Jake Joy leads a team-building exercise Friday called “Toad and Frog” with his English Language Learning classroom at Lewiston Middle School. ELL students are often at a disadvantage when taking standardized tests because the test is not in their native language, Superintendent Jake Langlais said. This makes it difficult for districts with a large number of ELL students, like Lewiston, to perform well in school ratings from organizations like GreatSchools. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Online ratings like those from GreatSchools make it easier than ever for individuals to judge the quality of schools at a glance. With just a click, families can quickly view important metrics like graduation rates, chronic absenteeism and standardized test scores by school.
Rated as a 1 and a 2 respectively, Lewiston and Edward Little high schools receive some of the lowest scores in the state.
But some school administrators say the data — which may be inaccurate or several years out of date — lacks important context. And in some cases, school ratings can change significantly from year to year.
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