Bridge Magazine Report Shows Farmington Public Schools in State's Top 40 Percent
The school district ranks 220th in Bridge Magazine’s top-to-bottom list of Michigan schools.
A new report issued by Bridge Magazine this week shows 52 Michigan public school districts and charter schools were named Academic State Champions for the 2011-12 school year. Placed at 220th on the top-to-bottom list, Farmington Public Schools ranked among the top 40 percent. At the top of the overall list is Star International Academy in Dearborn Heights, with a VAM score of 120. The top-ranked traditional school district is Godwin Heights in Grand Rapids with a score of 116. Districts were ranked based on schools' test scores adjusted for family income, showing where students are not only achieving but overachieving. According to the analysis, a Value-Added Matrix (VAM) score of 100 indicates students are achieving at expected levels …
David Anderson
12:29 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Bloomfield Hills ranked10th, Novi was 92, Northville was 94, Birmingham was 100th, Walled Lake 117, West Bloomfield 140, Plymouth-Canton was 177 and Livonia was 208. This is our competition - not the entire state. These are the districts we need to model. What are they doing that we are not? How can we change, adapt and excel? How are those initiatives to improve the FPS performance on the State … more ›