Discussion Board
On behalf of the California business community, CBEE is pleased to recognize the highest performing public schools in California through the 2009 Honor Roll. These 1,317 Honor Roll schools are consistently raising student academic achievement and closing achievement gaps. They are being recognized not only for their accomplishments, but so that other schools can learn and replicate the best practices of Honor Roll schools.
The Honor Roll is made up of two different awards, Star Schools (398 schools) and Scholar Schools (919 schools). Unlike any other school recognition program, CBEE Honor Roll schools are selected by carefully analyzing individual school subgroup performance data.
CBEE Star Schools have a high poverty, high minority student population. While these schools face significant challenges, they are making tremendous progress bringing students to grade level proficiency and closing achievement gaps.
CBEE Scholar Schools are also consistent high academic achievers and should be recognized for their hard work. Scholar schools do not have the added challenge of closing achievement gaps, and in particular do not have a significant population of students in poverty.
