Urban+Prep

Two posts about this school, which started the miracle school investigations:

http://garyrubinstein.teachforus.org/2011/03/06/same-kids-same-building-same-lies/

http://garyrubinstein.teachforus.org/2011/06/16/same-kids-same-building-same-lies-redux/

A nice analysis of breakdown of scores by income level

http://madisonamps.org/2011/10/11/some-truth-about-urban-prep-and-why-it-matters/

Another post that includes this school can be found at the Harvard University Nieman Watchdog:

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In 2011 the scores for the school went down, significantly. When Gary and I first reported on this school, only 17.2% of students at urban Prep passed the Prairie State Achievement Examination for English and Math. This year, only 14.7 passed. In spite of all the hype about students being accepted into college, they clearly are not producing students capable of meeting even basic levels of academic achievement. And, by the way, they are again failing to meeting Adequate Yearly Progress.

http://schools.chicagotribune.com/school/urban-prep-chtr-englewood-high-school_chicago Chicago Tribune has them with 0% college ready on all 4 parts of ACT compared to 7% for district.