Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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Science and biology scores up in D.C.


D.C. School Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee (Benjamin J. Myers).















VALERIE STRAUSS
A School Survival Guide for Parents (And Everyone Else)

Posted at 9:04 PM ET, 05/ 4/2010

Michigan high school wins Obama; five others get consolation prize

Kalamazoo Central High School in Michigan is the big winner in a contest that offered as its prize a commencement speech by President Obama, and five other finalists won't walk away empty-handed.
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JAY MATHEWS
What's Right and Wrong With Our Schools

Posted at 10:00 PM ET, 05/ 2/2010

Urban school sheds crime scene label

Has Wilson High School become too good to worry about bad news in the paper? It would seem so. The school still struggles with the effects of poverty on student performance. But the number of tardy students has dropped, attendance is up to a school record 86 percent, the percentage of black and Hispanic students on the honor roll is rising and on some academic measures, Wilson is leaving even affluent suburban schools behind.
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DC-CAS science scores up in 2009


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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