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| Steven Adamowski Can he turn it around? |
The State Board of Education claims that the new format is easier for parents to see if their child's school is among the best or worst in the state. It appears, in fact, to accomplish its mission.
While the numbers are the same as Windham Week's August 15, 2013 report (Read it here) I have been able to pull out other interesting information as the new format allows for easier comparisons and contrasts of Connecticut schools and school districts:
- Windham School District's test scores ranked last of all Connecticut reporting schools , (53.6% achieving CMT ) and (36.2% CAPT test scores) New Britain scored second poorest .
- Windham Center: (63.7%) meeting goal in 2012 improving to (66.6%) in 2013
- Sweeney School: (63.7%) in 2012 improving to (64.7%.) in 2013
- North Windham: (66.5%) in 2012 decreasing to (62.1%) in 2013
- North Windham: (66.5%) in 2012 decreasing to (62.1%) in 2013
- Natchaug School: (66.2%) decreasing to (56.2%) in 2013
- Windham Middle School: (52.2%) decreasing to (46.3%) in 2013
- Windham High School: (44.6%) decreasing to (36.6%) meeting goal in 2013
- Windham High School: (44.6%) decreasing to (36.6%) meeting goal in 2013
- Parish Hill High School accepted a handful of Windham's freshmen for the 2003-2014 school year scored 78.1% while Norwich Free Academy, which has a similar arrangement , came in at 71.1%
- Horace Porter School 's (88.9%) , school board elected to forego the Windham High (36.6%) option and send their students to Bolton (83.2%) or E.O Smith (84.4%)
- Hartford Public Schools, where Windham's Special Master Steven Adamowski, served five years as turnaround expert scored 58.1% (CMT) and 50.5% (CAPT)
Twenty eight months have past since Steven Adamowski, mandated by the Conn. Commissioner of Education, to turn around Windham's school district, arrived.. To date we have seen few positive result. All schools,with the exception of Windham Center School, are under some form of State observation/ intervention. It is most disappointing to see the negative trends at the high school and Natchaug School.. It is distressing that the special master has been unable to hold the line on Windham's historic poor test results. Read: Adamowski Leaves Lasting Inprint
Hartford's standardize test results, where some claim Master Adamowski turned that district around, is more distressing. Upon retiring in 2011 he was considered the savior of Hartford schools. While he achieved improvements during his five five years in Hartford, test scores were still failing when he moved on to Windham, in 2011. (CMT 58.4%, CAPT 49.6%) Two years after his departure, Hartford's standardized test. (CMT 58.1 & CAPT 50.5%) rank sixth poorest in Conn.
Has it been asked, what does "turn around" mean? In the short term we have a good indication of a continued failing program. In the mid and long term are we looking forward to a solid performing school district or an improved failing system?
John Monaghan
Hartford's standardize test results, where some claim Master Adamowski turned that district around, is more distressing. Upon retiring in 2011 he was considered the savior of Hartford schools. While he achieved improvements during his five five years in Hartford, test scores were still failing when he moved on to Windham, in 2011. (CMT 58.4%, CAPT 49.6%) Two years after his departure, Hartford's standardized test. (CMT 58.1 & CAPT 50.5%) rank sixth poorest in Conn.
Has it been asked, what does "turn around" mean? In the short term we have a good indication of a continued failing program. In the mid and long term are we looking forward to a solid performing school district or an improved failing system?
John Monaghan
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