Refresh- Where is the Assistant Superintendent Taking Us?

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Just the ELA Facts Ma'am...

read to end please...

 Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "POB District Listed By the State as Needing Improv...":
The statistics For GRADE 3

Stratford.
7.9% level 1.   19.3 % level 2.  
27.2% not meeting standards
That is more than 1 in 4 kids
There are not that many special ed kids at Stratford Road


But compare to Parkway grade 3
1.3% level 1.   25 % level 2
26.3 % not meeting standards at Parkway - not that great either


Old Bethpage Grade 3 
0% level 1.   25.5 % level 2
Still 1 in 4 kids not meeting standards in 3rd grade

Pasadena
Grade 3.   1.2 % level 1.    21.2% level 2
The best scores go to Pasadena

All Stratford parents know the instruction at the school is not up to par with other schools.  Its great that Albany knows also.  Maybe something will finally get done.

Stratford 4th grade
3.8% level 1,   19.2 level 2

 Old Bethpage 4th grade
0% level 1.  11.9 level 2

That's a huge difference!!!!

Parkway grade 4
2.1% level 1.   18.1% level 2

Pasadena grade 4
1.2% level 1.    25.6% level 2

Except for the 4th grade superstars at Old Beth :)
these scores show a problem in ELA instruction districtwide

Not just Stratford Road

Maybe the special ed kids tipped the scale for Stratford but there is no excuse for over 27% of 3rd graders to not meet standards!

And 31% of POB Middle 7th graders didn't meet ELA standards either

Plenty of reason to twitter


Ed's note:
The following post came in today. I need to add that the board addressed this and admitted that the ball had been dropped with regards to ELA. While Strattford was singled out by the state, the board acknowledged that even when compared to most schools on Long Island, POB as a whole produced lower grades than most on the ELA tests. A new ELA program was instituted this fall in order to address the problem. It is a shame in my humble opinion that most parents didn't learn about this by attending the board meetings, or at the least via missive from the school or PTA. At this point, it would make sense as tax payers and parents to attend the board meetings to make sure this new program is working.