http://www.harrisoncsd.org/pdf/boepres111010.pdf

Slide source:

NY times reporting of Mamaroneck middle school Regents' results

http://projects.nytimes.com/new-york-schools-test-scores/counties/westchester/districts/mamaroneck-union-free-school-district/schools/hommocks-school

NY Times  reporting of Harrison middle school Regents' results

http://projects.nytimes.com/new-york-schools-test-scores/counties/westchester/districts/harrison-central-school-district/schools/louis-m-klein-middle-school

http://www.harrisoncsd.org/pdf/boepres111010.pdf

http://www.mamkschools.org/education/dept/deptinfo.php?sectiondetailid=4667&

Raw data for Harrison:

https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2010/f3/CIR-2010-660501060000.pdf

Raw data for Mamaroneck:

https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2010/d8/CIR-2010-660701030000.pdf

Similar graphs shown by NY Times for Harrison:

http://projects.nytimes.com/new-york-schools-test-scores/counties/westchester/districts/harrison-central-school-district/schools/harrison-high-school

Similar graphs shown by NY Times for Mamaroneck

http://projects.nytimes.com/new-york-schools-test-scores/counties/westchester/districts/mamaroneck-union-free-school-district/schools/mamaroneck-high-school

 http://www.oms.nysed.gov/press/PressConferencePresentationUPDATEDAM07_28.pdf

https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2009/d8/AOR-2009-660701030000.pdf

 http://www.schooldigger.com/ 

http://www.harrisoncsd.org/pdf/boepres111010.pdf

Regents data at a glance.

Regents data at a glance.  The comparison with Mamaroneck is of particular interest, since Mamaroneck has a very similar demographic balance.  Note that the 2008-2009 reports linked below are the latest available.

Comparing Harrison to Mamaroneck, look at the very first row, Comprehensive English.  In Mamaroneck, 68% of students scored an 85 or better in this Regents' exam.  In Harrison, 28% scored 85 or better.  Note also that Mamaroneck scored almost as well on this exam as Chappaqua (72% scored 85 or better), so there is no reason we also can not aim up to the Chappaqua standard.

Also given are SAT averages from 2009.
Harrison (1544)
https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2009/f3/CIR-2009-660501060000.pdf

Mamaroneck (1763)
https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2009/d8/CIR-2009-660701030000.pdf

Rye (1794)
https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2009/10/CIR-2009-661800010000.pdf

Chappaqua (1892)
https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2009/73/CIR-2009-661004060000.pdf

White Plains (1494)
https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2009/c8/CIR-2009-662200010000.pdf

Rockville Centre
https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2009/bf/CIR-2009-280221030000.pdf

Blueprint for what Harrison is attempting

This is a useful document from the Rockville Centre school district on Long Island.  It appears to be quite an accurate template for what the current administration is trying to implement in Harrison.

Carol Corbett Burris is the principal of the Rockville Centre's high school.

A commonly cited book on this controversial educational theory is "Detracking for Excellence and Equity", by Burris and Delia T. Garrity.  According to the book's "about the authors" section, Ms Garrity is an assistant superintendant in the Rockville Centre school district.  If you can find any independent research on this subject, please post.

One interesting quote to highlight, which cites the book written by the same district's own administration:

"Detracking met with minimal resistance

in grade 9, but when it moved into grade 10,

angry parents stormed a meeting of the board

of education to voice their concerns and opposition.

The board of education held fast, however,

and great care was taken to ensure that supports

for struggling students and enrichment for

high achievers were part of the new curriculum

(Burris & Garrity, 2008)."