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The public schools in Washington, D.C., spent $29,349 per pupil in the 2010-2011 school year, according to the latest data from National Center for Education Statistics, but in 2013 fully 83 percent of the eighth graders in these schools were not "proficient" in reading and 81 percent were not "proficient" in math.
D.C. proving once again that there is no correlation between the amount of money spent on education and the end result.
D.C. Public Schools posted larger gains on 2013 national math and reading tests than any other major urban school system, but the Districts performance continues to trail the large-city average, according to a federal study released Wednesday. The D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) system also continues to have the nations widest achievement gaps between white and black students and white and Hispanic students, according to the study, which shows that poor black children in the District continue to score lower, on average, than their counterparts in other cities.
(The Washington Post/Source: National Center for Education Studies) - D.C. Public School fourth-graders improved in both math and reading since 2011, but average scores lag behind other large urban school systems.
The study is based on the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress, math and reading tests that are administered every other year to a representative sample of fourth- and eighth-graders across the country.
The Districts gains which reflect only the performance of traditional schools, excluding charter schools come amid a period of rapid change that has made the city a nationally watched experiment in improving urban schools. Public preschool is now available to all children; the city has adopted new academic standards; demographics have shifted; and the traditional school system has gotten rid of teacher tenure, instituting evaluations that tie job security and pay to student test scores.
Its difficult to say exactly how those different factors have contributed to the citys gains, but Chancellor Kaya Henderson said the growth is evidence that the school systems key policies are the right ones.
D.C. proving once again that there is no correlation between the amount of money spent on education and the end result.
actually, that's not the case.
at best you can say that high levels of spending does not guarantee results. but to claim there is no correlation? that's just ridiculous. teaching and learning without resources can be extremely difficult.
but i will agree that at some point money is not the limiting factor. i don't know how a school can replace or replicate the benefits of an involved, caring person, but until they figure that out kids are going to fall behind.
DC Schools: $29,349 Per Pupil, 83 Percent Not Proficient in Reading
May 14, 2014, By Terence P. Jeffrey
The public schools in Washington, D.C., spent $29,349 per pupil in the 2010-2011 school year, according to the latest data from National Center for Education Statistics, but in 2013 fully 83 percent of the eighth graders in these schools were not "proficient" in reading and 81 percent were not "proficient" in math.
So, what on earth are they being taught? The article @ DC Schools: $29,349 Per Pupil, 83% Not Proficient in Reading | CNS News doesn't say
