On-Time Graduation Rate

Our goal is to consistently have a better on-time graduation rate than the state average.

SOL Pass Rates

Our goal is to close achievement gaps and see results that are better than the state average.

Course Grades

Our goal is to reduce the the number of secondary students with one or more course failures overall and by demographics.

Additional demographic information can be found in our Equity Table:

Increase In Reading Skills

Our goal is to see an increase in the reading skills of our students.

Adherence to Homework Policy

Our goal is to ensure that ACPS staff continue to adhere to our current Homework Policy (School Board Policy IKB, Homework).

Data around this metric were gathered from our Secondary Student Check-In Survey completed in the spring of 2023. Below is a selection of the survey questions around homework. Please see the full survey results to view responses to all questions related to homework.

Adherence to Grading Practices

Our goal is to ensure that all ACPS staff are adhering to current Grading Policies (School Board Policy IKBA, Grading Policy). These policies have been developed to provide support structures to our students' academic mental health as outlined in Objective 1.2.

Results are drawn from our Secondary Student Check-In survey completed in the spring of 2023.

 

Culturally Responsive Teaching Credentials

Our goal is to have 95% of our eligible staff receive Culturally Responsive Teaching credentials by 2026. 

Staff Demographics

Our goal is for our staff demographics to better reflect student demographics by 2026. 

DESSA Identification

Our goal is to see the number of DESSA identifications in our division be at or below the national average. 

Student and Family Satisfaction

Our goal is to monitor student and family satisfaction with the division through nationally normed surveys. 

Out of 956 responses, the data can be broken down as follows:

Barriers to engagement

Questions around barriers to engagement asked our families about factors that may create challenged for families to interact with or become involved with their child's current school. Our families responded in a positive manner to these questions 79% of the time, which falls in the 0th to 19th percentile nationally and is a 2 percentage point increase from the last survey.

Family Efficacy

Questions around family efficacy ask our families how confident they are with regard to parenting skills. Our families responded in a positive manner to these questions 59% of the time, which falls into the 0 to 19th percentile nationally. The 2023 Spring Survey was the first survey that included questions of this manner, so we do not have comparison data from past surveys for this metric.

Family Engagement

Questions around family engagement ask our families about the degree to which they become evolved with and interact with their child's school. Our families responded in a positive manner to these questions 17% of the time. This metric is new, and Panorama does not yet have enough national data to create percentile comparisons. The 2023 Spring Survey was the first survey that included questions of this manner, so we do not have comparison data from past surveys for this metric.

Family Support

Questions around family support ask our families about their perceptions of the amount of academic and social support that they provide their child with outside of school. Our families responded in a positive manner to these questions 63% of the time, which falls into the 0 to 19th percentile nationally. The 2023 Spring Survey was the first survey that included questions of this manner, so we do not have comparison data from past surveys for this metric.

Learning Behaviors

Questions around learning behaviors ask our families about their perceptions of their child's learning-related behaviors. Our families responded in a positive manner to these questions 57% of the time. This metric is new, and Panorama does not yet have enough national data to create percentile comparisons. The 2023 Spring Survey was the first survey that included questions of this manner, so we do not have comparison data from past surveys for this metric.

Learning Recovery

Questions around learning recovery ask our families about their perceptions surrounding their child's academic experience since the COVID-19 pandemic. Our families responded in a positive manner to these questions 62% of the time. This metric is new, and Panorama does not yet have enough national data to create percentile comparisons. The 2023 Spring Survey was the first survey that included questions of this manner, so we do not have comparison data from past surveys for this metric.

Readiness for Learning

Questions around readiness for learning ask our families about their perception of how ready their student is to learn at the beginning of each school day. Our families responded in a positive manner to these questions 49% of the time. This metric is new, and Panorama does not yet have enough national data to create percentile comparisons. The 2023 Spring Survey was the first survey that included questions of this manner, so we do not have comparison data from past surveys for this metric.

School Climate

Questions around school climate asked our families about their perceptions of the overall social and learning climate of their child's school. Our families responded in a positive manner to these questions 57% of the time, which falls into the 0 to 19th percentile nationally and is a 5 percentage point decrease from the last survey.

Improvement in Retention Rate

Our goal is to improve our annual retention rate, as well as ensuring that no demographic groups are leaving in disproportionate numbers. The teacher retention rate for the 2022-23 school year was 88.1%, an increase of nearly 6% from the last year.

Increase in Employee Engagement

Our goal is to see employee engagement numbers increase each year in the Gallup survey. During our 2022 employee Gallup survey, we were given an Employee Engagement Index.

Gallup defines the three categories of employee engagement as follows:

 

Engaged

Engaged employees feel involved in and enthusiastic about their work and workplace. They are loyal and productive.

 

Not Engaged

Not Engaged employees are less likely to put high energy and passion into their work and are less loyal and productive.

 

Actively Disengaged

Actively Disengaged employees are emotionally against the organization. They are not loyal and are likely to undermine the efforts of others.

Address Capacity Issues

Our goal is to develop mitigation plans to address capacity issues at schools at or over 95% capacity. The Long Range Planning Advisory Committee developed mitigation plans to address capacity issues that can be found in Section 1: Enrollment and Capacity in their 2021 Long Range Planning Advisory Committee Recommendations report.