Four Star

Four Star School

Four Star Awards Program (8/26/06) - The Indiana Four Star Awards program was established to recognize schools that have demonstrated academic excellence during the past year. Schools that place in the state upper quartile (25%) in (1) student attendance rates, (2) mathematics proficiency scores, (3) language arts proficiency scores, and the (4) Percent of Students passing both Language Arts and Mathematics are eligible to receive a Four Star Award. Schools must meet (5) all legal standards and also make (6) AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) under NCLB (No Child Left Behind Act) for the appropriate year. This award is a non-monetary award given on an annual basis. Receiving a Four Star Award is an honor which the state recognizes by issuing an award certificate suitable for framing and display in a school. (Source)

UPDATED Caston's Performance On Four Star School Criteria (8/26/06, 8/6/07) - The most recent online data appears below (Elementary Source) (Jr.-Sr. High Source). On the right half of the table "Cut" refers to the criteria that must be met to be eligible for Four Star School designation. The left half of the table indicates the school's performance. For instance, for 2004 the Elementary earned an "English/LA T-Score" of 56 and the "Cut" for this was 56, thus, this criteria was met. However, none of the others were met.

Caston Elementary School
Four Star Award Information 2004 & 2005

Year English/LA
T-Score Math
T-Score Pct Pass Both
English and Math Attendance
Rate AYP English/LA
T-Score
Cut Math
T-Score
Cut Pct Pass Both
English and Math
Cut Attendance
Rate
Cut

2004 56 53 69% .9577 No 56 56 73% 0.9687

2005 57 53 70% .9604 No 56 56 75% 0.9682

The table below shows that for 2004 the Jr.-Sr. High AYP criteria was met. However, none of the others were met.

Caston Jr.-Sr. High School
Four Star Award Information 2004 & 2005

Year English/LA
T-Score Math
T-Score Pct Pass Both
English and Math Attendance
Rate AYP English/LA
T-Score
Cut Math
T-Score
Cut Pct Pass Both
English and Math
Cut Attendance
Rate
Cut

2004 49 50 53% .9353 Yes 55 56 68% 0.9655

2005 47 47 56% .9333 No 55 55 68% 0.9655

Historical AYP performance is here: (Elementary) (Jr.-Sr. High)
List of 2004 Four Star Schools
List of 2005 Four Star Schools

"Mission Statement - Caston School Corporation is committed to providing each student with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to function as tomorrow's exceptional citizens. Teachers, administrators, staff, and the at-large community are dedicated to seeing that the students develop to their full academic, vocational, and personal potential in order that they may take pride in themselves, their accomplishments, and their school. It is our goal that each individual at Caston School Corporation will do his/her utmost to teach, assist, counsel, and encourage one another in making our school the best center for a lifetime of learning."
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