Eric.ed.gov – Citywide Education Progress Report: Tulsa

The Citywide Education Progress Report looks at how a city is doing across three goals: (1) The education system is continuously improving; (2) All students have access to a high-quality education; and (3) The education strategy is rooted in the community. Across each goal it presents indicators of what the city is doing and how it is doing. The reports focus on education strategies for the 2017-18 school year. The analyses reflect developments through June 2018. These are updates to the original reports from the 2016-17 school year. Tulsa Public Schools face the challenge of having to rapidly increase the number of quality schools, despite state revenue shortfalls. Impact Tulsa is working toward school improvement by pulling together local education, nonprofit, philanthropic, business, civic, faith-based, and community-based organizations. Greater visibility is needed for Hispanic, Black, and Native American communities most impacted by low-performing schools. The city provides a healthy number of school choice options, but better information and enrollment supports would help families navigate the system. Graduation rates in Tulsa showed little change relative to the state, remaining 9 percentage points below state averages in 2014-15. Math and reading proficiency rates also did not improve relative to the state. Most student sub-groups are not proportionately enrolled in advanced coursework in high school. Black and Hispanic students are underenrolled while white students are overenrolled. [For the main report, “Stepping Up: How Are American Cities Delivering on the Promise of Public School Choice?,” see ED578178.]