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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's still 4 stars. But they have a huge racial achievement gap and their students with disabilities and at-risk students do poorly on PARCC and other schools have higher proficiency for their white students and the median growth percentile is slightly above average.

So it's a school with a population that starts out with above-average advantages, and doesn't add too much value. Thus a rating that is--like the MGP--slightly above average but not outstanding.[/quote]

This is an interesting question. I didn't find the STAR rating too revealing except to the extent that it made more apparent some phenomena that you might otherwise only notice by really digging into PARCC scores. I think the PP quoted above captured some of those phenomena (white and black students at some other schools have higher proficiency rates than they do at Brent). I do wonder about this because Brent has a very high percentage of amazing teachers and virtually none who aren't really good. And it's got good curriculums, parent support, school spirit, etc. Scattered behavioral issues, but I can't imagine other schools are any better...

Some factors that might affect scores are: 1) a dearth of test preparation (which is fine by me) and 2) an outflow of academically strong 5th graders. I've always wondered what else to ascribe slightly lower test scores to.

New principal is absolutely fantastic for examining everything and pushing for constant improvement - for kids below, at, and above grade level. So I look forward to seeing how things change in the coming years.[/quote]

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