Newton North High School A Tradition of Excellence

Newton North High School “A Tradition of Excellence” Jennifer Price, Principal

Among our students who are currently not enrolled in special education and have never been eligible for free/reduced lunch, African American students are not as academically successful as their White, Asian, and Latino counterparts. 95% Confidence Intervals For the Group Average White (236) Asian (29) Latino (47) Afr. Am. (9) Academic Achievement Comparisons Analysis based on the Class of 2008.

For White students at Newton North High School, more so than students of color, free/reduced lunch eligibility is a predictor of academic underachievement, controlling for special education status. 95% Confidence Intervals For the Group Average White Students Neither (236) Free Lunch (56) Special Ed (22) Both (11) Academic Achievement Comparisons Analysis based on the Class of 2008.

School-Wide Goal To narrow the clearly identified economic and racially based academic achievement gap that exists for students at Newton North. Our plan is to support and refine our current practices, implement new approaches (both inside and outside the classroom), provide professional development for our faculty and staff, and consistently measure the impact these approaches are having on closing this gap. (Adopted March, 2008)