Feb 6, 2019

Academic Stall-Out and Too Much Opting Out at MPS High Schools: 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 high 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 high schools and must bear responsibility for this dismal record, along with the principals whom she supervises.
 
High school principals Ray Aponte (South High School), Yusuf Abdullah (Henry High School), and Michael Favor (Southwest High Schools) should especially be taken to task for allowing many students (backed or encouraged by their parents) to opt out of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA), the key state assessment emanating from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). 
 
Here are the student proficiency rates at MPS high schools for academic years 2014-2018:
 
Academic Proficiency Rates MPS High Schools for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, & 2018
 
                (Number of Students Assessed Given in Parentheses)
 
Edison High School         Principal >>>>>   Eryn Warne
 
Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 21%         22%          27%       16%        17%
 
                                (130)      (134)      (144)     (156)      (186)
                                                                               
Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 33%         22%         25%        18%        20%
 
                                (132)      (179)      (159)     (187)      (201)
 
Science                   2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 12%         29%          17%        8%         12%
 
                                 (95)       (80)         (94)      (124)     (181)
 
Henry High School           Principal >>>>>   Yusuf Abdullah
 
Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 46%         52%          59%       14%       -----
 
                                (214)      (181)         (17)        (7)       (-----)
                                                                               
Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 50%         33%         32%        31%        75%
 
                                (241)      (218)        (28)        (13)         (8)
 
Science                   2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 20%         31%          29%       29%        57%
 
                                (174)      (42)         (14)         (7)          (7)
 
North High School           Edison High School         Principal >>>>>   Shawn Harris-Berry
 
(North Academy of Arts and Science)
 
Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 -----         16%          2%        -----          2%
 
                                (-----)    (57)         (38)      (-----)    (42)
                                                                               
Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 23%          9%           5%         11%         2%
 
                                (66)        (57)        (36)        (66)       (55)
 
Science                  2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 -----         10%          5%        -----         2%
 
                                (-----)    (57)         (38)          (-----)    (42)
 
Roosevelt High School                  Edison High School         Principal >>>>>   Michael Bradley
 
Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 18%         14%         12%         8%         27%
 
                                (168)      (117)        (67)        (91)      (194)
                                                                               
Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 27%         21%         14%        14%        27%
 
                                (181)      (82)         (85)      (165)      (231)
 
Science                   2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                   8%          8%           11%       10%        18%
 
                                 (86)       (50)         (100)    (108)     (249)
 
South High School           Edison High School         Principal >>>>>   Ray Aponte
 
Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                  20%        23%        -----         29%        34%
 
                                (143)      (48)       (-----)     (28)        (65)
                                                                               
Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                  45%        29%         14%        36%        18%
 
                                (252)      (73)          (86)        (47)      (132)
 
Science                   2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                  17%        35%        -----         28%         4%
 
                                 (88)       (17)       (-----)    (61)       (96)
 
Southwest High School                 Principal >>>>>   Michael Favor
 
Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                  34%        47%        42%        -----        -----
 
                                (303)      (60)       (12)       (-----)   (-----)
                                                                               
Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                  64%        46%         65%        53%        65%
 
                                (386)      (134)        (60)        (58)      (141)
 
Science                   2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                  39%        47%        83%         58%        61%
 
                                (321)      (75)        (6)          (38)      (111)

Washburn High School                  Principal >>>>>   Emily Palmer
 
Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 34%         44%        27%        42%         47%
 
                                (283)      (271)      (233)     (241)     (330)
                                                                               
Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 54%         50%        49%         62%        55%
 
                                (312)      (261)       (335)    (368)      (362)
 
Science                 2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
                                 -----         50%          37%       28%        49%
 
                                (-----)    (228)        (188)    (275)     (357)

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