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Kyrene outlines equity metric for proportionality in advanced coursework, gifted identification and discipline
Summary
District staff reviewed a proportionality-based equity metric used to track representation in advanced coursework, gifted programs and office referrals/suspensions; the board received the baseline and methodology and asked for year-over-year detail at the school level.
At its data retreat the Kyrene Elementary District reviewed a new equity metric that compares subgroup representation in advanced coursework, gifted identification and disciplinary actions to subgroup representation in the total student population.
How the metric works: staff said they compare the share of a subgroup (race/ethnicity, English-language learners, economically disadvantaged, students with disabilities) in a target population (for example, advanced coursework) with the subgroup’s share of the district enrollment. Cells…
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