What's the Impact of Drop-Out Rates on High School Proficiency Scores?

Laura Waters:

Today's Trenton Times reports on a recent Trenton School Board meeting at which board members puzzled over seemingly conflicting test scores: high school students performed better on standardized tests last year but younger students did worse than in previous years.

Specifically, last year 38% of high school students taking the HSPA reached proficiency in math and 65% reached proficiency in language art, an increase from the previous year. But at grades 3 -8, scores were flat, less than 50% proficient, and sometimes much lower than 50% proficient. Board President Toby Sanders complained about the district's lack of academic leadership:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 16, 2012 1:12 AM
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