Taft 7th 8th grade program

The use of this test put pressure on Tier 1 scores in particular. Average scores for Tier 1 students fell 45 points while scores for Tier 4 students fell only 7 points. In , CPS decided to reclassify its Tiers. This has made it more difficult for Taft to attract academically advanced students from lower Tiers.

For the past six years, CPS has been using a socioeconomic Tier system to select students for all of its selective admissions schools, including Academic Centers. The remaining seventy percent are allocated to each of four socioeconomic Tiers, with each Tier receiving Students compete for this portion based their academic performance in comparison with other students in their Tier.

Use of the Tier system has led to significant gaps in the academic achievement required for admissions between students from different parts of the City of Chicago. There is a particularly large gap between admissions scores of Tier 4 the highest socioeconomic Tier and Tier 1 the lowest socioeconomic Tier students — in the more competitive schools. In , CPS decided to reclassify its Tiers.

This has made it more difficult for Taft to attract academically advanced students from lower Tiers. For the past seven years, CPS has been using a socioeconomic Tier system to select students for all of its selective admissions schools, including Academic Centers.

The remaining seventy percent are allocated to each of four socioeconomic Tiers, with each Tier receiving Students compete for this portion based their academic performance in comparison with other students in their Tier.

Use of the Tier system has led to significant gaps in the academic achievement required for admissions between students from different parts of the City of Chicago. There is a particularly large gap between admissions scores of Tier 4 the highest socioeconomic Tier and Tier 1 the lowest socioeconomic Tier students — in the more competitive schools.

In each of the past five years there was a gap of over points between the average score of an admitted Taft Academic Center Tier 4 and Tier 1 student. Such a huge gap means that students accepted into the Taft Academic Center have significantly different academic qualifications.