Data Stories

Local proficiency differences

These outcome data paint a stark picture of the current situation.

Putting our local differences into the national context

From the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University:

· CHCCS has very low levels of segregation across schools. Among similar low-segregation districts, it has one of the very highest “achievement” gaps. This suggests that some important dynamics are occurring within schools

· It’s worth noting that other college towns are the closest in these ways

From the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University:

·  for the CHCCS level of socioeconomic differences, CHCCS has the second highest “achievement” gap

The Stories We Tell: Math, Race, Bias, and Opportunity

In the book, The Stories We Tell: Math, Race, Bias, and Opportunity, Patricia Marshall, Lee Stiff and I document our years of work on issues of equity and construct a framing of mathematical opportunities that accounts for mathematics and racial bias. In other words, we explain how Early Identification of ‘talent’ is connected to School Opportunity, Tracking of students, and Racial Inequity in schools. The belief that students need to be ‘identified’ as ‘talented’ at a young age is a cornerstone belief that creates the foundation for legalized segregation in our schools. We ask the reader to rupture that belief. Examining this belief that some students ‘deserve’ advanced placements at a young age because of their ‘talent’ allows us to investigate the mechanisms that are foundational to the modern day cycle of separate but equal.

- Valerie N. Faulkner, Ph.D.

Also from Dr. Faulkner:

Less is more: The limitations of making judgements

Opportunity Gap video.