NEW: RI Schools Get C+ on National Report Card
Thursday, January 08, 2015
Education Week has released its annual report which grades states on their education performance. This year, Rhode Island finishes 13th among the 50 states and Washington DC, with an overall score of 78.5 out of 100 points and a grade of C+. The nation as a whole posts a grade of C.
Rhode Island earns a B-minus in the Chance-for-Success category and ranks 24th. The average state earns a C-plus
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The 2015 study of Quality Counts also focuses on early childhood education, and rates several different areas of education.
The state didn’t do so well in the K-12 achievement index, scoring a D+. According to the report, this is due to the fact that the state hasn’t closed the achievement gaps between white and minority students, along with a large gap in achievement between poor students and more wealthy ones. The national score for the K-12 achievement index was C+.
Related Slideshow: RI Experts on the Biggest Issues Facing Public Education
On Friday November 22, the Hassenfeld Institute for Public Leadership at Bryant University, the Latino Policy Institute of Roger Williams University, the Rhode Island Association of School Committees, the Providence Student Union, and RI-CAN: Rhode Island Campaign for Achievement Now will host Rhode Island leaders in the public and nonprofit sectors for a symposium on "the civil rights issue of the 21st century, adequacy and equity and the State of Education in Rhode Island."
Weighing in on the the "three biggest factors" facing education in the state today are symposium participatnts Gary Sasse, Founding Director of the Hassenfeld Institute for Leadership; Christine Lopes Metcalfe, Executive Director of RI-CAN; Anna Cano-Morales, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees, Central Falls Public Schools and Director, Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University; Tim Duffy, Executive Director, RI Association of School Committees; and Deborah Cylke, Superintendent of Pawtucket Public Schools.
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