2017 KPREP: Mixed results for students eligible for free/reduced meals

Post By Susan Perkins Weston

In 2017 KPREP results released late last month, students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals had mixed results, with improvement strong enough to narrow gaps in six of fourteen assessed subjects. On three other assessments, their results improved while results for their classmates improved faster, yielding wider gaps.

At the elementary level, results for students eligible for free/reduced meals:

• Improved and narrowed gaps in social studies and writing
• Improved with a widening gap in language mechanics
• Declined in reading and mathematics, though by less than results for their classmates

 At the middle school level, results for students eligible for free/reduced price meals:

• Improved and narrowed gaps in reading, mathematics, and social studies
• Improved with a widening gap in language mechanics

At the high school level, results for students eligible for free/reduced price meals:

• Improved and narrowed gaps only in writing
• Improved with a widening gap in science
• Declined in reading and mathematics, though by less than results for their classmates
• Declined in social studies by more than results for their classmates