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School-year data and publication dates are different things. The data year is the period the numbers describe; the publication date is when the data product is released.…
Enrollment trends describe how many students were counted at a school, in a district, or statewide during a defined reporting period — not how good a school…
Percentage points measure the arithmetic difference between two percentages, while percent change measures the relative change from the starting value. If a school's proficiency rate rises from…
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