Call to Arms: FREE Support for Rochester Students

by Friends of Educational Excellence Partnerships (aka FREE Partnerships)

Project Report | Sep 4, 2012
FREE Schools Moving Ahead

By Bruce Pollock | Executive Director

2012 FREE School Rankings - State English Exam

August 2012 Newsletter

Have Friends of Educational Excellence (FREE) Partnerships been successful in helping Rochester city students succeed in school?

In a word: Yes!

In the 2011 - 2012 school year, FREE Partnerships supported 10 Rochester city elementary schools that had over 500 volunteers who tutored students during the school day under the guidance of classroom teachers.

Let's look at the recent 2012 New York State English and math test results to see how these 10 schools performed.

2012 English Language Arts (ELA) Test Results

Six of 10 FREE schools improved their ranking versus the 38 Rochester elementary schools. School 52 held its #2 ranking so 7 of 10 FREE schools held or improve their ranking.
Three schools had significant improvements in their rankings: School 7, School 10, and School 20
Only 4 Rochester elementary schools increased the percentage of students that passed the ELA test. FREE schools were 3 of those 4 schools: School 7, School 10, and School 52.
School 52 maintained its #2 ranking!
The School 52 third grade had the best ELA performance of any public elementary school in Rochester.

2012 Math Test Results

Eight of 10 FREE schools improved their ranking versus the 38 Rochester elementary schools

Three schools had significant improvements in their rankings: School 10, School 22, and School 34
Seven FREE schools improved the percentage of students that passed the math test: Schools 10, 12, 20, 22, 34, 39, and 52
School 52 improved its ranking to #3!
The School 20 and School 52 sixth grades had the 2nd and 3rd best math performance in Rochester public elementary schools

The FREE Partnerships model works!

Using this model, the School 52 rankings for English (ELA) and math have improved dramatically since 2006. School 52 is now #2 in ELA and #3 in math out of 38 Rochester city elementary schools. The School 52 volunteers are an integral part of the student learning environment. Students there are on a positive path!

So here are a few requests:

If you are not already volunteering in a Rochester city school and you have time each week to help a Rochester student succeed in school, please become a volunteer or contact others that can volunteer. Contact us at: http://www.freepartnerships.org/volunteer.php

FREE Partnerships survives by the grace of your financial support. Please make a donation to help us continue this good work.

There's an exciting social media / documentary project underway that shows how urban youth across America are persevering through the challenges of their lifes to be successful in school. These students are "undroppable". Check out their stories and stay tuned for the intriguing movie about their lives: http://undroppable.com/

Thanks so much for your support,

Bruce Pollock

Executive Director

Friends of Educational Excellence Partnerships

2012 FREE School Rankings - State Math Exam

School 52 Rankings - ELA and Math Exams

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