Star Tribune Article pulbished July 1, 2010

BIGGEST GAINS OVER 2009*

These schools showed the biggest gains in the percentage of their students scoring grade-level or better on the 2009 MCA-II tests.

  MATH

District                 School                                            2010    2009 Gains

Charter school       New Spirit Primary                           65.5    25.0    40.5%

White Bear Lake    Birch Lake Elementary                    86.0   51.7    34.3

Charter school       New Spirit Middle                             28.9      3.3     25.6

Charterschool        Lighthouse Academy of Nations      22.8     0.0     22.8

Charter school       Global Academy                               88.5     68.2     20.3

Charterschool        Main Street Performing Arts            49.1   29.2    19.9

Charterschool        Ubah Medical Academy                    32.1    12.3     19.8

Charterschool        Harvest Prep/Seed                            61.7   42.6    19.0

North Branch        North Branch Senior High                51.9    33.6     18.3

Inter. SchDist 287 Hopkins Alternative                         18.2     0.0      18..2

READING      

District                School                                          2009   2008 Gains

Charterschool       Lighthouse Academy of Nations      28.0      0.0     28. 0%

Charterschool       Ubah Medical Academy                   50. 0     25.4    24.6

Dist 917               Youth Transition Program              50.0     30.6    19.4

Braham                 Braham Area Secondary                  71.4     55.4    16.0

Charterschool       DugsiAcademy                                 35.5     20.9    14.6

Charterschool       Concordia Creative                          76.5    62.3     14.2

Belle Plaine          Belle Plaine Senior High                   81.1     67.3     13.8

Charterschool       Global Academy                               66.5     52.7     13.8

Spring Lake Park  Learning Alternatives Cmty.            65.9    52.3     13.6

Higher Ground     Higher Ground                                   65.2     53.5     11.8

At least 25 students tested per school; percentages may not be exact because of rounding

Source: Star tribune analysis of data from the Department Of Education