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Alabama releases new HS test scores
Posted on 1/23/15 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 1/23/15 at 12:46 pm
And some of the scores are down right turrrrible. Find out how your former school/school system did.
I think when teachers/administration gauge focal points and the requirements for this new test and put in place a new curriculum the numbers will start to rise, but it's still kind of frightening to see because this is basically the ACT, right?
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The state Department of Education earlier this week released the school-by-school results of the ACT Plan assessments, which all Alabama high school sophomores were required to take under the Alabama College and Career-Ready Standards. The ACT Plan, a curriculum-based achievement test that measures students in core subjects, is aligned with the controversial Common Core State Standards.
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Statewide, only 27 percent of 10th-graders either met or exceeded the standards in science; that number was just 17 percent in math. About half of Alabama's students met the standards in English.
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Nearly 80 percent of Mobile County's 10th-graders didn't meet academic math standards of ACT Plan
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The most dismal scores were at Johnson, Butler and Columbia high schools, which saw passing percentages in the single digits. Johnson fared the worst, with just 1 percent of students meeting or exceeding standards in science and just 2 percent in math.
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Bob Jones High in Madison boasted the third highest percentage of sophomores who exceeded those new math standards. James Clemens High in Madison ranked fifth. Both also placed in the top 10 in the state when it comes to the percent of students exceeding standards for English or Science.
I think when teachers/administration gauge focal points and the requirements for this new test and put in place a new curriculum the numbers will start to rise, but it's still kind of frightening to see because this is basically the ACT, right?
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 12:48 pm
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Posted on 1/23/15 at 12:50 pm to JordonfortheJ
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I think when teachers/administration gauge focal points and the requirements for this new test and put in place a new curriculum they numbers will start to rise, but it's still kind of frightening to see because this is basically the ACT, right?
And people still think Common Core was such an evil horrible thing.
My wife teaches 5th grade but its in a successful district. I can't imagine getting out of Santa Rosa or Okaloosa without being able to read and write.
Those numbers are downright frightening and lets you know just how much the education system especially in poor areas needs an overhaul. No child should be able to go to school and finish without learning to read without a severe learning disability.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 12:58 pm to JordonfortheJ
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Johnson, Butler
I am shocked!
ETA: Almost as shocked at the Brookies kicking everyone's arse.
I'm sure my beloved Athens is just waiting outside the top tier, like every metric.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 1/23/15 at 12:59 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
I wonder how much "crazy checks" effect these scores in the poor areas.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 12:59 pm to JordonfortheJ
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JordonfortheJ
How were the spelling scores?
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:00 pm to HempHead
Hopefully when that new building is finally up....they fill it to the rim with books and educators who want to be there and kick the trouble makers out. HSV city schools have to do better.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:06 pm to JordonfortheJ
Those math numbers are down right sad. Almost makes me want to get into teaching high school math.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:23 pm to JordonfortheJ
I will say Columbia kind of really shocked me to be grouped with Butler & Johnson even though it pulls some of the same students out of the area it still gets its fair share of top notch kids and has the only IB program in huntsville city schools, unlike the 'better' schools Grissom, Huntsville High and New Century.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:35 pm to JordonfortheJ
Proud Spain Park alum 
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Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:41 pm to The Spleen
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Those math numbers are down right sad. Almost makes me want to get into teaching high school math.
This is the reason I started to teach and decided not to. Substitute teaching soured the idea of teaching for me. You know it's bad when you have to teach 14 year olds how to divide.
ETA: Also not surprised Mt. Brook did so well.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:53 pm to ButchItUp
71% English
39% Math
41% Science
about lower upper range compared to others, unfortunately.
39% Math
41% Science
about lower upper range compared to others, unfortunately.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:56 pm to JordonfortheJ
Top two as usual
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:08 pm to blzr
Whats that? Mt. Brook and Spain Park?
Old Money vs New money?
Old Money vs New money?
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:10 pm to JordonfortheJ
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Jefferson County Minor High School Math 1.61%
It's so sad you can't even make jokes about it. You can't do simple math but I bet they operate a damn phone and tv.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:18 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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Those numbers are downright frightening and lets you know just how much the education system especially in poor areas needs an overhaul. No child should be able to go to school and finish without learning to read without a severe learning disability.
My wife taught 7th grade in an inner city Houston school for a year. The problem isn't at the 10th grade level. It starts much earlier. Kids get dumped off in kindergarten without knowing basic information like their colors or what a pencil is. The teachers try and catch them up, but its a snowball effect.
Nothing has changed about how public schools operate for 50 years except the ever increasing budgets. What's changed are the kids and parents.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:22 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
Does your wife teach in Santa Rosa? My sister in law teaches at an elementary school in SR.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:25 pm to JordonfortheJ
My old HS is top 5 in 2 of the three categories.
Yep.. and administrators get raises and performance based on passing kids. Whether they qualified to pass or not. Funding being tied into performance results has been a failure too, to a degree.
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The problem isn't at the 10th grade level. It starts much earlier. Kids get dumped off in kindergarten without knowing basic information like their colors or what a pencil is. The teachers try and catch them up, but its a snowball effect
Yep.. and administrators get raises and performance based on passing kids. Whether they qualified to pass or not. Funding being tied into performance results has been a failure too, to a degree.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:33 pm to JordonfortheJ
No private schools? List is shite.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:34 pm to JordonfortheJ
We've been doing the ACT Explore assessment on the middle school level for sometime now. I typically accommodate (read/write/paraphrase) for students and it's become a more difficult assessment since the alignment.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:41 pm to nes2010
1. This testing is only mandated for public schools...for all we know, some private schools may not have tests at all.
And if you think they would produce results better than the the public schools with these 40-80% scores then you are mistaken.
And I went to a private school.
And if you think they would produce results better than the the public schools with these 40-80% scores then you are mistaken.
And I went to a private school.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 2:42 pm
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