Giving Compass' Take:

· According to Chalkbeat, 124 New York City schools have been identified as 'struggling' by state officials under a new method of recognizing low-performance. 

· How can funders help to turn around struggling schools? Which schools in your community are struggling? 

· Read more about struggling schools and the causes of instability. 

State officials released a new list of struggling schools recently including 124 in New York City, the first round of designations under a new method of identifying low-performing schools.

Eighty-four of the city’s schools are on the lowest rung — known as “Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools” — and will be required to craft improvement plans approved by the state. The remaining 40 schools are only in need of “targeted” support and will face less intense oversight.

The lowest-performing schools were identified partly because they were in the bottom 10 percent of schools across the state on a combined measure of growth and proficiency on state tests — the biggest factor that went into their rating. For the first time, state officials also took into account science exams, progress on a test taken by English learners, and rates of chronic absenteeism.

At the high school level, graduation played a big role, and any school that did not graduate 67 percent of its students within six years was automatically identified. New measures of college and career readiness were also factored in.

Read the full article about struggling schools in New York City by Alex Zimmerman at Chalkbeat.