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MIAMI EDISON, MIAMI JACKSON HIGH SCHOOLS OFF THE 'F' LIST MIAMI – The release of the 2007 School Performance Grades today signaled a new beginning for two Miami-Dade senior high schools. Miami Edison Senior High and Miami Jackson Senior High are no longer on the list of “F” schools, according to the results of the Spring 2007 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). The two schools had been among Miami-Dade’s most critically challenged. The improved test scores and school grades come in spite of science FCAT scores being factored in determining student and school results. Two elementary schools – Lenora B. Smith and Nathan B. Young raised their performance grades, also coming off the state’s “F” list. Nearly half of the District’s more than 300 schools have remained at an “A” or “B” for the past three years. District officials believe that most, if not all, of Miami-Dade’s public schools would have maintained or improved their school performance grades if the 2006 standards had remained the same for 2007. This year, science was added as a requirement for proficiency. “Too many things have shifted to make this a worthy story that parents, students, and teachers can understand. A test is supposed to be an assessment of academic progress and learning by principals, teachers, students and their parents,” said Dr. Rudolph F. Crew, Superintendent of Schools. He added, “The variables changing as quickly as they do make it difficult to have a meaningful conversation on District-wide performance and assessment.” Overall, M-DCPS students remained at or above the national median at all grade levels, 3 through 10, in both reading and math. The results for Lenora B. Smith and Nathan B. Young elementary schools and Miami Edison and Miami Jackson senior high schools point to significant gains in student achievement. “The students and teachers of schools that performed well and those that continue to show improvement should be encouraged by these results,” said Dr. Crew. “We realize this is just one step in boosting student achievement. We must continue to focus on areas like science so we can stay on the path of improvement just as we have done with reading, writing, and math,” he added. Complete state, district, and school-level summary reports are available online at: http://oada.dadeschools.net/SAET/FCAT.asp. ### 07-FMN/154/ttr |
