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By Diane Glidewell
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average in almost
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;~oourse. votes: 3 teSted above the
3 ‘ scores of Monroe
Jim Hedges is spende County students last
1 ing thiscounty broke. year.
iseml ll"; |l° fl‘bum :7 Assistant Superintendent
I Sling; c063” E22" Alicia Elder presented the
I He is a waste of our tax testmg “Sinks to, the Board
donor5_ votes: 7 of Education at its July 9
meeting. Results for individ-
ual school systems have not
flilonroe BOE superin-
been released publicly, yet;
Mendant receives a raise
go increase salary to so Monroe County scores
year be compared 3pc-
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figpporf the family. Give distrlcts, but the state did
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:31 including those. cent in every content area,
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name of Jesus. votes: 6 and English language arts)
math, science and social
“0‘” can day Sm” studies for 5th grade. For ex-
out so great and end so
badly? votes: 6 ample, in 3rd grade EngliSh
‘ I ‘ language arts, 81 percent of
The border has been Monroe County test takers
ignored by many past , had passing scores com-
administrations. pared to percent the
“‘3 “‘9” lhe bud" state and 68 percent in the
now, IS the fault of the’
Democrats. They saw
the’caravans of immi~
RESA. In 5th grade sci-
“ ence, 86 percent of Monroe
grants coming through county teSt takers passed
Mexico headed towards compared to 70 Percent in
our. borderricmcl refused . the state and 66 percent in
to do anything about it; the RESA.
other than blame Trump. Elder sajd Monroe
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are considered passing. The
weighted scores are the basis
for the school system’s report
card from the state. Monroe
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In Monroe County 83
percent of 3rd graders tested
as reading at or above grade
level compared to 73 percent
of 3rd graders in the state
and 70 percent of 3rd
. graders in RESA. 81
* percent of Mon—
\_ roe County 4th
" graders tested
as reading at
or above grade
level compared
to 64 percent of 4th
graders in the state and
62 percent in RESA. For
Monroe County 5th graders,
86 percent were reading at
or above grade level com—
pared to 73 percent in both
the state and RESA.
At Monroe County
Middle School, 73 percent
of 6th graders are reading
at or above grade level; 84
percent of 7th graders and
82 percent of 8th graders are
reading at or above grade
level. All percentages are
more than 10 percent above
the state and RESA averages.
The high school mea-
sure of reading level is
taken from the 9th grade
literature/composition and
American literature/com—
position classes. 83 percent
of Monroe County students
passed the 9th grade test,
compared to 78 percent
in the state and 68 percent
in RESA. For American
Literature, the Monroe
County percentage was 76
compared to 71 percent in
the state and 60 percent in
RESA.
In a comparison of reading
scores in Monroe County
from 2015 to 2019, 3rd
grade percentages were 81,
83, 85, 82 and 83. For 4th
grade reading on or above
grade level, the percentages
were 69, 70, 72, 71 and 81
this year. For 5th grade, the
percentages were 71, 77, 80,
75-and 86. For 6th grade,
percentages over the last five
years were 72, 67, 68, 72 and
73. The progression in 7th
grade was from 65 to 76, 76,
73 and 84. The 8th grade
percentages over the last five
years have been 70, 75, 80,
79 and 82.
For 9th grade literature/
composition, the reading
on or above grade level
percentages are 64, 75, 85,
87 and 83, and for American
Literature, which is usually
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Monroe County test scores best state again
a .l
an 11th grade course, the
percentages have been 61,
71, 73, 76 and 76.
Finally the report from the
state showed the number of
high school students who
took Advanced Placement
exams and the number who
scored 3, 4, or 5 on them,
which meant the students
could receive college credit
for them at colleges and
universities. (Each col-
lege/ university sets its own
standard for giving credit for
AP exams.) In 2019 Mary
Persons students took 245
AP exams and received
scores of 3 or above on 176
of them. Comparatively,
Mary Persons students took
211 AP exams in 2018 and
scored 3 or above on 136 of
them, took 210 AP exams
in 2017 and received a 3 or
better on 107 of them, and
took 205 AP exams in 2016
and scored 3 or higher on
100 of them.
Board member Greg Head
asked if School administra-
tors felt block scheduling
was causing any problem
with math scores at the high
school. Superintendent Dr.
Mike Hickman said that had
been one of the concerns in
deciding whether to go to
block scheduling, but there
has not seemed to be any
negative impact on scores
since going to block sched-
uling in August 2018. He
said that having only four
classes at a time has seemed
to have a positive impact
on math scores. He said the
schools saw improvement
from the first to second
semester.
Both Mary Persons and
Monroe County Middle
‘School outperformed the
state and RESA in 29 out of
32 areas.
“We connect them if they
struggle in math, but we will
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have to see over time,” said He said the school system
Hickman. “We offer reme- is pleased that 72 percent of
diation in summer school Mary Persons students who
if they don’t pass, then we took AP exams this year
re-test.” earned college credit. For
This year Summer Surge those who took dual enroll—
Camp was offered to 90 ment classes, 93 percent
students in grades K to 2nd earned college credit. AP
grade, and it seemed suc- courses are rigorous and
cessful. provide good preparation
“We want to do remedia— for those who plan to attend
tion as early as' possible,” said college. He noted that the
Hickman. “We do a lot of Class of 2019 was strong
work with teachers.” academically.
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