AuburnPub.com - Casey Park, Genesee elementary and Southern Cayuga district cited for "rapid improvement" by state

Casey Park, Genesee elementary and Southern Cayuga district cited for "rapid improvement" by state

By: Staff and wire reports

Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:32 PM EDT

ALBANY -- About 2,500 of New York's public and charter schools -- including hundreds in New York City -- are showing test scores that rose to meet state standards or are rapidly improving.

The schools had been underperforming and often reflected an achievement gap between poor and wealthier districts.

The state Board of Regents is identifying 1,759 traditional public schools, 19 charter schools and 288 school districts as meeting state math and English standards during 2006-2007 and making notable progress for at least two straight years. The list, which can be viewed at www.nysed.gov, includes numerous schools and districts from the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES component districts.

Another 373 schools, 10 charter schools and 62 school districts statewide are still below standards in at least one area, but are considered "rapidly improving."

Within the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES, Auburn Enlarged City School District's Casey Park and Genesee Street elementary schools were classified as "rapidly improving," as was the entire Southern Cayuga Central School District.

Half of New York City's underperforming schools made one of the categories.

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The Citizens' Say

There are 3 comment(s)

teacher1 wrote on May 16, 2008 11:13 AM:

" Both of you are incredibly off base. First of all, once "end of grade testing" is done, students do not simply watch movies for the rest of the year. Secondly, while it is the teacher's job to teach students the material they need to pass the test--because let's admit it, that's what happens these days--it is the responsibility of the student to prepare for the test, listen to and learn the material the teacher is teaching, show up for school more than once a week, and actually try when it comes to the day of the test. I believe that it is important to evaluate what material the teacher is teaching. However, it is unfair to penalize a teacher when you cannot accurately determine if all students gave 100% on the day of the test. This idea of penalizing or rewarding teachers for student test peformance would be viable if you could guarantee that all students took some responsibility for their own education and actually tried on the test. Sadly, that does not happen these day. "

suzee wrote on May 16, 2008 10:52 AM:

" How about we curtain all the testing and get back to teaching? The teachers are so worried about the tests that the enjoyment of teaching is lost!! Once the end of grade testing is done the students don't do anything the rest of the year (except watch movies)... "

brew1234 wrote on May 16, 2008 12:17 AM:

" In the next contract negotiations with the teacher's union why not tie raises to improvements in test scores? No improvement no raise. Higher test scores big raise. Watch those scores soar upward. "

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