UCAP has met all Rhode Island state targets!
Overwhelmingly, UCAP's students are from low-income urban
neighborhoods. More than half are from families where English is
not the primary language spoken at home. On top of this, we only
accept students who have been retained at least one grade. One
of every three would drop out without our intervention.
In other words, we only take kids who have multiple obstacles
to overcome and a history of school failure, and then, we
require them to work harder than they ever have to accelerate
their studies and catch up...
And we succeed!
Rhode Island measures a school's progress using a complex
formula based on annual English and math standardized test
scores, and on how well the school serves particular groups of
students, such as low-income, special-education students,
Caucasian students, or students of color. School attendance is
included in the review. The "targets" we must meet are based on
these and other factors.
Not only are we reducing the dropout rate among at-risk
students, we have met all the demanding state requirements.
Everyone's a winner in this achievement.
Thanks for all you do to support our kids!
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