FACTS About ...

 

Educational Outcomes for Students Transferred from Warren

 

What they say ...

 

The school administration and others have repeatedly stated that transferring students from Crawford School to newer facilities will improve their educational opportunities.  They have used the closing of Warren Elementary in 2000 as an example of a successful transfer when Warren students were moved to Meadows and Lost Creek.

 

Terre-Haute Tribune Star, 9 Nov 2001, "’We want to do what we think is the right thing educationally for students,’ [Vigo County School Superintendent] Tanoos said.”

 

Terre-Haute Tribune Star, 28 Nov 2001, "Dave Hurst, executive director of the Taxpayers Association of Vigo County, would support a recommendation to close the school. … Hurst believes that Crawford students can easily be accommodated in more modern schools that offer greater educational benefits.”

 

Terre-Haute Tribune Star, 7 Dec 2001, "Tanoos said the transition would model what was used at Warren Elementary, which closed in June 2000. … The transition went smoothly at Warren, he said.”

 

Here are the facts ...

 

·                    Percentage of students passing both math and language ISTEP

                                                Before Warren Closed                        After Transfer

                                                1997   1998   1999               2000   2001

            Lost Creek                   68        67        72                    61        59

            Meadows                   62        73        65                    41        39

·                    The Indiana Department of Education publishes statistics which compare the actual ISTEP performance at schools to predicted performance.  The predictions account for the cognitive ability of students and their socioeconomic status.  Over two-thirds of schools in Indiana are classified as “near predicted,” “above predicted,” or “far above predicted.”

·                    In 2001, Meadows was “below predicted” in 4 of 6 ISTEP subscores, and Lost Creek was “below predicted” in 4 of 6 ISTEP subscores.  These were the WORST performances in comparison to predicted scores in Vigo County elementary schools. 

 

Ask some questions ...

 

·                    Was the transfer of Warren students to Meadows and Lost Creek a success?  Were the educational outcomes of these students improved?

·                    How will the educational outcomes of Crawford students be improved if they are transferred to Farrington Grove, Sugar Grove, Davis Park, and Ouabache?

·                    Why didn’t the school administration include these data in the Crawford study?

 

We encourage you to read the Crawford School Study.  The FACTS may surprise you!

Contact Farrington’s Grove Historical District, Inc. (478-2314) or Hands Around Crawford (232-3297) or visit our websites at http://home.earthlink.net/~ammisov/fghd.htm or www.geocities.com/savecrawford