Data Deep Dive: JCPS test results lag state average (but not by much, and not for all student groups)

As JCPS leaders prepare to fight a state takeover, the district’s critics contend that JCPS students perform worse on state standardized tests than their peers across the state, often leading to large achievement gaps between black and white students. But are those criticisms valid? An Insider analysis of Jefferson County Public Schools’ 2017 K-PREP scores […]