Atlanta Public Schools has one of the largest racial achievement gaps in the country, which reflects one of the largest racial income gaps in the country. The Education Opportunity Project shows this relationship at the district level for both the black-white gap and the Hispanic-white gap. However, the district-level relationship can hide large variation at Read more about Student Achievement by School, Poverty, and Race[…]
Understanding subgroup level performance can often involve several comparisons- performance relative to other subgroups in a school, performance relative to other students in the state, and performance on an absolute scale. The visuals below attempt to combine those comparisons into a single visual. The first visual shows the distribution of mathematics performance by subgroup for Read more about CCRPI Performance by Subgroup 2019[…]
Our most recent post reported college enrollment and persistence rates for APS schools. This post presents the same data, but also shows the results by race. In the first graph, we can see that the district’s college enrollment rate for black students in 2017 was 59%, but there is large variation by school- from 84% Read more about College Enrollment by Race 2018[…]
The visual below shows math proficiency rates for all students, Black students, and White students at Atlanta Neighborhood Charter (ANCS) and Drew Charter. Notice that differences in overall performance do not necessarily correspond to similar differences in subgroup performance. Drew’s overall middle school math proficiency of 57% is eight points higher than ANCS’s rate of Read more about 2018 Milestones Results by Subgroup[…]
Understanding subgroup level performance can often involve several comparisons- performance relative to other subgroups in a school, performance relative to other students in the state, and performance on an absolute scale. The visuals below attempt to combine those comparisons into a single visual. The first visual shows the distribution of mathematics performance by subgroup for Read more about CCRPI Performance by Subgroup[…]
Our most recent post reported college enrollment and persistence rates for APS schools. This post presents the same data, but also shows the results by race. In the first graph, we can see that the district’s college enrollment rate for black students in 2017 was 56%, but there is large variation by school- from 81% Read more about College Enrollment Rates by Race 2017[…]
The visual below shows Georgia Milestones results by subgroup. The filters on the left allow comparisons by district, school, exam, subgroup, and year. The default view compares Black, Hispanic and White students at Atlanta Public Schools by the percentage of students who scored proficient or better on Math exams, grades 3-8. This visual shows that Read more about 2017 Milestones Results by Subgroup[…]
Atlanta Public Schools has the most diverse portfolio of schools in the state. We have schools in some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Georgia and schools in some of the poorest. The graph below shows that these schools have very different achievement levels: The challenge index measures the percentage of students who are either directly Read more about Relationship between School Performance and Poverty[…]
The visual below shows Georgia Milestones results by subgroup. The filters on the left allow comparisons by district, school, exam, subgroup, and year. The default view compares subgroups of students at Atlanta Public Schools by the percentage of students who scored developing or better on Math exams. “Developing” refers to the Milestones category that indicates Read more about 2016 Milestones Results by Subgroup[…]