Comments on: No Child, API reports released today

By: Jayeesha

Jayeesha — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:48:35 +0000

Also of note, East Oakland Community High School (irrationally and unjustifiably closed by OUSD last spring) actually MET its API last year. This was cited as a primary reason for shutting the school down. What a terrible shame!

By: Dennis Wong

Dennis Wong — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:59:21 +0000

No, you don’t know about 2007, but it’s easier to repeat urban legends than to actually find out the truth. I personally lost three students during the year, but they left voluntarily at variouis times to go to another charter school. They were not “cut,” nor were they dumped on the local public school (another urban legend that has been bandied about).

By: Celia Davis

Celia Davis — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:36:20 +0000

Yes well- that’s what happens when you can cherry pick your students, and even, as I understand, drop those that aren’t ‘cutting it’ just before testing starts. (This definitely happened in 2006, don’t know about 2007)

By: Dennis Wong

Dennis Wong — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:58:40 +0000

At any time in those 32 hours, did you happen to find the following scores noteworthy? Just wondering.

American Indian Public Charter 950
American Indian Public High 940*
Oakland Charter Academy 896

Dennis Wong
Teacher, American Indian Public High School