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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please do show us the research showing that the high achieving students aren't impacted in a measurable way. Easy to say, hard to prove. So will Wilson honors classes now be considered a joke to college admissions? [/quote]

The Wilson Honors for all program is based on a similar program implemented in IL in 2011.  While the data is still coming in, the reports show an increase in success in honors classes for African American and particularly Hispanic students, and no noticeable decline in success for white students. The report does not get discuss budgets, class sizes or differentiated learning models, but it is worth looking at in order to better understand what Wilson is doing.

Go to:  http://www.eths.k12.il.us/Page/755 (the last report listed). Most of the discussion starts at page 16.  The program was implemented in 2011-12 and tweaked in 2012-13.

Reading about the results of a similar program lessened my concerns about the program generally. However, implementation and data collection and analysis will be important in the next few years to assess the program's impact and success. In addition, teacher training and coordination at an administrative level will be essential.  I have heard from Wilson PTSO and LSAT members that the plan includes more PD & teacher training hours and important counselor involvement in student course selection, however with the budget cuts at Wilson now, including eliminating counselor positions, I am not sure this important component will, or can, actually happen.[/quote]

So based on incomplete reports from a relatively low-performing school in Illinois the model should be changed.  God forbid it should be altered to imitate truly high performing schools like Winston Churchill or Richard Montgomery.  :roll:[/quote]

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