School Report Cards Released For Schools And Districts

The State Education Department announced today the release of 2008-09 School Report Cards for all schools and districts throughout New York. The Report Cards are available on the web at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/reportcard/2009/home.html.

Much of the data contained in the School Report Cards has already been publicly released throughout the past year, but the Report Cards offer a single place to find that information and more. Previously released information includes:

• 2008-09 Grade 3-8 Math and English Language Arts results;
• Graduation rates for the 2004 cohort (i.e., the group of students who entered ninth grade in September 2004);
• Schools that have failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress and that have been placed on the Schools in Need of Improvement (SINI) list; and
• Schools that have been placed on the Schools Under Registration Review (SURR) list.

The previously released data and press releases can be accessed at the following web address: http://www.oms.nysed.gov/press/.

Data contained in the 2008-09 School Report Cards, but not previously released, includes:

• The percentage of core classes taught by Highly Qualified Teachers;
• School and district performance on Regents Exams; and
• Grades 4 and 8 Science and Grades 5 and 8 Social Studies results.