Schools Doing Best Educating At-risk students - 2019 version

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Anonymous wrote:[Disclaimer - I do not work for or with the firm that did this analysis. I just find it interesting.]

Empower K12, and education data firm, analyzed the 2019 PARCC scores to see which schools with high percentages of high needs students are performing better than expected for at-risk students. You will not see Wilson feeders, or so-called HRCs on this list, because their at-risk percentages are too low. The 28 schools they recognize as "2019 Bold Performance Schools" educate 10,700 students combined.

List of schools: https://empowerk12.org/

Summary of methodology:

We analyzed the 2019 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) data and found that at-risk concentration was the most predictive indicator of school-wide PARCC proficiency. Almost 45% of DC students tested in Spring 2019 were considered at-risk. The more at-risk students a school serves, the fewer the number who met expectations on PARCC, our analysis found. Other factors with a statistically significant impact on a school’s proficiency rate after controlling for percent at-risk served include percent special education, English language learners, race, and grade-level configuration. The 2019 model for Bold Performance includes all factors with a statistically significant impact, with at-risk contributing the most weight.

Arenn't they like rewarding themselves consulting services, also no real data, downloaded report and pretty meaningless : (

We must be looking at different reports. It's a pretty simple analysis - the schools with at-risk students performing above expectations - but the data is there. Probably not important to some, but important and meaningful nonetheless.

Did you actually read the reports per schools to find out what they are doing, no substantive information or data or sharing of best practices. Even checked out some of the tech that some schools said they were using, and very underwhelming indeed. What exactly are we promoting or celebrating here, who is this company? Supporting and selecting their own based on what...?

Based on PPAE - percent proficient above expectations. Seriously, did you actually read any of the available information?

I sure did, I studied it in great depth...but data analysis of strategies that were successful with at-risk students were pretty shallow

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Yay for H.D. Cooke!

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The problems with charter schools are always the problems with charter schools. They COUNCIL KIDS OUT" and demand teachers pledge an unrealistic commitment and so they will almost ALWAYS fare better than most neighborhood schools.

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Anonymous wrote:The problems with charter schools are always the problems with charter schools. They COUNCIL KIDS OUT" and demand teachers pledge an unrealistic commitment and so they will almost ALWAYS fare better than most neighborhood schools.

Do you mean "counsel"? Kids are doing fine in my charter school as are the teachers. If I didn't want to be here, I'd leave. If we have good results, people like you say it's because the teachers are being unfairly treated not because we are good. The teachers in my school are GREAT and so are our results. Stop trying to diminish the work of charter teachers by suggesting the only reason there are results is because students are counseled out or because the teachers are treated unfairly.