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Okay, I looked a bit more and now see what you are talking about.  The fact that the different groups have different growth percentiles doesn't say anything about those groups per se.  But it does show how white students, who in DC are almost entirely middle/high income, grow in school performance at a faster rate than the average black student in DC, who, on average, are significantly lower income.  This is the achievement gap, playing out over time as the two groups grow further apart.  So focusing on schools which are better able to actually show growth among lower income students, is an appropriate focus for the PMF.  I do wonder if they do an "in-group" growth percentile analysis?  This has to be in education statistics literature somewhere.

It's a very interesting point, thanks for noticing that![/quote]

I think it is a worthy goal to close the achievement gap by growing low income, black, special ed, etc. kids faster. The PMF is the basis for a lot of high stakes decisions -- closure, replication, etc. A Tier 2 school that is serving at-risk, low-income black kids in Ward 8 isn't going to be eligible for replication even if they are outperforming other schools in their area and their students are outperforming similar students. [/quote]

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