30 Schools in RI Are in Need of Remediation, 22 Commended
Thursday, October 13, 2016
The R.I. Department of Education released the 2016 school classifications, naming 30 schools as “priority” schools in need of significant remediation and designating 22 as Commended Schools.
The announcement reinforces the clear “have and have not” schism of public education in Rhode Island.
Priority schools are defined as “The lowest achievement in reading and mathematics, intolerable gaps in student performance and demonstrate little or no progress in improving student outcomes.”
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22 schools as Commended Schools — the highest classification
Two schools – the Fort Barton School (Tiverton) and the Rockwell School (Bristol Warren) – achieved Commended status for the 5th year in a row. Barrington has four Commended Schools and the Chariho Regional School District, Jamestown, and South Kingstown have 2 Commended Schools each. Three of the Commended Schools are charter public schools.
“On behalf of the Board of Education, I congratulate our 2016 Commended Schools for their high levels of achievement and for closing learning gaps,” said Barbara S. Cottam, Chair of the Board of Education.
“I am pleased that we have identified 22 Commended Schools for 2016 – five more schools than we identified last year,” said Daniel P. McConaghy, Chair of the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education. “This is a sign of continued improvement among our highest-performing schools as well as overall improvements statewide on state assessments.”
RIDE classifies schools by using an index (Composite Index Score, or CIS) based on four criteria:
- proficiency levels (student performance on the 2016 PARCC English language arts and mathematics assessments);
- gap closure (narrowing the achievement gap between the lowest-achieving students in the school and the performance standard for “meeting expectations” on PARCC assessments);
- student growth (annual improvement for each tested student in the school, compared with other students at the same initial achievement level), and (for high schools);
- the graduation rate for the Class of 2015 (most recent available data).
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RIDE uses only 3 school classifications:
Priority Schools have the lowest index scores in the state;
Focus Schools have the lowest scores (aside from Priority Schools) for proficiency or gap closing;
Commended Schools have the highest index scores in the state and no achievement gaps; they can be recognized either for high achievement or for closing gaps.
For 2016, 30 schools remain in the lowest classifications; RIDE has identified no new Focus or Priority Schools. Focus and Priority Schools must improve for two or three years, respectively, in order to exit from their classification. The William E. Tolman Senior High School (Pawtucket) exited from the Focus classification, based on its consecutive years of improvement.
Aside from Commended, Focus, and Priority Schools, no other Rhode Island schools receive classifications, although 50 schools received an “alert” because of either low participation rates on PARCC assessments or low graduation rates.
Related Slideshow: Rhode Island’s Lowest Performing Schools - 2016
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