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Growth Scores for San Francisco Schools

Too unstable for my taste

Mar 13 • Paul Gardiner

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Growth Scores for Schools

Signal or noise?

Mar 5 • Paul Gardiner

February 2026

Is Compton Unified the best school district in California?

First takeaways from the newly published growth scores

Feb 25 • Paul Gardiner

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Pricing the strike

Are published figures on the cost of the UESF contract and the strike itself credible?

Feb 23 • Philippe Marchand

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What new public data tells us about elementary school choice and assignments at SFUSD

While preparing my previous post, I became aware of a new dataset published last Fall by the SFUSD Enrollment Center: the Main Round applicant success…

Feb 10 • Philippe Marchand

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January 2026

SFUSD's Geography Problem

Why student assignment reform and school capacity planning are fundamentally linked

Jan 27 • Philippe Marchand

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How your high school affects your chances of UC Admission

The better the school, the worse your chances

Jan 7 • Paul Gardiner

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December 2025

Geographic Bias in UC Admissions

Why do Bay Area applicants get accepted less often at many campuses?

Dec 11, 2025 • Paul Gardiner

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How to fix UC Admissions

Don't trust high school transcripts

Dec 1, 2025 • Paul Gardiner

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November 2025

What a charter school renewal says about SFUSD and Bayview public schools

And why doing your own research can get you into trouble

Nov 7, 2025 • Paul Gardiner

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October 2025

Student Outcome Confusion

SFUSD’s governance framework needs statistical thinking

Oct 28, 2025 • Philippe Marchand

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What growth scores tell us about San Francisco's Middle Schools

The best schools may not be the ones we think

Oct 21, 2025 • Paul Gardiner

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