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You can't talk about racial equality without ability, and you can't talk about ability unless you can measure it. When it comes to mental and academic ability, testing is the only way to do this, and the two school of thought are that tests are a great way to show this, or that any test that shows any differences between groups is evil.
In my judgement, these tests are an excellent way to show that the real reason for racial inequality is real differences in demonstratable, if not "inherent" abilities. The one with the best math skills and vocabulary and reading comprehension is going to make more money and be more powerful, period. Black income may be unfair compared to education level, but when black test scores typically lag by 3 to 4 years, income differences vanish when we correct for actual skills measured by standardized tests
These tests show that if you break down schools by race, it's not just that whites are better because they go to the best districts, but Asians do as well as much better districts, and Blacks almost always do much poorer than white, no matter how good the district is, and that has never been documented before anywhere except for right here. However, test scores also show the handful of institutions that produce high achieving black children, which proves that some blacks can achieve under right circumstances, if not all of them yet.
There is some evidence that nations and provinces that implement standardized tests actually drive students to perform better, not just measure how well they do.
See Links to Test Scores and Report Cards for US Cities
Summary Ranking Asian Vs. White
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UK Chinese 2000 W1.00 B-1.35 A 1.40
G8 NAEP math W1.00 B-2.65 H-1.85 A 1.24
Richland WA mathG11 W1.00 B-3.04 H-1.62 A 1.24
Renton G8 math W1.00 B-1.82 H-1.77 A 1.19
Bellevue G8 math W1.00 B-2.02 H-1.40 A 1.18
UK GCSE scores W1.00 B-2.0 A 1.18 *
Mich MAEP G7 Math W1.00 B-2.44 H-1.81 A 1.17 N-1.74 M-1.29
Boston Math 1987 W1.00 B-1.53 H-1.45 A 1.16
Minneapolis Math G4 W1.00 B-1.90 H-1.37 A 1.15
CA CLAS G8 W1.00 B-1.66 H-1.66 A 1.08
San Francisco ElMath W1.00 B-1.5 H-1.3 A 1.07
WA Reading W1.00 B-1.09 H-1.14 A 1.06
US SAT W1.00 B-1.24 H-1.13 A 1.06
NY City Math CAT W1.00 B-1.82 H-1.74 A 1.04
Houston PSAT Math W1.00 B-1.26 H-1.23 A 1.04 N-1.09
MCAT Biology W1.00 B-1.26 H-1.07 A 1.03
Houston SATM W1.00 B-1.34 H-1.24 A 1.02 N-1.13
Fairfax County SATM W1.00 B-1.21 H-1.13 A 1.00
Readers Digest Test W1.00 B-3.63 H-1.53 A 1.00
US ACT 1996 W1.00 B-1.15 H-1.26 A 1.00
--------- Asians worse than white ------------------
Minnesota ACT Math W1.00 B-1.17 H-1.09 A-1.01
Minneapolis Math G10 W1.00 B-1.87 H-1.41 A-1.02
Med Board Score Men W1.00 B-1.27 H-1.12 A-1.03
Chicago 1994 Police W1.00 B-1.11 H-1.05 A-1.03 *
Seattle Math 1994 W1.00 B-1.44 H-1.22 A-1.05 N-1.15
Houston ACT W1.00 B-1.27 H-1.20 A-1.05
Prose Literacy W1.00 B-1.16 H-1.28 A-1.06
Quantatative Lit W1.00 B-1.21 H-1.29 A-1.06
Minnesota ACT W1.00 B-1.18 H-1.09 A-1.07
Lake Wash G8 math W1.00 B-1.85 H-3.33 A-1.08
Wisconsin ACT W1.00 B-1.25 H-1.13 A-1.08
Houston Biology W1.00 B-1.11 H-1.11 A-1.141
NAEP Sci G8 W1.00 B-2.77 H-2.23 A-1.17 N-1.27
Pasco WA math G11 W1.00 B-2.65 H-1.70 A-1.20
CBEST Teacher W1.00 B-1.63 H-1.27 A-1.22
NAEP Sci G4 W1.00 B-2.75 H-2.35 A-1.23 N-1.46
NAEP Sci G12 W1.00 B-2.58 H-2.14 A-1.24 N-1.36
Houston PSAT Verbal W1.00 B-1.25 H-1.25 A-1.25 N-1.08
--------- Asians much worse than white ---------
Seat 94 Writ Police W1.00 B-4.65 H-2.37 A-2.76 *<
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Seat 95 Vid Police W1.00 B-5.42 H-1.85 A-5.86
Ranking Black vs. white
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Houston PSAT Verbal W1.00 B-1.25 H-1.25 A-1.25 N-1.08
CBEST Teacher W1.00 B-1.63 H-1.27 A-1.22
NAEP Sci G12 W1.00 B-2.58 H-2.14 A-1.24 N-1.36
Pasco WA math G11 W1.00 B-2.65 H-1.70 A-1.20
NAEP Sci G4 W1.00 B-2.75 H-2.35 A-1.23 N-1.46
NAEP Sci G8 W1.00 B-2.77 H-2.23 A-1.17 N-1.27
Seat 94 Writ Police W1.00 B-4.65 H-2.37 A-2.76 *
Seat 95 Vid Police W1.00 B-5.42 H-1.85 A-5.86
1995 Chicago Fire W1.00 B-5.52
Note there are NO cities or schools where Hispanics or Blacks are
equal or better in performance compared to whites, regardless of
quality of the school district or school
Asians generally do better in math, but Asians do poorly compared to
whites in cities with large refugee concenrations, affluent /
educated whites, or both, and in most verbal tests. Asians also don't
appear to keep their math advantage in science, which may also have
some verbal components.
Where Blacks score equally or better than comparable whites
---------------------------------------------------------
Math White
Percentile Index
Bosangue College Calculus 1.14
Claude Steele Stanford U 95 >1.0
Whitney Young High Chicago 90 >1.0
Renaissance High Detroit 89 >1.0
Home School (Ray) 85 1.0
Bates Academy Detroit 81 >1.0
Mays High School Atlanta 73 >1.0
Barclay Elementary Baltimore 60 >1.0
Atlanta G1 59 1.0
Atlanta G4 58 1.0
--- White average usually 55-60 ----------------
Zion Academy Elem Seattle 55 1.0
Boston, NYC Black G4 50 -1.10
Chicago Garvey 50 -1.10
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Summary Ranking Black Vs. White
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San Jose Fire Oral W 1.00 B 99.99 H A (1)
------------------ blacks better ----------------------
WA Reading W 1.00 B -1.09 H -1.14 A 1.06
Chicago 1994 Police W 1.00 B -1.11 H -1.05 A -1.03
Houston Biology W 1.00 B -1.11 H -1.11 A -1.14
US ACT 1996 W 1.00 B -1.15 H -1.26 A 1.00
Prose Literacy W 1.00 B -1.16 H -1.28 A -1.06
Minnesota ACT Math W 1.00 B -1.17 H -1.09 A -1.01*
Minnesota ACT W 1.00 B -1.18 H -1.09 A -1.07
Quantatative Lit W 1.00 B -1.21 H -1.29 A -1.06
Fairfax County SATM W 1.00 B -1.21 H -1.13 A 1.00
US SAT W 1.00 B -1.24 H -1.13 A 1.06 N-1.74 M-1.29
Wisconsin ACT W 1.00 B -1.25 H -1.13 A -1.08
Houston PSAT Verbal W 1.00 B -1.25 H -1.25 A -1.25
Houston PSAT Math W 1.00 B -1.26 H -1.23 A 1.04
MCAT Biology W 1.00 B -1.26 H -1.07 A 1.03
Med Board Score Men W 1.00 B -1.27 H -1.12 A -1.03N-1.09
Houston ACT W 1.00 B -1.27 H -1.20 A -1.05
Houston SATM W 1.00 B -1.34 H -1.24 A 1.02 N-1.13
Seattle Math 1994 W 1.00 B -1.44 H -1.22 A -1.05
San Francisco ElMath W 1.00 B -1.50 H -1.30 A 1.07
Boston Math 1987 W 1.00 B -1.53 H -1.45 A 1.16
CBEST Teacher W 1.00 B -1.63 H -1.27 A -1.22-----
CA CLAS G8 W 1.00 B -1.66 H -1.66 A 1.08
Renton G8 math W 1.00 B -1.82 H -1.77 A 1.19
NY City Math CAT W 1.00 B -1.82 H -1.74 A 1.04
Lake Wash G8 math W 1.00 B -1.85 H -3.33 A -1.08*
Minneapolis Math G10 W 1.00 B -1.87 H -1.41 A -1.02N-1.15
Minneapolis Math G4 W 1.00 B -1.90 H -1.37 A 1.15
UK GCSE scores W 1.00 B -2.00 A 1.18
Bellevue G8 math W 1.00 B -2.02 H -1.40 A 1.18
Mich MAEP G7 Math W 1.00 B -2.44 H -1.81 A 1.17
NAEP Sci G12 W 1.00 B -2.58 H -2.14 A -1.24
G8 NAEP math W 1.00 B -2.65 H -1.85 A 1.24 N-1.27
Pasco WA math G11 W 1.00 B -2.65 H -1.70 A -1.20
NAEP Sci G4 W 1.00 B -2.75 H -2.35 A -1.23
NAEP Sci G8 W 1.00 B -2.77 H -2.23 A -1.17N-1.46
Richland WA mathG11 W 1.00 B -3.04 H -1.62 A 1.24 N-1.36
Readers Digest Test W 1.00 B -3.63 H -1.53 A 1.00 N-1.08
Seat 94 Writ Police W 1.00 B -4.65 H -2.37 A -2.76*
Seat 95 Vid Police W 1.00 B -5.42 H -1.85 A -5.86
There are NO integrated school districts where blacks score
equally.
(1) In 1994 San Jose Fire Department oral test, every black passed,
75% of whites failed, so black ratio is infinity to zero whites.
This is the ONLY known test in history where blacks scored higher
than whites. A local judge ruled that there was "no evidence" that
the test was rigged unfairly.
%%test issues
see %% stereotype for theory stereotypes are responsible for
low scores
\priv\95\08\natltest.txt "Largest Teachers Union Calls for National
High School Exam" New York Times 7/6/95 Other countries have national
tests given to all who enter high school.
%%test scores
also see intelligence
Summary - in general, Asians tend to be better in math but worse in
reading and writing in most cities. In Seattle, whites are unusually
well educated and affluent so Asians even lag in math. Asians have
low rates of risky behavior even with lower test scores. Statewide in
California, Asians scored better in the CLAS test in reading and
writing also, which includes more affluent suburban Asians and less
affluent rural whites.
_CITY VS. NATIONAL AVERAGE TEST SCORES_
City comparisons tend to have whites better than national average,
but minorities equal (black, Hispanic) or worse than national
average. Chinese, Japanese and Indians do the best, Filipinos do
about as well or nearly as well as whites, Southeast Asians other
than Vietnamese or Thai and Pacific Islanders have the most problems.
Samoans have the worst discipline problems, test scores and grades.
In general, Asians will be the only group that performs worse than
state average since most affulent Asians live in the suburbs, while
the poor or working class live in urban centers and Chinatown
ghettos. Even so, Boston and San Franciso, both of which have very
low per-capita incomes and high rates of poverty and ghetoo areas
have very high math test scores.
_BLACKS DO POORLY NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE SCHOOL OR RICH_
_ASIANS DO WELL NO MATTER HOW BAD THE SCHOOL OR POOR_
_WHY INTEGRATION WILL *NEVER* RESULT IN ACADEMIC PARITY_
*EXCLUSIVE* Orthodoxy holds that putting blacks into the best schools
will solve the disproportionality problem, but CTBS scores in the
Seattle area, and CLAS scores in Seattle, and scores in San
Francisco, Boston and New York show that blacks do equally poorly
whether in urban desegregated districts like San Francisco or Oakland
and predominantly minority districts like Ravenswood (East Palo Alto)
and Alum Rock (San Jose), or Califronia state average for blacks. In
the best districts like Palo Alto or San Ramon, black performance is
no better than state average for all races. Affluent Seattle eastside
suburbs of Lake Washington, Bellevue, and Issaquah all show math
performance which ranges from 33, equal to urban Seattle with large
poverty-stricken African American neighhborhoods, up to 49, no better
than black performance in urban war zones like Boston or New York
City. No one else has ever compared performance of minority children
in affluent districts to white children in poorer districts.
_WHY DO MINORITIES DO POORLY EVEN IN THE BEST SCHOOLS_
Shelby Steele attributes this to alienation of even middle class
blacks from values of academic achievement, expecially math. The only
interventions that work are the ones which demonstrate higher test
scores like the Bosangue calculus course, or Claude Steele's Stanford
study, where students concentrate on academic achievement, not
desegregation, funding, multiculturalism, or test reform.
_WHEN ASIANS SCORE WORSE_
Asians usually score worse on verbal tests (but not on the California
CLAS test, which emphasizes logical thinking). Asians sometimes score
worse in math in cities with unusually depressed Asian and unusually
well educated white populations like Seattle, and probably Wash DC.
Asian scores get worse with grade, probably because of higher
proportion of immigrant student with poor grasp of english. Asians
scored slightly worse on medical board examinations, law school
examinations, and teacher examinations. Asians perform comparably to
blacks with equal education on the national literacy test. The only
known test where Asians perform more poorly than other minorities is
Seattle's 1995 video Police test.
_WHEN BLACKS SCORE BETTER THAN WHITES AND ASIANS_
Cases when blacks perform better than general whites and Asians are
rare. There are _NO_ known cities where performance of black students
is equal to or better than whites, even in cities where black
education and incomes exceed that of whites. (if you find any, let me
know), but Bosangue found he prepared black students on calculus who
outperformed even Asian students in grades. Claude Steele claims
blacks students prepared in his program got better grades than
average students not in his program at Stanford. The NY Times covered
Georgia Tech, 18 of the 25 top engineering students were supposedly
black. So it looks like it _can_ be done, but almost nobody is doing
it. Everybody is concentrating on race-based stuff like desegregation
that doesn't work instead of academic based interventions.
@@accreditation
\clip\96\02\testacrd.txt 13 Aug 1996
Virginia May Link School Accreditation to Student Test Results
By Jonathan Goldstein, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News
@@ACT
The SAT is dominant, but the ACT is a close second (or is it first?)
(1997) Close to 1 million high school graduates took the test last
year, accounting for 60 percent of college freshmen this fall.
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Subject: NYT Education Life: The Other One
The Other One
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/edlife/1110WIT.html?pagewanted=all&positio
n=bottom
By JODI WILGOREN
Since its debut in 1959, the ACT Assessment -- formerly known as the
American College Testing Program -- has emphasized achievement over
aptitude. Questions on the three-hour, four-part test are drawn from
high school curriculums, not general knowledge, designed to test how
much students have learned rather than how smart they are. There are
no trick answers.
%%Female Bias
ASIAN FEMALES BETTER THAN WHITE MEN IN MATH, BLACK FEMALES BETTER ACT THAN
BLACK MALES.
Source: Where's the bias? ACT
Report
archive: \images\97\58\act\081397B.html
e:\clip\97\19\081397B.txt
In the 1997 ACT college test, women still lag overall behind men, but...
4. The national composite average for Asian American females, 21.6, is
higher than the national average for all males, 21.1. The mathematics
average, 22.7, is higher than those for Caucasian males, 21.9, and all
males, 21.3. (but MIT still favors Asian women as much as white women,
measured by admission rates - Asians do get affirmative action, but
only the female half, don't expect the admissions office to admit this
though)
5. The national average for African American females, 17.2, is higher
than that for African American males, 16.8
%%Home Page
ACT Home Page |
Press Releases
%%Minority
\clip\98\11\actup.txt New York Times, August 19, 1998 Minority
Students Scoring Higher on A.C.T. Tests "Over five years, the average
scores of American Indians has risen to 19 from 18.5.
African-American scores went up to 17.1 from 17. The scores of
Asian-Americans rose to 21.8 from 21.7. "
%%News
\clip\97\19\act.txt College entrance exam scores up slightly
August 13, 1997 Web posted at: 4:38 p.m. EDT
http://cnn.com/US/9708/13/college.tests.ap/
http://www.act.org/news/08-13-97.html Press release
archive:\images\97\58\act\08-13-97.html
%%Percentile equivalent
actscore.wk1
Graduating Class 1986
ACT National Score and High School Grade Norms
Percentile Equivalent
Composite Math Reading
Score Men Women T T T
36
35 99 99 99 99
34 99 99 99 99
33 99 99 99 99
32 99 99 99 98
31 99 99 99 98
30 97 99 98 97
29 95 98 97 96
28 92 96 94 95
27 88 94 91 93
26 84 90 87 89
25 78 86 82 85
24 72 81 77 80
23 66 76 71 76
22 60 70 65 70
21 53 64 59 65
20 47 57 53 60
19 41 51 46 55
18 36 45 40 51
17 31 38 35 47
16 26 33 30 44
15 22 28 25 40
14 18 23 20 37
13 14 18 16 34
12 11 14 13 30
11 9 10 10 26
10 6 7 7 22
9 4 5 5 20
8 3 3 3 17
7 2 2 2 14
6 1 1 1 11
5 1 1 1 9
4 1 1 1 7
3 1 1 1 5
2 1 1 1 4
1 1 1 1 3
0 1 1 1 1
Mean 19.9 18.6 19.2 17.7
SD 5.9 5.6 5.8 7.9
from p. 36
ACT Assessment Program Technical Manual 1988
%%Recentering
\doc\web\97\08\actup.txt From: OCPATHINK@@Aol.com Modest ACT Upturns
Notwithstanding, We're Still A Nation At Risk " by Brandon Dutcher
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, Inc. (www.ocpathink.org) ACT
introduced a new, "enhanced" test and quietly re-centered the scores,
raising the national average two points."
%%SAT Equivalence:
Parkview chart
http://www.com-stock.com/dave/school/k12park.htm 2/97
1994-1995 ACT
---------------------------
Nmbr. of Pct. of
Students Seniors
Tested Tested Score SATV SATM
-------- ------- ------
School 150 33.3 22.6 432 498
Gwinnett 1,227 27.1% 21.6 424 489
Metro NA NA NA
State 12,189 NA 20.2 406 854
National 945,369 NA 20.8 482 910
US News and World Report Rankings
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/fair/cat02_1.htm
(post 1996 scores)
22 Tufts Univ 1200/1380
23 Georgetown Univ 1240/1420
24 U Michigan Ann Arbor 25/30
41 U Wisconsin Madison 24/29
42 U Washington 1020/1260
Tier 3
Clemson Univ 1040/1220
Colorado State 22/26
New Mexico State 20/25
\clip\96\02\actrace.txt AP 14 Aug 1996 18:21:07 -0400 ACT Scores for
College-Bound Students Up Only Slightly By JEANNINE AVERSA Associated
Press Writer
ACT Spectrum
Ranked by ACT average
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28.0 Logos school Moscow Idaho '98
27.0 Boys boarding school
23.1 Michigan Home schoolers '96
22.5 US Home schoolers '96
21.6 White 1.00
21.6 Asian 1.00
21.3 Michigan '96
21.0 Boys
21.0 Chicago Catholic Schools
20.8 Girls
20.9 US Overall
18.9 PR/Cuban
18.8 NatAm
18.7 Mexican -1.15
17.1 Black -1.26
16.6 East St Louis 1997 10-31-97 St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Home Schoolers Above Avg on ACT
@@AP Avanced Placement (College Board)
@@Advanced Placement
Test given in high school to assess if student has completed college
level work in high school so that college can give credits without
taking the college course. However, this is starting to evolve into a
minimal standard with many people asserting that all students can
master (such as efficacy institute) AP calculus by the end of high
school.
Paul Riley of Bellevue School District in WA wants to require every
high school student to take AP. Does it make sense to deny diplomas
to high school students who don't do college level work?
%%Mandatory
PARENTS REBEL AGAINST COLLEGE LEVEL CLASSES FOR HS DIPLOMA
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June 03, 2003
Bellevue residents object to district's emphasis on advanced-level courses
By Cara Solomon
Seattle Times Eastside bureau
A week after Newsweek magazine declared five schools in the Bellevue
School District among the best in the country, an old debate is
cropping up, with some parents and students saying the push for higher
standards has gone too far, too fast.
"AP has turned into its own monster," said Evyn Williams,
editor-in-chief of the Newport High School student newspaper,
Knightlife. "There's a mentality at our school that if you take
regular classes, you're a slacker."
More than 300 parents, students and teachers attended a March forum
.. dozens of people spoke out against requiring advanced
classes.
although the number of Bellevue students
passing AP tests has dropped since 1996, about 64 percent of students
still passed the tests last year, compared with an average of 63
percent nationwide.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43122-2002May6.html
By Valerie Strauss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 7, 2002; Page A09
High schools are expanding it -- or dropping it. Colleges seek
students immersed in it -- or worry that it has become an obsession.
Teachers call it highly rigorous -- or disappointing. And students
love it -- or hate it. [At the same time, it is facing new
scrutiny as educators debate whether it has become a victim of its own
success.]
%%Minority
ASIANS ARE 10% OF AP, UP TO 25% OF CALCULUS, PHYSICS AP
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http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/ap/2005/ap-report-nation.pdf
"some minorities are no longer underrepresented among AP examinees"
AP Pop Overall
Asian 10.6 5.1 2.07
White 67.5 64.5 1.00 (-1.05)
Latino 13.1 12.8 -1.02
Native Am 0.5 1.1 5.1 -2.1
African Am 6.0 13.2 -2.2
Hispanics are at parity (unusual because of low hs grad rate)
Table 3: Populationa Equity gap "eliminated"
Black - Hawaii 1.5/1.6 Idaho .5/.5 - blacks statistically 0
Latino - Alabama 1.0/1.3 Alaska 2.8/3.5 DC 8.9/18.8 Fla 18.4/23.0
Louisiaa 1.7/3.2 Maine 0.7/0.9 MD 4.4/5.2 MS 0.5/1.1 MO 1.7/1.8
ND 1.0/1.1 OK 4.8/5.5
etc.
Grades 3, 4, or 5
All Black
1996 417,871 8,696
2000 633,491 14,420
2004 935,450 22,923
2.23 2.63
Blacks up 2.63 times vs 2.23 times for overall
AP Art History Examinees by Race Ethnicity 2004
Art Calculus Computer
History Biology Calculus BC Chemistry Sci
White 58.7% 63.5% 67.7% 62.3% 62.5 62.2
Black 3.6% 4.9% 4.0% 2.1 3.7 2.9
Hispanic 11.9% 7.0% 7.1% 4.5 6.2 5.4
Asian 16.3% 17.6% 15.4% 25.3 21.1 22.5
AmIndAl 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3 0.4 0.4
NotState 3.8% 2.6% 2.3% 2.2 2.3 2.6
Other 5.4% 4.0% 3.1% 3.4 3.7 4.0
Computer Science Exams (Fall since bubble)
English Lit
2000 20,522 190,643
2001 23,422 201,288
2002 23,459 215,313
2003 21,745 229,367
2004 20,414 239,493
"z67\doc\web\2005\02\ap2005.wk1 www.arthurhu.com/2005/02/ap2005.wk1, .prn .xls
Analysis by Arthur Hu of 2005 Advanced Placement Report to the Nation
http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/ap/2005/ap-report-nation.pdf
"some minorities are no longer underrepresented among AP examinees"
AP Pop USA Rate vs White
Asian 10.6 5.1 2.07
White 67.5 64.5 1.00 0.96
Latino 13.1 12.8 -1.02
Native Am 0.5 1.1 -2.10
African Am 6 13.2 -2.20
Hispanics are at parity (unusual because of low hs grad rate)
The AP program's official Equity Policy Statement calls for "schools to
make every effort to ensure that their AP classes reflect the diversity of their
student population"
In other words, they should try to proportional quota system in the ideal case.
Percentage of students in these tests:
Art Calculus Computer
History Biology CalculusBC ChemistrSci
White 64.5 58.7 63.5 67.7 62.3 62.5 62.2
Black 12.0 3.6 4.9 4.0 2.1 3.7 2.9
Hispanic 12.8 11.9 7.0 7.1 4.5 6.2 5.4
Asian 5.1 16.3 17.6 15.4 25.3 21.1 22.5
AmIndAl 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4
NotState 3.8 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.6
Other 5.4 4.0 3.1 3.4 3.7 4.0
Eng LangEuropean US Govt Physics Physics AP Spanish
Comp History French Politics Spanish Literature
White 64.8 69.7 66.8 65.9 64.2 63.8 32.3 13.4
Black 6.1 3.2 5.4 4.9 3.3 2.0 2.0 0.8
Hispanic 11.4 7.0 7.7 10.1 6.5 4.3 52.9 77.3
Asian 10.7 12.5 10.7 12.3 19.1 23.4 6.7 2.9
AmIndAl 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 2.0 0.1
NotState 2.5 3.2 3.8 2.6 2.8 2.7 3.0 3.2
Other 3.9 4.1 5.5 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.9 2.3
Male 30.0 47 65.0 75 35.0 32.0
Female 70.0 53 35.0 25 65.0 68.0
Half of Spanish Language are Hispanic (surprise?) and 3/4 of Spanish literature
Asians are 25.3 Calculus BC, 23.4 Physics C
Which test have a lot of these minorities:
Asian Black Hispanic
25.3Calculus BC 6.1English Lang 77.3Span Lit
23.4Physics C 5.4French 52.9Spanish
17.6Biology 4.9US Govt 11.9Art History
2.9Spanish Lit 2.0Physics C 4.3Physics C
6.7Spanish 2.1Calculus BC 4.5Calculus BC
Classes where blacks are lowest, Asians are highest Calculus BC, Physics C
Appendix B gives number of students in each test, each grade level, and mean grade by race
Calculus BC has the largest spread between over and underscoring minorities
Number of students:
Calculus BC
AfricanAAsianAm Lat/Mex Lat/PuerLat/OtheNatAm White Other Not StatNational
5 146 4539 164 26 253 26 9772 470 323 15719
4 129 1908 128 17 147 27 4899 259 155 7669
3 222 2045 195 17 213 24 5589 277 168 8750
2 116 749 99 15 96 14 2071 106 55 3321
1 276 1222 294 33 259 32 3144 210 102 5572
T 889 10463 880 108 968 123 25475 1322 803 41031
average 2.72 3.74 2.74 2.89 3.04 3.01 3.63 3.51 3.68 3.60
Percentage of national
AfricanAAsianAm Lat/Mex Lat/PuerLat/OtheNatAm White Other Not StatNationalLatino
5 0.93% 28.88% 1.04% 0.17% 1.61% 0.17% 62.17% 2.99% 2.05% 100.00% 2.82%
4 1.68% 24.88% 1.67% 0.22% 1.92% 0.35% 63.88% 3.38% 2.02% 100.00% 3.81%
3 2.54% 23.37% 2.23% 0.19% 2.43% 0.27% 63.87% 3.17% 1.92% 100.00% 4.86%
2 3.49% 22.55% 2.98% 0.45% 2.89% 0.42% 62.36% 3.19% 1.66% 100.00% 6.32%
1 4.95% 21.93% 5.28% 0.59% 4.65% 0.57% 56.42% 3.77% 1.83% 100.00% 10.52%
pct 5 16.42% 43.38% 18.64% 24.07% 26.14% 21.14% 38.36% 35.55% 40.22% 38.31%
pop 13.00% 5.10% 1.10% 64.50% 12.8%
-14.52 5.46 -6.90 103.75% -4.71
Asians are 29% of Calculus BC high scores, blacks only 1%.
Ethnic groups ranked by average scRanked by Population Rate for Score 5 Calculus BC
Ethnic Average score
AsianAm 3.74 0.11 Pop Rate
Not State 3.68 0.05 Asian 5.1 5.5
White 3.63 0.00 White 64.5 1.0
National 3.60 -0.03 Latino 12.8 -4.7
Other 3.51 -0.12 Native A 1.1 -6.9
Lat/Other 3.04 -0.59 African 13.2 -14.5
NatAm 3.01 -0.62
Lat/Puerto 2.89 -0.74 Asians are as far ahead of whites as whites are ahead of
Lat/Mex 2.74 -0.89 Latinos and Native Americans, a factor of 5
AfricanAm 2.72 -0.91
Race not Stated is slightly higher than white - probably mostly white and some Asian
Other is pretty close to white average
Mexican scores about as low as Black
The population rate for score 5 shows a much greater difference than the average score
This reflects the sort of Asian distribution found at the most selective schools sought by Asians such
as UC Berkeley, Stanford and MIT, and the need to admit minority students with low scores to
maintain "diversity" at those same campuses.
%%Mission
AP WAS MEANT TO ELIMINATE BOREDOM AND DUPLICATION OF BEST COLLEGE
STUDENTS
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/techman/chap1/committee_report.htm
General Education in School and College: A Committee Report This
excerpt from General Education in School and College: A Committee
Report (1953) sums up the conclusions of the study: Too frequently
the result is repetition in college of work well done in school. For
well-prepared students this means boredom, loss of intellectual
momentum, and serious waste of time in moving towards academic and
professional objectives...
%%Accountability
MANY STUDENTS GO FOR AP TRANSCRIPT WITHOUT PASSING AP TEST
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http://www.bergen.com/ed/testbk20001224.htm Bergen Record New Jersey
'Advanced' label also has downside Sunday, December 24, 2000 By BRIAN
KLADKO Staff Writer "Only 59 percent of AP students in North Jersey
high schools took the exams last year, and only 37 percent passed,
according to an analysis of state statistics by The Record. But all
AP students -- whether they took the test or not -- benefited from
having the AP label on their transcripts"
MORE STUDENTS TAKE AP, BUT DO THEY PASS?
http://www.accesswaco.com/auto/feed/news/local/2000/09/24/969853490.13013.61
03.0027.html Waco Tribune-Herald, September 25, 2000 More Waco
students taking Advanced Placement tests By MARTHA ASHE
Tribune-Herald staff writer "If, however, schools are only held
accountable for the number of students enrolled in AP courses,
administrators will continue to push large numbers of mediocre
students into the program in order to get their school ratings up,"
she said. "Many of these students do not have the prerequisite skills
nor the commitment to do AP-level work."
%%Calculus
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College Board AP 2000 scores
ONLY 3% OF SENIORS PASS AP CALCULUS
AllTests
Grade Group CalcAB BC %
3.17notstate 2652 2.0%
3.06asian/pi 20280 15.2%
3.06white 92848 69.5%
3.04othhisp 2906 2.2%
3.02other 4144 3.1%
3.01us 133516 33668 100.0%
2.83puertori 266 0.2%
2.77chicano 4145 3.1%
2.62amindian 495 0.4%
2.17black 5480 4.1%
total calculus 167184
total age 18 (1990) 3607519
percentage 4.6%take the test
2.9%pass
scores 5 22168 16.4%
4 30887 22.8%
3 31393 23.2%
2 26347 19.4%
1 22721 16.8%
T 135516 100.0%
3+ pass 62.3%
Jeff Howard of the www.efficacy.org believes that all students are
born with the innate ability to achieve AP calculus by the end of
high school. This is one sample problem:
Sample problems:
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/calculus/
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/calculus/frq00/pdf/calc_ab_all.pdf
Graphic calculator is required.
Let R be the shaded region in the first quadrant enclosed
by the graphs of y = e^(-x^2), y = 1 - cos x and the y-axis
as shown in the figure above
a) find the area of the region R
b) find the volume of the solid generated with region R
is revolved about the x-axis
c) the region R is the base of a sold. For this sold, each
cross section perpendicular to the x-axis is a square.
Find the volume of this solid.
Solution:
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/calculus/frq00/pdf/ab1bc1.pdf
1. solve for x for e ^(-x^2) = 1 - cos( x). Use calculator to
get A=0.941944 (gee I don't have one of these calculators!)
2. compute the 2D area
integral from 0 to A (e ^ (-x^2) - (1 - cos x)) dx
= 0.590 (from calculator!)
3. compute the rotated volume as pi *
integral 0-A ( (e^(-x^2))^2 - (1 - cos x)^2)) dx
= 0.55596*pi = 1.746
(solution does not say where to look up the formula for this
volume of a rotated solid)
4. compute the squared volume as
integral 0-A ( e^(-x^2) - (1-cos x))^2 dx = 0.461
(volume of a square is the side squared, you integrate this
for the volume but it's far from obvious)
Comment - we didn't exit freshman algebra at MIT in 1976 anywhere
near being able to do these problems, and we certainly didn't have
calculator or even computer programs that could solve these things.
Heck, you're out of luck if you don't know what calculator
functions you have to push! Note from TI-82 manual:
Replaced by TI-83 plus, $145 list $99 from Office Depot
TI-86 costs $110, TI-89 list $190 cost $150 HP-48GX costs $200
The 86 is the best overall for high school and lower level college
math courses. http://tifaq.calc.org/p2.htm#4.1
http://www.graphicsstudio.net/vtimain.php VTI java TI-86 emulator
runs on your PC but requires downloading ROM from a real calculator
with pc link cable
http://www.ti.com/calc/pdf/gb/82chp02.pdf
Integral:
fnInt( (functional integral math math function 9) returns the
numerical integral (Gauss-Kronrod method) of [expression] with
respect to [variable], given [lower] lmiit, [upper] limit, and a
[optional tolerance])
Solve for X:
solve ((math math item 0) returns a solution (root) of [expression]
for [variable] given an initial [guess], a [lower] bound, and an
[upper] bound within which a solution is sought
%%Gender
LINK
MALE -> SCIENCE FEMALE -> LANGAUAGE
TITLE Gender-related differences on the College Board's Advanced
Placement and Achievement tests, 1982-1992.
The French, Spanish, and Modern Hebrew
examinations attracted many more female than male students, whereas
many more male than female students took the Physics, Chemistry, and
Computer Science examinations. There was little change in most of the
patterns of enrollment from 1982 through 1992. Male students had
moderately higher scores on the Physics, Chemistry, and Computer
Science tests, whereas female students had a slight advantage on some
of the language examinations. [males did better at multiple choice, but
much closer on open response]
z56\clipim\2002\05\07\julianstanley.pdf
%%race
TENNESEE AT PARITY, VIRGINIA AT 1/4 PARITY IN BLACK AP
Education Week "Quality Counts" study
\clip\97\01\racegap.txt
url: http://www.edweek.org/qc/intros/race.htm
Jan 17, 1997
In Tennessee, 23% of public K-12 students were black in 1992, and
24% of students in Advanced Placement mathematics and science courses
were black. By contrast, in Virginia, 26% of public K-12 students
were black, but only 7% of students in AP math and science courses
were black.
\doc\96\04\homegrown.txt "Home-Grown Standards" Albert Shanker,
American Federation of Teachers (ad) New Republic June 10, 1996
f053196
"AP exams are not as tough as those face by French or German students
seeking entry into college, but they are not pushovers either" Ed
Comment: Only half as many Europeans attend college as Americans.
In 1995, only 8% of US 18 yr olds took the AP exams, and only 5
percent scored a 3 or above, which means they have achieved at a
college level. Comment: that's pretty good considering 3% have
completed college level courses when they haven't even started
college yet.
The number of students taking the AP increased from 3% in 1983 to 11%
in 1995, and school offering AP courses increased from 37 percent in
1983 to 70 percent in 1995
"If nearly one-third of youngsters in Germany and France and japan
take and pass four or five exams that are at least as difficult as
the APs, why shouldn't our students be able to do the same?" Comment:
about half of US children attend some college, about one quarter
complete, far higher than any other nation on earth, Japan and Germany
included. If US kids can be pushed harder, great, but lets get some
perspective.
%%Required
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steveslr:
This surprisingly hard-headed article from Time is Time's revenge on
Newsweek's ridiculous cover story recently ranking "The Nation's Best High Schools" on
how many AP tests they take (it didn't mention how many they passed). -- Steve
Urban Kids Struggle With AP
Schools across the country are adopting the Advanced Placement program. But
all students aren´t advancing equally
By PERRY BACON JR. /WASHINGTON
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,460610,00.html
www.newsweek.com $2.95
June 2, 2003 Newsweek
The 100 Best High Schools in America
[But it's only a rating of who has the highest rate of AP test taking]
Jay Mathews
In the 1970s, Mike Riley was a young Chicago teacher trying to save
failing inner-city students. He found they blossomed if he simply sat
them down each day after class and made sure they did their homework.
"They went from F's to honor roll, and I realized that... they weren't
dumb kids, just kids we hadn't connected to," he says. Riley learned
that even the most apathetic students responded to a challenge--as
long as they had the right support.Today he is
%%Scores
AP grades range from 5 to 1:
5 - Extremely well qualified
4 - Well qualified
3 - Qualified
2 - Possibly qualified
1 - No recommendation
Year 2000 scores - also available by state
http://cbweb1s.collegeboard.org/ap/2000/national_2000.pdf
z46\clipim\2000\10\26\ap2000.pdf
Z45\doc\web\2000\10\ap2000.wk1
College Board AP 2000 scores
ONLY 3% OF SENIORS PASS AP CALCULUS
AllTests
Grade Group CalcAB BC %
3.17 notstate 2652 2.0%
3.06 asian/pi 20280 15.2%
3.06 white 92848 69.5%
3.04 othhisp 2906 2.2%
3.02 other 4144 3.1%
3.01 us 133516 33668 100.0%
2.83 puertori 266 0.2%
2.77 chicano 4145 3.1%
2.62 amindian 495 0.4%
2.17 black 5480 4.1%
total calculus 167184
total age 18 (1990) 3607519
percentage 4.6% take the test
2.9% pass
@@Asian Advantage
Balani letter Arthur
responds with various data on Asian SAT math advantage.
@@Bar Exam
81% OF ASIAN VS 92% WHITE FIRST TIME PASS RATE, .5 SD
--Griffe says: Bar-exam pass rates is a better metric. They are
reported in the Wightman study which includes data from virtually
every law student entering an ABA approved law school in fall 1991
(more than 27,000). It found that 80.75% of Asians passed the bar on
the first try compared with 91.93% of non-Hispanic whites,
corresponding to a white-Asian mean-score difference of 0.53 standard
deviation or in IQ terms a verbal gap of 8 points.
@@Benefits of Testing
STATES WITH TESTS LEAD TO BETTER ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE?
John Bishop of Cornell University found a correlation between nations
and provinces and states that had standarized examinations and
academic performance, on average a grade level higher than nations
that did not have tests. Source: Business Week June 20, 1997
\clip\97\16\stanexam.txt
@@bias
MIT SAYS WOMEN OK WITH LOWER MATH SAT SCORES
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/970901/1TEST.HTM
\clip\97\29\testmert.txt US News and World Report Sept 1, 1997 p. 95
The test of merit fails that standard The SAT disqualifies some
students who could make the grade BY THOMAS TOCH AND MARNA WALTHALL
[but higher admission rate is still evidence of favorable bias]
"Prop 209 reflects mounting opposition" EE times Sept 29, 1997 p. A3
George Campbell Jr. of National Council for Minorities in Engineering
says that minorities often perform nonminorities with higher SAT
scores (no evidence is given, I haven't seen any! - on average
minorities with lower test scores have higher failure rate and lower
grades.)
\clip\96\05\testbias.txt 10/18/1995 NAACP alleges racial bias in
skill assessments Houston Chronicle A report on 10th-grade TAAS
scores this year showed that 68 percent of black students failed the
test on their first try, while 63 percent of the Hispanic students
and 30 percent of the white students failed. The failure rate for
low-income students was 65 percent.
\clip\96\05\cheachel.txt The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
October 3, 1996 Editorial Cheating Chelsea. The PSAT modifies the
test to tilt towards girls, but Fairtest used questionable data to
claim girls were behind when the PSAT says they are nearly even.
>>\priv\96\05\satbias.htm Berkeley study finds women get better grades
for equal SAT scores, therefore biased against women
@@Black
Common wisdom is that blacks do poorly because they go to the worst
districts. But no one noticed how blacks do in good districts. Blacks
in the worst districts don't do any worse than state average for the
race. Blacks in the best districts do do any better than state
average. Another interesting fact is that people always say Blacks do poorly even when scores put them above the 40th percentile, not far behind whites, and sometimes the 50th percentile. It is almost never covered when Blacks do well in schools, even predominantly minority schools where the bottom line is mastering difficult material.
You can't have it both ways, (A) tests are biased against blacks, they're really just as good as Whites or Asians, or (B) the tests prove that schools are failing black students. The tests aren't biased, and it's not the schools when Asians in the SAME schools perform the same as communities one notch up, and blacks in the BEST schools perform no better than state average, and sometimes no better than urban centers.
see CTBS score spectrum which shows Seattle area schools where blacks perform just as poorly in suburban Bellevue as in Seattle
%%Graduate School Blacks do poorest at the highest graduate level tests. They are 15th percentile on IQ and SAT, but only 10-12th on GRE At the upper reaches of the LSAT distribution, more than 1,100 white students had scores of 170 or higher in 1992 (on a scale of 120 to 180) and three blacks. (0.3%) On the MCAT, in three subtests whose scores go from 1 to 15), 1146, 1469, and 853 whites scored in thr 12 to 15 range; a maximum of 19 blacks scored that high. (2.2%) On the GRE, blacks score at the 10 or 12th percentile of the white distribution. %%K12
http:/www.arthurhu.com/arthurhu/index/test.htm#bayclas
CLAS Test Spectrum - Asians do better than average, Blacks
do poorly no matter how good the school system.
\doc\95\14\clas10.wk1 - 10th Grade CLAS results
Analysis by Arthur Hu
Math high school performance, 1993 CLAS Califrornia Dept of
Education Math scores in levels 1 lowest to 6 highest, ranked
by 3 or higher
Grade 10
Percentage with 1994 CLAS Math Test Score
3 or better (out of scale 1 to 6)
-----------------------------------
Race Location Percent
Asian Palo Alto Unified 91
Asian San Ramon Valley 78
Asian Lynbrook Cupertino 72
White Palo Alto Unified 71
Asian Cupertino 69
White Oakland 53
White Cupertino 51
White San Ramon Valley 49
Asian Santa Clara County 48
Asian Contra Costa County 45
Asian Calfornia State 44
White Santa Clara County 41
Asian San Francisco 41
White Contra Costa County 40
-Worst Whites, Asians--------
White Calfornia State 36
White Lynbrook Cupertino 36
White San Francisco 35
Asian Oakland 33
-Best Blacks Only At State Average
Black San Ramon Valley 30
All Calfornia State 27
Black Cupertino 23
Black Santa Clara County 15
Black Calfornia State 12
Black San Francisco 12
Black Contra Costa County 11
Black Oakland 10
Source: Respective School Districts
\doc\96\02\epalodes.txt - blacks from E. Palo alto who transfer into
Palo alto perform at 50 percentile.
\doc\95\09\oakpalo.wk1 - Blacks in Palo Alto do as well or
worse than whites in Oakland.
\doc\95\02\bosttest.txt - Black test scores equal to 50 in G4 and G5
doc93b\bostest.xls - Boston Metropolitan Reading and Math tests 1987
reading W70.8 B46.7 H42.1 A52.8 percentile
math W72.8 B47.4 H50.2 A85.1
Boston 1987 W1.00 B-1.53 H-1.45 A 1.16
Asians better in math, worse at reading
>Note black 47 in math/reading is practically national average
@@Canada
http://www.globeandmail.ca/docs/news/19970130/GlobeFront/ UTESTN.html
\clip\97\02\cansci.txt Toronto Globe and Mail Young Canadians lack
elite skills, science test finds Alberta only jurisdiction to exceed
expectations set by composite panel Thursday, January 30, 1997 By
Jennifer Lewington Education Reporter
@@city
General
\clip\97\01\schrept.txt New York Times January 3, 1997 Why Schools
Get Report Cards By PETER APPLEBOME [N] EW YORK -- In the
often-contentious world of educational politics, almost everyone
seems to agree on one thing: American education has done a poor job
of assessing the performance of students and schools.
[[Alaska
ANCHORAGE STUDENTS ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGE
http://www.adn.com/metro/story/0,2633,224324,00.html December 24,
2000 Anchorage Daily News Anchorage students scored at the 64th
percentile on average, about the same as last year, on the California
Achievement Tests. 36 percent of students are nonwhite, compared
with 30 percent five years ago. Twelve percent are Alaska Natives and
Indians; 9 percent Asians and Pacific Islanders; 9 percent black, and
5 percent Hispanic.
[[Anaheim
ANAHEIM IS NO LONGER A CONSERVATIVE WHITE SUBURB
z50\clip\2001\06\anaheim.txt 2001
http://www.ochomeconnection.com/resalehomes/
Anaheim Elementary
State Ranking: 24th percentile
National Ranking: 11th Percentile
Lots of undocumented Hispanic immigrants now.
[[Arkansas
zip39\clip\2000\01\arktest.htm
http://www.ardemgaz.com/week/Fri/ark/A1xstanford7.html Arkasas
Democrat-Gazette Improved test scores good news for schools 7th
graders reached the national average on the Stanford Achievement
Test, ninth edition, last September Black fifth-graders scored at the
39th percentile, seventh-graders at the 35th percentile, and
10th-graders at the 37th percentile. White fifth-graders scored at
the 50th percentile, seventh-graders at the 60th and 10th-graders at
the 45th percentile. [Note, these racial scores are consistent with
blacks in Seattle urban or suburban eastside for a state that
supposedly ranks so low in quality!]
[[Atlanta
\doc\96\02\seaatl.txt Seattle Vs. Atlanta test and poverty
48% above national norms, despite 76% f/r lunch and 93% nonwhite
ATLANTA BLACKS DO FINE G1-G4, FALL OFF AFTER G5-G12
\doc\web\97\02\atlatest.wk1 Atlanta Iowa Test of Basic Skills
paper file: F071197
atlatest.prn
\doc\web\97\02\atlatest.wk1
Analysis by Arthur Hu
Systemwide Achievement Summary
National Percentile Rank (NP)
In Reading And Mathematics
Atlanta Public Schools (1995-96, Oct 1996)
ITBS 1992 norms.
Grade Reading Math Vs. Avg
1 75 59 25+++++ Better
2 62 65 12++
-----------------------------------------------
3 48 51 -2. Equal
4 52 58 2.
5 50 48 0.
------------------------------------------------
6 41 44 -9-- Worse
7 37 43 -13---
8 34 39 -16---
9 31 30 -19----
10 41 41 -9--
11 32 47 -18----
Research and Evaluation, Atlanta Public Schools
210 Pryor Street Atlanta Georgia 30335
Vs Spending Total Compensatory
Jackson G5 76R/85M $6,303.27 $190.68
McGill G5 30R/32M $8,034,18 $1,401.40
Smith G5 85R/83M $6,441.77 $181.67
Alternative High G11
North Ave 91R/51M $20,303.17 $1,584.25
Rich Acad 5R/10M $18,808.35 $1,387.73
Achievement has NOTHING to do with spending. Spending
more for compensatory leads to LOWER scores.
[[Baltimore Maryland
Baltimore's test scores are awful, but race is never, ever mentioned
as a factor. The schools are mostly black.
\clip\99\01\balttest.txt City elementary schools show modest gains on
national test But scores show pupils lag behind peers in reading By
Liz Bowie Baltimore Sun Staff 1/6/99
pupils reading at levels more than a year behind their peers
nationally by fifth grade. Children entering second grade this fall
ranked in the 22nd percentile for math nationwide -- in other words,
78 percent of second graders across the nation scored better than
Baltimore's pupils. That was an improvement over the scores in the
fall 1997, when Baltimore ranked in the 17th percentile. [the scores
are typical for urban blacks who make up most of the students]
\clip\98\04\newscli3.txt 2/9/98 Baltimore Sun Board looking at
radical cures for city schools 63% of class of '94 didn't finish
school, statistics show; Plan is due March 13 Only 9 percent of
Baltimore's eighth-graders passed a national math test last year, the
lowest passing rate of any state that gives the test. The average
SAT score for Baltimore students is 832 out of 1,600, second-worst
among 22 urban areas in the nation. On average, 13.8 percent of the
city's third- , fifth- and eighth-graders passed the exam last
spring, while most counties averaged 45 percent to 50 percent. In
Prince George's County, considered to be most like Baltimore in
demographics, 29.2 percent of the children passed -- twice as many as
in Baltimore. In a national standardized test given last year to
eighth-graders in 32 states, 9 percent of Baltimore students passed
the math test and 12 percent passed the science test. The scores
were the worst among the 32 states that administered the test. In
reading, 28 percent of students passed, third-lowest in the nation.
(race is nowhere mentioned in the article...)tried to factor out such
things as attendance, poverty and the large number of students
[[Bellevue, Wash and Eastside
Lake Washington 1998-99
zip37\clipim\99\09\06\lwscore.efx
math 3=73 6=69 8=65 11=73
z82\doc\web\2004\07\agbell.txt
2002-2003 Annual Report
AG Bell Kirkland (A. Hu's kids) Note 20% Asian is fairly high, comparable
to Ivy league college level.
Ethnic Asian 18% Black 3% Hispanic 10% Natam 1% Caucasian 68%
Math 47% pass vs 63 dist, 52% state WASL
ITBS G6 64 vs 74 district G2 58 vs 75 district
(below average for district, about equal to state)
zip37\clipim\99\09\06\seat.efx
Seattle Times 9/3/99
Eastside students shine in SAT
math 603 Mercer Island
math 590 International School
zip33\clipim\99\06\22\test1.gif-test3.gif
zip39\clipim\2000\02\25\subtest.efx
test1-test3.gif Seattle PI Suburban district's test scores
promising June 21, 1999 p. B3 Some schools higher than
85th perentile.
SCHOOL IN BILL GATES BACKYARD SCORES 88 MATH
http://www.eastsidejournal.com/ejnews_archive/dkr78280.html
\clip\99\12\exam.txt Mercer Is., Issaquah kids ace skills exam: Every
Eastside school district easily exceeds U.S. averages Thursday, June
17, 1999 By Doug Margeson Eastside Journal Reporter " Students at
Bellevue's Medina Elementary also did well, with a core total of 83
and scores of 88 in math and 78 in language and reading. "
ISSAQUAH HAS HIGHEST 4TH GRADE PUGET SOUND SCORES
zip33\clipim\99\06\11\eastside.gif Eastside kids above average
Seattle Times June 4, 1999 p. B
Fourth Grade Reading Math Language ITBS
Issaquah 79 79 71
Lake Wash 67 73 65
Bellevue 65 74 60
Eighth Grade
Issaquah 69 69 63
Lake Wash 66 65 64
Bellevue 67 67 67
Bellevue schools Marlene Grandstrom 425-456-4060
Affluent, near best test scores in Seattle area
but black math 29-31 is no better than urban Seattle.
425-456-4506 booksale
1998 Profiles, Test scores
\clipim\99\03\08\profile.pdf
http://belnet.bellevue.k12.wa.us/profile/
1997 4th Grade WASL
Math Reading Writing
Native Am * *
Asian PI 42.0 58.0 56.4
AfAm 14.0 38.0 50.0
Hispanic 6.1 27.3 27.3
White 37.4 68.9 60.6
Multiracial
Not known
BELLEVUE 44.1 BETTER THAN SEATTLE 36.2 IN
4TH GRADE WASL MATH OVERALL
BUT SEATTLE'S WHITES, HISPANICS DID BETTER
ONLY BELLEVUE'S ASIANS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER
1998 4th Grade WASL Seattle
Math Reading Writ Math
Native Am * *
Asian PI 48.4 64.4 57.5 33.1
AfAm 20.4 38.8 18.4 14.2
Hispanic 17.9 32.1 23.2 23.4
White 44.7 71.4 30.0 52.5
Multiracial 40.0 70.0 30.0 12.5
Not known
Overall 44.1
Is Bellevue (44.1) better than Seattle? (36.2)
asians worse, afam slightly better,
whites better, hispanics better.
AP tests (1) (2)
Af Am 3.73 0.58
Mex Hisp 6.52 2.11
Asian Am 19.31 28.41
White 70.08 55.66
NAam/Not
stated 0.36 13.24
1 - % of students
2 - % of AP tests taken
GPA June 1998
Asian 3.1
White 2.9
AfAm 2.1
Hisp 2.1
p. 71 PRISM gifted (IQ 144+)
middle school
1995-96 1996-97 1997-98
white 64.0 74.0
Af Am 5.0 4.0
Asian 31.0 21.0
Hisp 0.0 0.0
Min 36.0 26.0
Dist 28.15 29.64
ENROLLMENT IN ELEMENTARY PRISM PROGRAM SHOWS GAPS
AMONG DIFFERENT GROUPS
'95 - '96 '96 - '97 97- '98
% Enrolled % Enrolled % Enrolled
in PRISM in District
White 73.0% 71.85% 67% 71.36% 66% 70.08%
Asian American 22.0% 18.47% 28% 18.83% 29% 19.31%
African American 2.5% 4.22% 5% 4.00% 3% 3.73%
Hispanic 0.0% 5.03% 0% 5.41% 0% 6.52%
Total Minority 27.0% 28.15% 33% 28.64% 32% 29.92%
1997 4th grade WASL math vs program
p. 75
Gifted 423
Pass 400
Not at risk 397
Non Free lun 393
English Prof 391
Non Title I 390
Non Spec Ed 390
Regular 385
At Risk 368
Free Lunch 366
Learn Assist 363
Title I 361
Spec Ed 360
Non English 355
Bellevue not at risk is about 4th grade passing, only
gifted is clearly over "the bar"
Attending 2-4 yr colleges in wa in 1996
Asian 68.5
White 55.2
AfAm 28.1
Hisp 34.8
zip31\clipim\99\03\08\bellwasl.gif 1997 1998 Bellevue WASL scores
zip31\clipim\99\03\08\bellmat7.gif 1998 7th grade math scores
BLACKS AND HISPANICS IN BELLEVUE CONTINUE TO SCORE POORLY Students
hanging in there: No change after Bellevue adds 7th class to school
day. Seattle Times Mike Lindblom Feb 23, 1999. 7th period was added
so that students who failed some classes could still complete
graduation requirements, failure rates have not gone up. More
students taking ap courses. More children under 25th percentile.
zip#28\images\972\1208\p01.tif
"Big jump in Issaquah test scores" Seattle Times Dec 8, 1997 p. B1
(Eastside ed) 4th graders advance from 57 to 75th percentile in 5
years. Credited to reform reason-based math curriculum? CTBS
"Reading Skills Targeted" Seattle Times 6/6/97 17% vs. 24% statewide
were in bottom quarter of standardized reading test, 35% vs. 26% are
in the top 25% (officials to reduce 17% in bottom 25%)
1994-95 CTBS Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills
G4 reading W66 B41 H36 A59 N54
math W65 B29 H37 A73 N44
G8 reading W70 B44 H58 A66 N44
math W69 B34 H49 A82 N40
Bellevue G8 math W1.00 B-2.02 H-1.40 A1.18
CFAS - Curriculum Frameworks Assessment (WA State Dept Ed)
G11reading W64 B30 H56 A52 N61
math W62 B31 H55 A55 N51
[[Boston, Mass
\clip\98\13\bostscor.txt
\clip\98\13\gapscore.htm
Gap widens in Boston test scores
http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe/globehtml/268/Gap_widens_in_Boston_test_scor
es.shtml
September 25, 1998 By Beth Daley Boston Globe
"Despite more than a decade of effort by the Boston public schools to close
the test score gap between whites and minorities, the gap has widened,
scores show.
THE RESULTS Percentage of Boston students who scored "proficient" or
higher on the Stanford 9 standardized test in reading and math.
Seventh grade
READING MATH
'96 '97'98 '96 '97'98
White 60 64 68 38 46 54
Black 19 25 25 6 9 12
Hispanic19 21 20 7 12 12
Eleventh grade
'96 '97'98 '96 '97'98
White 57 56 61 18 20 29
Black 13 17 17 1 1 2
Hispanic 15 12 12 2 2 4
SOURCE: Boston Public Schools
Boston.com area test scores
http://www.boston.com/education/k12.htm
\clip\97\24\edclip3.txt Boston Globe In test scores, question mark on
the future By Beth Daley, Globe Staff, 10/16/97 70% scored above
basic, and were above national average, but half would fail proposed
graduation requirements. Black and Hispanic elementary school
students were twice as likely to be at the lowest level of
performance in reading compared to whites and Asians, a gap that
increased to three times as likely in middle and high schools. In
math, at each school level, about twice as many black and Hispanic
students scored at the lowest level compared to whites and Asians.
\seng\common\ahu\clip\97\23\edclip3.txt Improving high schools is
priority, says Payzant By Beth Daley, Globe Staff, 10/14/97 " Boston
high school students performed dismally on the national ''Stanford
9'' achievement tests last spring. Fifty-eight percent of
ninth-graders and 79 percent of 11th-graders scored in the lowest
category in math, showing ''little (if any) mastery of the most
elementary knowledge and skills.'' In five city high schools, 100
percent of the students scored in the lowest category in math. In
reading, 29 percent of ninth-graders and 42 percent of 11th-graders
scored in the lowest category. Starting in 2001, 10th-graders will
have to pass a state test before they can graduate. "
\doc\96\03\masscore.txt \priv\96\12\masscore.txt, htm complete Cites
Maynard as having below average values, but among highest scores in
state. Stoneham, Melrose, South Hadley are also in the top 20% on a
national percentile. "HOMES AND SCHOOLS: WHETHER YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR
NOT, THE QUALITY OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AFFECTS THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME"
By Tina Cassidy, Boston Globe, 04/21/96
doc941\priv\bostest.txt - Asians do extremely well in math, blacks
score close to 50 national average.
\doc\95\02\bosttest.txt - Black test scores equal to 50 in G4 and G5
doc93b\bostest.xls - Boston Metropolitan Reading and Math tests 1987
reading W70.8 B46.7 H42.1 A52.8 percentile
math W72.8 B47.4 H50.2 A85.1
Asians better in math, worse at reading
>Note black 47 in math/reading is practically national average
[[chicago
Chicago is mostly black with mostly abysmal schools, and the white
schools usually do best. Statewide, the best schools are nearly all
white or white / Asian with low poverty, and SOMETIMES high spending.
BUT if you dig into the Chicago Tribune test scores and rankings,
some school that are mostly minority and poor get some fairly good
test scores, beating out many average white suburbs, and nearly
matching some freakin rich white places.
Chicago Schools
http://aix.cps.edu/
F080697 "The difference a mayor makes" The Economist July 26, 1997 p.
24 In the spring of 1996, 25% of 8th graders and 48% of 9th graders
took a promotion test, and were required to either take more school
in the summer or retake the grade.
Iowa Test of Basic Skills
------------------------
9-14old 1990 1997
Reading 24 30
Math 28 36
%at or above national norms
15-17 yr olds
Iowa Test of Basic Skills
------------------------
1990 1997
Reading 30 24
Math 20 30
\priv\95\15\chictest.txt - test vs. state goals, some good
some bad
\clip\96\08\netcard.htm Some Teachers Critical of State Goal Tests By
Casey Banas TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Web-posted: Thursday, Nov. 14, 1996
Critics of IAGAP test say it just shows rich do well.
\doc\95\15\chictes2.wk1,txt - Test scores for Chicago area and suburbs,
best schools in area. Some Chicago elementary schools with high
poverty levels still score above state average in 7th grade science.
Test scores for Chicago Elementary Schools
Some schools with very high poverty levels are scoring above state aver
age
Ranked by 7th grade science
Science Social Studies
4th 7th 4th 7th Percent
School grade grade grade grade low inco Note
Young Magnet 406 425 39.0 #1 in cit
y
Edison 385 388 393 380 12.5 White?
Dore 222 287 252 299 63.1 < H
85% B+H
\clip\96\08\dore.htm Chicago Tribune
\clip\96\08\dorerank.htm Top 1% city in 8th grade math 2% in reading in
\CLIP\96\08\DORECRNK.HTM Top 3% county 8th reading Top 1% math
chicago
Franklin Magnet 260 268 269 293 43.4 <
Edgebrook 254 258 294 262 41.7 <
Gunsaulus Acade 267 255 292 254 70.0 <
312 535-7215
Farnsworth 239 253 228 235 36.1
Garvey 267 248 265 246 43.7 <
state average 7th science = 243
state average 4th science = 250
Grissom 205 228 209 261 66.3
Dever 220 222 218 220 59.1
Wanless El Springfield 220 XXX 248 XXX 76.5
W73.8 23.5% B+H
\priv\95\17\chictest.txt - Chicago Tribune print-outs
Chicago high schools
Web database: Illinois School Report Card
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/skuls/skul.htm
Top State ranked high schools - All are over 97% white, and all
districts spend BELOW the state average.
#1 ACT Composite Gridley High School 27.5
#1 ACT Reading Gridley High 31.3
url: http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/skuls/skulr.cgi?SCHOOL= gridley&CIT
Y=gridley&TYPE=High+Sch
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BH 2.4 W97.6 B1.6 H0.8 A0 N0 Pov -6.23 $ -1.24
#1 ACT Math Brussells High School in Brussells 27.8
url: http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/skuls/skulr.cgi?SCHOOL= brussels&CI
TY=brussels&TYPE=High+Sch
clip: \clip\96\09\brussel.htm
BH 0.0 W100.0 B0.0 H0.0 A0.0 N0.0 Pov -1.92 $ -1.06
#1 ACT Science Pecatonica High School (Pecatonia) 26.7
url: http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/skuls/skulr.cgi?SCHOOL= pecatonica&
CITY=pecatonica&TYPE=High+Sch
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BH 0.8 W99.6 B0.0 H0.4 A0.0 N0.0 Pov -7.75 $ -1.33
10th grade math
#1 New Trier Township High School (Winnetka )
url: http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/skuls/skulr.cgi?SCHOOL= new+trier&C
ITY=winnetka&TYPE=High+Sch
clip: \clip\96\09\newtrier.htm
BH 3.1 W85.1 B1.0 H2.1 A11.0 N0.0 Pov -31.7 $ 2.37
#2 Glenbrook North High School (Northbrook )
url: http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/skuls/skulr.cgi?SCHOOL= GLENBROOK+N
ORTH+HIGH+SCHOOL---NORTHBROOK&TYPE=High+Sch&CITY=
clip: \clip\96\09\glenbrok.htm
BH 1.6 W82.5 B0.0 H1.6 A15.0 N0.0 Pov -20.5 $ 1.96
Whitney Young Magnet School is the best high school in the city of
Chicago by every measure, and top 7% of high schools statewide in
10th grade composite, top 99.5% 10th grade math, yet it is 65% black
or Hispanic.
\clip\96\08\younmag.htm
city rank #1 \clip\96\09\younrank.htm top 0.2% ACT 24.1
state rank \clip\96\09\younstat.htm
#2 8th grade reading
#1 99.9% 8th grade math
#7 99.5% 8th grade writing
#3 99.5% 10th grade math
#44 93% 10th grade writing
#43 93% ACT Composite 24.8 approx = 1200 SAT, 86th percentile ACT
home page: http://aix.cps.edu/u1810/school.html
school W19.4 B52.3 H13 A15 N0 BH 65.3 Pov 1.12 $1.17
dist W10.8 B54.3 H31.4 A3 N0.2 BH 85.7
index 1.79 -1.85 -4.26 2.79 N0.00
\priv\96b\10\normie.txt student says school is competitive, ap
classes are mostly white and Asian, but blacks turn out too.
Everybody has to take an exam and work hard.
\clip\96\08\clem, clemrank.htm
\clip\96\08\austcomm.htm
\clip\96\08\austrank.htm
Austin Community Academy
100% black ACT 14.0 vs. 18.5 city /22.9 state bottom 11% in city
Black avg = 17.1
[[Compton Los Angeles
Predominantly Black district with really poor test scores
\clip\99\04\compton.txt Los Angeles Times Monday, February 1, 1999
Schools in Compton Set Reform Pace Education
Compton was taken over by the state in 1993 because of its academic
and fiscal failures. Barely one of 10 students is performing at
grade level
Results of the Stanford 9 test administered last spring showed
Compton second-graders scored in the 22nd percentile in reading and
the 30th in math. Its 11th-graders scored in the 13th percentile in
reading and the 19th in math.
[[Clover Park
Clover Park Near Tacoma, half
minority / free lunch near military bases.
[[Cupertino
Mostly white, but approaching majority Asian silicon valley suburb,
Asian education "magnet". But blacks still score poorly in this most
desired suburb.
\clip\97\11\homestea\homestea.htm US News and World Report 4/21/97
Millionaire High The plight of the school that spawned Apple's
founders According to the most recent data (1996) on ninth graders
Percentage with grade point average in D-F "Today, African-Americans
remain a small proportion (4 percent) of the studentt body, and
Pacific Islanders and American Indians add an additional 4 percent..
Hispanic students constitute 11 percent; and Asians, the largest
minority, 288 percent. These figures mirror the state's population as
a whole.""Though thee school boasts Scholastic Assessment Test scores
that are above the nationall median, especially in math, those
averages reflect high scores by a small portionn of the student body.
"
[[Daly City, California
doc\94\12\bayscore.wk1 vs.
CA schools G12 R99 W99 M99
[[Denver, Colorado
\clip\97\12\denver.txt Minorities Sue DPS Over Quality From The
Denver Post: May 7. About 100 black parents will file a class-action
lawsuit against Denver Public Schools Wednesday morning, complaining
that the school system has systematically failed to teach even basic
skills to the city's poorer children. (Parents asked for funding for
private or charter schools)
[[Detroit Public Schools, Michigan
The city is 73% Black, 81% of the school age population, with
predictable effects on educational achievement statistics. The
Detroit News did a huge series on education without ever touching on
the issue of a dominant black population. However, it does have at
least 3 or 4 outstanding schools, evidently also predominantly black.
vs. Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County
----------------------------------------
Projected 31.2 90.8
4th grade pass MEAP 47.7 75.7
Single parent 65% 8%
No HS Diploma 39.1 3.2
Unemployment 19.7 2%
Free/Red Lunch 71.4% 2%
Revenue/pupil $7,364 $11,934
1990 Population
Adult W23.5 B72.8 H2.5 A.8 N0.3
Under 18 W13.8 B81.4 H3.5 A0.9 N0.3
Detroit News Tuesday, May 20, 1997
Learning Curve: Detroit Schools in Crisis
Comparing MEAP test results Percentages show the share of
students in fourth grade and seventh grade who scored "satisfactory"
or "proficient" on statewide math and reading tests last fall. The
highest possible score is 400 percent, which would mean 100 percent
of students in both grades scored at least satisfactory on each of
the two subjects.
Community Percent
Oakland County 242
Macomb County 221
Statewide 201
Wayne County 185
Detroit 155
Note: Results are from Michigan Educational Assessment Program
(MEAP) tests last October. Source: Michigan Department of Education
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\clip\97\16\detroit.wtf - Webvcr of stats for all
Detroit schools
Test scores are based on %proficient, 50% being national
average.
Mike Albert for enrollment breakdown
313-494-1448
Yes, there ARE a few good schools in Detroit...
High
School Reading Math Sci
Renaissance 84 89 74
Cass 63 67 48
Elementary
Bates Academy 87 81 78 (mostly black)
Jemison 84 81 76
Owen 83 75 72
Bunche 78 84 91
---------------------------------------------------------
http://dpsnet.detpub.k12.mi.us/html/sch574aa.htm#mission
Renaissance High School
Renaissance
High School History and Philosophy Renaissance High School,
founded in 1978, is a small college preparatory school for
academically able students. Enrollment averages between 750 and 800
students in grades nine through twelve. The challenging curriculum of
this Detroit public school provides students with a liberal arts
background and the opportunity to take Advanced Placement courses in
English, American History, calculus, biology and European History.
[[DC
[[District of columbia area
As with the adult population with 50% college, white kids in DC have
very high test scores, while mostly black DC overall and for blacks is
very low.
BRACEY SAYS DC SCHOOLS WORK GREAT FOR WHITE KIDS 3X NATIONAL ADVANCED
z70\doc\web\2003\09\spin.txt
Paige says "White DC 4th graders score the highest of any subgroup
tested, while black DC 4th graders score 60 points lower--an
achievement gap roughly double the average for both the country and
for almost all the other measured cities." Nationally, 9 percent of
white 4th graders score at the "advanced" level in reading as do 9
percent of white kids in central cities. Would you all please take a
minute to guess what proportion of white kids scored at the "advanced"
level in DC? And the answer is: 28 percent. More than three times
the rate in the nation. Jerry Bracey
MSNBC: EVEN MIDDLE CLASS FAIRFAX BLACKS LAG IN PERFORMANCE
[My New
Republic piece shows blacks do poorly even in the most affluent and
integrated suburbs]
\clip\99\07\blscore.txt
Minority test scores
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WRC/227562.asp
Tuesday, March 2, 1999 "Lower standardized test scores, lower college
grades and lower graduation rates still persist among students from
middle-class African-American families. ... Are African American children
being viewed through the lens of a powerful negative stereotype, or is it
just distracting peer pressure that leads to black underachievement? Some
of the nation’s leading educators say it’s time to take a second look."
Fourth graders
in Fairfax County for example, scored in the 36th percentile on the
Stanford 9 while white students scored in the 72nd percentile.
BLACKS IN DC SUBURBS ABOVE BLACK AVERAGE, BUT STILL LAG PEER WHITES
\doc\web\98\10\dcblak.txt The data on this point are readily
accessible for the two most noted school districts in the Washington
DC area. Both are considered among the best in the country--Fairfax
possibly the best.
For Fairfax county (Virginia):
www.fcps.k12.va.us
For Montgomery county (Maryland)
www.mcps.k12.md.us
In Montgomery county, Montgomery Blair High School was made into a
magnet school for science, math, and computer science. Similar
numbers of black and white students there took the SAT. And the 1998
score gap was more than 300 points--far greater than the gap
county-wide or nationwide. The black students there scored a little
higher than black students county-wide (around 960). But the white
students averaged in the high 1200s.
ARE DC SCHOOLS DOING BADLY BECAUSE OF MANAGEMENT OR BECAUSE IT IS
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK?
\clip\96\08\dcpoor.txt AP 12-Nov-1996 Study: Washington Students Do
Poorly By JANELLE CARTER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) --
On the CTBS, of 3 grades, none were above average in reading, only
6th graders were higher than national average in math [that's great
for black students!], only 53% of students who started 1991-92
graduate 4 years later, 32% of teachers lacked required certifcation.
\clip\96\03\satscore.htm SAT Scores Rise in Much of Area By Victoria
Benning and Rene Sanchez Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, August
23, 1996; Page C01
\clip\96\03\satlist.htm actual scores by county
\doc\96\06\dcsat.wk1 spreadsheet with numbers
\doc\96\06\dcsat.wk1
1996 SAT scores for greater Wash DC area, College Board
Ranked by combined scores
VerbDiffmathDiffComb
TJHSST Fairfax 703 732 1435
Fairfax County 543 5 553 7 1096
Montgomery County 538 -4 550 3 1088
Howard County 534 1 546 3 1080
Arlington County 529 14 527 10 1056
Anne Arundel County 514 0 527 2 1041
Loudoun County 524 5 513 7 1037
Calvert County 516 3 512 5 1028
Prince William's Coun 513 -1 501 1 1014
US average 505 1 508 2 1013
Alexandria 501 5 505 11 1006
St Mary's County 506 1 498 1 1004
Virginia 507 496 1003
Prince George's Count 448 -1 441 -2 889
DC 417n/a 404n/a 821
Fairfax county has one of the best published SAT scores
of any district for whites and Asians, and also the
highest for blacks, however, high for blacks is still
below national average.
Los Gatos 579
UC Santa Barbara 574
White Fairfax County 567
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/mediapub/pressrel/pr_table1_frame.htm
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/mediapub/pressrel/pr_table1.htm
\clip\99\03\fairstan.htm
Stanford 9 percentile by grade
*Except for mathematics, Asians lag whites in most categories
*Blacks are below average at 42, Hispanic 44, but better than state
They lag in social studies as well.
State/ FCPS
Math Asian Black Hisp White All
G5 73/75 34/39 47/49 62/74 55/69
G11 67/76 26/42 39/44 55/76 48/71
Science A B H W All
G5 73 39 51 59 72
G11 67 42 46 78 72
SocSci A B H W All
G5 62 35 44 70 64
G11 77 60 61 85 81
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/mediapub/pressrel/ethnic.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, December 13, 1996
FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RELEASES FIVE-YEAR
COMPARISONS OF SAT SCORES FOR ETHNIC GROUPS
Table 1
SAT I
Recentered Average Scores by Ethnicity
1992 - 1996
Asian African American Hispanic White
Class
of Verbal Math Comp* VerbalMath Comp* Verbal MathComp* Verbal Math Comp*
1992 491 551 1042 468 455 923 498 496 994 553 549 1102
1993 493 564 1057 467 459 926 495 498 993 558 555 1113
1994 488 565 1053 470 459 929 497 500 997 558 557 1115
1995 502 559 1061 464 458 922 485 492 977 563 562 1125
1996 500 569 1069 483 465 948 498 503 1001 567 567 1134
Table 2
Five-Year Trend
1992 - 1996
for Composite
Asian African American Hispanic White
+27 +25 +7 +32
*Comp=Composite (Combined Verbal and Math Score)
Table 3
Five-Year Comparisons
With State and Nation
FCPS Virginia National
1992 1996 Difference 1992 1996 Difference 1992 1996Difference
Asian 1042 1069 +27 1014 1037 +23 1038 1054 +16
African
American 923 948 +25 842 847 +5 847 856 +9
Hispanic 994 1001 +7 965 980 +15 907 919 +12
White 1102 1134 +32 1031 1041 +10 1034 1049 +15
Note - Fairfax blacks =948 is better than 856 national average, but
still far below 1034 natl average for white
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/mediapub/pressrel/sat96.htm
The 1996 average composite score for African-American students (948)
was 92 points above the national composite score and 101 points above
the Virginia composite score for African-American students. (See
Table 4.) [BUT BELOW STATE OR NATIONAL WHITES!]
MONEY WASTED IN FAIRFAX COUNTY?
(otherwise, a very posh, high achieving community)
fairfax.txt
\doc\96\06\fairfsat.htm Fairfax county SAT scores
\doc\96\06\fairfsat2.htm SAT scores by race
White 567V 567M 1134C
Black 483V 465M 856C
Hispanic 498V 503M 1001C
Asian 500V 569M 1069C
Fairfax County SAT W1.00 B-1.21 H-1.13 A1.003
National 1996 SAT
Verb Math Comb
White 526 523 1049
Black 434 422 856
Hispanic 459 460 919
Asian 496 558 1054
US 505 508 1013
US SAT W1.00 B-1.24 H-1.13 A1.06
[[Enumclaw WA
Rural town in WA that gets country hick jokes has above average test
scores \clip\97\28\enumscor.htm Enumclaw scores mixed; Highline
scores down by Dionne Searcey Seattle Times South bureau Seattle
Times 11/25/97
[[Florida
a50=above 50th percentile in math
http://www.firn.edu/doe/bin00018/perfstat/d68p01.htm# d68p01s001
M100 H Pine View School fo Gifted pov=6
M99 M Pine View School For Gifted (Sarasota) pov=6
M98 High-Port St. Joe Sr. High pov=29
M97 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH CO SCH OF THE ARTS pov=11
M96 PALM BEACH SUNCOAST HIGH pov=13
M95 E PALM BEACH DEL PRADO ELEMENTARY pov=11
M94 H Venice Senior High (Sarasota) pov=16
M93 PALM BEACH E LIMESTONE CREEK ELEMENTARY pov=13
M91 H Spruce Creek high volusia pov=24
M91 PK Younge Developmental Research
M90 ST JOHNS ALLEN D. NEASE SR HIGH pov=5
M83 Florida State University School (el)
M59 Florida A&M University High
M18 MOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE ELEM pov=99 minority=100% 11% a50
[[Georgia
/doc/web/97/02/topga.htm Top 200 SAT scores
Top 200 - Ranking by: SAT - Latest Administration
Rank System School Score
1 RICHMOND Davidson Magnet 1,147 40% black
2 DEKALB Chamblee High 1,097
3 COBB Walton High 1,088
4 FAYETTE McIntosh High 1,085
5 WHITFIELD Northwest Whitfield County High 1,081
6 COBB Pope High 1,072
7 FULTON Roswell High 1,071
8 FULTON North Springs High 1,069
9 COLUMBIA Lakeside High 1,068
10 FULTON Chattahoochee High 1,065
11 GWINNETT Parkview High 1,058
[[Hartford Connecticut
HARTFORD A MINORITY ENCLAVE IN RICH WHITE STATE
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Poverty in a Land of Plenty: Can Hartford Ever Recover?
Mon Aug 26, 9:13 AM ET
By PAUL ZIELBAUER The New York Times
"In a state that is 86 percent white, Hartford became an island of
poor minorities, with blacks clinging to power they seized in the
voting drives of the late 1960's, Hispanics largely disenfranchised
and whites warily looking on from the wealthy suburbs. The results
have been disastrous...hired a private company, Education Alternatives
Inc., to improve its 32-school system, 95-percent black and Hispanic,
and among the worst-performing in the nation.. by 1996, the City
Council had fired the company, declared the schools "incapable of
self-correction" and urged the mayor to declare a state of emergency.
[[Howard County MD
Washington Post Oct 1997 A Mixed Report Card on Student Testing Being
Head of the Class Raises Concerns in Howard County By Katherine
Shaver Washington Post Staff Writer Howard county does best in state,
but parents worry they spend too much time teaching to the test.
[[Houston
Independent School District
Houston Chronicle school database:
http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/special/school/ ratings.html
--------------------------------
Rankings by Arthur Hu of Houston district
High Schools
Note that while the best high school has the lowest percentages of
under-minorities, it's still 44%, yet scores as well as Mercer Island
in Washington, the best in WA state, and nearly all-white.
Comparable SAT scores:
SAT Math
--------- Highest public school in TX,MA,WA --------
Memorial HS (Spring Branch, Houston TX) 1062
Mercer Island (#1 Dist, Wa State) 572 1058
Bellaire HS Houston 44% BH 1053
Highest district in Mass 94 570
% black or Hispanic
SAT TAASM BH
Bellaire 1053 74 44% http://www.umr.edu/~lefftink/bellaire.html
Health Prof 947 94 65%
Lamar 942 71 58%
Waltrip 898 47 69%
Washington 879 53 97%
Jones 857 43 91%
Westbury 848
Scarborough 821
Lee 821 51 76%
Sharpstown 798
Reagan 767 35 94%
Milby 763 54 92%
Houston 748 43 89%
Austin 708 35 98%
Furr 704 34 94%
Davis 686 49 97%
Wheatly 677
Kashmere 668 58 99%
Yates 668
Jordan 653 45 97%
Worthing 629 59
Sanchez ??? 23 Alternative for Hispanics
Carter ??? 10 98%
Night ??? 7
From: SerenaRB@aol.com Am surprised that my e-mail address is still
connected to any school website in Houston as I am now at the U of
Kansas working on a doctorate in Educational Technology. I worked at
3 schools in my tenure in Houston and imagine you must be referring
the Bellaire High School, but the demographics seem more like Reagan
High. They are both magnet schools and I taught for 3 years in each
of them so can speak with some authority about both of their very
different programs and approaches. I am very interested in your
research so let me know specifics and I will do what I can to help.
Serena Roberts
serenarb@aol.com
serena@ukans.edu
\doc\web\98\10\hiscore.txt Some
one questions validity of minority Houston test scores.
Here's a whole bunch of different test scores broken down
by race here:
Children First: A Report on the Houston Independent School District
By the Texas Performance Review October 1996
http://www.window.state.tx.us/tpr/tspr/houston/hisd/hou16/ hou16o.html
\doc\96\07\houtest.htm
\doc\96\07\houstest.wk1
houstest.wk1School District
Exhibit 0-20
Mean PSAT Scores by Ethnicity and Gender for HISD Students
1994-945
Verbal
Math
Ethnicity
African American 42.4 41.1
Asian 42.4 54.4
Hispanic 42.0 41.8
White 53.1 52.1
Native American/Other 49.8 47.5
Gender
Male 47.1 48.6
Female 46.0 44.2
Houston PSAT Math W1.00 B-1.26 H-1.23 A 1.04 N-1.09
Houston PSAT Verbal W1.00 B-1.25 H-1.25 A-1.25 N-1.08
Source: HISD Research & Evaluation
In algebra, only 8 percent of all students tested earned a
passing score in fall of 1995. The percentage of females (6 percent),
African American (5 percent), Hispanic (6 percent), Economically
Disadvantaged (4 percent), Chapter 1 (None), Migrant (None), Limited
English (None), E** SL (None), At-Risk (2 percent), Career/Technology
(7 percent) was less than the district average. The highest scale
score was among White students (1423) and the lowest among those
categorized as Migrant students (1274).
Biology Score Index
Native Am
Asian 1467 -1.14
AfAm 1501 -1.11
Hispanic 1500 -1.11
White 1676 1.00
Algebra 1 Texas End-of-Course
Data Summary - Fall 1995 pass
Group tested %pass score index
White 145 28 1423 1.00
Gifted & Tale 39 18 1414 -1.56
No Informatio 73 19 1406 -1.47
Asian 18 0 1387 0.00
Male 781 10 1355 -2.80
All Students 1677 8 1348 -3.50
Career/Techno 271 7 1347 -4.00
Female 896 6 1342 -4.67
Hispanic 731 6 1339 -4.67
African Ameri 709 5 1335 -5.60
Economically 217 4 1332 -7.00
At-Risk 534 2 1321 -14.00
E** SL 53 0 1318 0.00
Limited Engli 80 0 1317 0.00
Chapter 1 64 0 1286 0.00
Migrant 7 0 1274 0.00
SAT scores Verbal Math Math Index
1993 1994 1993 1994
Puerto Rican 384 430 404 546 1.05
Asian 406 411 525 530 1.02
White 457 467 514 521 1.00
Other 422 396 449 472 -1.10
American Indian 411 400 467 463 -1.13
Mexican American 354 357 420 421 -1.24
Other Hispanic 360 363 423 414 -1.26
African American 341 339 391 388 -1.34
By index W1.00 B-1.34 H-1.24 A1.02 N -1.13
ACT Mean Composite Scores by Ethnic/Racial Background
Ethnicity 1993 1994Index
African American 17.0 17.3 -1.27
Asian 19.9 21.0 -1.05
Hispanic 18.4 18.3 -1.20
White 21.4 22.0 1.00
Other 17.0 18.7 -1.18
W1.00 B-1.27 H-1.20 A-1.05 N-1.18
Mathematics is the area where HISD students exhibit the poorest
performance. Student performance among these students varies across
racial and economic lines. African American students earn the lowest
scores followed by the economically disadvantaged and Mexican
American/Hispanic students.
[[issaquah WA - affluent suburb
http://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/district/testscores.htm
10/3/94 CTBS vs. national precentile
G4 reading W64 B43 H53 A68 H53 N67
math W59 B35 H33 A81 H33 N36
G8 reading W68 B50 H49 A62 H49 N54
math W65 B41 H46 A80 H46 N51
G11 reading W57 B38 H48 A52 H48 N61
math W61 B46 H49 A74 H49 N46
note- black sample is under 5 in each grade, but still low.
White determines district average
Blacks note better at math than Seattle G4 (33), or Boston, but still
below state average of 50 and white average of 60. Asians scoring in
mid-70s and 80s in math vs. white 60.
[[Lake Washington School District
Affluent district covers Microsoft ground zero, Redmond and Kirkland,
not the best in the eastside, but not far behind Bellevue and Mercer
Island, and improving by 5 percentile points in just 2 years before
1997.
Statewide
4th Grade 96-7 97-8 98-9 99-0
Mathematics: 21.4 31.2 37.3 41.8
Reading: 47.9 55.6 59.1 65.8
Writing: 42.8 36.7 32.6 39.4
Listening: 62.3 71.3 71.2 65.3
District
Mathematics: 35.6 47.2 55.3 57.2
Reading: 64.8 75.0 77.4 79.6
Writing: 61.3 49.9 55.7 57.1
Listening: 73.6 82.3 86.1 79.7
AG Bell
4th Grade 96-7 97-8 98-9 99-0
Mathematics: 15.0 32.8 34.6 53.2
Reading: 50.0 74.6 53.8 69.8
Writing: 38.3 34.3 30.8 49.2
Listening: 63.3 83.6 67.3 76.2
Versus state
4th Grade 96-7 97-8 98-9 99-0
Mathematics: -1.43 1.05 -1.08 1.27
Reading: 1.04 1.34 -1.10 1.06
Writing: -1.12 -1.07 -1.06 1.25
Listening: 1.02 1.17 -1.06 1.17
Versus district
Mathematics: -2.37 -1.44 -1.60 -1.08
Reading: -1.30 -1.01 -1.44 -1.14
Writing: -1.60 -1.45 -1.81 -1.16
Listening: -1.16 1.02 -1.28 -1.05
AG Bell was below state average in math at start, now about above
state average, 10% down from district average.
ITBS Math 1999-2000
3rd grade = 63
6th grade = 56
9th grade = 60
Washington state is above average at all 3 grades on ITBS,
yet most are failing to meet minimal state standards for
grade level on WASL??
'97 state assessment puts blacks and Hispanics about equal to state
average except in math, where they are better than state minorites,
but much worse than district Whites and Asians.
CTBS puts blacks at about 30-35, actually worse than Seattle average.
1999 - Don't have exact figures, but principal of Holy Family
Kirkland says they are about mid 80s in test scores, which is about
even with Mercer Island public schools.
\doc\web\98\06\lwtest.txt 1997-8 progress report says
that LW is top 10% nationally and top 10% in state.
\doc\web\97\09\lwsdtest.wk1
4th grade
1997 Washington Assessment of Student Learning
Racial and Ethnic Summary
Lake Washington School District P.O. Box 97039 Redmond WA 98073
Assessment and Evaluation Patricia Crawford
Percent equal or exceeding standard
Mathamatics Reading Writing Listening
CountCountPct StateCountPct StateCountPct StateCountPct State
Asian/PI 135 44 33 24 74 55 47 77 57 50 90 67 56
Black/AfAm 35 6 17 5 21 60 27 17 49 30 22 63 45
Hispanic 50 9 18 5 26 52 19 24 48 20 28 56 37
NativeAm 10 3 30 7 6 60 23 4 40 21 7 70 43
White 1535 588 38 25 1056 69 54 989 64 46 1182 77 67
Index
Mathamatics Reading Writing Listening
CountVSW Pct StateVSW Pct StateVSW Pct StateVSW Pct State
Asian/PI 1.32-1.15 1.38 1.02-1.25 1.17 1.24-1.12 1.14 1.00-1.15 1.20
Black/AfAm -1.47-2.24 3.40 1.11-1.15 2.22 1.07-1.31 1.63-1.06-1.22 1.40
Hispanic -1.39-2.11 3.60-1.04-1.33 2.74 1.04-1.33 2.40-1.20-1.38 1.51
NativeAm 1.20-1.27 4.29 1.11-1.15 2.61-1.15-1.60 1.90 1.04-1.10 1.63
White 1.52 1.00 1.52 1.28 1.00 1.28 1.39 1.00 1.39 1.15 1.00 1.15
VSW = versus state white pct=versus district white State=city vs state
Every group is above state average for the group
Vs. White BlackHisp Asian
Math -2.24-2.11-1.15
Reading -1.15-1.33-1.25
Writing -1.31-1.33-1.12
Listening -1.22-1.38-1.15
Asians are 15-25% worse in every topic
Blacks and Hispanics are much worse in math, much less so in other
subjects
Vs State WhiBlackHisp Asian
Math -1.47-1.38 1.32
Reading 1.11-1.04 1.02
Writing 1.07 1.04 1.24
Listening -1.07-1.19 1
Blacks and Hispanics are close to state whites in Reading, Writing,
and Listening, but significantly behind in math This is still way
behind district whites and Asians.
LAKE WASHINGTON 1997 G4=68 G8=68 G11=65, UP ABOUT 5 PERCENTILE IN 2
YEARS
\doc\web\97\05\lkwash.txt
Lake Washington School District Communique Spring 1997
\doc\95\15\lwctbs.txt
\doc\95\11\LWCTBS.wk1
\doc\95\11\LWCTBS.wk1
Lake Washington CTBS Scores 1994-95
Based on national percentile score 50 = median
Grade 11 Grade 4 Grade 8
Read Math Read Math Read Math
All 58 61 66 58 69 65
Native A 52 48 54 56 57 42
Black 33 30 50 28 49 35
White 59 62 67 58 71 66
Asian 51 67 67 69 62 61
Hispanic 47 54 52 47 51 44
Omit 48 58 66 52 55 54
Lake Wash G8 math W1.00 B-1.85 H-3.33 A-1.08
[[Longview WA
\clip\2000\09\longtest.htm
The Daily News 2000 WASL test results
Grays River 4th grade math 77% pass
[[Los Angeles CA
Los Angeles is a "diverse" area with lots of Hispanics, a good number
of Asians, and famous for an African American population with two big
riots to their "credit", and a couple of fiery "we want ours"
politicians.
Check out comparison of high schools at this site.
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/COMMUN/SCHOOLS/SCORES/
Whitney High
2-Yr CA CG
School/Category Rate Growth Rnk Rnk
4-yr Completion 100.0 n/a 99 99
Career-vocational 9.9 -7.2 8 8
A-F Enrollment 61.0 -9.2 71 36
Calif. Public College 64.2 -6.1 85 77
SAT/ACT above average 100.0 0.0 99 99
[[Lowell Ma
Working class town with lots of Asian refugees
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http://www.boston.com/realestate/acomm/school/lowell.htm
SAT 1994 V420 M470 T890
[[Maryland
From: "Patricia Hausman" in Montgomery County,
Maryland, the SAT gap between minority and white students is much
greater at the highly prized magnet schools than at the regular high
schools.
[[Massachusetts
http://www.boston.com/realestate/acomm/retownse.htm
8th grade
Ranked by 8th grade MAEP math score
SATM = SAT math
MHINcome = Median Household Income
--------------------------------------
MAEP SATM White Asian MHIncome
1600 570 Highest dist
1520 550 89.1 4.6 $79,111 Wellesley
1510 557 71.5 13.5 $45,598 Brookline <--- best value
1510 570 80.0 11.8 $67,389 Lexington
1500 $61,394 Acton 4th grade
1500 90.7 3.4 $69,917 Concord
1490 Wayland
1490 Reading
1490 569 82.8 6.2 $59,719 Newton
1480 532 $65,994 Winchester
1450 Sharon
1440 479 90.6 2.4 $42,805 Norwood <-- best suburb val
1430 Woburn
1430 507 94.1 4.8 $53,971 Chelmsford
1420 533 96.1 1.8 $47,299 Harvard
1390 Dedham
1390 Beverly
1390 566 $60,357 Needham
1380 516 93.2 2.8 $49,229 Natick
1380 Melrose
1370 511 71.4 $42,948 Framingham
1370 Arlington
1360 Danvers
1350 488 96.9 Wakefield
1350 Lynnfield
1340 Bellerica
1340 486 93.3 3.1 $44,734 Braintree
1340 478 92.0 1.9 $43,253 Maynard
1330 466 92.6 2.6 Watertown
1320 476 91.3 6.0 Burlington
1320 Stoughton
1320 547 79.1 3.7 Lincoln
----------------------------------------------
1320 476 71.1 Massachusetts
1310 460 62.2 10.6 $43,244 Randolph
1300 427 69.0 4.5 Somerville
1300 Saugus
1290 85.6 2.9 $38,859 Medford
1290 447 71.6 6.0 $38,514 Waltham
1290 411 73.7 11.9 Revere
1270 Salem
1240 411 53.2 3.0 Brockton
1240 Malden
1220 Lynn
1220 470 47.2 3.7 $29,351 Lowell
1180 401 18.5 9.2 $29,180 Boston
1180 365 19.1 10.3 $25,144 Chelsea (No wonder the state took it over)
[[Maryland
\clip\97\23\edclip3.txt October 1997 Washington Post A Mixed Report
Card on Student Testing Being Head of the Class Raises Concerns in
Howard County By Katherine Shaver Washington Post Staff Writer "
"Kids were being sat down in class and told, `This is the kind of
question being asked on the test, this is how you need to answer,' "
said Sheri Fanaroff, of Ellicott City, who served on the parents
panel and whose sixth-grade son took the MSPAP last year. "That to me
is not the same as teaching a child the general principles of math
and science." " Some Virginia teachers have criticized the state's
forthcoming tests as too fact-based, saying they worry they will be
forced to turn from creative teaching to more rote memorization. "
[[Mercer Island WA
Mercer Island sometimes objects to its image as an upper income
stronghold, but it consistently has the 1st or 2nd highest SAT and
other test scores in the state.
NEARLY HALF OF MERCER ISLAND KIDS ARE BELOW STATE STANDARDS???
z52\clip\2001\10\mercwasl.txt
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/local/40907_mercer01.shtml WASL tests
trouble Mercer Island Score drop leads affluent school district to
ask if it's doing enough
"Overall, 59.9 percent of the district's fourth-graders met state
standards in all four areas, 64.2 seventh-graders met all four
standards, and 61.3 percent of 10th-graders hit all four marks."
Monday, October 1, 2001
By DEBERA CARLTON HARRELL SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
MERCER ISLAND HI HAS HIGHEST SAT SCORES IN 2000
Eastside SAT Scores Eastside Journal Sept 1, 200 A8
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Math 00 99 98
#1 Mercer Island 593 603 579
#2 International Bellevue 590 590 585
#3 Interlake Bellevue 580 567 555
National 514 511 512
Verbal
#1 International Bellevue 603 601 592
#2 Mercer Island 570 579 565
#3 Newport Bellevue 553 549 548
National 505 505 505
MERCER ISLAND LIVES UP TO SNOBBY IMAGE
http://www.p-i.com/neighbors/mercerisland/hood28a.html
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Seattle P-I Neighbors
Island's supreme value is education
By DEBERA CARLTON HARRELL
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
WASL Seattle Times school guide
'97 '98 math pass
Island Park 59.1 79.2
Lakeridge 59.6 74.3
West Mercer 54.8 43.3
Best test scores of any metro Seattle school district
test: 206-230-6336 Jan Kentnor
Island Park Elementary
http://www.misd.wednet.edu/ADMINWebPage/IPperfreptPg2.html
CTBS
Student Ethnicity
Total Total Total Total
Reading Language Math Battery Black: 8
1992 84 81 87 86 Asian: 110
1993 87 85 87 88 Native American: 1
1994 80 77 81 81 Hispanic: 11
1995 83 80 84 85 White: 465
1996 76 78 81 81
1997 75 76 82 79
\clip\98\07\mercis.txt
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/education/html98/merc_ 040898.html
The Seattle Times Company Education : Wednesday, April 8, 1998 Mercer
Island schools growing fast " On the national Comprehensive Test of
Basic Skills last year, 86 percent of Islander eighth-graders placed
above average in reading and 87 percent above average in math - the
metro area's best ratings.
[[minnesota
\clip\96\09\twindist.txt
\clip\96\09\twindist.wk1
\doc\96\07\twindist.xlw - excel charts
Twin Cities School Districts
Basic facts about 50 Twin Cities school districts.
This city is #2 in math scores with only $11,000 per capita income
District Name(Number-Type):
Belle Plaine ( 0716 -01 )
Address: 220 S. Market St.
City State Zip: Belle Plaine, MN 56011 -1796
Superintendent: Thomas Lubovich
Phone: 612- 873- 2400
Fax: 612- 873- 6909
County(Number): Scott (70)
This is the only mention on the web
http://venus.census.gov/cdrom/lookup/
\doc\96\07\bellplan.txt
White...............................3095
Black..................................0
American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut.. ..39
Asian or Pacific Islander.............2
Other race...........................13
total................................31
49
German
1st ances 1938
Irish 356
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Universe: Persons 25 years and over
Less than 9th grade................... 380
9th to 12th grade, no diploma..........215
High school graduate (includes equivalency)798
Some college, no degree....................210
Associate degree...........................151
Bachelor's degree..........................157
Graduate or professional degree.......... 65
11.2% college 4 yrs
30.1% less than HS grad
Per capita income in 1989......11733
City is nearly all white, 2/3 German ancestry, unremarkable hs grad
and college statistics, yet they rank #2 in math in Twin Cities area.
New Prague is similar, 99% white, 72% Czech (1045) and German (1522)
out of 3563
\clip\96\09\minnscor.htm
ACT scores in 1996 by race and gender
1996 NationalMinnesota Wisconsin
White 21.6 22.2 22.4
Asian-American 21.6 20.6 20.7
American Indian 18.8 20.3 20.0
Mexican-American 18.7 20.3 19.9
Puerto Rican-Hispanic 18.9 20.5 19.7
African-American 17 18.5 17.8
Male 21 22.3 22.4
Female 20.8 21.9 22.0
Minnesota ACT Index W1.0 B-1.18 H-1.09 A-1.07
Wisconsin ACT W1.0 B-1.25 H-1.13 A-1.08
Minnesota ACT scores by subject, 1996
EnglishMath Reading Science
African-American 17.518.4 18.6 19
American Indian 19.119.5 21 20.9
White 21.421.7 22.7 22.7
Mexican-American 19.519.8 20.7 20.7
Asian-American 19.221.5 20.2 20.9
Puerto Rican-Hispanic 19.320.2 21.2 20.9
Male 20.722.4 22.1 23.3
Female 21.620.9 22.8 22
Minnesota ACT Math W1.00 B-1.17-1.09 -1.01
[[Mississippi
\clip\98\04\newscl10.txt 2/16/98 Biloxi Sun Herald Basic skills
scores improve statewide KRISTI RUGGLES THE SUN HERALD Best scores on
coast, with high incomes.
[[Montgomery County, Maryland
MATH SCORE 83 PCTILE IN 2003
http://www.gazette.net/200323/montgomerycty/education/161433-1.html
School system praises rise in CTBS scores for minorities
by Eric Kelderman
Staff Writer
June 4, 2003
the [CTBS] score for mathematics computation rose to the 83rd percentile --
the highest countywide score on any subject.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS A NATION WOULD BE 7TH IN WORLD
Gerald Bracey notes 10/2001: Singapore scored the highest in the
world in the recent TIMSS-R--a comparison of only 8th graders. It
scored 604. The international average of 38 nations was 487.
Montgomery kids scored 537, well above average. If Mongomery was a
country it would have ranked 7th in the world among 39 (the 38 actual
countries plus Montgomery). Seventeen percent of Montgomery's kids
scored above the international 90th percentile and 45% scored above
the 75th. By definition, for the international figures, we have 10%
and 25%. 35% minority and 35% eligible for free lunches. It isn't
the homogeneous place it once was.
WEALTHY SUBURB HAS AWFUL BLACK TEST SCORES
http://www.edweek.org/ew/vol-16/19hawkin.h16 2/4/97 Education Week
\clip\98\08\mont.txt When Minority Test Scores Drop "In Maryland last
summer, when the Montgomery County public schools released the
district's SAT scores to the public, scores for African-American
students were found to have dropped by a whopping 21 points, falling
from a composite score of 940 in 1995 to 919 in 1996. [that's
actually about equal to US average, but far below district 1088]" "we
think our district, one of the wealthiest in the nation, is headed
for even rougher times... [race matters too]" In those eight
schools, a mere 18 percent of the black graduates from the class of
1995 scored higher than the SAT average for all students nationwide.
And barely 40 percent scored higher than the SAT average for black
students nationwide. we believe the recent drop in black SAT scores
in our affluent suburban district is not an isolated event [school
ranks right after fairfax county]
Robert Ballard responds national
average is a whole lot better than below average still.
\doc\96\06\dcsat.wk1
1996 SAT scores for greater Wash DC area, College Board
Ranked by combined scores
VerbDiffmathDiffComb
Fairfax County 543 5 553 7 1096
Montgomery County 538 -4 550 3 1088
[[New Jersey
LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF NJ-OPERATED POOR DISTRICTS PASSED TEST ON 1ST
TRY VS. 77% STATEWIDE
\clip\96\11\njtest.txt New York Times December 5, 1996 Test Scores in
Poor N.J. Districts Still Lagging Three urban districts under state
control -- Jersey City, Paterson and Newark have very poor test scores,
students are required to pass an exam to graduate
NEW JERSY SCHOOL BOOK HAS TEST SCORES GALORE
North New Jersey
School Book / Bergen County Record
\clip\96\11\njsat.htm
5 highest combined SAT scores
Tenafly 1082 = Lowell SF
Northern Highlands 1075
Ridgewood 1055
Pascack Hills 1030
Ramapo 1029
5 lowest
Garfield 753
Dwight Morrow / Englewood 753
John F Kennedy / Paterson 669 = Richmond CA
Eastside / Paterson 616 = Worst Oakland CA
Prince George Cty Md (Most affluent blacks in US) = 785 but
2nd worst scores behind Baltimore.
Masters says federal
busing order and federal programs destroyed traditional
schools in PG county.
\clip\96\11\tenafly.htm - best high school
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~jmdeng/THS.html Alumni's
unofficial home page
"Year after year, Tenafly High School is ranked among the top 5
public high schools in New Jersey. " The school system has
essentially no blacks or hispanics, 25% Asian, $36,000 PC income, 56%
4 year degree college, $68,000 median income. No wonder. It's
Cupertino East.
[[Philadelphia
HORNBECK'S PHILADELPHIA SCORES UP BY 5 POINTS
\clip\98\01\scoreup.txt Detroit News Friday, January 2, 1998 Philly
school scores climb: Fifth-largest district points way for gains
nationwide By Tamara Henry / USA Today
" From the 1995-96 to the 1996-97 school year, there was a
5-percentage-point gain in the proportion of students scoring at the
basic level and above."
" "I think sometime, someplace there has to be a big-city school
district in which a vast majority of kids succeed. There's never
been. We are determined to be the first," Hornbeck said. "
\clip\97\24\edclip4.txt Boston Globe Philadelphia puts school chief
to test By Michael Grunwald, Globe Staff, 10/19/97 Hornbeck has vowed
that by 2008, an unheard-of 95 percent of Philadelphia's students
will rate ''proficient'' - even better than ''basic'' - on the
Stanford 9. It is quite a stretch, since only 15 percent of them now
qualify in reading, only 6 percent in science, and the national rate
is only 40 percent.
[[piedmont
doc\94\12\bayscore.wk1 vs. CA schools
Ranks in the 99th percentile among state schools in California
G12 R99 W99 M99
[[Minneapolis - large urban city. Asians start out ahead in
math in low grades, but fall behind.
\doc\95\04\minncat.xls Minneapolis CAT Test Scores by Race and Grade
1993 Source: "Districtwide Student Achievement Test Results in Spring
1993" Research and Development Division, Minneapolis Public Schools
Index White = 1.00
Reading Comprehension
Grades IndianAfAm Asian Hisp White Male FemaleTotal
4 -1.91 -2.10 -1.09 -1.30 1.00 1.00 1.20 -1.42
6 -1.92 -2.03 -1.33 -1.47 1.00 1.00 1.17 -1.38
8 -1.42 -1.92 -1.53 -1.39 1.00 1.00 1.05 -1.27
10 -1.57 -1.86 -1.73 -2.16 1.00 1.00 1.04 -1.28
Math Computation
Grades IndianAfAm Asian Hisp White Male FemaleTotal
4 -2.11 -1.90 1.15 -1.37 1.00 1.00 1.11 -1.23
6 -1.88 -1.67 1.12 -1.33 1.00 1.00 1.11 -1.22
8 -2.17 -2.26 1.08 -1.53 1.00 1.00 1.08 -1.41
10 -1.61 -1.87 -1.02 -1.41 1.00 1.00 1.06 -1.16
Math Concepts and Applications
Grades IndianAfAm Asian Hisp White Male FemaleTotal
4 -1.92 -2.22 1.01 -1.31 1.00 1.00 1.02 -1.37
6 -1.93 -2.08 -1.16 -1.34 1.00 1.00 -1.03 -1.34
8 -1.57 -2.14 -1.15 -1.38 1.00 1.00 1.03 -1.31
10 -1.36 -1.83 -1.12 -1.79 1.00 1.00 -1.10 -1.14
Asians start out in G4 slightly worse than Whites in reading, but by
grade 10 are nearly as poor as Blacks. Hispanics show a similar pattern
starting at -1.3, and ending worse than Blacks. This is probably due to
higher numbers of immigrants with poor or no english experience in
higher grades (American born number is fixed, but immigrants increase
each year) There is only a slight decline for Asians in math. Girls
generally do as well or better than boys in math
[[national
\doc\96\06\fairsat2.htm
National 1996 SAT
Verb Math Comb
White 526 523 1049
Black 434 422 856
Hispanic 459 460 919
Asian 496 558 1054
[[New York city -
Large urban center with lot of blacks and immigrants. Asians better
at math, but blacks aren't far from average in reading, and they are
at 50th percentile in some grades. Whites do extremely well, better
than Seattle suburbs in reading.
http://www.educationnews.org/13th-bracey-report-on-the-condition.htm
13th Bracey Report
Gerald Bracey points out that the press makes out New York to be the
worst school system in the nation, but by race, " Yet white and black
students in New York City scored only a single point lower than their
peers in the nation, Hispanics scored two points higher, and Asians
scored 12 points higher. "
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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/28/education/28SCOR.html?ex=1018293517&ei=1&en=da6f180f5274fedc
Analysis Finds Race Disparity in School Tests March 28, 2002 By
ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
In eighth-grade English statewide, 55 percent of whites met
standards, compared with 24 percent of blacks, 26 percent of
Hispanics and 59 percent of Asians. In eighth grade English for New
York City, 57 percent of whites, 24 percent of blacks, 25 percent of
Hispanics and 56 percent of Asians met standards.
Asians do better than whites everywhere except in New York City,
where they do marginally worse than whites. Successful middle-class
schools like P.S. 87 on the Upper West Side of Manhattan can still
suffer from a race gap.
New York State has broken down elementary and middle school
standardized test scores by race and ethnicity for the
first time and found that white and Asian students do much
better than black and Hispanic students in English and
mathematics.
NYC LAGS STATE, BUT STILL BETTER THAN UPSTATE CITIES
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32447.htm
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KIDS MISS THE MARK
By KENNETH LOVETT and CARL CAMPANILE
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Statewide eighth-grade test results were also flat - but they were
still 15 percentage points higher than in the city. However, Big
Apple test scores were better than in the four largest upstate
cities.
22.8% 8TH GRADERS AT MATH STANDARD, 51.4% 4TH GRADERS
NYC STUDENTS 60.4% OF GRADE3-8 ABOVE GRADE LEVEL, WELL ABOVE NATIONAL URBAN
AVERAGE
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New York Times June 24, 1997 Schoolchildren Improve Slightly on Math
Test By SOMINI SENGUPTA
NY CHANCELLOR SET GOAL OF 100% READING ABOVE GRADE LEVEL IN 1 YEAR,
UP 3 PTS TO 47.3%
Source: \clip\97\15\nyread.txt New York Times June 10, 1997 Despite
Slight Rise, Reading Scores Fall Far Short of Goal Despite Slight
Rise, Reading Scores Fall Far Short of Goal
Comment - it's an absurd goal to have 100% above reading level when
the statistical definition of grade level is the 50th percentile, and
only the richest communities, if any, would be able to meet such a
goal. Everybody can't be above average. With a diverse population
with many poor minorities and immigrants, they're lucky to be near
50% average, with scores up 3 points to 47.3% above grade level. Rudy
Crew is the new African American chancellor that just moved up from
Tacoma Wa where he was heralded for improvements there in test scores.
FUNDING, CLASS SIZE, POVERTY DON'T MATTER - NYC IS WORSE, BUT WHAT
ABOUT RACE?
\clip\97\01\nystud.txt New York Times January 3, 1997 New York City
Students Lag in Reading and Math "Only 30 percent of third graders
read at or above grade level in New York City, half the statewide
rate. The gap narrows, but does not disappear, when students from
similar backgrounds are compared. Third graders in New York City
scored 3.4 percentage points behind their counterparts elsewhere on
tests given last spring. The gap grew to 6 points in sixth grade
reading and climbed to almost 15 percentage points in high school
English. "
Comment: Nobody mentions race as the "unknown factor". Blacks perform
poorly even in the best districts, or with high incomes, or high
parental education.
NYC G8-11 (46-49) while Asians excel 74-81 vs. whites 59-65
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Percent scored above grade level
White Black Hisp Asian
Reading 70.4% 42.7% 36.7% 64.7%
Math CAT 74.0% 40.6% 42.5% 76.6%
Reading 1.00 -1.65 -1.92 -1.09
Math CAT 1.00 -1.82 -1.74 1.04
Asians 10% worse on reading but 4% better at math
Note that blacks aren't far short of national average = 50
[[Nassau County, New York State
Excel Nassau County School Report
Cards 1996-1997
9th Grade Math Passing
92.0 Jericho
91.9 Syosset
88.6 Great Neck
85.1 Roslyn
84.8 Herricks
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8.1 Hempstead
Percent AP Scholars
51.3 Jericho
35.4 East Williston
30.6 Manhasset
23.4 Roslyn
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0.0 Westbury
0.0 Hempstead
From: GCruz29176
Date sent: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 22:43:57 EST
To: arthurhu @ hufamily.com (no space)
Subject: Re: preferences boundary="part0_891407590_boundary"
From: GCruz29176 damn right Art, Hempstead and Westbury are heavily
black, strange though its neighbor Old Westbury is rich,white old
money, and Jericho, Syosset, Great Neck, Roslyn have sizable
concentrations of Asians , I'm saying this because i've seen the
demographic data.
[[Oakland CA
Predominantly black, but affluent whites are in the hills
OAKLAND - RICH SCHOOLS GOOD, POOR BAD TEST SCORES (DUH) [No mention
of race, which is even more important than socioeconomics, firing
staff won't solve the problem of poorly performing black students,
not the school.]
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/chronicle/article.cgi?file= MN24567.DTL&direct
ory=/chronicle/archive/1997/06/19
Thursday, June 19, 1997 · Page A15 ©1997 San Francisco Chronicle
Oakland Schools To Get Tough on Low Test Scores Superintendent says
faculties at some sites may be replaced
[[Ohio
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http://ee.dispatch.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?
From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=Columbus&BaseHref=TCD/2003/06/22&EntityId=Ar01702&ViewMode=HTML
PROFICIENCY TESTS Districts targeting racial gaps in scores Schools’
ratings will fall if scores don’t rise to meet federal rules for
progress By Mary C . Bridgman THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 6/22/2003
" The Reynoldsburg schools, which are more than 23 percent nonwhite,
have done the best job of closing the achievement gap in Franklin
County" [No, they just have the most affluent of both races!]
Pass rates on Ohio proficiency test 2001-02 Franklin County
black city white failure ratio
78 B Reynoldsburg 92W 1:1.5
75 B Worthington 90W 1:1.5
Bexley 88W
New Albany Plain 88W
Upper Arlington 88W
58 B Canal Winchester 77W 1:1.8
55 B Hilliard 82W
52 B Groveport Madison 73W
48 B Gahanna Jefferson 81W
44 B Hamilton 66W
38 B Columbus 58W 1:1.5
30 B South-Western 64W
30 B Whitehall 55W 1:1.6
Blacks in best white districts only above average
Blacks in very good districts only about average
Failure ratio is about 1:1.5 in most districts.
Ohio Dept of Education. Chart by Columbus Dispatch
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Griffe comments on pass ratios.
[[Prince George County Md
Large middle class mostly black school system with relatively awful
test scores despite economics.
2002 Demographics:
school system web page (it is a PDF file you would have to download
for system statistics):
African American 77.2
White American 11.5
Hispanic 7.5
Asian/Pac Islnder 3.3
Nat Amverican 0.5
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A2910-2003Jun16¬Found=true
For New Schools Chief, a Time of Tough Breaks By Karin Chenoweth
Thursday, June 19, 2003; Page PG08 The average score for the county on
the state's 2002 high school algebra assessment, for instance, was in
the 28th percentile of state scores. The average score on the English
high school exam was in the 34th percentile.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1886-2003Jul2.html
Test Scores Disappoint Pr. George's School Officials
By Nancy Trejos
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 3, 2003; Page B04
Prince George's County schools often rank second to last in the state
on standardized tests. Since 2000, second-graders have made some
significant gains, including a 20 percentile point increase in math
computation and a 19 percentile point increase in math.
Fourth-graders scored better on the 1math portion of the exam, moving
from the 38th percentile to the 42nd percentile. Scores in other
sections dropped slightly.
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2nd Grade
Language 37 45 45 43
Math 32 44 44 51
4th Grade
Language 42 41 49 48
Math 35 38 38 42
6th Grade
Reading 43 43 46 42
Language 40 45 49 44
Lang Mech 43 43 43 43
Math 42 41 42 42
Math Comp 44 48 48 48
bracey Says Prince George once was
national average on test with norms that were too easy in 1980s,
switching tests put them back at 15th percentile.
WHITES COMPLAIN IN MOSTLY BLACK COUNTY
Prince George County, Md.--------------------------11/6/2000
"Anger at Pr. George's Deepens Racial Schism"
"It was never meant to be a matter of race."......"But somehow
the debate in this Prince George's city – one of the few remain-
ing majority white enclaves in what has become a majority black
county – is all about race."...
..."School board member Robert J. Callahan (Bowie), who is
white, puts it more bluntly: "There's a feeling here of reverse
discrimination against us."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A20359-2000Nov5?
z49\clip\2001\04\pgspend.txt More Money Is Not Answer to County
Schools' Plight Washington Post, Prince George's Extra - Forum
Thursday, April 12, 2001; Page PG04 The fiscal 2001 appropriation was
$6,794 per pupil, an increase in six years of $1,225 (22 percent).
the Prince George's County test scores in all grades and in all
subjects were persistently less than half of the 70 percent score
that the state Board of Education established as a satisfactory
standard.
MSAP PRINCE GEORGE AND BALTIMORE SCORE AT BOTTOM
ONLY 44% PASS
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Maryland Students Boost Test Scores But Less Than Half Rated
'Satisfactory' On Spring Exams By Amy Argetsinger Washington Post
Staff Writer Wednesday, December 9, 1998; Page B01
Washington Post Oct 1997 A Mixed Report Card on Student Testing Being
Head of the Class Raises Concerns in Howard County By Katherine
Shaver Washington Post Staff Writer " In Prince George's, where
schools are trying to bolster some of the lowest test scores in
Maryland, anticipation of the MSPAP drives everything from the
curriculum to classroom decor. "
percentage of public school students in each county who scored
satisfactory or better on the state's reading, writing, language
usage, math, science and social studies tests.
top and bottom 5
1998 ranking and percentage
1. Howard 60.1
2. Harford 58.3
3. Carroll 56.4
4. Montgomery 55.2
5. Kent 54.7
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22. Somerset 33.7
23. Prince George's 32.1
24. City of Baltimore 16.1
State average = 44
Black = Baltimore = 16.1
MARYLAND THREATENS TO TAKE OVER MANY OF PRINCE GEORGE SCHOOLS
\clip\98\03\edclip4.txt 1/27/98 Pr. George's Schools To Get Ultimatum
Worst Must Improve or Face Md. Takeover By DeNeen L. Brown Washington
Post Staff Writer Prince George's public schools posted the
second-worst performance of all Maryland jurisdictions on the
Maryland State Performance Assessment Program last year, behind only
Baltimore schools. Only 29 percent of Prince George's public school
students scored "satisfactory" or better on the tests. Clark and
other school officials have said that the county's large number of
children living in poverty and other factors (race? naaah.) have
lowered test scores.
\priv\96B\03\PGIMAG.HTM Critics of P.G. Schools' PR Idea Say
Sprucing Up Image Isn't Everything By Lisa Frazier Washington Post
Staff Writer Sunday, May 26 1996; Page B01 The Washington Post.
Parents often tell Prince George's school board Chairwoman Marcy C.
Canavan they wouldn't dare send their children to the county's public
schools, that student performance is too low and that crime is too
high. Prince George's students still rank near the bottom in the
state -- 22nd out of 24 school districts.
Comment - the place that
disinvited Clarence Thomas is the most affluent black community in
the nation with a $51,000 median income. Yet performance is no better
than Oakland CA, and the only thing that sticks out is that it is 71%
black - so its performance is good only in that it is slightly above
the national black average, but not by much. This is the best
evidence that race, not income is the determining factor.
[[reno nevada
\clip\96\02\traner.txt Want the Primer on At-Risk Kids? Ask Raul
Hernandez By TOM GARDNER Aug 20, 1996 Associated Press Writer
Middle school is 60% minority , test scores raised from 38 to
43rd percentile.
[[renton, WA \doc\96\01\renttest.wk1
http://www.k12.wa.us/edprofile/schoolReport.asp?sReport=schoolWASLTrend&DistID=17403&SchID=3034
Campbell Hill Renton Elementary (high minority population)
4th Grade 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000
Mathematics: 2.7 9.5 20.0 20.0
Reading: 25.7 36.5 50.0 45.0
Writing: 31.1 31.7 27.4 31.7
Listening: 45.9 54.0 59.7 45.0
Students School District State
Enrollment
October 1999 Headcount: 313 12,699 1,003,701
Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander: 26.2% 18.3% 7.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native: 1.6% 1.4% 2.7%
Black: 50.2% 17.8% 5.2%
Hispanic: 3.8% 6.1% 9.6%
White: 18.2% 56.5% 75.3%
Free or Reduced Lunch: 55.4% 31.9% 31.1%
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CTBS/4 Grade 8 Renton
Read Lang Math Sci SocS
AmInd 31 31 36 27 26
Black 34 32 34 22 33
White 60 53 62 54 54
Asian/P 55 58 74 50 55
Hisp 40 32 35 33 33
Omit 47 49 44 40 44
Grade 1 math Grade 8 ranked by math
Math Math Index
Asian/P 69 Asian/P 74 1.19
White 52 White 62 1.00
Hisp 40 Omit 44 -1.41
Black 27 AmInd 36 -1.72
Omit 14 Hisp 35 -1.77
AmInd 10 Black 34 -1.82
[[Roosevelt Union Free School District Long Island NY
BLACK SUBURBAN DISTRICT IN NEW YORK
Suburban almost totally black district, some hispanics. District has
low test scores in high school, but some good scoring elementary
schools. Has been taken over by state for low performance, school
board dissolved.
50% free lunch, but 1989 househhold income $45,512 is greater than
state $32,954, per capita $13,414 comparable to $16,501. They pay
their superintendent $150,000 a year but they only have 1 high /
middle school, and only 3,000 students vs 47,000 in Seattle. (that's
$50 / student!). $33M budget vs 334M for Seattle
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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/02/education/02ROOS.html
October 2, 2002 Changes Beginning to Appear at Schools Albany Took