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How This Report Helps You
This report enables you to select VVAAS data of interest, assess trends over time, and compare results. Use the filters on the left to explore student growth and achievement data based on SOL test results.
For step-by-step instructions on using the filters, see Interacting with the Report.
About Growth Reports
Division Growth reports provide reliable measures of the average academic growth a division's students made in each tested grade and subject or course. The growth measures indicate how successful the division was in helping students meet expected growth. The growth reports can help educators identify relative strengths and areas of concern across grades and subjects. When sufficient data is available, the reports include multiple years of growth measures. Examining patterns and trends across years can offer important insights into the effectiveness of the division's programs.
It's important to view the growth reports in conjunction with the diagnostic reports, which display patterns of growth for groups of students at different achievement levels.
How We Measure Growth
The model we use to calculate growth measures depends on the assessments administered. Concept of Growth provides additional details.
Predictive Model
This analytic model is used for subjects that are assessed in non-consecutive or consecutive grades, including when students move from one assessment type to another:
- Reading and math in grades 4-8
- Science in grades 5 and 8
- Civics and Economics
- VA Studies
- Writing in grade 8 (prior to 2023-24)
- SOL EOC subjects: Algebra I, Algebra II, Biology, Earth Science, Geometry, Reading, World Geography, World History I, World History II, Writing
Making Comparisons
Use options in the filter panel to add data from other years, tests and subjects, divisions and schools, and more. Your options might be limited to the data that you have access to.
Up to 10 additional divisions or schools, can be viewed in the report using the Add Comparison option under the Divisions and Schools section in the filter panel.
Downloading Growth Reports
Growth reports for a specific school or division can be saved as an Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx format) by clicking on the Download Report button in the upper right corner of the report. A dialogue box opens where the filename can be determined. Click Download Report to save the report to your computer. The resulting spreadsheet will contain growth data for the division or school selected from the main drop-down menu at the top of the filter panel.