Robbinsdale Improves Test Scores
Local News
by
Amy Wright
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
From “needs improvement" to "A+," Rapid City area school students have been working hard over the last two years to improve their math and reading scores for the No Child Left Behind Progress Report.
Last spring, more than 64,400 students statewide, grades second through eighth and in eleventh grade took the Dakota State Test of Educational Progress.
According to the results, 95 percent of school districts statewide adequately improved their scores.
Nine South Dakota Schools were able to work their way off the list, including Rapid City’s Robbinsdale Elementary.
Robbinsdale Principal Patty Hamm says two years ago, the stakes were high for the elementary school, but with the help of the staff, students and parents, the school was able to meet its goals.
"They have done an absolutely fabulous job, and they really took ownership when we took the Dakota Step. So kudos to them; kudos also to our parent group, who read with their kids every night. I can't tell you how many math games our parents have played with the kids,” says Hamm.
The State Department of Education is implementing an initiative called "Reading Up," which will provide targeted training for South Dakota teachers in an effort to troubleshoot specific reading standards students struggle with most often.