Comments on: KIPP Schools API Scores Rank Among LA Unified’s Best https://www.laschoolreport.com/kipp-schools-api-scores-rank-among-la-unifieds-best/ What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District) Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:23:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 By: Valisha Cooks https://www.laschoolreport.com/kipp-schools-api-scores-rank-among-la-unifieds-best/#comment-609 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:23:38 +0000 http://laschoolreport.com/?p=13190#comment-609 In reply to Sonja Luchini.

Sonja- That’s absolutely untrue. My child attends KEA (the highest performing school) and he has a disability. They were totally willing to work with us and the IEP process was a breeze we received everything we felt our child needed and more. They earn high scores not from “cherry picking” but through hard work, dedication and parent involvement. Besides students are chosen based on a lottery. My child has blossomed and he loves his school.

]]> By: Sonja Luchini https://www.laschoolreport.com/kipp-schools-api-scores-rank-among-la-unifieds-best/#comment-440 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 17:37:19 +0000 http://laschoolreport.com/?p=13190#comment-440 Easy to do when not enrolling moderate/severely disabled, English language learners, Foster and homeless youth. When these charters stop discriminating against those students in most need and include them on their campuses with meaningful supports – then these are empty scores. A typical school has diversity that includes those who don’t “test well”. Taking the “easy” students, cherry-picking only those they “want” to teach is the rule with charters unfortunately. A student with Intellectual Disabilities would never be allowed to enroll in KIPP LA “College Prep”. Stacking the deck to look good doesn’t mean they are….

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