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Schools That Earned Top Scores on Progress Report and Quality Review Receive
$30 per Student in “Excellence Rewards”
Schools Earning Rewards Will Share Best Practices with Other Schools
Click here for a list of schools that earned rewards (revised 1/4/08 to include one additional school).
Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today awarded additional discretionary funds to the 134 schools that earned both an A on their Progress Report and the top score of “well developed” on their Quality Review for the 2006-07 school year. Schools can spend the “excellence rewards” of approximately $30 per student at their discretion on whatever programs or other school-related expenses will best support their continued progress. In exchange for these rewards, schools will share the practices that contributed to their success with other schools throughout the City. Chancellor Klein announced the rewards at P.S. 46, one of the schools that earned a reward, in the Bayside section of Queens. He was joined by principal Marsha Goldberg. P.S. 46 is one of 13 schools in District 26 that earned a reward, the most of any district in the City.
“Identifying, rewarding, and replicating exemplary performance is a critical part of our groundbreaking accountability system. Today, we are shining a spotlight on 134 schools that helped students make outstanding academic progress last year and are poised to build on that success in the coming years,” Chancellor Klein said. “I congratulate the principals and staffs at all of these schools for their achievement. These are schools of different sizes that serve different student populations in different parts of our City. We should all congratulate them, and learn from their successes.”
Fewer than 10% of schools Citywide qualified for excellence rewards. Of the 134 schools that did, 48 are in Queens, 36 are in Manhattan, 28 are in Brooklyn, 20 are in the Bronx, and 2 are in Staten Island. Seventy-five elementary schools received rewards, along with 25 high schools, 19 middle schools, 11 K-8 schools, four 6-12 schools, and one K-12 school. The size of the rewards for individual schools depended on their student enrollment and ranged from $4,391 to $122,837, totaling $3.4 million in all.
Schools that received a reward will help spread their success. Some will choose to serve as demonstration sites which representatives of other schools will visit to observe best practices. Others will choose to submit written descriptions and examples of their practices. These will be distributed across the school system through the Achievement Reporting and Innovation System (ARIS).
Schools had to earn an A on their Progress Report and a “well developed” score on their Quality Review to earn a reward. Each school receives a Progress Report with a letter grade—A, B, C, D, or F—based on the academic achievement and progress of students as well as the results of surveys taken by parents, students, and teachers. Quality Reviews assess how well a school is organized to help improve student achievement, with a focus on how effectively the school uses data to identify and meet students’ individual needs.
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