News Photo By Temi Fadayomi The Alpena High School building is seen in this photo taken on Dec. 28. AHS, along with several other local schools have seen improved scores on the Michigan School Index system report.

ALPENA — Alpena Public Schools and other schools in Northeast Michigan see improved scores on the Michigan School Index system report.

According to a press release put out by Alpena Public Schools, The Michigan School Index System report is an accountability measure required by the federal government under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015. In the Index, schools are scored on a scale of 0-100 based on how well they met their target goals in the seven different components, the index also uses a school’s performance in those seven components to create an overall index that provides a score to schools based on their performances in the other components.

APS saw an increase in its overall index score based on increases in two components, student proficiency and student growth.

According to the Michigan School Index systems report, the student proficiency component is a combination of student proficiency across the content areas of English language arts and mathematics based on scores from M-STEP, SAT, and MI-Access assessments.

The student growth component is a combination of the percentage of students who are on track to reach or maintain their proficiency within the next three years across the content areas of English language arts and mathematics.

APS saw several large percentage increases across its various schools in either their overall score, student growth score, or their proficiency score.

These are some of the following scores are some of the major ones highlighted in the article:

Overall Index Score

Thunder Bay 41.96% Increase

Hinks 37.73 % Increase

Lincoln 29.98% Increase

Besser 23.99% Increase

Ella White 21.21% Increase

Student Growth Index Score

(Data comparisons for K-5 student growth are not available due to lack of testing during COVID)

Thunder Bay 96.73% Increase

Alpena High School 12% Increase

Student Proficiency Index Score

Hinks 36.78% Increase

Lincoln 24.89% Increase

Thunder Bay 23.59% Increase

APS superintendent David Rabbideau expressed satisfaction with the school’s performance and credits it to the hard work of their teachers and staff and the school’s efforts in training.

“We still have a lot of room to grow,” said Rabbideau. “But those index reports showed that every school improved student growth and student proficiency. So those are all positive indicators. We’re doing a lot of investing in mentoring our teachers, and helping improve the instruction in each of our classrooms.”

APS wasn’t the only school district that saw percentage increases in their overall, student growth, and proficiency scores

Here are some of the most significant increases:

Alcona Community Schools

Overall Index Score

Alcona Elementary 38.66% Increase

Alcona Community High 20.20% Increase

Student Growth Index Score

Alcona Community High 28.23% Increase

Student Proficiency Index Score

Alcona Elementary 23.54% Increase

Rogers City Area School

Overall Index Score

Rogers City Elementary 29.99% Increase

Rogers City High 20.65% Increase

Student Proficiency Index Score

Rogers City High 50.46% Increase

Onaway Area Schools

Overall Index Score

Onaway Middle 30.77% Increase

Student Growth Index Score

Onaway Middle 52.43% Increase

Student Proficiency Index Score

Onaway Elementary 12.97% Increase

Hillman Community Schools

Overall Index Score

Hillman Elementary 63.19% Increase

Student Proficiency Index Score

Hillman Elementary 20.44% Increase

Atlanta Community Schools

Overall Index Score

Atlanta Community 12.29% Increase

Student Growth Index Score

Atlanta Community 23.08% Increase

Posen Consolidated School

Overall Index Score

Posen Elementary 88.82% Increase

Posen Consolidated High 33.46% Increase

Student Growth Index Score

Posen Elementary 286.10% Increase

Student Proficiency Index Score

Posen Elementary 33.46% Increase

Posen Consolidated High 17.06% Increase