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To judge whether a New York school is supporting an English Learner (EL) well, check three things first: how the school identified your child, who is qualified…
School accountability is the process of collecting information about how schools are performing and then using it to make decisions — recognizing progress, directing support, or requiring…
New York State's official accountability designation for a school is assigned by the New York State Education Department under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act and is…
A single rating or test score compresses different subjects, student groups, years, and assumptions into one number that looks more certain than it is. A better comparison…
In New York State, four-year and five-year graduation rates measure the percentage of a ninth-grade cohort that earns a local or Regents diploma within four or five…
Yes. Under federal law and New York State law, a charter school is a public school: it is publicly funded, tuition-free, nonsectarian, and accountable to a public…
NYSED uses a 12-digit institution ID and a 12-digit SED code that is a BEDS code for P-12 schools or the institution ID for other institutions. BEDS…
In New York State, charter schools are authorized by entities that state law calls charter entities: certain school districts, the Board of Trustees of the State University…
Graduation rates and dropout rates measure different things: graduation rates track how many students in a cohort finish high school with a regular diploma, while dropout rates…
A graduation cohort is the group of students who enter ninth grade for the first time in the same school year. States track that group, add verified…
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