The report finds students at high-poverty schools to those in low-poverty schools are:
- 91% as likely to graduate on-time
- 76% as likely to maintain their academic eligibility for the entire school year;
- 71% as likely to complete Algebra 2 by Grade 11 with a C or better, a slight improvement from the last analysis three years ago
The Office of Legislative Oversight recommends a greater focus on integrating students across all of the county's high schools, and new steps to narrow the achievement gap.
"In response, Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr says he has already requested funding to review the ways that students can opt out of the high school they would be assigned to based on their home address."
ReplyDeleteIs Superintendent Starr really as clueless as he appears to be? Why does he need funding to "review the ways that students can opt out of the high school they would be assigned to based on their home address."? The ways that students can opt of their assigned high school are listed in Polidy JEE, http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/jee.pdf. Read your own school system's policies, Josh!