Surprise!
Five schools that exceeded expectations . . . and five that fell short.
ONE OF OUR MOST STRIKING FINDINGS WAS THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS that had high percentages of disadvantaged students who scored well on the TAAS test. Sometimes they even outperformed much wealthier schools. Balancing that was a number of schools from affluent districts that—against all expectations—performed poorly.
Below is a list of ten elementary schools. The first five—all five-star schools—had more than 90 percent economically disadvantaged (EcD) students and high percentages of limited English-proficiency students (LEP), yet they all had extremely high TAAS proficiency scores compared with their economic peer group. The second five—all one-star schools—had less than 3 percent economically disadvantaged students and low numbers of students with language problems. Yet they failed to live up to their potential and performed well below the best schools in their own peer group.
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