Student Achievement
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10 Years After Courtade Elementary Showed Us What’s Possible, Work Remains to Close Our Student Achievement Gap
It’s been 10 years since one of our schools has been recognized for closing the achievement gap between our economically challenged kids and our kids who are not. But a decade later, we’re still facing significant gaps in student achievement with too many economically disadvantaged kids struggling to keep up. In 2015, Courtade Elementary was…
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Educational Equity, Traverse City’s Economically Disadvantaged Kids & TCAPS’ 2023/24 Annual Education Report
Our 2023/24 annual education report was made public earlier this month on mischooldata.org. It’s a 133-page beast that includes educator qualifications, student assessment, and accountability data. Here are a few takeaways about educational equity and our economically disadvantaged kids: 3rd Grade Reading Proficiency (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress – M-STEP) 3rd Grade Math Proficiency…