Sentences with phrase «graders failed the state»

In 2005, more than 60 percent of 11th graders failed the state math test.

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State Education officials say there's some improvement in the Common Core related Math and English tests taken by third through eighth graders this year, but admit that two thirds of the students who took the test are still, essentially, failing the exams.

New York State Education officials say there's some improvement in the Common Core aligned math and English tests taken by third through eighth graders this year, but admit that two - thirds of the students who took the test are still, essentially, failing the exams.

The state also invested substantial support for early readers and focused on retaining 3rd graders who fail to read at grade level; state law allows for, but does not require, those students to be held back, which both Skandera and Martinez criticized as insufficient in a state with exceptionally low rates of adult literacy.

Although Massachusetts has consistently been among the leading states on a variety of national student assessment tests, nearly half of our 10th graders failed either or both the math and language - arts test last spring.

When the state in 2003 required students to pass the proficiency bar on the high school examination offered to tenth graders, critics claimed many students would fail.

These soon - to - be 4th and 8th graders have put seasonal pastimes aside for some serious business: a new, high - stakes state test that most of them are at risk of failing when they take it next spring.

Florida third graders, who fail FCAT are held back and labeled failures in the eyes of the state regardless grade point average.

A former library media specialist in Indianapolis» Washington Township, she campaigned against the IREAD - 3, the state's literacy exam for third graders, saying a pass / fail test was too harsh for 8 - year - olds.

Graduation rates are up and nearly 60 percent of RSD third - through eighth - graders now pass state tests — but more than half of high school students fail.

While Duncan's did lower dropout rates in the city's high schools, when he left Chicago, the number of 11th graders who failed to meet the state standards was about 70 percent.

In Spring 2016, for example, 67 % of 8th grade students in Michigan failed to earn at least a «Proficient» score on the state's M - STEP Mathematics exam, while 63 % of 11th graders didn't scored high enough on the state's MME exam to be considered ready for success in college or a career.

In Alabama, where the state sustained aggressive reading instruction and curriculum reform (even as it failed to overhaul teacher quality and expand school choice), 33 percent of students read Below Basic, a 15 percent decline from nine years ago; the percentage of poor fourth - graders who were functionally illiterate declined by 16 percent in that same period, from 61 percent to 45 percent.