It also requires that some will be assigned an A. Returning to the idea that the Colorado assessments are a snapshot where a student or school stands in relationship to Colorado s standards, it would make more sense to draw a line and say every school that crosses this line receives an A. Another line for B, etc. According to SB186 only the top eight percent receive an A. To be called proficient, students have to attain a score at a level deemed proficient. There is a line that must be crossed for each performance level. Furthermore, neither student nor school CSAP results are reported to parents in percentiles. The report card proposed in SB186 contains more detail than the majority of parents want.
Most parents are interested only in the letter grade assigned to the school.
Other than the grade, many parents want to know what is the philosophy of the school. This is why you can find waiting lists of over a thousand students for successful programs such as Core Knowledge. This report card does not refer to the type of program the school offers. The Parent Information Center at the Independence Institute has been providing report cards to the public on the public schools in Colorado since 1995. Between September and January the site recorded 33,000 visits by concerned parents comparing schools.