ERIC Number: ED611569
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jan
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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A Comparison of Two Approaches to Identify Beating-the-Odds High Schools in Puerto Rico. Stated Briefly. REL 2017-168
Meyers, Coby; Wan, Yinmei
Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Identifying schools that are beating the odds--schools that are exceeding academic performance expectations, given the composition of their student body--can lead to promising practices that other schools serving similar populations can implement. Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands used data on high-poverty high schools in Puerto Rico to show how two methods of identifying beating-the-odds high schools led to the identification of two sets of schools with relatively little overlap. These results suggest that it may be useful for state and local education agencies to consider both methods for identifying beating-the-odds schools. [For the full report, see ED570966.]
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Institutional Characteristics, Poverty, Public Schools, High Schools, School Effectiveness, Graduation Rate, Grade 11, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Performance Based Assessment, Correlation, Data Analysis, School Statistics, Outcome Measures
Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands. Available from: Institute of Education Sciences. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20202. Tel: 202-245-6940; Web site: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 11
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands (ED); Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC); National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (ED)
Identifiers - Location: Puerto Rico
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: EDIES12C0009
IES Publication: https://ies.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=REL2017168