Feb 11, 2019

Middle School Academic Stall-Out Indicates Failure and Irresponsibility of Building Principals and Associate Superintendent Carla Steinbach-Huther


The general pattern through academic years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 in the middle schools of the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) has been the prevalence of low rates of academic proficiency and failure to make any progress, even from such a low starting point.


 

Associate Superintendent Carla Steinbach-Huther has oversight duties for MPS middle schools.  She and building principals whom she supervises must bear responsibility for dismal academic results, particularly at middle schools with high percentages of African American, Hispanic, and American Indian students and students on free or reduced price lunch;  this includes middle schools Anwatin, Franklin, Northeast, and Olson.

 

Here are the student proficiency rates at MPS middle schools for academic years 2014-2018:

 

Academic Proficiency Rates, MPS Middle Schools, for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, & 2018

 

                (Number of Students Assessed Given in Parentheses)

 

Anthony Middle School                                Principal >>>>>   Mai Chang Vue

 

Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 61%         61%         60%        60%       60%

 

                                (726)      (580)        (603)      (638)    (718)

                                                                               

Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 63%         61%         64%        61%        65%

 

                                (733)      (580)        (603)      (638)    (718)

 

Science                  2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 60%         56%         54%       49%         50%

 

                                (320)      (188)      (173)       (193)      (232)

 

Anwatin Middle School                                Principal >>>>>   Ellen Shuman

 

Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 32%         33%          24%       26%        32%

 

                                (568)      (563)      (544)     (515)     (524)

                                                                               

Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 28%         27%         24%        28%        30%

 

                                (567)      (532)      (544)     (510)      (214)

 

Science                  2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 12%         29%          17%        8%         12%

 

                                (194)      (157)       (170)    (161)     (146)

 

Franklin Middle School                 Principal >>>>>   Karen Cunningham

 

Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 -----        -----           8%          9%         10%

 

                                (-----)    (-----)    (269)     (301)      (349)

                                                                               

Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 -----         -----         16%        19%        17%

 

                                (-----)    (-----)    (275)      (294)    (360)

 

Science                  2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 -----          3%         -----       -----         4%

 

                                (-----)    (92)       (-----)   (-----)    (93)

 

Justice Page Middle School        Principal >>>>>   Erin Rathke

 

Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 63%         67%         57%        58%        60%

 

                                (380)      (610)      (727)     (743)     (791)

                                                                               

Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 63%         65%         55%        63%        61%

 

                                (380)      (610)      (730)     (751)     (796)

 

Science                 2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 -----          58%         47%       62%        47%

 

                                (-----)    (199)       (235)    (237)     (241)

 

Northeast Middle School             Principal >>>>>   Vernon Rowe

 

Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                  28%        27%        23%         24%        21%

 

                                (515)      (540)      (549)     (499)       (457)

                                                                               

Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                  29%        30%         30%        25%        30%

 

                                (507)      (544)        (545)      (499)    (465)

 

Science                   2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                  13%        25%        23%         18%        17%

 

                                 (185)     (187)      (184)       (177)     (138)

 

Olson Middle School                     Principal >>>>>   Steve Emerson

 

Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                  14%        13%        11%        11%        11%

 

                                (276)      (245)     (247)     (290)     (312)

                                                                               

Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                  19%        21%         24%        24%       26%

 

                                (279)      (246)      (245)     (294)     (318)

 

Science                   2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                  12%         5%         4%           2%           6%

 

                                (100)      (82)       (75)       (87)        (90)

 

Sanford Middle School                 Principal >>>>>   Amy Nelson

 

Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 38%         42%        44%        39%         39%

 

                                (725)      (755)      (759)     (835)     (907)

                                                                               

Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                 45%         49%        50%         49%        50%

 

                                (718)      (739)     (757)     (816)     (906)

 

Science                   2014       2015       2016      2017      2018

 

                                  34%        39%          37%       37%        31%

 

                                (232)      (277)        (225)    (245)     (283)

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