Want to know how the proposed DCPS feeder patterns line up with school quality? Check out this graphic.

This map matches the DCPS feeder patterns proposed by the advisory committee on student assignment with school performance categories. Red schools are in the lowest category and dark green are in the highest, with others falling in between.

To create the map, I relied on a Washington Post interactive map showing the proposed school boundaries for all DCPS neighborhood schools. Then I plugged in each school’s classification under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which divides schools into 5 classifications that basically reflect their performance on standardized tests .

DCPS uses these color-coded categories on their School Profile pages, but the pages don’t provide an explanation of what the classifications mean.

The classifications are based both on the number of students who score Proficient or Advanced on DC’s standardized test, the DC CAS, and also on the growth in students’ scores from one year to the next. The two measures are combined to produce an index score ranging from one to 100.

The lowest classification is “Priority,” shown in red. These schools have an index score of 25 or below, or a graduation rate of less than 60% for at least two years in a row. Schools in the top classification, Reward, have an index score of 80 or above, or growth that is in the top 5% of all schools.

Update: the map has been updated to show Wilson in green as a “Rising” school.

A version of this graphic previously appeared on Edcentrist.com.