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Friday, June 1, 2012

Lincoln - an exemplary school of the state!

Lincoln is rated 18th in FR (Focus Rating) and 28TH in MMR (Multiple Measure Rating) out of 800+ schools in the state! This achievement doesn’t happen by accident and is a direct result of the outstanding efforts of our students, staff, parents and volunteers! We are all very proud of the recent article in Post Bulletin but what does it mean? Basically, it means we are making learning happen for all students through all of our efforts and closing those learning gaps for students.

The state has a new accountability system and rating system of schools. What is the new accountability system?
MMR = Multiple Measurement Rating
  • Focused on closing the achievement gap and promoting high growth for all students 
  • Built around multiple measurements 
  • Directly addresses the achievement gap 
  •  Provides support for locally-developed school improvement plans 
  • MMR is a simple average of state percentiles in available domains 
  • Percentiles done within school classification (i.e. elementary, middle, high school, other school
  • For example, some schools (elementary) don’t have graduation data 
  • MDE does an additional calculation which is essentially unnecessary (multiply by 25) 
 FR = Focus Rating
  • A secondary rating, highlighting the achievement gap 
  • Combines AGR and AYP 
  • Proficiency for “gap groups” only 
  • Average of these state percentiles, just like MMR 
Thank you for making it happen!!! We are all so proud of our amazing school and always trying to make it even better!
Jim Sonju