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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It favors the poorly performing schools.  When you are at the bottom, the only way is to go up.

When you are at the top, there is no more growth and you are either stagnant or go down.

That is why the high performing schools with many more higher performing kids don’t have as good growth scores.  It doesn’t mean kids are not learning or doing well.

My kid scores 95-98% on math on standardized testing.  Highest percentile in group but terrible growth scores.  No surprises there.  Not much area to improve.

I don’t look at growth scores at all.  I look at the total percentages of kids above grade level to see if there is a cohort of kids and I look at total percentages of kids on/above grade level to see if that represents majority of kids (so at least grade level content can be taught).

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However, even at schools where the majority of students are at or above grade level, there will still be students who are before grade level. The student growth metric will measure how well the school facilitates growth in these students. If a school is not helping these students achieve significant growth to proficiency, that is vital information for families evaluating the school for kids who are not already performing at or above grade level. It is an indication the school may not serve kids who are below grade level well. that doesn't mean the school doesn't do other things well, but that's a very important metric for many parents.[/quote]

But can you actually see that in the metric? At schools like this, doesn't the growth (or lack thereof) of the majority of students who are at grade level wash out what's happening with the minority of students who are not at grade level?[/quote]

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