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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of “off track” and “needs intensive support” at the elementary level. [/quote]

And what exactly will be the result of this designation? Are they actually going to GET the "intensive support" that they need?  Or is this rating just another way to dump on our poorest schools?

It shouldn't come as any surprise that the most vulnerable populations need "intensive support" to keep up with their peers. If this designation puts them in line for additional resources, I'm all for it. If it's just another label so that the more well-to-do families can avoid them, well....

Fwiw, I'm a relatively high earner but kept my kids in our local Title 1 elementary school, which is labeled Off Track in this report, because we love the community and the school. The admin and teachers are top notch, but of course there is a large segment of the school population that needs real help.  Labeling the school to scare people off doesn't help, but some additional resources really would. [/quote]
Not all of us are so magnanimous when it comes to our kids' education. Most of us appreciate a standardized scale like this to know which schools to avoid because the "vulnerable populations" will be occupying all the teachers' time.  We aren't "scared off" by the data being freely available. We actively choose the best situation for our kids because our job as parents is more important than our civic duty to help someone else's kids who isn't doing a very good job themselves.[/quote]

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