Keathan frink7/7/2023 The struggle to reimagine New Mexico’s education system has been further complicated by the coronavirus pandemic and what many have referred to as a lost year of learning.ĭemocratic legislative leaders wanted to make extra days mandatory statewide for the postpandemic year. The measure adds 25 days to the elementary school calendar for schools that opt in, which lawmakers hoped would boost dismal reading and math scores.īut even the parents of children who are behind opposed additional learning time, demanding that their summer be kept long. Years of research have found that adding days to the school year with the same teacher is more effective than summer school. That’s the message from teachers and parents in New Mexico, where public schools have rejected tens of millions of dollars in state funding for extending the school year.Įach “no” vote from local school boards has been a blow to the state legislature’s signature education initiative. Schools Reject Millions in Funding for Extended Learningįind ways to help children improve academically, but don’t take away our summer. An analysis of NAEP background data finds only about 40 percent of seniors had taken all the core science subjects of biology, chemistry, and physics during high school.įifty-five percent of 4th graders got less than three hours of science instruction per week in 2019, while 68 percent of 8th graders got at least four hours per week. If you’ve never been exposed to the material, you’re unlikely to do well. Of course, it’s not hard to understand why students fared so poorly-at least in part. In grade 12, physical and life science scores fell while earth and space scores were flat. In grades 4 and 8, scores declined from 2015 for lower-performing students in all three science content areas: physical, life, and earth and space science. It included both interactive simulations in which students worked through scientific investigations by computer and hybrid hands-on tasks using kits provided by NCES. Nearly 90,000 students from more than 3,900 schools participated in the assessment, the first digitally-based administration of the science test. The proportions for grades 8 and 12 stayed the same: A third of 8th graders were “below basic,” and slightly more were at or above proficient, while nearly twice as many 12th graders fell below basic as met the proficient benchmark, 41 percent to 22 percent, respectively. The percentage of 4th graders performing below the basic achievement level in science rose significantly in the past decade, to 27 percent, while the percentage at or above the “proficient” level fell in the same time, to 36 percent. Since the assessment was last given in science in 2015, 4th graders’ performance has declined overall, while average scores have been flat for the older students. This time around, the subject was science, and fewer than 1 in 4 high school seniors and only a little more than a third of 4th and 8th graders performed proficiently in 2019, test results out last week show. When it comes to taking the National Assessment of Educational Progress, most students aren’t meeting high bars. Pick a subject-it doesn’t seem to matter. American Students and NAEP Science Scores: Results From 2019 Performance Aren’t Pretty Investigators found that Miller took his time putting on a bulletproof vest and hid behind his car. Miller was the first supervisor to arrive at the school, getting there in time to hear three or four shots, records show. Stambaugh then drove to a nearby highway instead of going toward the school. He got out of his truck, put on his bulletproof vest, and took cover for about five minutes after hearing the shots, according to body-camera footage. The sheriff’s office noted that the union’s victory was based on a procedural technicality and reaffirmed its position that Miller and Stambaugh do not deserve to have their jobs back.Ī state investigative commission found that Stambaugh was working an off-duty shift at a nearby school when he responded to reports of shots fired at Stoneman Douglas. He said the judge’s decision solidifies the position that Miller and Stambaugh were terminated improperly. Jeff Bell, the president of the Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputies Association, had another take.
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