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Identifying Schools Achieving Great Results with Highest-Need Students
In partnership with the CORE Data Collaborative and the National Campaign for Highest-Need Students, we developed a School Needs Index to help us look across schools to understand the variation of student need in a common, digestible, and actionable way. This working paper describes the School Needs Index, which uses academic performance, demographic, and economic indicators to yield a nuanced profile of the level of student need at a school.
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