Short version of EdTrust presentation highlighting successful schools.

1. ACHIEVEMENT IN
AMERICA:
A Fast Briefing on Trends and
Patterns…and Their Implications
for Our Collective Future
National Defense University
Washington, DC March, 2012
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2. What We Hear Many Educators Say:
• They’re poor
• Their parents don’t care
• They come to schools without
breakfast
• Not enough books
• Not enough parents
Source: N/A
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3. But if they are right, why are low-
income students and students of
color performing so much higher in
some schools…
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4. George Hall Elementary School
Mobile, AL
• 530 Students
• 100% African American
• 99% Low-Income
Source: Alabama Department of Education
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5. Four years ago, school was lowest
performing in the district and among
the bottom few in the state. District
reconstituted—and restaffed.
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6. George Hall Elementary, Grade 5 Math
2008
96.5
100 Level IV
80
59.1
60 53.2
40
20
0
Source: Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, “Does the System succeed with All Kinds
of Kids.
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7. George Hall Elementary, Grade 5 Reading
2008
61.4
62 Level IV
60
58
56 54.7
54 53.5
52
50
48
Source: Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, “Does the System Succeed with All
Kinds of Kids.”
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8. Halle Hewetson Elementary School
Las Vegas, NV
• 962 students in grades PK – 5
– 85% Latino
– 7% African American
• 100% Low Income
• 71% Limited English
Proficient
Note: Data are for 2010-2011 school year
Source: Nevada Department of Education
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9. Big Improvement
at Halle Hewetson Elementary
Latino Students – Grade 3 Reading
100%
Percentage Meets Standards and Above
80%
78%
60%
50%
Hewetson
40% Nevada
26%
20%
7%
0%
2004 2010
Source: Nevada Department of Education
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10. High Performance Across Groups
at Halle Hewetson Elementary
Grade 3 Math (2011)
100% 95% 95%
91% 91%
Percentage Meets Standards or Advanced
80%
69%
63% 61% 61%
60%
Halle Hewetson
40%
Nevada
20%
0%
All Latino Low Income Limited English
Proficient
Source: Nevada Department of Education
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11. Exceeding Standards at
Halle Hewetson Elementary
Low-Income Students – Grade 3 Math (2011)
100%
29%
80%
Percentage of Students
63%
60%
Exceeds Standards
33%
Meets Standards
40% Approaches Standards
Emergent/Developing
28% 25%
20%
6% 14%
0% 4%
Halle Hewetson Nevada
Source: Nevada Department of Education
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12. Halle Hewetson Elementary School
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13. Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High
Elmont, New York
• 1,895 students in grades 7-12
– 77% African American
– 13% Latino
• 25% Low-Income
Source: New York Department of Education
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14. Outperforming the State at Elmont
Secondary-Level English (2010)
100% 95% 96%
93%
Percentage Meeting Standards or Above
90%
79%
80%
73%
70% 67%
60%
50%
Elmont
40%
New York
30%
20%
10%
0%
All Students African American Low-Income Students
Students
Source: New York State Department of Education
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15. Improvement and High Performance
at Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High
African-American Students – Secondary-Level Math
100% 96% 96%
93% 93% 93%
Percentage Meeting Standards or Above
90%
85%
80%
70% 64%
57% 61%
60%
51% 55%
50% 46%
Elmont
40% New York
30%
20%
10%
0%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Source: New York State Department of Education
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16. High Graduation Rates at Elmont Memorial High
School
Class of 2010
98% 99%
100% 96% 95%
Percentage of 2006 Freshmen Graduating in
89%
90%
80%
80% 73%
70% 64%
60% 58%
57%
Four Years
50%
40% Elmont
30%
New York
20%
10%
0%
Overall African Latino Economically Not
American Disadvantaged Economically
Disadvantaged
Source: New York State Department of Education
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17. Available at
Harvard
Education Press
(www.hepg.org)
or Amazon.com
Source:
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18. Very big differences at district level,
too—even in the performance of the
“same” group of students.
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19. Low-Income African American Students
do Better in Some Districts
(NAEP Reading 4th 2003)
210
200
190
180
District of Los Atlanta Chicago Cleveland National San Charlotte Houston New York Boston
Columbia Angeles Public Diego City
* There is a 19 point gap between Poor African American 4th graders in the
District of Columbia and Boston (roughly equivalent to 2 years’ worth of
learning)
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP), 2003 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment. © 2012 THE EDUCATION TRUST

20. Low-Income African American Students
do Better in Some Districts
(NAEP Math 8th 2003)
255
245
235
225
Los District of Atlanta Chicago National San Cleveland Boston Charlotte New York Houston
Angeles Columbia Public Diego City
* There is a 28 point gap between Poor African American 8th graders in
Los Angeles and Houston (roughly equivalent to 3 years’ worth of
learning)
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP), 2003 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment. © 2012 THE EDUCATION TRUST

21. Bottom Line:
At Every Level of Education,
What We Do Matters!
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22. Download this presentation.
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