Night Owl
July 19th, 2004, 02:26 AM
After breezing through some of the New York State Education Department's overview of school performance reports in math, language arts and science, I started thinking about how to educate parents in looking at each Buffalo school's performance percentage moreover than neighborhoods or personal preferences.
For example:
The 4th grade math performance percentage of students who 'meet the standards' at school 68 was 70% from the 02-03 school year, while the 4th grade math performance percentage of students who 'meet the standards' at school 53 is 52%
School 68, containing a 519 student enrollment, has 61% of highly qualified teachers within their 62 core classrooms. But the 408 student enrollment at school 53 has 54 core classrooms with 81% of highly qualified teachers.
How can a school containing a 20% less difference in "teaching qualifications" with almost 100 more children have a higher performance percentage in 4th grade mathematics than the one with a higher percentage of "highly qualified" teachers and less students?
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I started this as a new thread here to discuss details of Buffalo school performances, so that this topic doesn't get lost while talking about charter schools and etc.
For example:
The 4th grade math performance percentage of students who 'meet the standards' at school 68 was 70% from the 02-03 school year, while the 4th grade math performance percentage of students who 'meet the standards' at school 53 is 52%
School 68, containing a 519 student enrollment, has 61% of highly qualified teachers within their 62 core classrooms. But the 408 student enrollment at school 53 has 54 core classrooms with 81% of highly qualified teachers.
How can a school containing a 20% less difference in "teaching qualifications" with almost 100 more children have a higher performance percentage in 4th grade mathematics than the one with a higher percentage of "highly qualified" teachers and less students?
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I started this as a new thread here to discuss details of Buffalo school performances, so that this topic doesn't get lost while talking about charter schools and etc.