UP: Highlights From The Spring 2013 MCAS

UP HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SPRING 2013 MCAS UP ACADEMIES RANK #1 AND #2 STATEWIDE IN STUDENT GROWTH THIS YEAR, OUT OF THE 496 SCHOOLS SERVING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE, UP ACADEMY BOSTON AND UP ACADEMY LEONARD RANK #1 AND #2, RESPECTIVELY, FOR MEDIAN STUDENT GROWTH IN MATH. 75: THIS MARKS THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR THAT UP ACADEMY BOSTON HAS : LED THE STATE IN MATH STUDENT GROWTH. 8385 50 00 FROM GAVIN TO UP ACADEMY BOSTON: 8TH GRADE MATH MCAS PROFICIENCY RATES (2010 - 2013) 76% MEDIAN GROWTH PERCENTILE 46% 96 25 25% 23% HIGHEST SCORE IN STATE HISTORY* *8th Grade Math Only GAVIN MIDDLE UP ACADEMY Measure introduced in 2008 SCHOOL BOSTON 00 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |2013 MATH RESULTS: 61% 56% CLOSING THE GAP IN LAWRENCE IN ONE YEAR, MATH PROFICIENCY STATE 19% RATES AT UP ACADEMY LEONARD AVERAGE HAVE TRIPLED. STUDENTS ARE NOW UP ACADEMY LEONARD (2013) APPROACHING STATEWIDE LEONARD (2013) PROFICIENCY RATES. (2012) Percentage of students scoring advanced or proficient. Grade 6 data used as UP Academy only operated grade 6 in the school's first year. 41% GAVIN'11 ELA RESULTS: 62% 25-POINT GAIN AT UP BOSTON EIGHTH GRADE ENGLISH LANGUAGE UP BOSTON '12 ARTS PROFICIENCY RATES HAVE UP BOSTON'13 66% INCREASED BY 25 POINTS SINCE THE SPRING 2011 MCAS. Percentage of students scoring advanced or proficient. Grade 8 only. 8TH GRADE SCIENCE AT UP ACADEMY BOSTON UP BOSTON 2013 % Advanced/Proficient 53% UP BOSTON 2012 33% 1% GAVIN 2011 About UP. UP Education Network exists to deliver an outstanding education to students in grades K-8 who have been attending underperforming district schools. The organization has restarted and continues to manage four schools in Boston and Lawrence, educating more than 1,500 students. MCAS data from UP Academy Boston and UP Academy Leonard is provided in this infographic. MCAS data from UP Academy Dorchester and UP Academy Oliver is not available as the schools were restarted in fall 2013. 5 SCHOOLS 2500 STUDENTS 1 MISSION FALL 2014 BOSTON LAWRENCE UP ACADEMY BOSTON UP ACADEMY DORCHESTER UP ACADEMY LEONARD UP ACADEMY OLIVER % STUDENTS ADVANCED/PROFICIENT (MATH) MEDIAN STUDENT GROWTH PERCENTILE (SGP) 81 UP ACADEMY LEONARD UP ACADEMY BOSTON