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MSD's ISAT Result Compared to the Rest of Idaho

You can checkout the MSD ISAT results over at the following site: State Proficiency Reports - Reading, Math, Language Usage, Science District Proficiency Reports - Reading, Math, Language Usage, Science I’m posting a 1–on-1 comparison of Moscow to the rest of Idaho. You’ll have to answer...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 06-26-2007
MSD's ISAT results by school and grade

You can checkout the MSD ISAT results over at the following site: School Proficiency Reports - Reading, Math, Language Usage, Science I’ve included the results for the Moscow School District below. This is broken down by school, grade level, and ISAT test. Feel free to look it over and see what...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 06-26-2007
ISAT language scores plummet throughout Idaho; Math and reading results also dip statewide

From today's Idaho Statesman : Student test scores in language skills plummeted throughout Idaho in achievement tests taken this spring , a trend some attribute to a new test and higher passing scores. … State Board of Education officials defended the new test, which they say accurately reflects...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 06-26-2007
Students wait for ISAT results

There are some interesting things that are trickling out. Read between the lines below. The concern to me: that 12th graders cannot do 10th grade-level work — and still graduate. NCLB put some teeth into the government school habit of taking $10,000 per year per kid from the tax payers and not...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 06-22-2007
WASL Update

From KREM News in Spokane: Washington high school students are doing better on their assessment tests. State School Superintendent Terry Bergeson says 62 percent of the tenth graders passed the math section of the WASL this spring, compared to only half last year. Looks like the mandatory testing of...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 06-08-2007
Math scores drop across Idaho

From today's Idaho Statesman : A new round of achievement tests showing Idaho kids slumping in math underscores the need for a statewide initiative to beef up kids' arithmetic skills , says Tom Luna, superintendent of public instruction. But Linda Clark, Meridian School District superintendent, said...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 03-27-2007
Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth

M.J. McDermott is a meteorologist out of Seattle. In the video below, she explains the current state of math education in 4th and 5th grades. This is a flash-back to when I was a kid learning “new math” in elementary school. Teachers were told that they had to teach “new math”...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 02-09-2007
ISAT vendor switch causes anxiety: North Idaho students, teachers concerned that state will rely on new, unproven test and scoring system

From the Associated Press : Some teachers are getting antsy about the Idaho Standards Achievement Test exit exam , which will take a new form this spring after being rewritten by a new vendor. This year's sophomore class will be the first that must pass the ISAT to graduate . Students have until their...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 09-19-2006
Slump continues for Idaho 10th-grade ISAT math scores: Results may bolster State Board's plan to require more math instruction for high school students

From today's Idaho Statesman : Idaho elementary school students' math skills are soaring, but Idaho's 10th-graders are in an arithmetic slump , based on the 2006 Idaho Standards Achievement Test released Tuesday. Results also showed that at least 16 percent of last year's 19,500 10th-graders are in danger...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 08-24-2006
ISATs show math drop-off: 29 percent of 10th-graders miss target

The following story of interest was in today's Spokesman Review (subscription required): About a quarter of Kootenai County 10th-graders who took the Idaho Standards Achievement Test in April didn't post math scores high enough to earn a diploma . That matches the statewide trend reflected in the test...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 08-23-2006

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