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On March 22, The Bakersfield Californian listed the “top five” and “bottom five” county schools, making an unfair comparison. At the “top five” schools, 18.2 percent, 22.8 percent, 14.6 percent, 13 percent and 18.2 percent of the students qualified for free and reduced-price meals. At the “bottom five” schools, 98.6 percent, 89.7 percent, 86 percent, 62.5 percent and 99.6 percent of the students qualified for free and reduced-price meals. Clearly, these schools are working with children from quite different economic backgrounds.For high schools in Kern County, the correlation between the percentage of students qualifying for free and reduced-price meals and the 2005 API Base is -.769.For middle schools, the correlation is -.879.And, for elementary schools in the Bakersfield City School District, the correlation is -.894. All of these correlations are highly significant, and suggest a very close relationship between the...
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