Walker Named to Educational Results Partnership Honor Roll
Walker Elementary today announced that it has been named to the 2017-18 Educational Results Partnership Honor Roll for its high achievement and student success. The program, sponsored by the Campaign for Business and Education Excellence (CBEE), is part of a national effort to identify higher-performing schools and districts that are improving student outcomes. Walker Elementary is one of 1,798 public schools in Californiato be recognized.
The 2017-18 Honor Roll is developed by Educational Results Partnership (ERP), a nonprofit organization that applies data science to help improve student outcomes and career readiness.
ERP maintains the nation's largest database on student achievement and utilizes this data to identify higher-performing schools and districts. Schools that receive the ERP Honor Roll distinction have demonstrated consistent high levels of student academic achievement, improvement in achievement levels over time, and a reduction in achievement gaps among student populations.
"We are proud to be recognized as an ERP Honor Roll School by educational and business leaders in California," said Principal Justin Phillips. "We are relentlessly focused on seeing each and every student experience success at Walker. It is definitley rewarding to see that our staff's commitment to contiual improvement is translating into positive outcomes for all our students."
"Educational success must be data-informed," said Greg Jones, ERP and CBEE board chairman. "These Honor Roll schools and districts are improving student achievement and we have the data to prove it. It's critical that the business community support and promote educational success as today's students are tomorrow's workforce."