1. Kennesaw Charter Science & Math Academy
Demographics
Student Attendance Rate (2012): 96.73%
Ethnicity Percentage # of % of
Asian 5% Students Students
Black 40.6% Students with
48 5.9%
Disabilities
Hispanic 9.6%
English Language
Multi Racial 5.7% 27 3.3%
Learners
Pacific Islander <1% Gifted 88 10.8%
White 38%

2. Charter Goals
Grade 3:
Measure 1: 93% of students will meet or exceed standards on CRCT Science assessment. Actual performance was 84%.
Measure 2: 39% of students will exceed standards on CRCT Math assessment. Actual performance was 65%
Measure 3: 52% of students will exceed standards on CRCT Reading assessment. Actual performance was 55%
Measure 4: 43% of students will exceed standards on CRCT English/Language Arts assessment. Actual performance was 45%.
Grade 4:
Measure 1: 49% of students will exceed standards on CRCT Science Assessment. Actual performance was 68%
Measure 2: 39% of students will exceed standards on CRCT Math Assessment. Actual performance was 31%
Measure 3: 43% of students will exceed standards on CRCT Reading Assessment. Actual performance was 58%
Measure 4: 43% of students will exceed standards on CRCT English/Language Arts Assessment. Actual performance was 68%
Grade 5:
Measure 1: 36% of students will exceed standards on CRCT Science Assessment. Actual performance was 75%
Measure 2: 32% of students will exceed standards on CRCT Math Assessment. Actual performance was 68%
Measure 3: 18% of students will exceed standards on CRCT Reading Assessment. Actual performance was 52%
Measure 4: 36% of students will exceed standards on CRCT English/Language Arts Assessment. Actual performance was 70%
Measure 5: 18% of students will exceed standards on 5th Grade Writing assessment. Actual performance was 31%.
Grade 6:
Measure 1: 32% of students will exceed standards on CRCT Science Assessment. Actual performance was 15%
Measure 2: 30% of students will exceed standards on CRCT Math Assessment. Actual performance was 15%
Measure 3: 48% of students will exceed standards on CRCT Reading Assessment. Actual performance was 15%
Measure 4: 48% of students will exceed standards on CRCT English/Language Arts Assessment. Actual performance was 39%

3. KCSMA CRCT
3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade Schoolwide
2011 2012 CHANGE 2011 2012 CHANGE 2011 2012 CHANGE 2011 2012 CHANGE 2011 2012 CHANGE
Reading: % Met
or Exceeded 92 92 0 97 96 -1 98 100 2 97 100 3 96 97 1
the standard
ELA: % Met or
Exceeded the 91 93 2 97 98 1 100 100 0 94 100 6 95.5 97.75 2.25
standard
Math: % Met or
Exceeded the 79 89 10 87 85 -2 98 97 -1 81 97 16 86.25 92 5.75
standard
Science: % Met
or Exceeded 69 85 16 97 96 -1 93 92 -1 91 92 1 87.5 91.25 3.75
the standard
Social Studies:
% Met or
79 92 13 97 94 -3 87 97 10 84 97 13 86.75 95 8.25
Exceeded the
standard

4. CRCT Comparison
Reading: % Met or ELA: % Met or Exceeded Math: % Met or Science: % Met or Social Studies: % Met or
Exceeded the standard the standard Exceeded the standard Exceeded the standard Exceeded the standard
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
3rd Grade
KCSMA 92 92 91 93 79 89 69 85 79 92
Big Shanty 96 94 94 93 83 80 91 86 87 85
Hayes 88 89 86 92 73 79 74 72 66 82
Cobb County 92.5 92.8 90.5 92.4 83.5 84.2 82.8 81.2 80.7 83.4
Georgia 90.9 90.6 89.1 90.5 81.2 81 80.5 78.1 81 81
4th Grade
KCSMA 97 96 97 98 87 85 97 96 97 94
Big Shanty 95 94 95 93 88 82 89 90 92 90
Hayes 82 93 81 93 77 81 75 82 68 76
Cobb County 90.4 93.7 90.3 93.6 85 85 82.4 85.2 79.4 82.1
Georgia 87.9 90.2 88 90.9 81.1 80.2 79 80.8 77.4 78.4
5th Grade
KCSMA 98 100 100 100 98 97 93 92 87 97
Big Shanty 95 96 94 97 90 88 83 81 79 85
Hayes 86 91 89 95 84 83 70 72 60 62
Cobb County 93.2 94.4 94.7 95.6 91.1 90.9 80.5 82.1 74.2 80.6
Georgia 90.5 91.5 93 94.4 86.6 83.7 76.6 78 71.3 76.6
6th Grade
KCSMA 97 100 94 100 81 97 91 92 84 97
Cobb County 95.7 97.8 93.4 94.4 81.9 85.6 77.4 80 76.4 79.7
Georgia 93.9 96 91.2 92.1 76.4 79.9 70.9 72.6 71.6 73

5. Iowa Test of Basic Skills
Reading: % Met or ELA: % Met or Math: % Met or Combined: % Met
Exceeded the Exceeded the Exceeded the or Exceeded the
standard standard standard standard
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
3rd Grade
KCSMA 58 63 60 59 59 69 59 64
Big Shanty 69 63 70 60 72 68 70.3 63.6
Hayes 53 52 51 46 57 52 53.6 50
Cobb County 63 63 65 65 68 69 65.3 65.6
5th Grade
KCSMA 74 77 74 80 61 68 69.6 75
Big Shanty 64 66 68 70 70 72 67.3 69.3
Hayes 52 52 59 57 62 53 57.6 54
Cobb County 61 63 67 69 67 70 65 67.3

6. 5th Grade Writing Assessment
2011 2012
Meets & Meets &
Exceeds Exceeds
Exceeds Exceeds
KCSMA 96% 11% 99% 30%
Big Shanty 88% 15% 90% 15%
Hayes 77% 60% 76% 4%
Cobb County 83% 12% 84% 14%
Georgia 79% 10% 81% 11%