API Scores Increase, Signals Narrowing of Achievement Gap Ravenswood City School District increased its Academic
Performance Index score by a substantial 30 points, to 667 from 637, according
to 2008-2009 results provided by the state this past month. The increase indicates improvement from year to year based on scores for each of the
District's schools. A school's API
is a number that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the results for
each school's students on statewide tests. The state has set 800 as the API
target for all schools to meet. Notably, increases for the District's black
students and Hispanic students were nearly double the state average for those
subgroups, which still outpaced growth for white and Asian subgroups statewide. "The
API results also show a slight narrowing of the achievement gap that has
historically left Hispanic or Latino and African-American students trailing
behind their peers who are white or Asian. I am delighted to see this trend of
progress continue," State Superintendent Jack O'Connell said in a
statement, as quoted in the Palo Alto Daily News.
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Parent Engagement Takes Off at Back to School Events
To encourage deeper parent involvement, REF has
offered a $1000 matching grant for parent contributions made at each
school. The response has been
overwhelmingly positive, as evidenced by most of the parents attending a recent
back to school event at Cesar Chavez Academy who made $10 contributions,
raising over $1200. Those funds,
along with the additional REF matching grant, target the classroom at
the principal's discretion.
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5 Ways YOU Can Support REF's Fall Community Campaign!
1) Forward this email to friends with the subject a heading: "A Worthy Cause You Should Know About"
2) Send REF the names and emails of people to whom we can introduce ourselves
3) Offer to personally forward our November Campaign Mailing to several friends
4) Arrange for a quick tour of one of our schools
5) Mention donating to the Ravenswood Education Foundation on your Facebook pages and provide a link! www.ravenswoodef.org
Direct all correspondence to Charley Scandlyn (charley@ravenswoodef.org).
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