2005 Base API Data Published
Seems like it's all-API-data-all-the-time around here. But really, it is an accident. When round 1 enrollment results were announced I thought it might be useful to compile the available API data. Now that the 2005 Base data is available, I will quickly update the spreadsheets and republish.
Meanwhile, a quick review of the 2005 data shows that SFUSD is doing very well. Perhaps the most remarkable measure of SFUSD performance has been identified by sfschools list member Luis Alegria. He computed a weighted average for the Similar Schools Rank in this sfschools post, Comparative School District Performance
I will add one footnote to this statistic. The method for calculating the Similar Schools Rank has changed this year. In previous years "Similar schools ranks have been confusing for some schools when the 100 schools with which they are compared do not appear similar", according to the Information Guide published with the new data. So they have added six new variables into the calculation to help determine truly similar schools:
Meanwhile, a quick review of the 2005 data shows that SFUSD is doing very well. Perhaps the most remarkable measure of SFUSD performance has been identified by sfschools list member Luis Alegria. He computed a weighted average for the Similar Schools Rank in this sfschools post, Comparative School District Performance
Population-adjusted Similar School RanksNo doubt about it, this is great news for the district and even better news for the students. Kudos to all the hard working professionals for their hard work and commitment to our students.Gives you some idea of where SFUSD sits - I've got the big districts there, some local ones, and the best-performing ones I've found. Fontana is something; its also something that SFUSD is in that company.
Fontana Unified 7.996 San Francisco Unified 7.392 Inglewood Unified 7.374 Riverside Unified 7.261 Sacramento City Unified 6.516 Fremont Unified 6.439 Garden Grove Unified 6.407 Elk Grove Unified 6.389 West Contra Costa Unifie 6.353 Long Beach Unified 5.500 San Bernardino City Unif 5.266 Glendale Unified 5.257 Orange Unified 5.172 San Jose Unified 4.944 San Diego Unified 4.845 Los Angeles Unified 4.595 Capistrano Unified 4.581 Oakland Unified 4.043 Lodi Unified 3.769 San Juan Unified 3.356 Chino Valley Unified 3.000 Mt. Diablo Unified 2.894 Fresno Unified 2.875
I will add one footnote to this statistic. The method for calculating the Similar Schools Rank has changed this year. In previous years "Similar schools ranks have been confusing for some schools when the 100 schools with which they are compared do not appear similar", according to the Information Guide published with the new data. So they have added six new variables into the calculation to help determine truly similar schools:
- % Grade span enrollments
- % Students in GATE programs
- % Students with disabilities
- % Reclassified fluent-English-proficient students
- % Migrant education students
- % Students in reduced class size for full day
3 Comments:
If this is legitimate, the news should be spread far and wide. More likely, though, it simply reflects the reduced emphasis on race of the new formula, which would favor a district like SFUSD, which is 1/3 Asian (many children of impoverished recent immigrants from China).
Another possible factor is that SFUSD has made a significant effort to identify students who qualify for free and reduce lunch. I believe that is one of the data fed into the SCI regression. But it seems unlikely that this would cause such a significant change.
sfusd is over 1/2 asian and pacific islander students.
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