Rating Schools

As previously stated in this blog, the new state report card measures student performance on tests, and labels schools on a range of how well they are "meeting expectations" based on that student achievement.

This article from the New York Times summarizes research showing a national trend of an expanding achievement gap between families living in poverty and those not.  This research clearly articulates some of the many factors that influence student achievement, and is evidence, in my opinion, that the state report card which labels our school as "meeting few expectations" is an oversimplification of a complicated process.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/education/education-gap-grows-between-rich-and-poor-studies-show.html?_r=3&src=me&ref=general

Brett