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Do Turnaround Schools actually Turn Around? #DataVizDay

November 1, 2018November 20, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has been identifying “underperforming”  (formerly Level Four) and “chronically underperforming”  (formerly Level Five) schools since 2010. Sixty-five schools have been designated as “underperforming” and were required to develop and implement a “Turnaround

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Teacher Turnover in “Broad/Comprehensive Support” Schools #DataVizDay

October 23, 2018November 20, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The schools may need help, but what happens to the teachers? The teacher turnover rate represents the percentage of teachers who were working at the school in a given year who did not return in the next school year. Teacher

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Real Examples – Accountability #DataVizDay

October 16, 2018November 20, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

How can five students sink the ranking for an entire school? Our Real School is in the 59th percentile of all schools, met 75 percent of targets and has a graduation rate of 93.2 percent. For 2018 MCAS, 98 percent

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Schools Requiring Support by the Numbers #DataVizDay

October 11, 2018November 20, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The 2018 district accountability system identified 233 Massachusetts public schools as falling into the category of “Requiring Focused/Targeted Support.” Schools may be labeled as “Requiring Focused/Targeted Support” for (a) falling into the lowest 10% of schools in student performance on

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Assistance and Intervention Designations (Not Levels!) -Accountability 2018 #DataVizDay

October 2, 2018November 20, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

Requiring Assistance or Intervention Designations The 2018 school accountability designations are based on the new system created to meet requirements of both ESSA and Massachusetts statute. This new system using a different set of accountability indicators but is still largely

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Educator Evaluation #DataVizDay

September 25, 2018November 20, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice
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School Rankings + Household Income #DataVizDay

September 11, 2018November 20, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice
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Public Funding for Higher Education #DataVizDay

September 4, 2018November 20, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice
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State Aid for Public Schools #DataVizDay

August 28, 2018November 20, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice
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School Poverty & Accountability Levels #DataVizDay

August 21, 2018November 20, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

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