The Haysville Times
By Angie Gumm
At first glance the preliminary data for the District’s State Assessments paints a weird picture. After not making satisfactory progress for two years in a row, U.S.D. 261 was placed on improvement for reading. It also faced its first year of getting an unsatisfactory in math.
The scores, however, are a jumble of highs and lows that district patrons probably wouldn’t expect.
Freeman Elementary, for instance, had the lowest reading score in the district with only 47.1% of its test takers receiving a satisfactory. The same school had the highest scores in the district in math with 91.7% making satisfactory achievement. Over half of the test takers reached an “Exemplary” level, 20% more than any other school in the district. Continue reading “School Discrepancies in Assessment Scores”