Data: At the Intersection of Policy and Practice

1
Data At the Intersection of Policy and Practice
San Francisco Foundation June 8, 2004 Russlynn
Ali The Education Trust West
2
StatewideLatino and Black 4th Graders Read Below
White Second Graders
White
Black
Latino
Source Education Trust West Analysis of
California Department of Education, 2003
3
Latino and Black 8th Graders Read At or Below
White 5th Graders
White
Black
Latino
Source Education Trust West California
Department of Education
4
Latino and Black 11th Graders Read Below White
7th Graders
White
Black
Latino
Source The Education Trust West analysis of
California Department of Education data.
5
San Francisco Unified Better Performance for
White Students, But Larger Gaps
Source The Education Trust West analysis of
California Department of Education data.
6
Oakland Unified Much Better Performance For
White Students, Very Large Gaps Separating Groups
Source The Education Trust West analysis of
California Department of Education data.
7
West Contra Costa Unified Overall Low
Performance Huge Gaps
Source The Education Trust West analysis of
California Department of Education data.
8
Statewide Too Few Students Graduate
9
Some Districts Better Than Others . . . San
Francisco Unified
Source The Education Trust West analysis of
California Department of Education data.
10
Graduation Rates at West Contra Costa Unified
Source The Education Trust West analysis of
California Department of Education data.
11
Versus A District Just Across the Bay Oakland
Unified
Source The Education Trust West analysis of
California Department of Education data.
12
STATEWIDE LESS THAN ONE IN FOUR STUDENTS TAKE AND
SUCCEED IN THE CLASSES THEYLL NEED FOR LIFE
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
13
Huge Success and Access Gaps, Even in the
Districts Doing Better San Francisco Unified
14
Bay Area Districts Among the Lowest College Ready
Rates in the State. Oakland Unified
15
Bay Area Districts Among the Lowest College Ready
Rates in the State. West Contra Costa Unified
16
Do We Even Give Them The Opportunity?
A NEW WEB BASED TOOL Empowering and Informing the
Community Training a New Breed of Advocates Now
Available On-Line www.edtrustwest.org
17
SOME STUDENTS HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS THE
RIGHT CLASSES . . . And We Are Far From ALL
18
But It Doesnt Have To Be This Way. . . And It
Isnt This Way Everywhere. All Across
California There Are High Performing Schools
Teaching the Largest Concentrations of Latino,
African American and Low Income Students.
19
A Tale of Two Schools in Los Angeles
Source California Department of Education
http//www.cde.ca.gov
20
A Tale of Two Schools in Los Angeles
Source California Department of Education
http//www.cde.ca.gov
21
A Tale of Two Schools in Los Angeles
Source California Department of Education
http//www.cde.ca.gov
22
A Tale of Two Schools in Los Angeles
Source California Department of Education
http//www.cde.ca.gov
23
A Tale of Two Schools in Los Angeles
Source California Department of Education
http//www.cde.ca.gov
24
Gaps Narrow in Some Whole Districts Long Beach
Unified
Source Research by the National Center for
Educational Accountability
25
Garden Grove Unified School District
Making Gains, Narrowing Gaps
Source Research by the National Center on
Educational Accountability
26
Fontana Unified School System
Making Gains Across Grades
Source California Department of Education
27
These High Performing School Prove That
Demography Is NOT Destiny! Our Goal To Make
These High Performers The Rule Rather Than The
Exception