Brent, Maury & Watkins Trend-lines

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking at the data for 2011. Data order total, non econ dis, white

Brent: tested 87 students, 56 non econ dis (64%), 16 white (18%)
Reading pass rate: 75.87%, 78.57%, 93.75%
Math pass rate: 62.07, 66.07, 81.25

Maury: tested 64 students, 25 non econ dis (39%), 2 white (3%)
Reading pass rate: 37.51, 53.85, white not reported
Math pass rate: 45.31, 40.00, white not reported

Watkins: tested 212 students, 146 (69%) non econ, 59 (28%) white.
Reading pass rate: 62.73%, 73.97, 86.44
Math pass rate: 61.32, 73.97, 84.74

It seems there was a big discrepancy in the reading scores of Brent. Why so?
Maury's scores look pretty bad.

"discrepancy"??? How so?

[Anonymous]

A big difference between 75.87%, 78.57% and 93.75%. Don't you think?

[Anonymous]

The school is similar to Deal in Demographics, and the discrepancy reflects it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A big difference between 75.87%, 78.57% and 93.75%. Don't you think?

Disadvantaged Brent kids do better than most of the city - economic integration versus concentrations of poverty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A big difference between 75.87%, 78.57% and 93.75%. Don't you think?

Disadvantaged Brent kids do better than most of the city - economic integration versus concentrations of poverty.

Yep. It's a snapshot of the future of the city as DC's poverty rate continues to fall towards a more manageable level.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/2011/11/fewer-dc-households-received-food-stamps-last-year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A big difference between 75.87%, 78.57% and 93.75%. Don't you think?

Looks like it is par for the course: Watkins has similar differences in those categories

[Anonymous]

Maury's scores have less discrepancy - they hover at about 38.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A big difference between 75.87%, 78.57% and 93.75%. Don't you think?

Looks like it is par for the course: Watkins has similar differences in those categories

Really? What are Watkins' scores exactly? Are you saying they've cracked 3/4 proficient for the first time in history??