The state's graduation rate index is a part of its rating system. While the state uses the graduation rate to calculate the index score, the two numbers are not the same.
The ability to take individual subject tests and to combine best scores could help level the playing field between low-income and more affluent students, says an administrator at the city's largest charter operator.
The Esplanade Avenue charter school’s founder and longtime CEO is stepping down at the end of the month to take a new position.
Thursday’s OPSB meeting was packed with protesters opposing district’s plans to end Coghill, Craig charters.
The school failed to provide special education services to nine students and the district extended its August warning which seeks to remedy that.
The move is expected to net city schools $15.1 million next year.
The district has yet to announce details on what happens next for the two schools. (Marta Jewon/The Lens)
The majority of city schools earned a C or a D in the Louisiana Department of Education annual A-F letter grade ratings released Wednesday. The ratings take into account state standardized tests and other factors.
The state identified issues with the schools last year after monitoring them as part of a federal consent decree. They were placed on corrective action plans months ago. It’s not clear why the district waited until last week to respond.
The state’s TOPS scholarship program and state budget formulas handicap less-advantaged students and colleges, and it’s a national trend.
