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Eliminating the Achievement Gap |
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Reports
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| Following is a list of reports
and presentations that provide further background on the
achievement gap in Seattle Public Schools and our efforts to
eliminate disproportionality. |
Reports and
presentations are provided in a portable document format
(PDF).
To view the PDF format
you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You
can obtain a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Adobe
web site (outside link).
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Report to the
Community: March 2003
This community report provides an update on our actions
to eliminate the achievement gap by 2005, including current
initiatives, examples of what individual schools are doing, next
steps and what you can do to help.
[Click here to go to
report.] |
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Seattle Public Schools
Data Profile District Summary
The District Summary is a compilation of statistics describing our
student population including: demographic information (enrollment,
living conditions, free/reduced priced lunch, bilingual status,
special education), student outcome measures (academic grades,
student test score achievement, attendance, discipline, truancy,
graduation, dropouts) and individual school summaries. Demographic
data describes student populations, as of Oct. 1 of each year,
while outcome measures and individual school summaries are based on
the previous school year.
[Click here to go to Data
Profile]
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Eliminate the
Achievement Gap in Seattle Public Schools
This comprehensive presentation to the Council for Exceptional
Children, was made in December 2002 by the Sue Byers, co-chair of
the Eliminating the Achievement Gap Action Committee. This
presentation covers test scores, disclipine action statistics, the
public engagement process, and a side-by-side comparison of the
action committees recommendations and Seattle Public Schools action
plan.
[Click here to view PDF file
of presentation.] |
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Student Academic
Performance, School Year 2001-2002
Presented in November 2002, this report includes test score
comparisons, specifically a reduction in the achievement gap broken
down by ethnic group and test score gains by school..
[Click here to view PDF
file of presentation.] |
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Seattle Public Schools
Year in Review: Student Academic Performance, School Year
2001-2002
A June 2002 presentation to the Seattle School Board which reviews
student performance, examining gains in standardized test scores
and reduced drop out rates, broken down by ethnic group.
[Click here to view PDF file of
presentation.]
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Eliminating the
Achievement Gap in Seattle Public Schools: A Bit of History
This June 2001 presentation
covers the national problem of disproportionality, its contributing
factors, examples of success in eliminating the achievement gap and
the accomplishments of Seattle Public Schools, as of the
presentation date.
[Click here to view PDF file of
presentation.] |
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Academic
Disproportionality
June 2001 Presentation to the Seattle School Board that reviews
the history of academic disproportionality in Seattle Public
Schools, including past and current standardized test scores, past
recommendations and present action items.
[Click here to view PDF file of
presentation.] |
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Disproportionality in
Student Discipline
In this April 2001 presentation to the Seattle School Board the
disproportionality of discipline in Seattle Public Schools is
addressed, including a definition of the problem, statistics,
ethnicity analysis, strategic goals for eliminating the problem and
actions by the district, as of the presentation date.
[Click here to view PDF file of
presentation.] |
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| Updated April 4,
2003 |
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