East Baton Rouge Parish public schools showed signs of improvement over the past school year, according to an annual report card on the 2011-12 school year released this morning by BRAC. The East Baton Rouge Parish School System earned a “C” in the report, up from a “D” the year previous. BRAC says the report examines data and performance scores for K-12 schools to provide a review of local school districts as well as overall school performance in the Capital Region. BRAC says 86% of public schools in the Capital Region received improved scores compared with assessments in the report from the previous school year. Four school districts in the region received an “A” in this year’s report: Zachary Community, West Feliciana Parish, Central Community and Ascension Parish. Livingston Parish and West Baton Rouge Parish districts each received a “B.” East Baton Rouge Parish was the only district to receive a “C,” while Iberville Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, East Feliciana and the City of Baker each received a “D.” St. Helena Parish and the Recovery School District received an “F.” “While we have some of the best schools in the state, thirty-five of the over two hundred schools in the region earned an ‘F’ grade,” reads a BRAC release accompanying the report. “Also, despite improvements in School Performance Scores and District Performance Scores, student college readiness has remained stagnant over the past five years as the region’s public school students’ average ACT scores continue to lag behind the average scores of both Louisiana and the nation.” You can see the complete report here.
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