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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's interesting how Stokes is one of the few schools that has most kids getting 4+ on both tests yet underperforms for 3+ given its at risk percentage. That indicates a significant achievement gap: mostly 4s and 5s but also more 1s and 2s than one might expect. If I were considering the school I would want to know how it works with such a range of students.[/quote]

Stokes is a small school that can lead to some variation in the data. Not sure if why you would pick out Stokes, but here is some data that shows why Stokes is doing better than other well regarded schools.

- For economically disadvantaged kids scoring 3+ on ELA Stokes Brookland is 14 points higher than Janney and 18 points than Mann.

- For Black students there are a total of 6 ES in all of DC that have higher 3+ scores on the ELA portion.  There are too many WOTP schools scoring lower to list, but Janney is 28 points lower.

- For Black students there are only 18 ES that have higher 3+ scores for math.  Not as good there, but still 10 points above Janney.

So why would you call out Stokes and not Janney for achievement gaps?  If I were a family of a Black child, I would think Stokes is a fine option.   [/quote]

Stokes is an outlier for 3+ given its at-risk percentage. Ross and Janney are 5% at risk and have 3+ math scores of 95%. Shepherd is 7% at-risk and has 85% at 3+. Stokes is 6% at risk and has 69% 3+, which is good but quite different. There are clearly a lot of students scoring 4s and 5s, but also nearly a third of kids scoring 1s and 2s. That is an achievement gap--not necessarily one tied to a specific race or at-risk status, but a gap that teachers have to address. At Janney, a class of 20 would have one kid scoring a 1 or 2 in math and 16 kids scoring a 4 or 5; at Stokes, that same sized class has 6 kids scoring 1s and 2s and 9 kids scoring 4s and 5s. I think it would be harder to teach the Stokes class, especially given the bilingual curriculum. So if I were deciding between the two (realizing most people have very different choices) I would want to know how Stokes is handling that difficulty. It's not a slam on Stokes, which as you say does better with certain populations than many schools. [/quote]

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