Tuesday, January 24, 2017

New York High school with 76% grad rate only prepped 4% for college

The New York Post reports:
Bronxdale HS graduated 76 percent of its students last year — but just 4 percent met CUNY college-readiness standards, The Post has learned.

Critics blasted the discrepancy, arguing that administrators are sacrificing instruction quality for attractive graduation rates.

CUNY assesses a variety of student test scores to determine if kids are ready for basic math and English collegiate course work.

Grads are deemed prepared if they post minimum scores on their SAT, ACT or Regents.

But at Bronxdale — home to 430 students — just 4 percent of its sizeable graduating class managed to post qualifying scores on those exams. The rest would have to complete remedial course work at CUNY to catch up with their peers.
The great moments of government schools.