100% Proficiency of all RI fourth graders: What will it
take?
A Statewide Analysis
II. Responsive, Effective, Exciting Schools
» In Search of Excellence
» Non-proficiency Gaps
» Using Statistical Modeling to Have a "Value-added" Conversation
In Search of Excellence
Rhode Island has always been a state proud of its culture of local control of the schools and fiercely protective of it. Because the state in the past has not had a strong guiding role in the lives of the schools, the schools are quite different from one another in both character, which is fine, and in the quality of the education which they deliver, which is less than ideal.
In order to achieve the state’s goal of 100% proficiency of all students in literacy and numeracy, the state must help schools – all schools – identify strategies, methods and programs that will address the needs of their students. For a wide variety of reasons, some schools are more effective at helping their students achieve proficiency than others with similar populations.
Using Statistical Modeling to Have a "Value-added" Conversation
To identify those schools who, with a statistically leveled playing field, manage to out-perform others, RIDE contracted with URI researchers at the National Center on Public Education to develop statistical models that take into account the educational challenges each individual school’s children bring with them. By factoring in the challenges, researchers can get a sense of how much value is added to children’s education by a school.
The following chart lists all RI elementary schools according to the extent to which the school’s children perform better, worse or comparably to other students like themselves, statewide. At the top of the chart is the group, or band of those schools whose children performed better than their statewide counterparts. Within each of the bands, schools are alphabetized.
Please Note: For more information about RI’s statistical model, see the User’s Guide; for a technical description of the modeling, see the Technical Brief; or contact the Department of Education at 401-222-4600 ext: 2231.
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