Amazing Results

For information about Arthur Academy Charter School's overall change in academic performance in the school year, 2007-08, click here.

The graphs below summarize the reading and math achievement of the 650 students that attended Arthur Academy Charter Schools for the full year of 2007-08. The Stanford Achievement Test was given at the beginning and the end of the year. The black bar indicates what the national norms are. They indicate the percent of students expected to score in each range based on national averages. The percent of students actually scoring within the five levels of achievement are compared from fall (gray) to spring (white).

During this school year there were six Arthur Academies: David Douglas AA (operated for 6 years), Reynolds AA (operated for 4 years), Woodburn AA (operated for 4 years) , Portland AA (operated for 3 years), and Gresham AA and St. Helens (both operating for 1 year). In spite of the differences in length of time students attended an Arthur Academy school, the scores achieved during the 2007-08 school year for all six schools were combined to make up these charts.

2007-08	David Douglas	Reynolds	Woodburn	Portland	Gresham	St. Helens
Enrollment	130	151	107	107	92	95
Years	6	4	4	3	1	1

In comparing the five achievement levels or ranges for each school and the combined four-school graphs, patterns for each school and the combined schools are very similar. The most dominant pattern is that the number of students in the lower ranges decrease from fall to spring and increase in the higher ranges. In other words, fewer students end up in the lower ranges by the end of the year. This indicates the improvements made during the year.

These graphs also indicate how evenly the students are distributed among the five achievement levels in the fall but are heavily weighted in the high levels in the spring. This distribution is somewhat different in the schools during the first few years in operation. At the beginning of the year, the newer schools have more students in the lower ranges than the national norms. This indicates that our schools tend to attract more students that are achieving below average during the first few years in operation than higher achieving students. However, if the David Douglas AA is any indication, this pattern tends to even out over time, as students return each year.