In the analysis of the Smarter Balanced Assessments, 61 percent of
magnet students met or exceeded standards in English - Language Arts (ELA), compared with 45 percent of independent charter students.
On the math assessments, 48 percent of
magnet students met or exceeded standards, while 31 percent of independent charter students hit those marks.
In the analysis of the Smarter Balanced Assessments, 61 percent of
magnet students met or exceeded...
Based on the spring results of the California Smarter Balanced assessments, the Los Angeles Unified School District recently announced that 55 percent of the district's
magnet students met or exceeded state standards in English / language arts, compared with 39 percent in charters, 33 percent in the LAUSD overall, and 44 percent in traditional schools statewide.
Not exact matches
They argue that a case built to help black and Latino
students from Hartford has also empowered white privilege, as
magnet schools covet families that are not black or Latino to
meet integration quotas.
April 7, 2016 — To better
meet the unique needs of different
students, urban districts are increasingly expanding the options available to families by providing a variety of public schools: traditional,
magnet, charter, and hybrid models.
«This new funding will allow more school districts to develop specialized theme - based
magnet programs that improve
student outcomes and
meet the demands of families.»
Prior to
meetings send information about
magnet schools to supportive groups, including evaluative data on
student academic achievement and performance.
As a public academic
magnet school within Metro Nashville Public Schools,
students must
meet academic requirements in order to qualify for MLK.
The new group, an outgrowth of a plan from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, has identified 16 charters, 8
magnets and 4 traditional schools within the district that have more than 75 percent of
students qualifying for free and reduced - price meals and more than 60 percent of
students who
meet or exceed standards for English Language Arts.
In math, 68 percent of
students at gifted
magnets met or exceeded standards.
On the English language arts portion of the test, 80 percent of
students at gifted
magnets met or exceeded standards.
In English language arts, 59 percent of
students at the non-selective
magnets met or exceeded standards and 41 percent did so in math.
Even after you take out gifted
magnet programs where
students have to
meet academic admissions requirements,
students at LA Unified's
magnet schools outperformed their peers at independent charter schools, an LA School Report analysis of district data found.
At all
magnets, 48 percent of
students met or exceeded standards, followed by the state average of 38 percent, 31 percent for LA charter schools, and 30 percent for all LA Unified
students.
LA School Report took the district's analysis and separated the 44
magnet programs or schools where
students have to
meet minimum academic requirements, known as gifted or highly gifted
magnets.
Anderson and her top staff have begun
meeting with community leaders, educators and others to start rolling out the new high school redesign, under which families and
students who do not get into the district's selective
magnet schools will still have options within the city.
Magnet schools are monitored to ensure that they are
meeting the first half of their mission and are promoting a fully integrated learning environment, but how can a parent determine if a
magnet school is
meeting the second half of its mission and is providing its
students with a quality education?
In order to
meet demand from CPS
students and families, we are increasing access to high - performing schools and expanding the number of seats in
magnet, selective enrollment, International Baccalaureate and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs.
Funding will be awarded to non-selective, high - performing
magnet, pilot, or traditional schools where at least half of the
students met or exceeded proficiency in English or math on state tests.
Garfield Computer Science
Magnet, a high school
magnet in East Los Angeles, is one such school, with 94 % of
students qualifying for FRPM and 77 % of those
students meeting or exceeding the English Language Arts standard.
The grants will be awarded to non-selective, high - performing
magnet, pilot, or traditional schools where at least half of the
students met or exceeded proficiency in English or math on state tests.
The grants were available to expand non-selective, high - performing
magnet, pilot or traditional schools where at least half of the
students met or exceeded proficiency in English or math on state tests and the school as a whole performed significantly better in math and English than surrounding schools with similar demographics.
The funding is available to non-selective, high - performing
magnet, pilot or traditional schools where at least half the
students meet or exceed proficiency in English or math on state tests.
This issue of The
Magnet Compass discusses strategic enrollment management to help you to build a comprehensive approach to serving
students, to help your
magnet program
meet its goal of preparing diverse
students to achieve at high levels in college and career, to sustain the
magnet mission and brand, and to build long - term loyalty and trust among stakeholders.
In the recent Smater Balanced statewide tests,
magnets outperformed the district's independent charter schools in nearly every major category, although the demographics of
magnets vs. independent charters do not match up evenly, and some
magnet schools are for highly - gifted
students, which requires them to
meet certain academic criteria for enrollment.
In 2011 - 12, a majority of
magnet schools and technical schools were «integrated,» as measured by the standard set forth in the 2008 settlement agreement of the landmark Sheff v. O'Neill school desegregation case: a school with a
student body composed of between 25 % and 75 % minority
students... In contrast, only 18 % of charter schools
met the Sheff standard.
I have a sense that the
magnets do a better job but that may also be due — in part — to access to transportation and the fact that
magnets must
meet the same standards as general public schools — thereby making it easier for ELL or special needs
students to get the extra services that they need.