Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The racial achievement gap is astounding.

According to http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/dems2.pdf there were about 93 African American kids in charters in the district who scored a 5 on math and about 91 white kids, despite white kids only making up 6% of the student body at charters in those grades. In ELA, there were more white kids than black ones who scored a 5, even though whites are 5% of the enrollment (I don't know why whites were 5% for ELA and 6% for math). Is it just that well-off AA students go private and well-off white students use charters?

There just aren't that many well off AA students in the district. That would be my guess to start. Consider that 75% of the city's students are economically disadvantaged.

Maybe not well off but there are plenty of solid middle income/upper middle income black families in the city. Our school is 50% black but only 15% low income. I am AA at a charter but most of my black friends go private or WOTP. Some moved to Moco.

Anonymous wrote:The racial achievement gap is astounding.

According to http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/dems2.pdf there were about 93 African American kids in charters in the district who scored a 5 on math and about 91 white kids, despite white kids only making up 6% of the student body at charters in those grades. In ELA, there were more white kids than black ones who scored a 5, even though whites are 5% of the enrollment (I don't know why whites were 5% for ELA and 6% for math). Is it just that well-off AA students go private and well-off white students use charters?

This is quite alarming. As a mother of a black boy at a "highly regarded" charter I am concerned. My DC is smart and we have decent income ($250) but not enough to comfortably afford private.

Anonymous wrote:The racial achievement gap is astounding.

According to http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/dems2.pdf there were about 93 African American kids in charters in the district who scored a 5 on math and about 91 white kids, despite white kids only making up 6% of the student body at charters in those grades. In ELA, there were more white kids than black ones who scored a 5, even though whites are 5% of the enrollment (I don't know why whites were 5% for ELA and 6% for math). Is it just that well-off AA students go private and well-off white students use charters?

There just aren't that many well off AA students in the district. That would be my guess to start. Consider that 75% of the city's students are economically disadvantaged.

Anonymous wrote:For the poster wanting to compare DC to other states - I don't have data on all the PARCC states but I thought looking at Massachusetts schools was interesting. Boston public schools (citywide), for example, out-performed the entire state of Rhode Island (including all their suburban schools).

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/10/how-did-your-school-district-parcc/4BYDuEAfDsAO1e1a9Ouf9J/story.html

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/10/boston-lags-behind-state-parcc-scores/u42hVMzzCuNslUjfLSlIfO/story.html

Also NJ scores under 50% overall.

The racial achievement gap is astounding.

According to http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/dems2.pdf there were about 93 African American kids in charters in the district who scored a 5 on math and about 91 white kids, despite white kids only making up 6% of the student body at charters in those grades. In ELA, there were more white kids than black ones who scored a 5, even though whites are 5% of the enrollment (I don't know why whites were 5% for ELA and 6% for math). Is it just that well-off AA students go private and well-off white students use charters?

For the poster wanting to compare DC to other states - I don't have data on all the PARCC states but I thought looking at Massachusetts schools was interesting. Boston public schools (citywide), for example, out-performed the entire state of Rhode Island (including all their suburban schools).

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/10/how-did-your-school-district-parcc/4BYDuEAfDsAO1e1a9Ouf9J/story.html

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/10/boston-lags-behind-state-parcc-scores/u42hVMzzCuNslUjfLSlIfO/story.html

Anonymous wrote:Can we talk about how at smaller schools, it looks like no data was released because the classes are less than 25 students?

You won't get the breakdown by grade, but you should still be able to see the 'all grades' roll up.

In other breaking news, half of all students performed above average! Thanks for that piece of fluff.

Can we talk about how at smaller schools, it looks like no data was released because the classes are less than 25 students?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish that for education campuses, they had broken down 3-5 and 6-8.

You can look at each grade individually.

I don't think that the education campuses are generally big enough to show >25 for each grade. But for 3-5 and 6-8, they could be aggregated.

Agreed. The grade-by-grade breakdown is worthless. Row after row of <25 is not helpful.

Charter School Board Release on the PARCC Scores http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4b9716440343d09109f4ac6aa&id=1ccaf52cb2


For Immediate Release: Monday November 30, 2015
Contact: PCSB Communications

DC Public Charter Schools Show Significant Achievement in PARCC Assessment

Scores Show Many Students on Target for College and Readiness
WASHINGTON, DC - Public charter school students in Washington, DC scored at or above the District average in the new PARCC assessment, according to data released today by Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE).

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness in College and Careers (PARCC) outlines how students in grades 3 through 8 perform in two different assessments -- English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. DC had several public charter schools that showed particularly strong results.

“We’re proud of the tremendous work that public charter schools are doing in the District,” said Scott Pearson, Executive Director of the DC Public Charter School Board. “By teaching the common core state standards over the last 5 years, our schools are increasing the number of students who will be college and workforce ready when they graduate.”

All Students: By All-District and Wards
Overall, DC public charter students scored at and above the District average on ELA and Math (see chart 1 below). For ELA and Math, 25% and 26%, respectively, of public charter school students met or exceeded expectations (scoring 4 or 5) while 52% and 54%, respectively, approached, met or exceeded expectations (scoring 3, 4 or 5).

Public charter school students from all eight wards met or exceeded expectations. This includes students living in Ward 7 where 49% and 54% of the students approached, met or exceeded expectations on ELA and Math, respectively. In addition, students living in Ward 8, where 44% and 49% of the students approached, met or exceeded expectations, respectively. The ward-by-ward breakdown can be found here.

Chart 1

2015 All Students - Districtwide ELA (Grades 3-8) Math (Grades 3-8)

Districtwide Public Charter
Schools Districtwide Public Charter Schools
Level 4 & 5: Met and Exceeded Expectations 25% 25% 24% 26%
Levels 3-5: Approached, Met and Exceeded Expectations 48% 52% 50% 54%
For a breakdown on how students did in individual charter schools, please click here. More than 11,800 public charter school students took the to the English Language Arts and Math assessments.

Results by Demographic and Socio-Economic Status
Nearly four out of five students attending public charter schools are African American and one out of six are Hispanic. These populations also scored several percentage points higher than the District average (see charts 2 and 3 below).

Chart 2
2015 African American Students ELA (Grades 3-8) Math (Grades 3-8)

Citywide Public Charter
Schools Citywide Public Charter Schools
Level 4 & 5: Met and Exceeded Expectations 17% 21% 17% 22%
Levels 3-5: Approached, Met and Exceeded Expectations 41% 48% 42% 51%
Chart 3
2015 All Hispanic ELA (Grades 3-8) Math (Grades 3-8)

Citywide Public Charter
Schools Citywide Public Charter Schools
Level 4 & 5: Met and Exceeded Expectations 25% 22% 24% 21%
Levels 3-5: Approached, Met and Exceeded Expectations 48% 54% 50% 53%
Breakdowns for other demographic groups can be found here.

School Performance
There are 25 schools where the percentage of students who met or exceed expectations (scoring 4 or 5) in both ELA and Math exceeded the Districtwide average, including:
Achievement Preparatory Academy PCS - Middle
BASIS DC PCS
Center City PCS - Brightwood
Creative Minds International PCS
DC Bilingual PCS
DC Prep PCS - Benning Elementary
DC Prep PCS - Edgewood Elementary
DC Prep PCS - Edgewood Middle
District of Columbia International School
E.L. Haynes PCS - Elementary School
E.L. Haynes PCS - Middle School
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS
Eagle Academy PCS - New Jersey Avenue
Friendship PCS - Woodridge Elementary
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS
KIPP DC - KEY Academy PCS
KIPP DC - Lead Academy PCS
KIPP DC - Promise Academy PCS
KIPP DC - WILL Academy PCS
Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS
Mundo Verde Bilingual PC
Roots PCS
Two Rivers PCS
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School
Washington Yu Ying PCS
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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish that for education campuses, they had broken down 3-5 and 6-8.

You can look at each grade individually.

I don't think that the education campuses are generally big enough to show >25 for each grade. But for 3-5 and 6-8, they could be aggregated.

Anonymous wrote:I wish that for education campuses, they had broken down 3-5 and 6-8.

You can look at each grade individually.

Anonymous wrote:I wish that for education campuses, they had broken down 3-5 and 6-8.

+1 I do not understand why the ed campuses don't insist on this. The apples to oranges comparisons do not tell the actual story when one is trying to compare and contrast two schools and only one has a MS.

I wish that for education campuses, they had broken down 3-5 and 6-8.