Blog #4: Primary Artifact #2

         "In terms of demographics, 96 percent of the school's students receive free or reduced-price lunch. About two-thirds of the students are black and 12 percent Hispanic.

With a score of 34.4 out of 100, William Wells Brown Elementary was the lowest rated among elementary schools statewide in Kentucky's testing and accountability program in 2013-14.

It is classified by the state as "needs improvement" as opposed to "proficient" or "distinguished." William Wells Brown also is classified as a "focus" school, meaning that it is underperforming in closing the achievement gaps between poor, minority and disabled students and other students."

These records were found in an article posted be the Lexington Herald-Leader on May 25, 2015. While I have visited William Wells Brown a few times, I was curious as to what the actual demographics were for William Wells Brown. I knew that the school was primarily populated by minority groups, but I felt for this project, it was important to find actual demographics and statistics. I plan on using this excerpt from the Lexington Herald-Leader to prove to my audience that the test scores at William Wells Brown are indeed correlated with the race of the students that the school teaches.

Source: 

Spears, Valarie Honeycutt. "William Wells Brown Elementary Struggles to Move beyond Label as State's Lowest Performer." Kentucky.com. Rufus Friday, 25 May 2015. Web. 01 Oct. 2015. <http://www.kentucky.com/2015/05/25/3869082_william-wells-brown-elementary.html?rh=1>

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