“This
kind of indepth reporting makes our community richer and stronger.”
. . . Marc Wisniewski, Vice -Chair, CSD Board of Education
Georgia
School Superintendent Kathy Cox released the state’s
annual Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report on
July 25.
All
City of Decatur Schools (CSD) except Decatur
High School (DHS) and Glennwood
Academy (GA)
made AYP for 2008. Reports indicate that DHS and
GA had student deficiences in mathematics at the
10th and 5th grade levels.
The Georgia Department of Education reports that
in 2008, it was harder for all schools to make AYP
for two main reasons:
1.
The percentage of students that had to pass state
tests in math, reading and English went up for
all grade levels.
2.
Students were doing more rigorous work and taking
more rigorous tests in 2008, especially in mathematics.
Decatur
EDtv spoke with City Schools of Decatur Associate
Superintendent Dr. Thomas
Van Soelen about the District's new Math
Improvement Plan being implemented during
the 2008-09 school year as a response to the AYP
reports.
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