But the strategy chosen by the school did not appear to make much difference
in student proficiency rates, according to the federal analysis, as they all made about the same progress.
• In 2009, New Leaders principals were twice as likely as other principals to oversee 20 plus point
gains in student proficiency scores in their schools.
Buffalo Public school students registered a small
increase in student proficiency of 1.4 - perent in ELA's, bringing the total student proficiency to 17.8 - percent.
Henry said his evaluation of North Carolina's school turnaround efforts (known as TALAS, or Turning Around North Carolina's Lowest - Achieving Schools) finds that most of the 118 low - performing schools that have been targeted saw quick
improvements in student proficiency on state exams — 2,156 students were proficient who wouldn't have been otherwise, said Henry.
What is particularly impressive is the performance of the School of Science and Technology in San Antonio, where the percent
difference in student proficiency rates in math between the school and the state of Texas was a whopping
With 24 years of educational experience as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, director, and regional superintendent, in 2013, she successfully led the Memphis City Schools» Innovation Zone (iZone) to dramatic improvements
in student proficiency scores by surpassing state proficiency scores in all subjects.
Compared with other charters statewide, these schools had far lower performance in API scores, English and Math proficiency, and lost ground over
time in student proficiency rates.
The long - standing K — 12 academic standards developed by individual states have come under increasing scrutiny and criticism because of the standards» varying quality and the resulting wide disparities
in student proficiency as measured under No Child Left Behind and highlighted by National Assessment of Educational Progress scores.
A recent Daily News analysis found that 33 Renewal schools showed
gains in student proficiency, 29 schools remained stable, and 32 schools showed decreases in student achievement.