Academic Competence and Critical Thinking is one of three major categories for defining whole child student success. Academic Competence and Critical Thinking refers to students’ ability and growth toward accepted grade level standards and often comparative to like populations. It also includes students’ ability to use processes and skills to make judgments and logic in transferring learning to new situations. SCAP districts use multiple evidence sources to determine the overall Academic Competence and Critical Thinking of its students, presented below.
Academic Performance Overview
- Student Performance Priorities (3 or fewer) of appropriate magnitude to focus the school’s improvement efforts with links to the indicators on the SPF (where not meeting state or federal expectations) and evidence that demonstrates the need to focus on the identified Student Performance Priorities (e.g., positive and negative performance trends, school performance relative to state and local expectations).