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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Deal feeders, at risk %

Janney 5, 0%                               [b]88.43, 70.10[/b]
Hearst 4, 8%                                [b]77.32, 60.95[/b]
Murch 4, 5%                                [b]79.85, 58.63[/b]
Lafayette 4, 3%                            [b]78.00, 69.25[/b]
Shepherd 4, 15%                          [b]71.61, 76.25[/b]
Bancroft 4, 31%                            [b]80.16, < 10 AA students[/b]
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PP here.  I was interested in how AA students perform at these schools.  I've added the Star Framework score for all students, followed by score for black students, for each school.

Overall, it looks like Shepherd has the best score for AA students.  However, they don't offer breakdowns for "at-risk" etc. within subgroups, and so it's unclear whether the higher score at Shepherd is attributable to something about instruction, demographic factors, or a combination.

I did this quickly, but hopefully no errors.[/quote]

Oh, and forgot to add, it's curious why the score for AA students at Shepherd is actually [u]higher[/u] than the score for all students--this is the only Deal feeder where that is true.  I need to read a fuller description of how these scores were calculated.[/quote]

Um why do you find that curious? Do you know anything about Shepherd and the families that live in that neighborhood, or do you just assume that all AAs underperform compared to whites? [/quote]

PP here.  I'm black, IB for Shepherd, and was actively involved while my kid attended for several years, so I'm familiar with the student body.  The reason I said it's "curious" is because Shepherd is actually 57% OOB, 15% at-risk, and 2% homeless--so it's a very mixed, SES-diverse student body.

This data point would suggest to me that there's something about the instruction at Shepherd that's leading to higher ratings among the black students relative to any other Deal feeder, but I'm interested to hear other possible explanations too. [/quote]

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