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Rockwood Named As Academic "Out
performers"
NEW YORK -- Standard & Poor's School
Evaluation Services today recognized 55 Pennsylvania school districts as
academic "out performers." This report represents Standard & Poor's second
risk-adjusted performance analysis of Pennsylvania school districts,
updating the initial study using data for the 2004-05 school year.
It is particularly noteworthy that 38 of the 55 school districts have
outperformed for three consecutive years; and in fact, 29 of these districts
have outperformed for four consecutive years. These "outperforming" school
districts are diverse, serving student populations in 2004-05 that range
from 1.0 to 74.2 percent economically disadvantaged, while achieving average
proficiency rates in reading and math that range from 57.0 to 90.4 percent.
To be identified as an out performer by Standard & Poor's, school districts,
over the course of two consecutive school years (2003-04 and 2004-05), must
show a significantly higher percentage of students that scored proficient or
above on the state's reading and math tests when compared to other school
districts with similar levels of economically disadvantaged students.
Academic achievement levels are compared with the percentage of economically
disadvantaged students because educators and researchers have found that
there is often a strong correlation between the two indicators. For
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