Missouri Statewide Student Growth Report
By: Sarah Potter, APR; Misti Jeffers, Ph.D.; Molly I. Beck, Ph.D.; & Andrew Diemer
This Missouri Statewide Student Growth Report describes how researchers at the PRiME Center used the Missouri Growth Model measure and translated the state’s scale to help educators and the public better understand its significance. The PRiME Growth Score indicates which schools are moving students toward or beyond proficiency even if some students at these schools start the year far behind their peers when examining proficiency rates. The objective of this report is to highlight and applaud the excellent growth that is occurring in so many schools throughout the state.
We highlight the top 20 schools in the state in numerous categories in terms of 2019 student growth scores. DESE student growth scores represent growth on grade-level assessments over the prior three academic years. We chose the 2019 growth scores because the preceding three years that make up the calculation were a relatively stable time before schools adjusted learning modes for the COVID-19 pandemic. This publication divides our results into three sections according to school type: elementary, eleMiddle, and middle. The sections are intended to group schools based on similarity in grade levels tested to avoid comparing dissimilar schools.
