School Reports-LCAP

Please Note: CA State Testing and API reporting was suspended in 2013-2014 and again in 2014-2015 to give schools time to convert to the Common Core and prepare for the new Smarter Balanced Assessment which will replace the CST tests.

OTA implemented an in-house assessment tools, the MAP test and has begun adapting this as our quality assurance tool. See 9 Math Acceleration Tools for sample results

Old Town Academy K-8 Charter School opened in Sept 2011 with 190 students in grades K-7. In 2012 we added 8th grade. Current K-8 enrollment is 255 students.

Proposition 30 and Old Town Academy Charter School
The passage of Proposition 30 in November 2012 by California voters allowed funding for California schools to remain at 2011-12 levels, allowing public schools to avoid deep cuts in funding.
Funds received by Old Town Academy K-8 Charter School as a result of Proposition 30 are paid from the Education Protection Account. In 2013-14, Old Town Academy Charter School received $264,217 in funding from the Education Protection Account. 100% of the funds received were used by the school to maintain its teacher’s salaries and benefits.

2013-2014 Parent Survey Data Results

“California schools are now funded under a new model known as the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). Under this new plan, we are required to develop a Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) to guide priorites in the budget development process. Central to that process is providing the opportunity for parent input.

The following survey will ask questions about how you view your child’s school. Completing this survey will not take you long, but your information will help us to achieve our goal of providing the best possible education for students. Thank you.”

2013-2014 Results:

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  • LCAP: Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
    As part of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), school districts, county offices of education and charter schools are required to develop, adopt, and annually update a three-year Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), beginning on July 1, 2014.
    The LCAP is required to identify annual goals, specific actions, and measure progress for student subgroups across multiple performance indicators, including student academic achievement, school climate, student access to a broad curriculum, and parent engagement. School districts and charter schools are required to obtain parent and public input in developing, revising and updating LCAPs. See template: .doc | .pdf

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  • Here is the California Dept of Education’s “School Quality Snapshot” for our second year of operation. Our API (Academic Performance Index) Score is 901.
    OTA 2012-2013 School Quality Report Card

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Here are the results of our Student Survey: “How Does OTA Compare to Your Old School?” As a brand new school we had a priceless opportunity to ask all our students to compare their experience at OTA with their recent memory of day-to-day life at other schools (we asked students in grades 2-8 only). We also asked students to rank their favorite—and least favorite— subjects. That data coming soon.
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We think the results of the Student Survey question are as important as the California Standards Tests (CST) that measure skills and knowledge in Math & English/Language Arts. Those tests are useful (and our 2011-2012 results are encouraging); but they do not measure whether the joy of learning that all children bring to Kindergarten is being kept alive, and nourished, at OTA. This student survey question does.
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At our Orientations we promised parents that children would like coming to school at OTA. That their days would be filled with a variety of challenges (“many ways to be smart”— music, math, science, robotics, sports, seminar, art, and the Core Knowledge humanities strands); that we would have tools to help children find work that neither frustrates (too difficult) nor bores (too easy); that the focus would be on that work (power-bestowing projects and a Learn→Create→Share progression), not on the teacher’s lecture or an endless round of worksheets. The CST doesn’t tell us if we’re keeping those promises. This student survey question does. We opened with eight different grades in our first year and added 8th grade this year. We are creating 72 different curricula and still have a long way to go but we’re proud of our progress so far.
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Old Town Academy 8 Core Learning Strands: Many Ways to Be Smart
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