Edison Schools Post Strong Academic Gains in D.C. Wednesday, July 24, 2002 Edison's schools in Washington D.C. have made strong and consistent gains on the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT9). The SAT9 was administered to Washington D.C. students in grades one through eleven in reading and math. On average, Edison District of Columbia students made a system-wide overall gain of 9.3 percentile points from 2001 to 2002 and a gain of 25.6 percentile points over the past four years that Edison has managed schools in partnership with Friendship House. Friendship House is a non-profit organization that has been serving DC families and communities for almost one hundred years. Friendship-Edison Public Charter School-Woodridge, Chamberlain, Blow-Pierce and Carter Woodson campuses continue to make strong gains on the SAT9. The results at all four Friendship-Edison schools were strong and consistent across most subjects and grade levels: At Chamberlain, successive cohorts of students in first through fifth grade gained an average of 17 percentile points in reading and 17 percentile points in math from spring 2001 to spring 2002, across all grade levels. Successive cohorts of students made a total gain of 34 points in reading and 42 points in math since the fall of 1998. Chamberlains national percentile rank has improved from the 27th percentile in fall 1998 to the 67th percentile in spring 2002. At Woodridge, successive cohorts of students in first through fifth grade gained an average of 6 percentile points in reading and 14 percentile points in math from spring 2001 to spring 2002, across all grade levels. Successive cohorts of students made a total gain of 23 percentile points in reading and 33 percentile points in math since the fall of 1998. Woodridges actual national percentile rank has improved from the 32nd percentile in fall 1998 to the 61st percentile in spring 2002. At Blow-Pierce Junior Academy successive cohorts of students in sixth through eighth grade gained an average of 7 percentile points in reading and 4 percentile points in math from spring 2001 to spring 2002, across all grade levels. Successive cohorts of students made a total gain of 21 points in reading and 18 points in math since the fall of 1999, when the school opened. At Carter Woodson Senior Academy students in grades nine through eleven took the SAT9 exam. Successive cohorts of students from spring 2001 to spring 2002 lost 4.5 percentile points in reading and 6.5 percentile points in math, however, since the school opened in fall 2000, successive cohorts of students made overall gains of one percentile point in reading and 7.5 percentile points in math. We are thrilled by these most recent results from our D.C. Friendship House-Edison partnership schools, said John Chubb, Chief Education Officer. The immense focus and dedication to achievement at these schools is exemplary. System-wide we have made strong and consistent gains each year since these schools opened. And, we believe that our District of Columbia schools remain poised for even greater achievement advances over the coming years. Donald Hense, President and CEO of Friendship House, concurred. "We are very pleased with the outstanding progress our students are making the Friendship Edison Public Charter Schools. The continued increase in test scores proves that with dedicated principals, teachers, and parents, our children can receive a world class education that will prepare them to be outstanding members of the communities in which they live."
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