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[quote=Anonymous]OP - the data is within MCPS it just isn't easily compiled for the general public.

The data that you want is several reports 1-  PARCC , 2-MAP, 2-county-wide exams (to the extent that they still exist) and 3-graduation rate. You would pull these comparing FARMS/NON-FARMS and comparing race.I would do YOY for the last 10 years.

Within MCPS the data doesn't really show what you would it to show (assuming that you want it show that low income kids do better in schools with with less than 20% or 30% FARMS or that AA/hispanic students do better in schools with less than 20%-30% FARMS within MCPS). There are more schools within MCPS that disprove this hypothesis than prove it.

My guess is that this new pivot toward talking about the socio-emotional benefit of diversity (which is difficult to prove or disprove with data) and away from talking about a more data driven achievement gap metric is more about self preservation for MCPS than any desire to help anyone. MCPS fears having schools that appear failing. They seem to have entirely accepted that lots of kids will fail but as long as they can blunt and hide those failures then they go on their merry way.

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