Results

SLN Principals Leading the Way to Improved Scores Across the US

An analysis of the 2009-2010 student achievement data for SLN Principals in thirteen Networks in the New York, Massachusetts and San Antonio geographic clusters shows that SLN-led schools outperformed non-SLN led peer schools. 

Highlights from the analysis are:

• In Massachusetts, high schools led by SLN Principals outperformed the state graduation rate, with an average of 83%.
• On average, SLN high schools in NYC had higher weighted math Regents pass rates than 84% of peer* schools.
• New York City SLN Principals, on average, schools to higher than the city average scores across all culture indicators including expectations, communication, engagement, and safety.
• 100% of SLN K-8 Rochester, New York schools had positive combined math/ELA mean scale score gains in 2010.
• In San Antonio, 74% of SLN-led schools increased proficiency rates in math, compared to 65% of non-SLN schools, a difference of 9 percentage points.

The analysis included a focus on SLN Principals who have in Networks for multiple years and it suggests that outcomes are most positive for those who have participated in SLN the longest:

• Schools in Massachusetts, led by SLN Principals for 4+ years, outperformed the state with an average total combined ELA/math gain of 19 percentage points between 2006 and 2010.
• Rochester, New York K-8 schools led by SLN Principals for 3+ years outperformed the district over time according to mean scale score points. Between 2007 and 2010 those SLN schools gained an average of 42 scale score points in math/ELA combined compared to 31 scale score points for the district as a whole.
• In San Antonio, among principals who participated in SLN for 3 years, a full 86% increased proficiency rates in math.

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*In New York City, the DOE groups schools with 40 other similar schools based on student characteristics and prior achievement to define peer schools.