Student & School Performance
John F. Kennedy High, Oakland Elementary, Rocky Mountain Prep Noel, and Academy 360 earned or maintained higher preliminary state ratings this year.
But Colorado Education Commissioner Susana Córdova said “too many students are still attending schools that are struggling to meet their needs.”
The comparison comes as Superintendent Alex Marrero’s future with Denver Public Schools has been questioned. He says he’s committed to Denver and is developing a new strategic plan for 2030.
Newark Public Schools students are improving faster than 93% of districts nationwide but are still two grade levels behind, according to a new report.
Teach For America New Jersey gathered Newark leaders to address the urgent goal of ensuring every child in the state reads on grade level.
How "Mamma Mia!" became an emblem for John F. Kennedy High School’s battle to stay open. “Knowing what’s happening to the school, I feel like that’s just pushing us to work harder,” one student said.
He’s one of the only top Democrats talking about schools, but his track record is controversial
Abraham Lincoln High has been on the state watchlist for low performance longer than any school in Denver. But Lincoln boosted its state rating to ‘yellow’ this year at a challenging time for the Hispanic community it serves.
Here’s what we know, don’t know, and need to know about American students' academic performance.
Denver Public Schools has a new policy that calls for closing low-performing schools. But the state recently raised the ratings for 2 DPS schools, sparing them from closure under that policy.
Many have claimed that there’s been a generational pivot away from college, but the data doesn’t back that up.
The new accountability system used to measure school quality and improvement would include five labels: Exemplary, Commendable, Approaching, Developing, and Comprehensive.
Last fall, State Superintendent Tony Sanders flagged the disconnect between steady standardized test declines at high school level and the rise in graduation rates as a concern . But this week, he said he's not worried.
There have been some Southern success stories, though we’re still figuring out what drove them.
However, more school districts have landed on the state accountability clock, a watchlist that ticks toward intervention.
Students did better on the SAT. But student proficiency on the PSAT was a mixed bag.
Some subgroups, most notably English learners, have extremely low proficiency rates on state tests.
The Illinois State Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to approve new cut scores for the ACT, the Illinois Assessment of Readiness, and the Illinois Science Assessment. The changes will boost the percentage of students considered proficient — but will make comparisons to past years nearly impossible.
The cut scores for English language arts and math will be lowered, resulting in more students labeled as proficient, while science cut scores will go up, resulting in fewer students being considered proficient.
Parents can find out their child’s CMAS scores by going to the state’s Family Portal.