Well, the achievement gap is in the news again from a presentation on April 16 on high school students. Here is the link if you want to read it all;
The data sums up this way;
GRAD Pass Rate Predictions
› Writing Hold steady or decrease slightly
› Reading May improve slightly compared to 2011
› Math May improve slightly compared to 2011
› GAP May improve slightly for all 3 subjects
Growth Rate Fall 2011 to Winter 2012
› Reading and Math is Similar to national average
› For low scoring students Above national average
Reading growth
Improved overall and for 3 of 5 subgroups
Math growth:
Improved overall and for 5 of 5 subgroups
So the news doesn’t sound great but it isn’t terrible either.
April 24, 2012 at 1:46 am |
Interesting information!?