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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Seattle Public Schools community blog: Focus on Student Achievement

Seattle Public Schools community blog: Focus on Student Achievement

Focus on Student Achievement

I just added a comment to the thread about the Seattle Speaks event in which I noted that, despite saying that the conversation would focus on student achievement, the bulk of the time was taken up discussing the Strategic Plan - which is a management plan, not an academic plan - and the teacher contract. Neither of these matters has anything more than a peripheral impact on student achievement.

So let's talk about student achievement for real.

In 2010, 83.5% of Seattle Public Schools 10th graders passed the writing portion of the HSPE. 74.4% passed in reading, 46.6% in science, and 44.7% in math. That's for all 10th graders.

Those who qualify for free or reduced price lunch had