"Improvement" was the trend noted in yesterday's release of Colorado's School Report Cards. "Since 2001, we've seen an eighty-one percent drop in students enrolled in schools receiving an unsatisfactory mark, proving once again that accountability does work," Governor Owens said as he and Education Commissioner William Maloney released the state's 2003 School Accountability Reports.

The most notable improvements were seen in the elementary schools. Of the thirteen that received "unsatisfactory" ratings in 2002, eleven have shown improvement. The Governor's Distinguished Improvement Award was earned by 117 of the state's schools for 2003.

Schools are graded based, among other standards, on CSAP (Colorado Student Assessment Program) test scores and school improvement is gauged on the changes in average scores from year to year. Academic ratings of the schools are: Excellent, High, Average, Low, or Unsatisfactory. An improvement rating is also assigned to each school based on the changes in overall scores. The Improvement Rating can be: Significant Improvement, Improvement, Stable, Decline, or Significant Decline.

Park County schools all rated an Average or High academic score. One school showed Decline in performance while two showed Improvement and the rest were rated Stable compared to last year.

PARK COUNTY SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS
SCHOOL	ACADEMIC RATING	IMPROVEMENT RATING	PDF DETAIL REPORT
DISTRICT: RE-1 BAILEY
DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY	HIGH	STABLE	DETAILED REPT
FITZSIMMONS MIDDLE	HIGH	STABLE	DETAILED REPT
PLATTE CANYON HIGH	HIGH	STABLE	DETAILED REPT
DISTRICT: RE-2 FAIRPLAY
EDITH TETER ELEMENTARY	AVERAGE	IMPROVED	DETAILED REPT
SILVERHEELS MIDDLE	AVERAGE	STABLE	DETAILED REPT
SOUTH PARK HIGH	AVERAGE	DECLINE	DETAILED REPT
DISTRICT: RE-2 CHARTER
GUFFEY CHARTER ELEMENTARY	AVERAGE	STABLE	DETAILED REPT
GUFFEY CHARTER MIDDLE	AVERAGE	STABLE	DETAILED REPT
LAKE GEORGE CHARTER ELEMENTARY	HIGH	IMPROVED	DETAILED REPT

STATE OF COLORADO EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS FOR ALL COLORADO SCHOOLS