New School Grades in NYC

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On Tuesday, Chancellor Farina announced a new ratings system. 

Here is the breakdown: 

Test scores mean less Schools measured by strength of curriculum school environment matters

So are the letter grades over? 

Yes.

There will be two reports

for parents — this will be the School Quality Snapshot for educators — The School Quality Guide

The snapshot ranks schools from POOR to EXCELLENT, and compares it to city averages.

The Quality guide goes into more depth, showing trends over the past three years, and replacing A-F letters with “Not meeting target,” “Approaching target,” “Meeting target” and “Exceeding target.”

What is the Capacity Framework?

The Capacity Framework is a research-based, collaborative model for a #GreatNYCSchools future built on six essential elements.

Read more about Chancellor Fariña’s vision. We’ll have a post soon, outlining what it means.

 

For now, the Chancellor is stressing the importance of the administration’s collaboration with schools, teachers, and parents. “This is a new era in education in New York City,” she added.”We are no longer forcing change on people, we’re creating change with people.”

In brief, the 6 Capacity Famework looks like this:

 

Quality Review: a formal evaluation of the school by an experienced educator who visited the school, observed classrooms, and spoke with parents, students and school leaders Student Progress: for elementary and middle schools, student improvement on the State tests in English and math, compared to other students who scored at the same level last year; for high schools, progress students make towards graduation by accumulating credits and passing Regents exams Student Achievement: for elementary and middle schools, student performance on the State tests in English and math and course pass rates (middle school only); for high schools, graduation rates after four and six years School Environment: parent, student and teacher satisfaction levels with the school’s learning environment, as reported in the NYC School Survey, as well as student attendance Closing the Achievement Gap: significant gains with English Language Learners, students with disabilities, and students who scored in the lowest third citywide on State tests last year; movement of students with disabilities into environments with non-disabled peers College and Career Readiness: for high schools, student readiness for college and careers, based on their achievements in high school and their outcomes after leaving high school

CITE is the Center for Integrated Teacher Education. For over 25 years, CITE has and continues to train TEACHERS (Early Childhood, Literacy, Special Ed, Grad Courses, DASA); COUNSELORS (School, Mental Health Masters, Advanced Certificate); and ADMINISTRATORS (SBL, SDL, Public Admin, Online PhD) in all five boroughs of NYC, Yonkers, and Long Island. 

 

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