2014 Poverty, Performance and Practice
This article discusses findings across studies of higher performing schools since 2005.
Since 2005, NYKids has conducted six such studies spanning elementary through high school, with some looking at specific instructional contexts (e.g. science classrooms) and others at particular groups of students (ethnic and linguistic minority and special needs). NYKids have found that the higher-performing schools in each study share some common characteristics that distinguish them from schools with typical performance. Across all the studies, NYKids found that in the higher performers, educators collaboratively use data to drive decisions about curriculum and instruction with the goal of ensuring that every student can and will learn; in addition, they take the stance that “poverty is no excuse” for poor student performance.
