What are KIPPs results? How do KIPPs test scores compare to other public schools?
KIPP schools focus on moving students from where they start, which is usually one to two years below grade level, to higher achievement so they can be ready for college and beyond. With schools in 20 states plus the District of Columbia, the KIPP Foundation does not analyze each school’s test scores to determine whether it exceeds the standard deviation. However, we do assess our results for “statistical significance” and have found that the gains made by students in KIPP schools are in fact significant. There have been several independent reports that have concluded that KIPP students have made academic gains at KIPP. An August 2005 study by the Educational Policy Institute found that, “The Knowledge Is Power Program has posted large and significant gains on a nationally norm-referenced standardized test. This performance is true across schools and throughout the nation. The fact that KIPP fifth grade cohorts showed a dramatic increase well above normal growth rates in reading, langua
KIPP schools focus on moving students from where they start, usually one to two years below grade level, to a level of high academic achievement, so they can be ready for college and beyond. With 109 schools in 20 states plus the District of Columbia, the KIPP Foundation does not analyze each school’s test scores to determine whether its results exceed the standard deviation. However, we do assess our results for “statistical significance” and have found that the gains made by students in KIPP schools are in fact significant. Several independent reports have also concluded that KIPP students make measurable academic gains at KIPP. The 2010 Mathematica report concluded that for the vast majority of the 22 KIPP schools studied, impacts on students’ state assessment scores in math and reading are positive, statistically significant, and educationally substantial. Within two years after entering KIPP, students are experiencing these gains in 18 of the 22 KIPP schools in math and in 15 of t
