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Sat, 04/21/2012
The Westerly Sun

A new study has ranked Westerly and Chariho high schools the first- and second-most improved high schools in Rhode Island.

In the first statewide report card released on April 11 by the Rhode Island Campaign for Achievement Now, elementary and middle schools in the Westerly and Chariho districts also scored well in all categories.

Fri, 04/20/2012
GoLocalProv

Rhode Island spends more per student than most other states, ranking in the top ten nationally, but it's 32nd in the country for student achievement, according to a GoLocalProv analysis of data for all 50 states.

“This data highlights the stark reality that although we invest heavily in public education in our state, our performance remains unacceptably low,” said Maryellen Butke, Executive Director of RI-CAN, an education reform group.

Thu, 04/19/2012
North Kingstown Patch

The Rhode Island Campaign for Achievement Now (RI-CAN) released its 2012 School Report Cards for 300 Rhode Island public schools.

Check out the results for the North Kingstown school district. Overall, Stony Lane Elementary School tied for fourth place in average student performance at the elementary school level with 92 percent. (Hope Valley Elementary School and The Compass School took the top honors.)

At the middle school level, Wickford Middle School tied for sixth in overall performance with a score of 88 percent.

Thu, 04/19/2012
Bristol-Warren Patch

The following is a press release localized for the Bristol Warren Regional School District:

The Rhode Island Campaign for Achievement Now (RI-CAN) released its 2012 School Report Cards for 300 Rhode Island public schools.

In overall student performance, the Bristol Warren Regional School District elementary schools ranked 13th in the state, while Kickemuit Middle School tied with North Kingstown for 11th place, and Mt. Hope High School tied with North Smithfield for 11th place.

Wed, 04/18/2012
Newport Patch

 The Rhode Island Campaign for Achievement Now (RI-CAN) released its 2012 School Report Cards for 300 Rhode Island public schools.

Check out the results for the Newport school district. In the overall elementary school rankings, Underwood Elementary School ranked fourteenth in the state. Cranston-Calvert Elementary School ranked forty-fifth, Coggeshall Elementary School ranked sixtieth, and the former Sullivan School ranked sixty-fifth out of 76.

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Putting achievement first

Posted Tue, 07/05/2011 at 11:25
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With some of the worst achievement gaps in the nation, Rhode Island cannot afford to leave any option off the table in the effort to jumpstart statewide transformation. And our latest research shows that supporting the creation and growth of high-performing charter schools is a critical lever to do just that.

RI-CAN’s new issue brief, Putting Achievement First, examines the impact that charter schools have had in busting achievement gaps within Rhode Island. According to the evidence, high-performing charter schools can play a vital role in catalyzing statewide reform efforts by proving that achievement gaps can be closed and by providing a real-life example of how it is done.

In 2008, Rhode Island passed legislation creating the Rhode Island Mayoral Academies (RIMA) to enable Rhode Island mayors to bring the most successful high-performing public charter schools in the nation into our state. These schools were provided with increased flexibility in exchange for accountability for results. This year, RIMA is working to bring Achievement First to Rhode Island. Achievement First, one of the highest-performing charter networks in the country, has demonstrated success in closing the achievement gap in Connecticut and New York by dramatically increasing the academic achievement levels of the most underserved students.

To truly serve Rhode Island students most in need, the Board of Regents and the Rhode Island Department of Education must follow through on their commitment to recruit proven educational models such as the one proposed by RIMA and Achievement First and support the opening of other gap-closing schools in both suburban and urban areas throughout the state.
 

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