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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The percentage of kids below/at grade level really is not a function of how effective the school is.  SO many students arrive at middle school incredibly far behind where they should be.  This is a function of so many factors, including quality of elementary school education, pandemic, socioeconomic status, etc. While there is still a lot of progress to be made, the school was recognized earlier this school year for math and reading growth that exceeds other middle schools.[/quote]

This. Middle school PARCC scores are just not a very informative metric. A middle school only has three years with each kid, best case scenario, to make up for them being many years behind when they come in. Look to growth metrics and other quality indicators such as retention and published student work.[/quote]

When, after three years, the data looks like this, you are not doing an effective job:

Proficiency rates for 8th grade at EH:
ELA: 15 of 75 (20%)
Math (8th grade): data suppressed (<5%)
Math (Algebra 1): data suppressed[/quote]

I think this was from a weird  post-covid year where there was a lot of attrition in 8th grade. [/quote]

Somebody grabbed these stats from the thread on EH/SH/Jefferson. SH and Jefferson looked much better in comparison. Why did EH see this drop but not SH or Jefferson? Something different in the COVID response?[/quote]

Not sure all of the variables that impact enrollment at any school, but it is probably relevant that Eliot Hine was getting their modernization from July 2018 - September 2021. Also, the current principal started in 2018 (or 2019, I forget), and I believe when she started she was the third principal in three years. So between modernization, trailers, leadership change, COVID/virtual school, I imagine some families peeled off at certain points. As somebody who just entered the school this year with my sixth grader, I know a lot of 8th grade families this year who have been there since 6th, so it seems to me that all of those external variables have stabilized. Also the population of the school has grown a lot in the past few years- I don't have the numbers on me now, but with the added enrollment the staff has grown, clubs, sports, etc. [/quote]

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