Comments on: JCPS Students Rank Among National Average in Math http://www.wfpl.org/2009/12/08/jcps-students-rank-among-national-average-in-math/ Louisville's NPR News Station Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:50:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Innes http://www.wfpl.org/2009/12/08/jcps-students-rank-among-national-average-in-math/#comment-722 Richard Innes Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:05:54 +0000 http://www.wfpl.org/?p=11088#comment-722 While overall Jefferson County ranked about average among large city school systems, Jefferson County has a number of advantages (Lower poverty, fewer minority students) that should have allowed it to score much higher than it did. When you strip away that advantage, here is what happened. In 4th grade, whites and students eligible for the federal school lunch program scored lower than their peers in even larger cities. In 8th grade whites, blacks and kids who get federal lunch assistance all scored below the large city math average. That's not average performance. The reason the overall scores for Louisville look average is because the city has those advantages of fewer low scoring minority students and lower poverty. Check www.bluegrasspolicy-blog.blogspot.com for more. While overall Jefferson County ranked about average among large city school systems, Jefferson County has a number of advantages (Lower poverty, fewer minority students) that should have allowed it to score much higher than it did. When you strip away that advantage, here is what happened.

In 4th grade, whites and students eligible for the federal school lunch program scored lower than their peers in even larger cities.

In 8th grade whites, blacks and kids who get federal lunch assistance all scored below the large city math average.

That’s not average performance.

The reason the overall scores for Louisville look average is because the city has those advantages of fewer low scoring minority students and lower poverty.

Check http://www.bluegrasspolicy-blog.blogspot.com for more.

]]> By: ShellyShocked http://www.wfpl.org/2009/12/08/jcps-students-rank-among-national-average-in-math/#comment-721 ShellyShocked Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:45:12 +0000 http://www.wfpl.org/?p=11088#comment-721 To be average among the lowest performers is a disgrace! To be average among the lowest performers is a disgrace!

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