEP – Student-level and Public Data Fig. A-6 Spring MI-Access, M-STEP, PSAT 8, SAT – Student-level and Public Data Fig. A-7 Spring PSAT 8 – Student-level and Public Data Fig. A-8 Spring PSAT 9 & 10 – Student-level Fig. A-9 Spring SAT – Student-level and Public Data

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