Depending on how they qualify for the program, schools must include the following information with the hardcopy of the application that is due at CAPE in December:

EXEMPLARY HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN NATION: A copy of a printout from the testing publisher (it generally has the company’s logo on it) that identifies the school’s scores in reading and math for the most recently completed school year in ALL grades tested from grade 3 up. We prefer a single sheet covering all grades, but if your testing company does not report scores that way, then submit a separate sheet for each grade. Attach the document(s) to the very end of your application.  The point of the assessment verification document(s) is to verify the accuracy of the scores the school has reported for the most recently completed school year, so the scores on the online application and the assessment verification document(s) should match. Many schools are disqualified from the program either because they do not submit an assessment verification sheet, or they report the wrong kinds of scores (e.g., school percentiles instead of student percentiles), or the scores in the online tables do not match the assessment verification scores.  Please contact CAPE if you have questions about any of this. Also, high schools using SAT and ACT scores from multiple testing dates (see #21 below) should contact CAPE regarding assessment verification.

EXEMPLARY HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN STATE: A copy of the printout(s) from the state education department that identifies the school’s scores in reading and math for the most recently completed school year in ALL grades tested from grade 3 up. The school must also provide evidence from the state education department that the scores reported in the most recently completed school year place the school in the top 15 percent of schools in the state in both reading and math for each grade tested from grade 3 up. Finally, if the school is required to report disaggregated results for student subgroups (see guidelines here), it must provide evidence from the state education department that results for student subgroups in the most recently completed school year are at the 60th student percentile or higher on state tests.