Family & Community Alternative Learning
1997 Test Results from
Massachusetts Charter Schools

Student Assessment Profile

Atlantis Charter School

School Description: The Atlantis Charter School is located in Fall River and serves 335 students in grades K through 6. Atlantis provides a well-rounded elementary curriculum and uses its proximity to the sea as a base for thematic instruction. This school was founded by public and private parties in Fall River committed to education reform.

Years in operation: 2

School-Level Accountability: The Atlantis Charter School uses a range of student performance measures. Teacher observations and individual feedback to students and parents is very important. In addition, each spring, Atlantis students will participate in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System in the third and fourth grades and administers the Metropolitan Achievement Test-7 to its students in grades 3 through 5. Portfolio assessment is also used in monitoring student performance.

Analysis:

What is the academic performance level of students entering this charter school?:
Below Average / Average

In grades 3 and 4, more than 90% of the students were performing in stanines 1-6 (the middle and lower stanines).

In grade 5, between 70-84% of the students scored in stanines 1-6, with the majority (approximately 60%) performing in the middle third.

Fall River Public School District does not administer any standardized assessments other than those required by the state, thus it is impossible to make any comparisons between the Atlantis Charter School and the Fall River Public Schools.

In sum, these scores suggest that the students who entered the Atlantis Charter School performed at a level which was at or below national norms.

Have the students in this charter school made academic gains?
Insufficient Data.

MAT-7 scores for the spring of 1997 are not yet available.

Atlantis Charter School MAT-7 Test Scores (Spring 1996)

Note:
Fall River Public School District currently does not administer any standardized tests in addition to MCAS.

Previous || Next
Table of Contents