Test Scores Stagnant for 7th-Graders, District Says
Bridgewater-Raritan school district is in the middle in terms of proficiency.
The new state testing report has come in, and measurements are being taken in new ways—and Bridgewater-Raritan is solidly in the middle. “I know that none of our schools are focus or priority schools, and the status is unspecified,” said Cheryl Dyer, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, in a presentation to the board of education Nov. 13. “That’s not a bad thing. It’s OK that we’re just in the middle.” But with changes to the categories determined by the state Department of Education, more of the plans for improvement are locally controlled, and the deadline for achieving high performance in schools has been extended. “There is no statewide penalty now if you don’t meet your goals, only penalties locally,” Dyer said. “If…
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Steven Markowitz DDS
2:11 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
There is something systemic,” she said. “Is there something we need to address about the design of the middle school?” Maybe teacher evaluations, how well can they really TEACH, not just assign work? more ›