Two Oakdale Schools Among State’s Best for Black Students

Oakdale Elementary and Skyview Middle School are among the top schools in the state when it comes to performance by black students, according to the Minnesota Campaign for Achievement Now.

The Minnesota Campaign for Achievement Now (MinnCAN) recently released its 2013 School & District Report Cards, which shows student performance data for black, Latino, Asian and English-language learners.

The results show that Oakdale Elementary School ranked fourth in elementary school black student performance. Skyview Middle School was 10th in the same category among middle schools.

Click here to view the report cards.

The report cards—available for all 1,967 Minnesota public schools—include letter grades based on Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment results that the Minnesota Department of Education released in August 2012.

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“Great schools dot many pockets of the North Star state, yet we seldom take a step back to recognize the schools that post commendable student learning and achievement,” MinnCAN Executive Director Daniel Sellers said in a statement. “… We offer our School & District Report Cards as one vehicle of information and transparency so more educators and parents understand how well our schools educate children. With the online information, parents can now more effectively advocate for their children and we can all hold ourselves more accountable.”

Click here to view the Top 10 lists.

Launched in January 2011, the Minnesota Campaign for Achievement Now “is an education reform advocacy nonprofit. MinnCAN is building a movement of Minnesotans dedicated to creating the political will to enact smart public policies to ensure that every Minnesota child has access to a great public school,” according to the release

Find more information on its website.