30 Large Districts with Better Performance

Posted by on December 19, 2010

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A new analysis based on data collected as part of The Broad Prize process provides insight into which large urban school districts in the United States are doing the best job of educating traditionally disadvantaged groups: African- American, Hispanics, and low-income students. The 30 districts identified in this brief were selected through a special analysis of 2009 state reading and mathematics assessment data. Half of the districts are in Texas or California. In all, cities in 11 states and the District of Columbia were found to be outperforming their state averages in subgroup achievement. Eighteen large urban districts in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia outperformed their states in serving African-American students; 16 districts in California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington State were better at serving Hispanic students; and 17 districts in Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Texas were better at serving low-income students. The report also summarizes specific district-wide strategies to raise student achievement that three cities — Gwinnett County Public Schools, Ga.; Long Beach Unified School District, Calif.; and Socorro Independent School District, Tex. — have successfully undertaken.

See the report: http://www.broadprize.org/asset/0-30largedistsbetterperform2010.pdf