Higher Performing Schools and Districts

Who are the higher performing schools and districts?

Schools with similar demographics can have very different levels of student performance. NCEA developed a method to identify schools that grow their students’ academic performance more than the performance of students in demographically similar schools. NCEA also identifies schools

whose students’ performance meets NCEA College and Career Readiness Targets. In this section, NCEA showcases higher performing schools and districts and describes the methods used to identify them.

Review these resources related to Higher Performers:

On Course for Success: A Close Look at Selected High School Courses That Prepare All Students for College and Work (ACT)

The study team’s goal was to describe the factors that contributed to student success in a way that would be helpful to the many dedicated teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders, particularly those in high poverty and high minority schools, who are working to improve the quality of the courses they offer to their students.   Read More...

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Identifying and Studying High-Performing Schools

“Researchers and education leaders may seek to identify high-performing schools for at least three purposes. The first is to study how the practices in high-performing schools differ from those in average- or low-performing schools, in the hope that some of these practices will prove useful in improving other schools. The second is to use the higher performing schools‘ accomplishments to convince educators in other schools that they can do significantly better with “their kind of kids.” The third purpose is to publicly honor and reward high-performing schools to motivate others to emulate the desirable practices of those schools.”  Read More…

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