MERIT Academy (Data source)
Source data for MERIT Academy
2015
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Mean Scale Score from line numbers in this data file. | Subtract 'met min' Scale Score. from Mean Scale Score to get Distance From Standard | Multiply Distance From Standard by proportion of students in grade. | ||||||||||||
| Grade | Line number |
Mean Scale Score |
- | Scale Score: met min |
= | Distance from standard |
* | (Students tested in grade |
/ | Students) tested in school |
= | Weighted Distance From Standard |
||
| 11 | 2169279 | 0 | - | 2628 | = | * | (3 | / | 3) | = | ||||
| Step 4 | SUM Weighted Distance From Standard to get 2015 Difference From Standard for MERIT Academy | |||||||||||||
2016
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Mean Scale Score from line numbers in this data file. | Subtract 'met min' Scale Score. from Mean Scale Score to get Distance From Standard | Multiply Distance From Standard by proportion of students in grade. | ||||||||||||
| Grade | Line number |
Mean Scale Score |
- | Scale Score: met min |
= | Distance from standard |
* | (Students tested in grade |
/ | Students) tested in school |
= | Weighted Distance From Standard |
||
| 8 | 66603 | 0 | - | 2586 | = | * | (0 | / | 12) | = | ||||
| 11 | 66606 | 2462 | - | 2628 | = | -166 | * | (12 | / | 12) | = | -166.0 | ||
| Step 4 | SUM Weighted Distance From Standard to get 2016 Difference From Standard for MERIT Academy | -166 | ||||||||||||
2017
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Mean Scale Score from line numbers in this data file. | Subtract 'met min' Scale Score. from Mean Scale Score to get Distance From Standard | Multiply Distance From Standard by proportion of students in grade. | ||||||||||||
| Grade | Line number |
Mean Scale Score |
- | Scale Score: met min |
= | Distance from standard |
* | (Students tested in grade |
/ | Students) tested in school |
= | Weighted Distance From Standard |
||
| 8 | 68435 | 0 | - | 2586 | = | * | (0 | / | 0) | = | ||||
| 11 | 68437 | 0 | - | 2628 | = | * | (0 | / | 0) | = | ||||
| Step 4 | SUM Weighted Distance From Standard to get 2017 Difference From Standard for MERIT Academy | |||||||||||||
2018
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Mean Scale Score from line numbers in this data file. | Subtract 'met min' Scale Score. from Mean Scale Score to get Distance From Standard | Multiply Distance From Standard by proportion of students in grade. | ||||||||||||
| Grade | Line number |
Mean Scale Score |
- | Scale Score: met min |
= | Distance from standard |
* | (Students tested in grade |
/ | Students) tested in school |
= | Weighted Distance From Standard |
||
| 8 | 68582 | 0 | - | 2586 | = | * | (0 | / | 0) | = | ||||
| 11 | 68584 | 0 | - | 2628 | = | * | (0 | / | 0) | = | ||||
| Step 4 | SUM Weighted Distance From Standard to get 2018 Difference From Standard for MERIT Academy | |||||||||||||
2019
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Mean Scale Score from line numbers in this data file. | Subtract 'met min' Scale Score. from Mean Scale Score to get Distance From Standard | Multiply Distance From Standard by proportion of students in grade. | ||||||||||||
| Grade | Line number |
Mean Scale Score |
- | Scale Score: met min |
= | Distance from standard |
* | (Students tested in grade |
/ | Students) tested in school |
= | Weighted Distance From Standard |
||
| 11 | 69101 | 2430 | - | 2628 | = | -198 | * | (13 | / | 13) | = | -198.0 | ||
| Step 4 | SUM Weighted Distance From Standard to get 2019 Difference From Standard for MERIT Academy | -198 | ||||||||||||
Last steps
Compute the average
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Sum | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -166 | -198 | -364.0 | -72.8 |
Compute the Upper Control Limit
Simply compute the standard deviation and multiply by 3 and add to the average: -116.0
Compute the Lower Control Limit
Simply compute the standard deviation and multiply by 3 and subtract from the average: -248.0
For the lines, you have the data necessary to plot the chart.
Very last step
The percent of students getting a Free or Reduced Price Meal comes from the following sources:
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | 66% | 74% | 62% | 55% | 70% |
| Data source | 2015 data file | 2016 data file | 2017 data file | 2018 data file | 2019 data file |
Grossmont Union High school district County of San Diego
THIS chart shows what the school system "wants"
PLUS a "special" or "outside" cause of variation, parent education.
NOT what teachers want.
NOT what principals want.
NOT what parents want.
MERIT Academy math proficiency
Zero+ meets standard.
51% less $meal
45% less $meal
• Any result above zero is proficient; below is not proficient. • There is a 99% chance that results will remain the same in coming years, which is to say, between the Upper and Lower Control Limits (the gray lines). • The houses with the % of students receiving a Free or Reduced Price Meal is a measure of wealth/poverty.
Special Education Schools (Public) schools in Grossmont Union High (3)
| Elite Academy | MERIT Academy | REACH Academy |