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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]See the "DC Report Card Technical Guide" here: https://osse.dc.gov/page/dc-school-report-card-resource-library

p. 53 Student Group Weights

"The accountability system calculates each metric for each student group present in the school. Student 
groups with fewer than 10 students for that metric are not included. In these cases, the student groups are 
dropped from the overall metric scores. After calculating the student group metric scores, the are 
aggregated based on the weights listed in Table 12 below to come up with a single metric score used in the 
accountability score calculation.

Table 12: Student Group Weights
Student Group Percentage of Overall Score
All Students 30%
Economically Disadvantaged 40%
Race/Ethnicity 15%
Students with Disabilities 10%
English Learners 5%"[/quote]

WOAH. So the achievement of economically disadvantaged kids is not only double counted, but actually alone counts more than the achievement of ALL kids???  (But they don't count at all if there aren't 10 students. So the group that's the hardest to grow just doesn't get counted at rich schools?) On top of that, what does "race/ethnicity" mean here? Does it mean Black? Because all of the other variables are a specific group of kids, whereas "Race/ethnicity" is a category with different groups of kids... not a single group. That is, "race/ethnicity" does not have a single measure and so is not able to be averaged in like the other categories. So it may be that on top of everything else, they are counting only the achievements of one specific racial/ethnic group, but they won't even come out and say that. That is INSANE. [/quote]

They explain that in the next page of the document.

"3. Race/Ethnicity will include the following race/ethnicity groups: 
a. American Indian/Alaska Native
b. Asian
c. Black or African American
d. Hispanic or Latino
e. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
f. White
g. Two or more races. 
4. Race/ethnicity groups with fewer than ten students will be excluded from the calculation. The 15% 
race/ethnicity weights will be divided based on how many race/ethnicity groups are counted toward 
the accountability score."

So convoluted.[/quote]

But what does it mean to count all of those different groups as "15%"? [/quote]

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