Table 1

Characteristics of Writing Matters School and Comparison School

CharacteristicWriting Matters SchoolComparison School
Community setting• Suburban within a large urban district• Suburban within a large urban district
School size• 1,254• 1,081
Demographicsa• 11% black, 13% Hispanic, 14% white, 62% Asian• 13% black, 15% Hispanic, 19% white, 53% Asian
 • 10% English language learners• 3% English language learners
 • 8% students with disabilities• 8% students with disabilities
Percent of proficient• 2007-2008: 80%• 2007-2008: 80%
sixth-graders in• 2006-2007: 77%• 2006-2007: 81%
ELAb• 2005-2006: 78%• 2005-2006: 75%
Percent of proficient• 2007-2008: 94%• 2007-2008: 92%
sixth-graders in• 2006-2007: 90%• 2006-2007: 87%
mathematics3• 2005-2006: 89%• 2005-2006: 82%

Notes:aObtained through the NYC Department of Education Office of Accountability website at http://schools.nyc.gov.

bObtained through publicly available data on the New York State Education Department’s website at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/irts/reportcard/

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