For the first time CCUSD Cave Creek Unified Schools fail to make adequate progress

For the first time in district history (as far as we can tell, going back to 2003), an individual school has failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress. AYP is a federal benchmark based on results of the AIMS test.   According to the Arizona Republic, both Sonoran Trails Middle School and Cactus Shadows failed to make progress.

Now you may recall that for the past 2 years the district as a whole has failed to make AYP.  With 2 schools failing to make progress, we would imagine this would be the third year in a row that the district did not make AYP.


2011 AYP determination


Sonoran Trails Middle School - Not met

Black Mountain Elementary School - Met

Desert Willow Elementary School - Met

Desert Sun Academy - Met

Lone Mountain Elementary School - Met

Horseshoe Trails Elementary School - Met

Cactus Shadows High School - Not met


For comparison, some neighboring middle and high schools...

Paradise Valley Unified District - Explorer Middle School - Met

Paradise Valley Unified District - Pinnacle High School - Met
Paradise Valley Unified District Horizon High School - Met

Scottsdale Unified District Desert Mountain High School Met
Scottsdale Unified District Chaparral High School Met
Scottsdale Unified District Cheyenne Traditional Elementary School Met
Scottsdale Unified District Copper Ridge Elementary School Met

Foothills Academy Foothills Academy Met

Things are going so well in CCUSD that the governing board is taking off July

Apparently things are going so well in Cave Creek Unified that the governing board has decided to take off the month of July.  They decided to cancel the single board meeting in July becuase they had done so well with the budget.

Not suprisingly, AIMS, Stanford 10, AZ Learns Labels and AYP notification are also scheduled for public release in July.  At least this will give the administration a month come up with a whole new set of excuses for why our schools under perform.

If you are a governing board member, you should request to be notified of these scores NOW, as they have been released to the districts.


Embargoed release to districts/schools


AIMS, AIMS 3-8, and Stanford 10 scores available via the ADE Common Logon.
June 29, 2011

Preliminary AYP evaluations for all schools and districts.
June 8, 2011

Preliminary AZ LEARNS Achievement Profiles for all schools.
June 29, 2011


Public release

AIMS, AIMS 3-8, and Stanford 10 scores.
July 13, 2011

Final AYP evaluations for all schools and districts.
July 20, 2011

Final AZ LEARNS Achievement Profiles for all schools
July 20, 2011