Starr's Red Zone Plan

Didn't Superintendent Jerry Weast's plan close the achievement gap?

The Washington Post: Montgomery County to announce program aimed at helping low-performing schools

Montgomery County education officials will identify about 10 schools in the district for extra support and resources under a new program that aims to help individual campuses boost performance.
Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr is expected to announce the details of the program at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting...

...Starr said the plan will match lower-performing schools with central office administrators to provide more customized support that could help narrow the achievement gap and improve academic performance.
School officials hope to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each school, trying to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach. Such a strategy will allow the system to develop focused plans for improvement and more direct support for the schools.
“We will not be imposing one single program on all schools,” Starr said. “It just doesn’t work.”...

...The program would be different from the approach former superintendent Jerry D. Weast established, which was to designate “red zone/green zone” schools. That method allowed for more school spending at “red zone” schools, which were determined based on criteria such as the number of students who spoke English as a second language or qualified for free and reduced-price meals.

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