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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

• Thought this event would be of interest. Please help us spread the word and forward widely and/or post on any other relevant blogs, event calendars and listservs. thanks!

  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:
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  Posted by Center for NYC Affairs
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