Comments on: Dakota STEP Scores Disappoint and Confuse http://www.ourrapidcityschools.org/2009/07/29/dakota-step-scores-disappoint-and-confuse/ Building a consensus for excellence in education Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:24:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.ourrapidcityschools.org/2009/07/29/dakota-step-scores-disappoint-and-confuse/comment-page-1/#comment-14 admin Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:06:01 +0000 http://www.ourrapidcityschools.org/?p=524#comment-14 from a staff member: Thanks for your comments, they match mine. Our teachers, mostly, work so diligently, seem to be well trained and yet I believe until we can get parents more involved on a regular basis with their students in their school efforts, we will continue to face this disappointment. On a good note, we graduated 30 students from summer school on Tuesday. What a great thing!! They were happy as well. And we had conversations with parents about getting the students to daily classes especially if they received scholarships. Tough love all around perhaps? I do think we will have to compare the standards, our curriulum and D-STEP closely to make sure we are aligned from teaching to testing. Thanks for your involvement from a staff member:

Thanks for your comments, they match mine. Our teachers, mostly, work so diligently, seem to be well trained and yet I believe until we can get parents more involved on a regular basis with their students in their school efforts, we will continue to face this disappointment.

On a good note, we graduated 30 students from summer school on Tuesday. What a great thing!! They were happy as well. And we had conversations with parents about getting the students to daily classes especially if they received scholarships. Tough love all around perhaps?

I do think we will have to compare the standards, our curriulum and D-STEP closely to make sure we are aligned from teaching to testing. Thanks for your involvement

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