Posted on August 11, 2008 by winnersville
From the VDT. Seems like we are blaming this on a certain group.
Three out of 10 Lowndes schools miss the AYP mark
By Johnna Pinholster
August 06, 2008 09:41 pm
VALDOSTA – Three out of 10 schools within the Lowndes County School system failed to meet the Adequate Yearly Progress standards.
Clyattville Elementary, Pinegrove Elementary and Lowndes High [...]
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Posted on August 11, 2008 by winnersville
ok, help me with this. You are going to come up with a plan to address the issue….but some of these schools have failed for 4 years in a row!!!
What the heck was the old plan and why do they always have a plan that will soon be implemented?
We don’t need another education PLAN …….we [...]
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Posted on August 11, 2008 by winnersville
From the Athens paper and the effects of No Child Left Behind on their schools:
No Child Left Behind is untenable framework
Editorial
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Posted on August 11, 2008 by winnersville
From the ajc
Parents concerned with latest math curriculum
By LAURA DIAMOND
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/10/08
Georgia parents were outraged after thousands of students failed statewide math exams in May.
Now with the start of a new school year, parents fear for their children as the state expands the new math curriculum to high schools.
Fayette County parent Wendy Ashabranner [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2008 by winnersville
Local parents here are hearing bad numbers and that a lot of students are going to be in summer school this year.
Statewide 40% of eight graders are being held back because of math? Only 20- 30% of students passed social studies?
Our schools are not failing, they have failed.
Students miss mark on key test
Failure rates for [...]
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Posted on April 26, 2008 by winnersville
Our local middle schools will continue to be affected by this. The new test data comes out soon.
Georgia’s harder math tests could backfire
By LAURA DIAMOND
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/26/08
Georgia’s harder middle school math tests — created to match the state’s tougher new math curriculum — will probably have the unintended consequence of leaving some middle [...]
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