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[quote=Anonymous]The Nytimes has a way to compare across districts and states. A group at Stanfrod took all the standardized testing data from 3rd-8th and did statistical magic on it to make them "equivalent" to detect _growth_ in achievement over time for the average student.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/05/upshot/a-better-way-to-compare-public-schools.html

Washington DC kids "grew" 5.1 years between 3rd-8th
Mont. Cty grew 5.0 years
Fairfax Cty grew 4.9 yrs

Note, of course, that the average Washington DC kid starts a lot lower than the average Fairfax kid, so take that for what you will.

Somehow Lexington Mass kids, despite starting high, grow 6.3 years.  Perhaps it's due to lots of Kumon or Russian School of Math after school? Or maybe the school district is actually much better.

For data on individual elementary schools within a district, you can look on greatschools for "growth" scores at the individual school level. I konw in my state (PA) indidvidual school growth scores can also be found on a state website. This gives you some insight into how much the kids improve between 3rd-5th on math and ELA in that school. (Which might not be the same as actually being a great school, but is an interesting data point.)[/quote]

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