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In NYC, more F schools than A schools in good standing with NCLB
Sep 25, 2008 10:43 AM
This is a Sept. 16 posting from the education blog www.eduwonkette.com. It is being reprinted with permission.
Some of you have asked what fraction of New York City schools receiving each Progress Report grade are in good standing with No Child Left Behind. As a refresher, NCLB labels schools in need of improvement based on overall proficiency. NYC’s system is based 60 percent on year-to-year growth, 25 percent on proficiency, 5 percent on attendance, and 10 percent on surveys.
Given these differences, perhaps you won’t be surprised to find that a higher fraction of F schools are in good NCLB standing than are A schools:
- 74 percent of A schools are in good standing with NCLB
- 67 percent of B schools are in good standing with NCLB
- 69 percent of C schools are in good standing with NCLB
- 48 percent of D schools are in good standing with NCLB
- 89 percent of F schools are in good standing with NCLB
What if we just look at the “performance grade,” aka the proficiency grade, that each school received, and see how that maps on to NCLB good standing? Recall that this year, schools also were given separate grades for the performance, progress and environment categories. I guess the peculiar results below are a function of the fact that schools are being compared to peer groups, but here’s what I’ve got:
- 86 percent of A schools based on proficiency are in good standing with NCLB
- 60 percent of B schools are in good standing with NCLB
- 60 percent of C schools are in good standing with NCLB
- 51 percent of D schools are in good standing with NCLB
- 75 percent of F schools are in good standing with NCLB
