Under the new plan, schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has invited principals from every public school in the city to create new enrollment targets for
student subgroups.
The results are mixed, with Teach to One students outperforming their traditional - school peers on average, but with
some student subgroups and some school implementations showing less - than - stellar results.
By 2022 - 23, Indiana wants to reduce by half the gap between the proficiency rates of all students and
student subgroups and 100 percent.
In Texas, and under NCLB nationwide, holding schools accountable for the performance of
every student subgroup has proven to be a mixed blessing.
By 2030, 75 percent of all students and
student subgroups score at least proficient (a level 3 or 4) on the state E / LA and math exams.
The state wants 80 percent of all students and
student subgroups to score at a level demonstrating that they are on track for postsecondary readiness by 2024 - 25, based on state tests; also wants all students and
student subgroups to graduate at a 90 percent clip by the same year.
By 2024 - 25, the state wants 76 percent of all students and
all student subgroups to show proficiency on the state E / LA exam, and 71 percent of all students and
all student subgroups to do the same on the state math exam.
The goal applies to all students and
all student subgroups.
The state plans to set goals on the state reading and math tests for all students and several
student subgroups by the 2023 - 24 school year; overall, the state's goal is to reduce «the number of nonproficient students for all students and for each subgroup of students by 33 percent» within six years.
The state wants 70 percent of all students and
all student subgroups to be proficient by 2024 - 25, in both English / language arts and math.
Annual average improvement target of 2.5 percentage point gains in achievement on state reading and math tests between 2018 and 2025 for all students and
student subgroups; plan includes goal of reaching a graduation rate of 90 percent by 2025 for all students and
student subgroups
By the same year, the state wants a 95 percent graduation rate for all districts, all students, and
all student subgroups.
The law itself set a high bar for these indicators, saying that they must be «valid, reliable, and reportable statewide»; they would also need to be able to be disaggregated at the school level by
student subgroup.
Hence, it is of particular interest to understand the effect of NCLB accountability on specific
student subgroups.
The effectiveness - based layoffs result in fewer layoff notices and are much more equitably distributed across
student subgroups; black students in particular are only marginally more likely to have been in a classroom with a teacher who received a layoff notice under this system.
The NGA / NCSL proposal would require short - and long - term goals at the state and
student subgroup level.
We fear that putting students with disabilities, English language learners and minority students into one «super subgroup» will mask the individual needs of these distinct
student subgroups and will prevent schools from tailoring interventions appropriately.
The Ed Trust proposal would also require achievement targets for districts, schools, and
student subgroups.
He found no detectable benefit from mandated class size reduction — either for students in general or for
any student subgroup, racial, ethnic, or level of disadvantage.
It would require statewide and gap - closing goals that are then translated into performance targets for districts, schools, and
student subgroups.
As with schools, that determination must be based not just on overall student achievement, but also on the performance of
student subgroups, broken down by categories such as race and ethnicity.
Across grades and different
student subgroups, the Coleman study found that most of the variation in student achievement is within rather than between schools, but a larger share of the variation is found between schools in earlier grades and among more disadvantaged subgroups.
In education, that phenomenon explains why some aggregate trend lines look flat or worse, even though
every student subgroup is improving, because of the changing demographic composition of the total student population (e.g., lower - scoring Latino students are gradually replacing higher - scoring white students).
First, it would all but eliminate school - level information about the learning of
student subgroups, as testing only a single grade in each school often results in sample sizes for groups such as English learners or blacks that are too small to yield reliable information for the school as a whole.
States should continue to be required to gather this information and to report on it disaggregated by
student subgroup.
Among
student subgroups, the study also finds that «grade configuration has a larger effect on the math scores of traditionally disadvantaged subgroups than on other students.
The primary aims of this study are to document the process of moving towards new, integrated systems in each of these cities; to highlight which strategies moved the cities forward in creating these systems and what barriers the cities encountered; to examine how these cities incorporated the needs of students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from different economic backgrounds into their system designs; to understand how students, teachers, and parents, and others experience elements of the new system and how these experiences differed for students with special needs; and to document quantitative outcomes on a range of measures, disaggregated by
student subgroup.
With English - language learners as the special focus of this year's report, it also, for the first time, provides 50 - state information on this diverse and growing
student subgroup,...
The second group, Focus schools, consists of schools in which the gaps in achievement or graduation rates among
student subgroups specified in the ESEA statute are greatest or the achievement or graduation rates among these subgroups are lowest.
The second report also found that the increase in graduation rates applied to
every student subgroup examined, and that SSC graduation effects were sustained even after five years from the time sample members entered high school.
To what extent are changes in understandings, support, and practice related to improved student learning, and how does that differ for
student subgroups, and for ELA and math, in elementary and high school?
These include openness with achievement data for
all student subgroups and collaboration with other districts to improve student achievement.
Monitor assessment results by
student subgroups to ensure schools are receiving the resources and instruction necessary to enhance student learning and eliminate achievement gaps.
While this replaces the statutory approach of basing all accountability decisions on the separate performance of numerous
student subgroups, including students from low - income families, the assessment results for all of these «disadvantaged»
student subgroups designated in the ESEA statute must be reported each year and must be taken into account in determining performance consequences for public schools.
Several EdSource stories have highlighting the pros and cons of the dashboard, as well as new «5 × 5 reports» that show how well schools or
student subgroups are doing in specific categories.
Ensure that all students in tested grades are included in the assessment and accountability system, hold schools and districts accountable for the performance of
each student subgroup and include all schools and districts;
In the last few years, state longitudinal data systems (SLDS) have improved and become more accessible, offering an unprecedented opportunity to examine CTE participation by occupational field and
student subgroup over time from high school into college and the workforce.
Oakland Unified is one of 28 districts that could face state intervention if at least three
student subgroups don't improve in the next two years.
Closes the gap in student achievement in English / language arts and mathematics for
all student subgroups by 50 percent by 2023.
County offices of education are working with districts identified for «differentiated assistance» due to poor performance by
student subgroups.
How do these practices differ for
student subgroups, such as students with disabilities, English language learners, and low - achieving students?
When Dashboard indicators identify
student subgroups as low performing or low growth, districts are encouraged to engage in a process of continuous improvement to develop strategies and then monitor their effectiveness.
Most states now combine
student subgroups, previously identified by race, ethnicity, economic disadvantage, special education, and English language learner status, into opaque «super-subgroups» that are very purposefully less transparent.
Overall, however, the scales performed well along this dimension, both overall and for important
student subgroups such as English language learners and students with disabilities.
One study in North Carolina finds null results overall and some negative results for
student subgroups for a similar approach implemented as part of that state's Race to the Top program.
Part of their job will be to assemble «a repository of practices that are most effective in improving performance of
student subgroups,» Cohn said.
Using the NY State Assessments in evaluations allows us to meaningfully compare teacher performance statewide, which helps policymakers know which students need help or which teachers serving particular
student subgroups may need additional support.
Efforts to improve school attendance and reduce dropout rates are part of the larger effort to increase achievement and close performance gaps between
student subgroups.
A Tier 3 school that has implemented targeted supports for more than three years, but has not improved the performance of the same
student subgroup compared to the «all students» group will be classified as Tier 4 and qualify for comprehensive supports.
The super subgroups combined smaller subgroups of low - performing or disadvantaged students, but Ed Week notes that «civil rights advocates argued they allowed states to mask the performance of
some student subgroups.»