NA Education Times Does the amount of money in a school's budget affect the student’s grades?
Is it true that poorer schools receive higher scores? Most people would assume that poorer schools would do worse than rich schools. However, a recent study between Northern Virginia school’s wealth and SOL passing score percentage shows otherwise. The study was conducted with the intent truly uncovering the mysteries of North American education. The team of researchers in the study were a professional analysis and consulting organization hired by FCPS. The organization was also hired to recommend improvements to the system.
As shown in the scatterplot above, wealth does not seem to be a significant factor when it comes to students SOL scores. For example, in the 22,962,500 wealth range, scores on the English SOL ranged from 76 to 100. That is a 24 point difference in the same wealth group. Similarly, in the 35,192,080.49 wealth range, students scores ranged all the way from 80 to 96. This data shows that the amount of wealth a school has has no correlation with the English scores of students. We also had some outliers in our data so those should not be calculated when finding a good regression. Since the organization could not …show more content…
Instead of a slight increase in performance as school wealth increases, there is actually a decrease in students scores as the school’s wealth increases. This time the 22,962,500 wealth group has an even larger spread than with the English scores. Scores in this wealth group ranged from 65 to 100. However, in this particular case, the outliers should not be included with the rest of the data. Mount Vernon High School is 8 points away from the next high school and Thomas Jefferson High School for Sciences and Technology had a score of 100 in the math SOL. This is also 8 points away from the next high school with a score of
Is it true that poorer schools receive higher scores? Most people would assume that poorer schools would do worse than rich schools. However, a recent study between Northern Virginia school’s wealth and SOL passing score percentage shows otherwise. The study was conducted with the intent truly uncovering the mysteries of North American education. The team of researchers in the study were a professional analysis and consulting organization hired by FCPS. The organization was also hired to recommend improvements to the system.
As shown in the scatterplot above, wealth does not seem to be a significant factor when it comes to students SOL scores. For example, in the 22,962,500 wealth range, scores on the English SOL ranged from 76 to 100. That is a 24 point difference in the same wealth group. Similarly, in the 35,192,080.49 wealth range, students scores ranged all the way from 80 to 96. This data shows that the amount of wealth a school has has no correlation with the English scores of students. We also had some outliers in our data so those should not be calculated when finding a good regression. Since the organization could not …show more content…
Instead of a slight increase in performance as school wealth increases, there is actually a decrease in students scores as the school’s wealth increases. This time the 22,962,500 wealth group has an even larger spread than with the English scores. Scores in this wealth group ranged from 65 to 100. However, in this particular case, the outliers should not be included with the rest of the data. Mount Vernon High School is 8 points away from the next high school and Thomas Jefferson High School for Sciences and Technology had a score of 100 in the math SOL. This is also 8 points away from the next high school with a score of