Tuesday, January 28, 2014

MCPS #14 in State on Graduation Rate

CLASS_OF_YEAR-  COUNTYNAME- GRAD_RATE- DIPLOMAS_EARNED
2013 Carroll 94.41 2146
2013 Queen Anne's 93.49 531
2013 Frederick 93.31 3014
2013 Howard 93.25 4061
2013 Garrett 92.57 299
2013 Calvert 91.75 1313
2013 Saint Mary's 91.5 1131
2013 Washington 91.45 1497
2013 Talbot 91.21 332
2013 Worcester 90.86 477
2013 Allegany 90.09 609
2013 Charles 89.79 2066
2013 Harford 89.52 2724
2013 Montgomery 88.34 9970
2013 Kent 88 154
2013 Cecil 86.69 1036
2013 Baltimore County 86.3 6940
2013 Anne Arundel 85.57 5006
2013 All Public Schools 84.97 56152
2013 Caroline 84.15 345
2013 Dorchester 83.81 264
2013 Wicomico 81.98 805
2013 Somerset 77 164
2013 Prince George's 74.12 7167
2013 Baltimore City 68.5 4101

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2014 at 11:04 PM

    But #1 in the total number of graduates (by far). And much higher in graduation percentage than Prince George's, Baltimore City and Baltimore County, the three jurisdictions typically considered to have similar demographics.

    It all depends on which statistic is considered more reflective of what is being measured.

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    1. Janis SartucciJanuary 29, 2014 at 9:53 AM

      What is being measured is that MCPS is #1 in closing the achievement gap. That's what conference attendees are told all over the USA.

      Clearly, MCPS has not closed the achievement gap.

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    2. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2014 at 6:34 PM

      The achievement gap refers to disparities in performance among various demographic groups, typically measured by graduation rates, test scores, college admissions or some other measure believed to be representative of the comparative performance.

      The comparison you present here, however, does not discuss those types of disparities. Instead, this compares the performance in a measurement of the entire student population (percentage of graduates) across school systems. The previous comment points out that there are other statistics and potentially other relevant comparisons available from the data you cited. But none of those go to the achievement gap. So one simply cannot say that this data show anything about the achievement gap -- good or bad -- much less demonstrates one's preferred conclusion "clearly."

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    3. Janis SartucciJanuary 29, 2014 at 8:24 PM

      Clearly, you have never been to one of Jerry Weast's road show presentations. Jerry Weast closed the achievement gap in MCPS. That's his story and he is sticking to it. He doesn't need any data to show anything.
      See additional post on graduation rates for disparity between MCPS groups.

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