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My understanding is that the grade was derived using a growth model. So, a school where most of the students do very well and they didn’t do appreciably better than very well would score lower than a school where most of the students were 5 years below grade level and had moved to 3.6 years below grade level. I”m not sure if this is the case, but if so… we’re not looking at where you want your kids to go so much as relative improvement.

Posted by Audrey
on November 6th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Hooray! My alma mater - P.S. 175 Lynn Gross Discovery School (n`ee the ANNADALE PARK School) - did BETTER than P.S. 196!

When I grew up here, the top of the crop were usually 196, 206 and 220.

Posted by mickiet
on November 8th, 2007 at 4:16 am
Hi, I thought it would be valuable to clarify the criteria for the grades. The grades reflect degree of improvement more than they do quality of education. Of course, quality was part of the formula, but there were highly rated schools all over the school that got C’s because they did not show significant improvement or progress.

Posted by BHofmann
on January 13th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
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The Center for New York City Affairs at
Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
presents:

WHO RULES THE SCHOOLS?
Mayoral Control After Bloomberg

Thursday, March 6, 2008, 8:15 am to 10:30 am
Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street, (between 5th and 6th avenues)

When Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office one of his top priorities was to repair the city’s ailing public schools. The state gave him control of the school system five years ago and must soon decide whether to extend that power to future administrations. Are the schools more accountable today? Students and teachers more successful? Parents more engaged? Principals more effective? What’s the track record of mayoral control––and should it continue after 2009?

featuring a presentation by
Joel Klein, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education

SPEAKERS:
Christopher D. Cerf, Deputy Chancellor for Organizational Strategy, Human Capital and External Relations, New York City Department of Education
Carmen Colon, Executive Director, Association of NYC Education Councils
Ernest A. Logan, President, NYC Council of School Supervisors and Administrators
Hon. Alan Maisel, Member, New York State Assembly (D-Brooklyn)
Merryl Tisch, Vice Chancellor, New York State Board of Regents

MODERATOR:
Samuel G. Freedman, Columnist, “On Education,” The New York Times, and Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Light breakfast will be available beginning at 8 a.m.

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Posted by Center for NYC Affairs
on February 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm

School report confirms what you knew

Posted by Steve on Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

The city’s annual school report cards are out, and though The New York Times’ spin is how surprisingly tough the grades were, here in Queens, things went a little more smoothly. PS 101 (in the Gardens) and PS 196 (on the parkway) got A’s, just like you expected. But which one is better? The graders are nice enough to settle the great elementary-school debate: Grand Central Parkway’s A is based on a score of 78.88, while School in the Gardens slides by with a 76.91. Eat that, Gardens!

The widely loathed Russell Sage Junior High got a C, whereas the not so widely loathed Forest Hills High made out with a B. Here’s one surprise: If you can, send your surly adolescent to Halsey Junior High, up by NOVO 64, instead of Sage. It scored a solid B.

Other area schools and how they scored after the jump.

PS 99 (Kew Gardens): B
PS 139 (Rego Park): A
PS 144 (Forest Hills): C
PS 220 (Forest Hills): C
Hillcrest High: C