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re: Alabama releases new HS test scores
Posted on 1/23/15 at 8:30 pm to JordonfortheJ
Posted on 1/23/15 at 8:30 pm to JordonfortheJ
My kid's school is in the top 5 in three of the categories.
They did away with the graduation exam a few years ago to make room for this. Makes you wonder how so many kids were graduating high school before this, with only the graduation exam. They were studying just for the test, that's how. And if you qualify for a disability, you were only having to pass the math and reading, and one other portion (out of 5 I think), to get a degree.
Not sure how this all holds up now when it comes to state takeovers. If you make a 0% in math, what repercussions are there for the school system and how long do they have to improve scores?
They did away with the graduation exam a few years ago to make room for this. Makes you wonder how so many kids were graduating high school before this, with only the graduation exam. They were studying just for the test, that's how. And if you qualify for a disability, you were only having to pass the math and reading, and one other portion (out of 5 I think), to get a degree.
Not sure how this all holds up now when it comes to state takeovers. If you make a 0% in math, what repercussions are there for the school system and how long do they have to improve scores?
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Posted on 1/24/15 at 1:44 am to JordonfortheJ
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Not going to lie, this is catching me by surprise if true.
Oh no, it's very true. The looks and location are very deceiving.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 3:20 am to Prettyboy Floyd
Oh alright, my SIL teaches at SS Dixon intermediate.
This post was edited on 1/24/15 at 3:21 am
Posted on 1/24/15 at 5:30 am to JordonfortheJ
My alma mater kicks arse. Fairhope High School
Posted on 1/24/15 at 8:23 am to cokebottleag
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What's changed are the kids and parents.
Thank you.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 8:26 am to The Spleen
quote:Go right ahead and then you'll end up in a poor performing school and realize it's not easy and quit like most of the people I see who try and teach after being in the "real world". I've seen teachers leave crying after one week. Hell, we had a lady two years ago who quit after the first day. She sent an email to the principal at 2 am saying this was not for her.
Those math numbers are down right sad. Almost makes me want to get into teaching high school math.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 8:35 am to Prettyboy Floyd
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She teaches 5th at West Navaree Intermediate.
All those years of teaching have started to wear your wife down.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 10:07 am to Porter Osborne Jr
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All those years of teaching have started to wear your wife down.
She's only been teaching for 3 years.
For now, she still loves it.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 10:14 am to JordonfortheJ
It's okay. I grew up in Florida and these things aren't a problem.
Not really, though. Jacksonville's school system sucks. My alma mater kicks arse, though. Ranked #12th in the country academically, although we haven't won a football game since 2012.
Not really, though. Jacksonville's school system sucks. My alma mater kicks arse, though. Ranked #12th in the country academically, although we haven't won a football game since 2012.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 10:21 am to Prettyboy Floyd
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She's only been teaching for 3 years.
For now, she still loves it.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 10:34 am to JordonfortheJ
Mountain brook pwns
Posted on 1/24/15 at 10:39 am to CroakaBait
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Most tenth graders haven't had all of the math yet that is tested on the ACT until halfway through their eleventh grade year, so there's that to think about, too.
My high school freshman at Vestavia High School just took the ACT at 14 without having taken geometry. He scored a 24 on the math section. The school placed him in algebra this year. We had to fight them to get them to accept a summer geometry program from another school (Vestavia doesn't offer summer geometry).
Most of this stuff goes back to the parents and not the school.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 12:10 pm to JordonfortheJ
My old school system did relatively alright I guess?
English 74.36%
Math 35.62%
Science 42.74%
Probably better scores than when I was there.
English 74.36%
Math 35.62%
Science 42.74%
Probably better scores than when I was there.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 11:17 pm to blue_morrison
No, that isn't 'good'.
Is it better than what a lot of schools did. Certainly.
Is it better than what a lot of schools did. Certainly.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 12:19 am to JordonfortheJ
Posted on 1/25/15 at 11:41 am to Prettyboy Floyd
We need to accept the fact that we need shite shovelers in this world too. Close the border so Mexico's lower class don't take the shite shoveling jobs from our lower class.
This isn't an education problem.
This isn't an education problem.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 4:48 pm to JordonfortheJ
Question:
How do the Alabama colleges fill enrollment every year from such a limited pool of qualified applicants?
How do the Alabama colleges fill enrollment every year from such a limited pool of qualified applicants?
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:26 pm to DawgSmoke
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How do the Alabama colleges fill enrollment every year from such a limited pool of qualified applicants?
These are scores from 10th grade...so hopefully by the time they finished 12th..they have learned a bit more. But I would guess a handful of them are in remedial classes in a college somewhere.
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