How will the success of Yellowstone Academy’s program be evaluated?
Yellowstone Academy provides teacher administered assessments in reading and math throughout the school year in PK-6th grade. The data generated assists us in working with individual children as well as in developing curriculum designed to address the specific needs of children in poverty. Yellowstone is also committed to assessment with nationally administered standardized testing at the third grade level and above. The first of these tests were administered in the 2006-07 school year. Further, Yellowstone is talking with a major university about conducting a longitudinal study to determine the long-term impact of the school’s curricula and programs on the achievement of poverty level students. The objective of this study is to compile long term data in order to make a significant contribution to the understanding of educating children in poverty.
