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"Tommy" |
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19 May 2005 10:13:59 PM |
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White Students Dominate TAKS Testing |
White Students Dominate TAKS Testing
News; Posted on: 2005-05-19 17:48:52 [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ]
School administrators oblivious to the reasons behind educational failure
rates among minorities.
The percentage of Houston ISD students passing the Texas Assessment of
Knowledge and Skills dropped for every grade level under this year's
tougher standards, the school district announced Wednesday.
Houston's black and Hispanic students struggled the most as the gap
separating the passing rates for those students and whites grew larger.
While 62 percent of the Houston Independent School District's white
10th-graders passed all four subjects tested on the TAKS, only 17 percent
of blacks and 19 percent of Hispanics achieved the minimum standard.
Although 30- to 40-point differences in the passing rates achieved by white
and minority students are common in HISD at most grade levels, this year's
gap is larger than last year.
"We've got work to do," said school board President Dianne Johnson.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory/3188723
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| User: "Murriel" |
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| Title: Re: White Students Dominate TAKS Testing |
20 May 2005 06:42:05 AM |
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On Thu, 19 May 2005 23:13:59 -0400, Tommy <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
White Students Dominate TAKS Testing
News; Posted on: 2005-05-19 17:48:52 [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ]
School administrators oblivious to the reasons behind educational failure
rates among minorities.
The percentage of Houston ISD students passing the Texas Assessment of
Knowledge and Skills dropped for every grade level under this year's
tougher standards, the school district announced Wednesday.
Houston's black and Hispanic students struggled the most as the gap
separating the passing rates for those students and whites grew larger.
While 62 percent of the Houston Independent School District's white
10th-graders passed all four subjects tested on the TAKS, only 17 percent
of blacks and 19 percent of Hispanics achieved the minimum standard.
Although 30- to 40-point differences in the passing rates achieved by white
and minority students are common in HISD at most grade levels, this year's
gap is larger than last year.
"We've got work to do," said school board President Dianne Johnson.
No. The kids and their parents got work to do.
M
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory/3188723
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| User: "mike" |
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| Title: Re: White Students Dominate TAKS Testing |
20 May 2005 10:01:27 PM |
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No maybe if they taught the 3 R's like when I went to school, instead of how
to pass (or cheat) this test the children would come out smarter and with
some common sense.
No. The kids and their parents got work to do.
M
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory/3188723
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| User: "Kelly Younger" |
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| Title: Re: White Students Dominate TAKS Testing |
21 May 2005 06:54:55 AM |
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mike wrote:
No maybe if they taught the 3 R's like when I went to school, instead of how
to pass (or cheat) this test the children would come out smarter and with
some common sense.
You can't teach common sense. That's why it's called "common".
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Kelly Younger
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