Greetings Blogosphere!
Yesterday, a success story found its way to my inbox so I thought I’d share the good news! St. Johns County School District in sunny Florida used Discovery Education Assessment: Predictive Benchmark for the first time this year in grades 2-5 in reading/language arts and math, and grades 3-5 in science.
Check out the media release from them: May 28, 2009
Here’s some of the information from the media release:
Grade level results on the SSS comparing 2008 to 2009:
3rd Grade Reading |
Percent of students with level 3 and above improved from 85% to 86% |
1st in the state |
4th Grade Reading |
Percent of students with level 3 and above improved from 82% to 86% |
1st in the state |
5th Grade Reading |
Percent of students with level 3 and above improved from 80% to 83% |
1st in the state |
3rd Grade Math |
Percent of students with level 3 and above improved from 88% to 90% |
1st in the state |
4th Grade Math |
Percent of students with level 3 and above improved from 79% to 86% |
1st in the state |
5th Grade Math |
Percent of students with level 3 and above improved from 72% to 74% |
1st in the state |
5th Grade Science |
Percent of students with level 3 and above improved from 55% to 60% |
3rd in the state |
Discovery Education Assessment: Predictive Benchmark is used by districts like St. John’s County Florida to make data driven decisions and improve instruction.
Congratulations St Johns County!
Your Friendly Assessment Nerd, Porter
I actually live in St. Johns County Florida! Although I do not work in that county any more – I work in Putnam County next door and we also use DE Assessment and think it is awesome!