The following table represents a summation of the data available therein for each of the District Elementary Schools. In each case the highest percentage school in the district is highlighted in green and the lowest in yellow.
Interestingly, while most (but not all) meet or exceed the statewide average, only 2 of the 36 results meet the goal of 90% (see here for further information on NYS SED standards).
| 2009-2010 New York State Assessments | |||||||
| | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | | |||
| | ELA | Math | ELA | Math | ELA | Math | Ave |
| Clarksville | 69 | 73 | 69 | 78 | 87 | 84 | 76.67 |
| Eagle | 72 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 64 | 74 | 71.17 |
| Elsmere | 90 | 84 | 78 | 90 | 74 | 87 | 83.83 |
| Glenmont | 55 | 47 | 82 | 85 | 67 | 81 | 69.5 |
| Hamagrael | 80 | 80 | 85 | 87 | 78 | 83 | 82.17 |
| Slingerlands | 79 | 82 | 88 | 82 | 72 | 77 | 80.0 |
| NYS Avg | 55 | 59 | 57 | 78 | 53 | 65 | 61.17 |
3 comments:
I am not sure how this helps us keep CES open. This data shows CES to be in the middle of the road when you look at the averages on all of the tests. If anything, this table boosts Elsmere's position that they should stay open. Their scores are quite impressive.
Who knows what will be sufficient to keep our school open but this information could be more useful if it were used in relation to school population numbers and class size?
Here is what I glean from these numbers:
1) the largest schools (Slingerlands, Eagle, and Glenmont), ranked 3rd, 5th and 6th combined overall (ELA & Math; for all grades)
2) Overall rankings are Elsmere, Hamagrael, Slingerlands, Clarksville, Eagle, Glenmont.
3) Clarksville lags behind for ELA in grades 3 & 4, probably not bad for a school with a good number of English as a Second Language students.
4) For 5th graders (experienced test takers by this point), the two smallest schools have some of the best acheivement. Clarksville 5th graders ranked 1 and 2; and, Elsmere ranked 3rd and 1st for ELA and math, respectively.
Although I wish I had the resources to control for demographics (like race/ethnicity, parent education level and income, I think this shows that small schools with great teachers ROCK !
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