High School Performance "Quotas"

Are some Montgomery County schools failing their students?

GIFTED AND TALENTED EDUCATION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
MAY 5, 2013 Washington Examiner
By Kumar Singam

One of the best kept secrets of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is the existence of a quota system imposed on high schools. According to a slideshow presented by Montgomery Blair High School Principal Renay Johnson, the system imposes the following “quotas:”

Graduation rate the school “must have”: 81.5%
Percentage that must take SAT/ACT: 78.0%
Percentage that must score 1650/24, or better on SAT/ACT: 68.0%
Percentage that must score 3 or higher on AP courses: 73.0%
Academic ineligibility must be less than: 2.0%

According to Johnson, the previous superintendent, Jerry D. Weast, would make a personal phone call to the principal when the school failed to meet a benchmark. Johnson also provided statistics for her high school that were current through the second quarter.

To continue reading this article, CLICK HERE.

*********************
Do different schools have different quotas? Just wondering. And what is the consequence if a school doesn't meet the quota?