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Consistently across the three subject areas (reading, math, and science), minority and poor children tested highest in “D” and “F” schools and lowest in “A” and “B” schools. Put differently, according to the State’s own effectiveness grades, “A” and “B” schools are the least effective for poor and minority children; high scoring, affluent students in those schools produce averages that give the appearance of school effectiveness for all, essentially masking the especially low performance of poor and minority children.
-A report by researchers at OU and OSU showing that Oklahoma’s A-F grades for schools conceal achievement gaps and do not provide meaningful information about school quality (Source: http://bit.ly/18oXaJE)
