Sunday, May 19, 2013
Hawaii State Assessment
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 12, 2010
The state will release results of the annual Hawaii State Assessment on Thursday at the Board of Education's general meeting.
Education officials also are expected to discuss strategies for addressing problem areas and how they will help schools improve scores to meet increasing progress goals.
More than 90,000 public school students took the test in April.
Last year, 66 percent of the state's 284 public schools did not meet yearly goals under No Child Left Behind requirements, though many saw steady gains in reading and math test scores.
Here are more highlights from last year's scores:
» 34 percent of schools -- or 97 campuses -- made adequate yearly progress goals under NCLB.
» 62 percent of third-graders were proficient in reading.
» 44 percent of sixth-graders were proficient in math.
» 10th-graders saw big improvements in reading -- with 73 percent proficient, compared with 67 percent the year before -- but 34 percent showed proficiency in math.
Hawaii math proficiency up; reading holds steady
Latest test scores show big gains in reading, math in public schools
Schools stall in test scores
Student math scores jump while reading numbers slip
Students struggling with science proficiency
State tests raise bar for students
Schools rack up solid gains in testing
Fewer isle students fall below standards in tests
Students score poorly in science exams
6 isle public schools achieve 90% or higher in proficiency
