Roxbury+Preparatory+Charter+School

http://roxburyprep.uncommonschools.org/rpc/results Claims it has 100% of 8th graders passed math and ELA on 2010 test. There are four levels: Failing, Needs Improvement, Proficient, Advanced. They had 100% 'passing' for math and ELA. But state had 93% passing ELA and 79% passing math.

Math 82% advanced or proficient ELA 93% advanced or proficient These are higher than state of mass. and Boston public schools

http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=04840505&orgtypecode=6&&fycode=2009 Checked for attrition pattern 8th graders in 2010: 57 7th graders in 2009: 73 6th graders in 2008: 76

Lost 28% of 6th graders between 2008 and 2010.

8th graders in 2011: 69 7th graders in 2010: 89 6th graders in 2009: 99

Lost 30% of 6th graders between 2009 and 2011

LEP just 1.9% Free Lunch: 63% Reduced Lunch: 11%

Thomas Kane says that attrition is not a problem since kids leave to go to better schools. Article praising Roxbury in Sept 2010 still admits that 50% of kids leave charters before graduation. http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/the_charter_factor/page5

"As the charters expand they’ll have to confront those and other old criticisms, including the fact that charters attract fewer special-needs students and English language learners. Only about 2 percent of last year’s students at Roxbury Prep were classified as “limited English proficient,” compared with about 20 percent districtwide. Another complaint: More than half the students who enter a Boston charter high school leave before graduation, a 2009 study by the Massachusetts Teachers Association found."