School Profile

Chestnut TAG Middle School

About Chestnut TAG Middle School

The selective Chestnut TAG provides a rigorous, standards-based instructional program that accelerates all students’ learning. TAG values the importance of equity through a culturally responsive curriculum that affirms all aspects of student and staff identities.
Students must meet entrance criteria and provide recommendations for admission.

Scroll down the page to view Chestnut TAG’s performance data.

Overall Performance

​These metrics show student performance on a national assessment on Reading and Math at this school and how that compares against other similar schools in the Springfield Empowerment Zone. Change from last year shows if this metric has improved or worsened from the previous school year.

Metric

Reading

Change From Last Year

Math

Change From Last Year

Description

% Students Met Growth Goals

57%

62%

SEZP uses a nationwide test each year called MAP to measure student growth in Math and Reading. This measure looks at what percentage of students met the growth goals set for them based on their trajectory. ​

Zone Growth Average

50%

57%

Percentage of students that met MAP growth targets across the entire empowerment zone for comparison

Stakeholder Perception

These metrics show how different groups perceive the school and how that compares against other similar schools in the Springfield Empowerment Zone. Ideally, everyone would feel that they are happy with their experience of the school. Change from last year shows if this metric has improved or worsened from the previous school year.

Group

Percent

Change From Last Year

Description

All Students

99%

Percentage of 8th grade students who say teachers set high expectations for work

All Students

52%

No change

Percentage of 8th grade students who are comfortable reaching out to teachers/counselors for emotional support

All Families

65%

Percentage of families who would recommend the school to other families

All Educators

59%

Percentage of educators who would recommend working at the school

Equitable Outcomes For All Students

These metrics show the percentage of students who met growth goals in reading and math by subgroups to convey equitable outcomes. Change from last year shows if the metric has improved or worsened from the previous school year. Included is a comparison against other similar schools in the Springfield Empowerment Zone.

Group

Reading

Overall Zone Avg: 50%

Change From Last Year

Math

Overall Zone Avg: 57%

Change From Last Year

Overall

57%

62%

​↑

Exceptional Learners

*

*

*

*

Emerging Bilinguals

*

*

*

*

Black / African-American

55%

51%

Latinx / Hispanic

57%

65%

Groups with lower representation in Springfield (Asian, American Indian, Pacific Islander, White, and Multi-racial)

58%

66%

Male

51%

No change

57%

Female

62%

67%

​↑

* Minimum number of students not met

School Demographics By Group

This shows % of staff within each role broken out by race and ethnicity compared to the student population at the school. Research shows that student performance improves when the teaching staff more closely matches that of the student population they serve. SEZP strives to continually improve its representation of staff of color and to make sure that all students are receiving a rigorous education.

Group

Students

Leaders

Teachers

Latinx / Hispanic

59%

33%

29%

Black / African-American

23%

0%

36%

White

12%

67%

32%

Groups with lower representation in Springfield (Asian, American Indian, Pacific Islander, White, and Multi-racial)

6%

0%

3%

For more school information, you can visit the DESE School Profile here.

What is the school doing to improve outcomes?

  • Developing and then using a guided lesson planning protocol to develop teacher proficiency for aggressively monitoring rigor and student ownership of the learning, as measured by classroom observations of implementation and use of the resulting data
  • Developing Instructional Leadership Team capacity to analyze, support, and refine approaches to aggressive monitoring and Professional Learning Community (PLC) protocol as measured by benchmarks for effective implementation and improvement
  • Implementing responsibility-centered discipline (RCD) practices to align with restorative practices using a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) lens by all staff in the building as measured by walkthrough observations and corresponding data collection
  • Creating structured systems that strengthen student and family decision making as measured by Insight survey data
School Plan

How can you partner with us?

  • Attend our academic showcase and other community-building events
  • Participate in our student-led family conferences
  • Learn more about how you can help our school: contact Rosa Santiago, Family Engagement Coordinator, at santiagoro@springfieldpublicschools.com or 413-750-2333 ext 41823

School Information:
chestnuttag.com
413-750-2333

Rosa Santiago, Family Engagement Coordinator
santiagoro@springfieldpublicschools.com
413-750-2333 ext 41823