Score for scorecards: good, but more details, please
Parents and school community leaders who have seen the new DCPS scorecards had generally positive things to say about them Wednesday, but also expressed the hope that future data reports offer more detail.
“I think it’s a good step that [Chancellor] Kaya [Henderson] is taking in terms of giving parents something beyond whether a school met AYP,” said Monica Warren-Jones, a D.C. State Board of Education member and parent at Watkins Elementary and Stuart Hobson Middle School.
But Warren-Jones also said that the scorecards need to provide more information about school facilities, an important issue for parents. “My sense is that it doesn’t speak to things like the age of the physical plant
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