One of the non-urban high schools that got dinged in the new classifications was Ponaganset High School in Foster-Glocester, which is in "Warning." This is partly because they genuinely had an off year score-wise, although they're still above the state averages in reading and math.
They got hammered in subgroup performance, though -- only 12 points out of 30. Of course, the numbers in the subgroups are very small: 183 tested, 181 white, 1 black, 1 mixed, 0 LEP, 23 with IEPs, 16 eligible for free and reduced lunch. The low-income kids are above their peers statewide. The special ed scores are terrible.
Maybe this will lead to improvements in their special ed program? But overall, this is a ridiculously blunt and indirect instrument. Even if the system works perfectly, you're affecting a very small slice of kids.
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Yes. Dear God, yes.
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