Science and biology scores up in D.C.
Results from last year low but gradually improving
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While the overall numbers are low, District officials said Tuesday that they are encouraged by the growth students showed on the science and biology segments of last year's DC-CAS standardized tests.
Slightly more than a third of DCPS fifth-graders scored proficient or advanced, up 2 percentage points from 2008. About a quarter of eighth-graders reached proficient or advanced, a 5 percent bump. It's only the second year of testing in science and biology, so there isn't much of a baseline for comparison. The test is given in grades 5, 8 and 9-12.
There were some solid school-wide gains, including in some of the middle schools. Takoma, Jefferson, Stuart-Hobson and Sousa improved by between 5 and 13 percentage points. Fifth grades at nine elementary schools boosted their scores by more than 20 percent: Emery, Noyes, Ross, Tyler, Barnard, Maury, West, Kimball and
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