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Acceleration Metrics

Overview

The Acceleration Metric represents a student's participation and performance in qualifying acceleration coursework aligned to Mississippi’s accountability model.

Each student can contribute to acceleration through enrollment and successful completion of:

  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • Dual Credit / Dual Enrollment (DC)
  • Industry Certification (CTE)

Acceleration Metrics are automatically generated once a district provides the applicable course codes for Advanced Placement, Dual Credit / Dual Enrollment, and Industry Certification courses.

Setting up Acceleration Metrics

To set up Acceleration Metrics for your district, please open a Helpdesk Ticket and provide the course codes used by your district for each acceleration category. Once configured, TKG Analytics will automatically identify qualifying student enrollments and generate acceleration projections at the student, school, and district level. Until course codes are configured, the Acceleration Metrics page shows a Get Started prompt with a link to open a helpdesk ticket.

How It Works

Acceleration metric counts are generated automatically from each student's course enrollments and outcomes. Until the school year ends, the AP, DC, and Industry Performance Counts can also be manually overridden on the individual metric edit page when corrections are needed; see Editing Acceleration Metrics for the manual edit flow.

Acceleration metrics are frozen once the school year ends

After the 4th Nine Week End Date on your district calendar, that year's acceleration metrics and projections can no longer change, and they can no longer be edited. Make any corrections before that date. See When the School Year Ends.

The system automatically:

  1. Identifies qualifying courses using district-provided course codes
  2. Assigns participation when a student is enrolled in a qualifying course
  3. Assigns performance when a student successfully completes the course
  4. Aggregates student results to calculate school and district acceleration projections

Once course codes are configured, all metrics update automatically as new enrollment and performance data becomes available, until the school year ends (see When the School Year Ends).

When the School Year Ends

A school year's acceleration metrics and projections are final once the 4th Nine Week End Date on your district calendar has passed. That date is June 30 unless it has been set differently for your district.

From the next day on:

  • The nightly SIS sync no longer changes that year's acceleration metrics or projections, even when your SIS files change over the summer, for example when graduating seniors are removed or next year's schedules arrive.
  • Manual editing is closed for that year. The Edit button no longer appears on a student's acceleration metric, and no change can be saved, whatever your role. Metrics from earlier school years cannot be edited either. See Editing Acceleration Metrics.

Metrics for the next school year are built once your district calendar has moved to that year and the nightly SIS sync is running.

Example

Example student acceleration record:

Field Value
Student Name Jordan Carter
School Magnolia High School
Grade 11
Industry Participation 1 Course
Industry Performance 1 Course
Participation Fraction 1 / 1
Performance Fraction 1.0 / 1

Accountability Projection

Student acceleration metrics are aggregated to calculate projected accountability points.

These projections are available at:

  • School level
  • District level

Example school projection:

Metric Value
Acceleration Participation 16.2 Points
Acceleration Performance 24.8 Points
Acceleration Total 41.0 Points

These projections update automatically as student data changes during the school year.

Example school projection (fraction):

Metric Value
Acceleration Participation Fraction 52.0 / 84
Acceleration Performance Fraction 68.5 / 66
Acceleration Total Points 41.0 Points

The Participation Fraction represents the number of qualifying student participations divided by the total eligible student count.

The Performance Fraction represents the number of successful acceleration outcomes divided by the total eligible student count.

These fractions are used to calculate projected acceleration accountability points. All projections update automatically as student enrollment and performance data changes during the school year.

Course Code Configuration

Acceleration Metrics are generated using course codes provided by the district.

Districts define which course codes qualify for:

  • Advanced Placement
  • Dual Credit / Dual Enrollment
  • Industry Certification

TKG Analytics uses these course codes to identify qualifying enrollments and calculate acceleration projections automatically.

Notes

  • Each student contributes based on participation and successful completion.
  • Participation and performance are calculated separately.
  • Course codes must be configured for accurate identification.
  • Metrics update automatically as student records change, until the school year ends.
  • CSV and PDF exports are available for reporting.

Support

Need help configuring acceleration metrics?