ANCS assesses student learning using a range of instruments, and we do not view the results of one of these instruments alone as the sole measure of the overall effectiveness of the entire school program. Each assessment instrument has inherent limitations and can only provide one type and level of information about a student.
One of the tools ANCS utilizes in evaluating students are standardized tests. The academic performance goals outlined in the school’s charter reflect, like all public schools, the school’s compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act and its provisions for meeting annual performance targets in Reading/Language Arts and Math set by the state each year on the Georgia Criterion Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) in order to achieve “Adequate Yearly Progress”. Additionally, the performance goals in the charter are measured using other standardized assessments, such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Georgia Writing Assessment.
In the 2010-11 school year, the elementary campus was recognized as a “Greatest Gain” school by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement based on students’ CRCT performance, and the middle campus was named a Title I “Distinguished School” for the fifth consecutive year for students’ performance on the CRCT. Please see below for more information about ANCS student performance on outside measures.
CRCT
The percentages below indicate the percentage of students at each grade level who met or exceeded the standards on the Reading, ELA, and Math CRCTs in 2010 and 2011.
2011 |
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| Grade Level | 2011 % of Student Meet/Exceed Reading | 2011 % of Students Meet/Exceed Language Arts | 2011 % of Students Meet/Exceed Math |
| Third | 100 | 95 | 87 |
| Fourth | 100 | 96 | 93 |
| Fifth | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Sixth | 99 | 100 | 70 |
| Seventh | 99 | 99 | 96 |
| Eighth | 100 | 99 | 84 |
| School-Wide | 99 | 98 | 88 |
ANCS made Adequate Yearly Progress in 2011.
2010 |
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| Grade Level | 2010 % of Student Meet/Exceed Reading | 2010 % of Students Meet/Exceed Language Arts | 2010 % of Students Meet/Exceed Math |
| Third | 97 | 95 | 90 |
| Fourth | 100 | 96 | 84 |
| Fifth | 90 | 88 | 76 |
| Sixth | 94 | 99 | 77 |
| Seventh | 96 | 96 | 92 |
| Eighth | 98 | 98 | 81 |
ANCS made Adequate Yearly Progress in 2010.
Georgia Writing Assessment
On the 2011 Georgia Writing Assessment, 73% of ANCS fifth graders met or exceeded the standards on the fifth grade assessment and 94% of ANCS eighth graders met or exceeded the standards on the eighth grade assessment.
