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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alexandria Times, March 17, 2022
Your Views: Times columnists need viewpoint diversity
https://alextimes.com/2022/03/your-views-times-columnists-need-viewpoint-diversity/

"....I was disheartened to learn that no economically disadvantaged student – or perhaps one, concealed by rounding – at my neighborhood elementary school, Naomi L. Brooks, earned a passing grade in science last year. According to the Virginia Department of Education, the share of economically disadvantaged students at Naomi Brooks who passed science declined from 47% in 2018-2019 to 0% in 2020-2021; mathematics dropped from 39% to 3%.

At Alexandria City High School, these figures decline from 56% to 26% and 58% to 28%, respectively. With no irony, the ACPS website header features “Equity for All” in large type. We have a duty to foster educational excellence and to hold public officials accountable for the same.

Alexandria’s education leaders use this platform to pay lip service to unspecified equity goals rather than leading with concrete actions addressing the gravest scandal in our city: the staggering achievement gap among our most vulnerable children...."[/quote]

[b]I think we can agree that last year’s scores were outliers for obvious reasons. [/b]I’m more interested in what happens this year and next. Economically disadvantaged children were less likely during virtual learning to actually attend class and do the work. They were less likely to have someone at home making sure they weren’t just joining the meeting and then going off and playing video games. Plenty of advantaged kids did that too, but the affects weren’t as significant in many cases. [/quote]

I agree, last year's (2020-2021) score were outliers. BUT the pre-covid scores were pretty awful too. And that's where the systemic problems come in, ACPS has been failing the most vulnerable kids for years.

Using Brooks as the example again, pre-pandemic only 42% economically disadvantaged kids were proficient in reading and and 39% in math. And looking at the other ES that are considered "good schools", George Mason was at 38% in reading and 46% in math. Barrett looked like rockstars by breaking 50% at 54% for reading and 58% for math. These kids have been failed for years, well before the covid shut downs. [/quote]

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