Rockwell 'Commended' for fifth straight year

The elementary school is one of just four in the state with a perfect score

EastBayRI.com ·

For the fifth year in a row, Bristol-Warren's Rockwell School has made the state’s list of Commended Schools, the highest classification offered by the RI Department of Eduction. Results were from RIDE’s 2015 ‘Report Card.’

To receive Commended status, a school must receive a score of 90 or above — Rockwell scored a perfect 100, one of only four schools to earn a perfect score, along with Barrington's Middle School and Nyatt School, and Providence's Classical High School.

Tiverton's Fort Barton School is the only other school that has received the commended status for five straight years. Statewide, just 22 schools were listed as Commended this year.

Scoring schools

The Rhode Island Department of Education classifies schools by using an index based on four criteria — proficiency levels, gap closure, student growth and graduation rate. Points are associated with each criteria. 

• Proficiency levels — 40 possible points — Student performance on the 2016 PARCC assessments

• Gap closure — 30 possible points — Narrowing the achievement gap between the lowest-achieving students in the school and the "performance standard for 'meeting expectations' on PARCC assessments

• Student growth — 30 possible points — Annual improvement for each tested student in the school

• Graduate rate — 30 possible points (for high schools only) — The rate for high school students in the Class of 2015

Bristol Warren schools scores

Mt. Hope High School

  • Proficiency levels — 32
  • Gap closure — 15
  • Student growth — 0
  • Graduation rate — 25
  • Total points — 72

Kickemuit Middle School

  • Proficiency levels — 28
  • Gap closure — 15
  • Student growth — 18
  • Total points — 61

Rockwell School

  • Proficiency levels — 40
  • Gap closure — 30
  • Student growth — 30
  • Total points — 100

Colt Andrews School

  • Proficiency levels — 32
  • Gap closure — 18
  • Student growth — 27
  • Total points — 77

Guiteras School

  • Proficiency levels — 32
  • Gap closure — 18
  • Student growth — 18
  • Total points — 68

Hugh Cole School

  • Proficiency levels — 24
  • Gap closure — 18
  • Student growth — 24
  • Total points — 66
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